Multiculturalism and Archaeology <3

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Today I'm going to talk about Multicultural Archaeology in Chile. Patricia Ayala talk about this concept since of her experience in Escuela Andina, on San Pedro de Atacama (in the north). Archaeology have a direct relationship with State (Chile in this case) since of genesis of republic. Today Chile is a neoliberal country and this affect directly to this discipline. This model proposes a ethnic government that respects cultural differences and recognises this identities. This is a problem beacuse State stablishes stereotypes about indigenous to input to market economy. What happen with this? The indigenous identities are heterogeneous and dinamics and change every time. I chose this topic because is important think about our political role like anthropologists in this colonial world.

I structured my presentation with introduction about Patricia Ayala (a chilean archaeologist), then I go to talk about Neoliberal Multiculturalism and his relationship with State. In this topic I will talk about indigenous identities, ethnic government, stereotypes and market economy. Finally I will explain what is Ayala's offer to make Archaeology in this context and my own reflections.

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