Journées d’études 2004

Cultura y naturaleza en las Américas: Representaciones, usos y gestión diferenciada de los recursos y territorios

Culture et natures dans les Amériques : Représentations, usages et gestion différenciée des ressources et des territoires

Kultur und Natur in Amerika: Vorstellungen, Gewohnheiten und differenzierte Nutzung von Ressourcen und Territorien

Ginebra | Genève | Genf
19 y 20 de NOVIEMBRE de 2004 | Instituto Universitario de Estudios del Desarrollo (IUED) 20, rue Rothschild 1221 Genève 21

Organizadores | organisateurs | Organisatoren
Claude Auroi | Isabelle Schulte-Tenckhoff | Sabine Kradolfer

Con el apoyo de :

IUED – Institut universitaire d’études du développement
ASSH – Académie suisse des sciences humaines et sociales
SAGW – Schweizerische Akademie für Geistes-und Sozialwissenschaften
FNS – Fonds national suisse de la recherche scientifique
SNF – Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung

 

Temática

A partir de la instauración del debate mundial sobre la utilización de los recursos bióticos y abióticos de territorios del Sur, que podemos remontar simbolicamente a 1992 (Conferencia de Río de Janeiro), la atención se centra, muy particularmente en las Américas, sobre la relación que mantienen los pueblos autóctonos y las comunidades locales con estos recursos. Preocupaciones mercantiles que se refieren a la utilización patentada de la biodiversidad, y las legítimas inquietudes para que las poblaciones locales aprovechen los resultados eventuales de la industrialización de ciertas sustancias, han llevado a un vasto debate sobre la propiedad intelectual y cultural de los recursos naturales transformados, y sobre el acceso regulado a tales elementos de lo viviente.

Ahora bien, en las Américas, más allá del debate lanzado por la Conferencia de Río, la problematización de la relación hombre-naturaleza se remonta al choque de culturas entre el Occidente y el Extremo-Occidente, según la fórmula de Alain Rouquié. Las diferencias en la conceptualización de la naturaleza tienen, como sabemos, un marcado componente cultural y económico, y la búsqueda frenética de un El Dorado por Gonzalo Pizarro, Orellana y Aguirre no son más que un aspecto risible de esa utopía depredadora aportada por los Europeos. A esta vision instrumental de los recursos mineros, de las especies y de los productos tropicales, el pensamiento llamado “salvaje” opone por el contrario un acercamiento fundamentalmente mítico y regulador de la fauna y de la flora, evitando la dicotomización occidental del ser humano y de su entorno.

Se agrega todavía una tercera vision ecológica modernista ; vision que, aún queriendo preservar los recursos naturales, no rechaza su explotación, en la medida en que los pueblos autóctonos y las comunidades locales resulten los beneficiarios.

Por otra parte, se plantea la cuestión de saber cómo conciliar los proyectos a veces contradictorios de aquellos que ocupan territorios como ‘figuras del escenario’, sean ellos autóctonos o no : reivindicaciones territoriales, puesta en valor económico de los recursos, preservación de una relación espiritual con el ambiente, etc. En este orden de ideas, comprender la manera como diferentes categorías de poblaciones locales definen la relación con “su” naturaleza, permite situar mejor las implicancias de los debates sobre la biodiversidad, los derechos de propiedad intelectual y cultural, y el desarrollo.

Programme / Programm [actualisée le 27.02.2005] (PDF:160KB / 6pages)

Evolution of an Academic Society

Evolution of an academic society

The Swiss Society of Americanists was founded in 1949. At first, it consisted mainly of Swiss anthropologists and ethnologists who conducted research in the Americas. Subsequently, the Society has included members from other countries and became open to many disciplines such as geography, art, history, literature, sociology, economics, etc. The Society brings together "people who are interested in the three Americas" to generate "better scientific and human knowledge of these three sub-continents, including their multicultural components" (art. 3 of the Contitution Articles of the SAG-SSA). Currently, it has about 300 members (individual and/or collective). Members come from a variety of disciplines, including anthropology, archeology, art, education, economics, geography, history, human rights, law, philosophy, linguistics, sociology and urban studies. The Society owns an important thematic library hosted by the Geneva Museum of Ethnography located at the new and modern MEG building. The SSA is member of the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (SAHS).

 

An Open Society: Culture and Science

The Swiss Society of Americanists, whose headquarters are in Geneva, aims to bring together people interested in the three Americas, seeking in particular the active participation of members from these regions, and to promote better scientific knowledge Relevant areas of human and anthropology, history, linguistics and ethnography. The Society assists with the publication of an annual newsletter, including articles in French, German, English, Spanish and Portuguese. The Society seeks to connect people who are interested in these studies.

SAG-SSA promotes the exchange of ideas and information among researchers from various disciplines who study the history, literature and culture of America. The Society promotes the exchange of ideas and information between its members through a newsletter "LA Revista", a forum for the exchange of concerns of the members, through an electronic newsletter, and through meetings, conferences, seminars, symposia, joint research projects, and any other means that the Society deems appropriate.

New paths

Today, the Society wants to increase its impact and open its activities to a wider audience. In addition to the strictly educational activities such as seminars, conferences and the publication of the Bulletin, considered essential to increase its offer:
• enrich the cultural production proposals and academic associative structures and unskilled individuals: support research and conferences or symposiums and artistic audiovisual documents to obtain a more complete image.
• create interfaces or areas of action to educate a wider audience about the issues raised and defended by the SSA.

An international network of research and scientific and cultural disclosure

The SSA brings together "people who are interested in the three Americas" to generate "better scientific and human knowledge of these three sub-continents, including their multicultural components". Currently it has about 300 members (individual or collective). Members come from a variety of disciplines, including anthropology, archeology, art, education, economics, geography, history, human rights, law, philosophy, linguistics, sociology and urban studies. The SSA is a non-profit organization whose funding depends on the majority of contributions paid by its members, their projects also receive financial support from the SAHS. You can become a member of our Society and support our programs.

The Swiss Society of Americanists admits as working languages ​​Spanish, Portuguese, English, German and French. To facilitate communication and debate, the Company proposes the use of Spanish, Portuguese or English.

Main activities of the SAG-SSA

:: The organization of the Study Days every two years
:: The publication of a scientific journal, the Bulletin of the SSA (No. 1-70) that became "LA Revista" since number 71
:: The organization of conferences and colloquia
:: The publication of a newsletter (electronic version)
:: Managing a large collection of bibliographic resources and documentation about Americanist studies
:: Development and maintenance of a dedicated website: www.sag-ssa.ch
:: An online forum where researchers from different backgrounds could meet, exchange ideas, share their points view and their data.

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