Symbolic representations of heritage, religious manifestations and configuration of cultural landscapes in Jujuy.

Abstract

This paper gives an account of the complex processes that shape cultural landscapes in the province of Jujuy through traditional religious manifestations, strongly related to the capacity of symbolic representation of the heritage, which activate mechanisms of social memory. The research was developed from a qualitative approach in order to understand the cultural religious manifestations in a triple border area (Argentina - Chile - Bolivia) where historically have been developed, complex process of reconfiguration of identities and territories. Specifically, we focus on the study of religious festivals which recreate cultural itineraries of amplitude international, cyclically revitalizing processes of material and symbolic interaction between local and transnational actors, and give new meanings to the landscape. In the process we discover the importance of other cultural events - such as the folk - that act as mechanisms of social memory re-update and are perceived as part of the local cultural heritage.