“Altares tacheros”: Minietnografías azarosas de la vida (religiosa) cotidiana

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09/2021
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Centro de Investigación y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social. Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente. El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
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El trabajo muestra y analiza los ensamblajes de símbolos e imágenes mágico-religiosas que muchos taxistas de la ciudad de Buenos Aires cuelgan de los espejos de sus coches o enganchan en los parasoles. Utiliza la palabra “altares” con cautela para visibilizar estas trazas minimalistas de la vida religiosa cotidiana de los porteños, objetos que a la vez brindan protección contra los peligros de la circulación cotidiana en la calle y testimonian relaciones entabladas con seres suprahumanos específicos. En estos ensamblajes heterogéneos aparecen santos y vírgenes, santos populares y símbolos orientales y/o esotéricos –que testimonian la rica diversidad mágico-religiosa de la ciudad– así como fotos y recuerdos de individuos y colectivos sociales con alta carga de sacralidad (hijos, parientes, clubes de fútbol). Estos “altares” evidencian recorridos religiosos y familiares singulares, pero también resultan de interacciones azarosas con pasajeros y evidencian patrones más generales y poco reconocidos de cómo los porteños se relacionan con seres suprahumanos.
This work shows –and analyzes– the assemblages of magical-religious symbols and images than many taxi drivers in the city of Buenos Aires hang from their car mirrors or sun visors. It uses the word “altars” cautiously to make these minimalist traces of daily religious life of the locals –objects which protect against the perils of the daily hustle and bustle and also witness relations established with specific suprahumans– visible. In these heterogenous assemblages, Catholic saints and virgins appear, along with popular saints and Eastern and /or esoteric symbols –which bear witness to the rich magical-religious diversity of the city– as well as photographs and souvenirs of sacrally charged individuals and social collectives (children, relatives, soccer clubs. These “altars” are evidence of religious routes and beloved relatives, but are also result from random interactions with passengers, and bear witness to more general and less well-known patterns of how the city’s inhabitants relate to suprahuman beings.
This work shows –and analyzes– the assemblages of magical-religious symbols and images than many taxi drivers in the city of Buenos Aires hang from their car mirrors or sun visors. It uses the word “altars” cautiously to make these minimalist traces of daily religious life of the locals –objects which protect against the perils of the daily hustle and bustle and also witness relations established with specific suprahumans– visible. In these heterogenous assemblages, Catholic saints and virgins appear, along with popular saints and Eastern and /or esoteric symbols –which bear witness to the rich magical-religious diversity of the city– as well as photographs and souvenirs of sacrally charged individuals and social collectives (children, relatives, soccer clubs. These “altars” are evidence of religious routes and beloved relatives, but are also result from random interactions with passengers, and bear witness to more general and less well-known patterns of how the city’s inhabitants relate to suprahuman beings.
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