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Research Articles

THE SPACE-TIME COMPRESSION OF INDIGENOUS TOPONYMY: THE CASE OF MAPUCHE TOPONYMY IN CHILEAN NORPATAGONIA

Pages 641-666 | Published online: 17 Nov 2020
 

abstract

The classic approach to research on toponymy is limited to a linguistic focus. This reductionism has had a negative impact on the study of the toponymy of intercultural and indigenous territories, as in the case of the northern Patagonia. Based on a two-year ethnographic study in northern Patagonia, this article analyzes the socio-spatial dimension of Mapuche toponymy, through a mixed methodology involving both data collection and analysis, and an ethnographic approach. The article analyzes how these toponyms emerge from a variety of socio-spatial practices and meanings that are not only intertwined, but also involve several social, environmental, and political dimensions. We argue that the study of indigenous toponymy as a space-time compression entails an ontological opening of toponymy based on the process of inhabiting place. In this regard, the paper discusses the importance of understanding indigenous toponymy as a historically situated process.

Acknowledgments

A special thanks to some of our interlocutors: Rosendo Huisca, José Loncopan, Juana Calfueque, Rodrigo Colihueque, Pedro Parra, Luis Curilaf, Cristián Sepúlveda and José Llancafil. Suggestions from two anonymous reviewers greatly enhanced earlier versions of this manuscript.

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Funding

This research was supported by CONICYT Research Project Fondecyt Regular N° 1181575; by Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable (CONICYT, FONDAP No 15110020); and by Centro de Estudios Interculturales e Indígenas (CONICYT, FONDAP No 15110006).

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