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Practically Invisible : Coastal Ecuador, Tourism, and the Politics of Authenticity
\"The community of Agua Blanca, deep within the Machalilla National Park on the coast of Ecuador, found itself facing the twenty-first century with a choice: embrace a booming tourist industry eager to experience a preconceived notion of indigeneity, or risk losing a battle against the encroaching forces of capitalism and development. The facts spoke for themselves, however, as tourism dollars became the most significant source of income in the community. Thus came a nearly inevitable shock, as the daily rhythms of life--rising before dawn to prepare for a long day of maintaining livestock and crops; returning for a late lunch and siesta; joining in a game of soccer followed by dinner in the evening--transformed forever in favor of a new tourist industry and the compromises required to support it. As Practically Invisible demonstrates, for Agua Blancans, becoming a supposedly \"authentic\" version of their own indigenous selves required performing their culture for outsiders, thus becoming these performances within the minds of these visitors. At the heart of this story, then, is a delicate balancing act between tradition and survival, a performance experienced by countless indigenous groups\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Practically Invisible
The community of Agua Blanca, deep within the Machalilla National
Park on the coast of Ecuador, found itself facing the twenty-first
century with a choice: embrace a booming tourist industry eager to
experience a preconceived notion of indigeneity, or risk losing a
battle against the encroaching forces of capitalism and
development. The facts spoke for themselves, however, as tourism
dollars became the most significant source of income in the
community.
Thus came a nearly inevitable shock, as the daily rhythms of
life--rising before dawn to prepare for a long day of maintaining
livestock and crops; returning for a late lunch and siesta; joining
in a game of soccer followed by dinner in the evening--transformed
forever in favor of a new tourist industry and the compromises
required to support it. As Practically Invisible
demonstrates, for Agua Blancans, becoming a supposedly \"authentic\"
version of their own indigenous selves required performing their
culture for outsiders, thus becoming these performances within the
minds of these visitors. At the heart of this story, then, is a
delicate balancing act between tradition and survival, a
performance experienced by countless indigenous groups.
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The Indigenous Textiles in the Colonial Period. Taxation, Trade and Exchange of Cotton Mantas in the Central Andes of the New Kingdom of Granada, XVI and XVII Centuries
This article analyses the continuity and importance of the textiles of pre-Hispanic origin in the economic colonial order of the Central Andes of the New Kingdom of Granada during the XVI and XVII centuries. Through the study of the official documentation that accounts for the link of cotton mantas to the colonial tax system, the trade and the exchange values are examined. First, we analyse hints of the volume of mantas delivered by the indigenous groups as a tribute in species, which allows us to observe the flexibility of the fiscal system characterized by the negotiation, the non-fulfillment of the official rates and the protection of the interests of the different actors involved. Second, we establish who were some of the final consumers of the product and what conditions surrounded the trade and transportation of the textiles. Finally, we show the types of exchanges that involved the cotton mantas, and the values these acquired in the local and regional markets. These three thematic axes show the active and relevant presence of the indigenous textile manufacturing in the local, provincial and inter-provincial context, as well as the network of political, economic and commercial relations that stimulated this productive activity during this colonial period.
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