Una voz desde Sudamérica: sociedad, etnografía y religión en la obra de John Arnott

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07/2019
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Universidad de Barcelona
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Boletin Americanista
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0520-4100
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2014-993X
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En 1925 llegó al Chaco John Arnott (1907-1971), un joven anglicano de origen escocés que se enroló como misionero en la South American Missionary Society. Arnott pasó los siguientes diecisiete años de su vida en diversas estaciones anglicanas del Chaco argentino y boliviano, trabajando entre los wichís, los tobas, los pilagás y los guaraníes. No solo se dedicó al trabajo evangé- lico, sino que mostró una notable facilidad para aprender las lenguas indígenas y una inclinación a desarrollar un conocimiento etnográfico de esos grupos, plasmada en textos antropológicos y colecciones de cultura material, o bien en su papel como fuente de consulta continua para autoridades académicas, como Alfred Métraux, Jules Henry o Stig Rydén. Mediante el análisis de fuentes inéditas, proponemos que, lejos de forjarse en estos contactos académicos, la inclinación etnográfica de Arnott ya estaba latente en el mismo momento de su llegada a Sudamérica.
In 1925, John Arnott (1907-1971), a young Anglican of Scottish origin, arrived in Argentina. A field missionary with the South American Missionary Society, he spent the next 17 years in the Bolivian and Argentinian Chaco working among the Wichí, Pilagá, Toba and Guaraní Indians. Beyond his evangelical work, Arnott rapidly developed a stunning capacity to learn the native languages and even started to carry on ethnographic research into these indigenous cultures. This anthropological bias became even more marked with his ethnographic publications, the material collections he gathered for several international institutions, and his role as a consultant for renowned scholars such as Alfred Métraux, Jules Henry and Stig Rydén. By analyzing unpublished documents, we intend to show that Arnott’s ethnographical inclination did not originate in these academic interactions but was present in latent form since the very first moment he arrived in South America.
In 1925, John Arnott (1907-1971), a young Anglican of Scottish origin, arrived in Argentina. A field missionary with the South American Missionary Society, he spent the next 17 years in the Bolivian and Argentinian Chaco working among the Wichí, Pilagá, Toba and Guaraní Indians. Beyond his evangelical work, Arnott rapidly developed a stunning capacity to learn the native languages and even started to carry on ethnographic research into these indigenous cultures. This anthropological bias became even more marked with his ethnographic publications, the material collections he gathered for several international institutions, and his role as a consultant for renowned scholars such as Alfred Métraux, Jules Henry and Stig Rydén. By analyzing unpublished documents, we intend to show that Arnott’s ethnographical inclination did not originate in these academic interactions but was present in latent form since the very first moment he arrived in South America.
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