Abstract: In this paper, we present some reflections on alternative interpretations of the notion of landscape based on the equivocal ways (sensu Viveiros de Castro 2004) in which it can be thought of and constituted. From our fieldwork experience in an Aboriginal community in the province of Jujuy, we consider the possibility of inhabiting multiple worlds by controlling equivocations, attempting neither to erode their differences nor to reduce conflicts to processes of hybridity or mixing. We seek to accompany the reflections of our interlocutors and to advance towards the possibility of thinking of other possible approaches to the idea of landscape, which can allow us to overcome the modern contradictions that propose binary relations and options, such as ‘inert’ landscape vs. ‘living’ landscape. We believe that the relations of some of these landscapes are irreducible to ‘one’ world, as they require more than one to be understood. Finally, we suggest that these connections should be thought of as partial connections.

Resumen: En este trabajo presentamos algunas reflexiones que ponen a la noción de paisaje en variación, considerando las formas equívocas (sensu Viveiros de Castro 2004), desde las cuales puede ser pensada y constituida. A partir de nuestras experiencias de campo en la comunidad aborigen de Huachichocana (Jujuy, Argentina) reflexionamos sobre la posibilidad de habitar mundos múltiples, controlando equivocaciones sin pretender erosionar las diferencias, ni reducir los conflictos a procesos de hibridez o mezclas. Procuramos acompañar las reflexiones de nuestros interlocutores y la posibilidad de pensar otros acercamiento posibles a la idea de paisaje, que nos permita sortear las contradicciones modernas que proponen relaciones del tipo: paisaje ‘inerte’ vs. paisaje ‘vivo’. Consideramos que las relaciones de algunos de estos paisajes se presentan como irreductibles a ‘un’ mundo y reclaman más de uno para ser comprendidas. Finalmente, sugerimos que estas deben ser pensadas bajo la forma de conexiones parciales.

Resumo: Este artigo apresenta uma análise etnográfica das relações estabelecidas durante a matança e as carneadas de animais de criação em uma comunidade aborígine do noroeste da Argentina, na região dos Andes meridionais. Argumenta-se que a topologia que se exprime a partir desses processos expõe os modos em que o espíritu (ou ánimu) dos animais e a relação de sorte que eles compartilham com os pastores devem ser tirados para fora dos corpos, na tentativa de transformá-los em carne comestível. Assim, as operações de separar, dobrar e envolver, junto com o processo de desidratação, tornam-se relevantes na hora de compreender as relações entre distintos corpos e as conexões potenciais entre diferentes lados do mundo.

Abstract: This paper presents an ethnographic analysis of the relationships established during the killing and slaughter of farm animals in an Aboriginal community in the northwest of Argentina, in the region of the Southern Andes. It is argued that the topology that expresses these processes exposes the ways in which the espíritu (or ánimu) of animals and the relationship of luck they share with pastors should be drawn out of the body, to turn it into edible meat. Thus, operations of separating, folding and wrapping, together with the dehydration process become relevant in order to understand the relationships between different bodies and potential connections between different sides of the world.

En este trabajo indago sobre las relaciones que los huacheños establecen entre su producción diaria de quesos y la vida de las familias en la comunidad, emplazada entre las regiones de quebrada y puna jujeñas, en Huachicocana, Jujuy, Argentina. Con base en una etnografía de los procesos técnicos del queso, me interesa comprender de qué modos los quesos se involucran en la fabricación y el sostenimiento de estas relaciones de parentesco mediante la manipulación diaria y estacional de cuajos, sueros, fermentos y pancheras.

In this work I investigate the relationships established by the huacheños between their daily production of cheese and the lives of families in the community, located between the regions of "quebrada" and "puna", in Huachicocana, Jujuy, Argentina). Based on an ethnography of cheese-making techniques, I'm interested in understanding the ways in which cheese is involved in the manufacture and maintenance of kinship relations, by means of the daily and seasonal manipulation of curds, whey, yeast and pancheras.

El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar el lugar que las mujeres y sus técnicas culinarias tienen en los estudios antropológicos sobre los Andes. consideramos que, mientras que el ofrecimiento y consumo de alimentos y bebidas ha sido el foco de muchos trabajos, la producción de comidas cotidianas (sopas) ha sido analizada de forma ocasional. Esbozamos, entonces, una propuesta que permita reinterpretar la producción cotidiana de comidas como instancias críticas en la definición de los espacios de poder femeninos.

The aim of this paper is to analize the position that women and their culinary techniques have in anthropological studies in the Andean region. We consider that, while the offering and consuming of food and beverages have been in focus in several works, the production of everyday food (soups) have been analyzed in very few occasions. We outline a proposal which will permit the reinterpretation of the everyday food production, like critical instances in the definition of feminine power spaces.

O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar a posição que as mulheres e as suas técnicas culinárias tem nos estudos antropológicos sobre os Andes. consideramos que, enquanto o oferecimento e consumo de alimentos e bebidas tem sido o foco de muitos trabalhos, a produção de comidas cotidianas (sopas) tem sido analisada de forma ocasional. Apresentamos antão uma proposta que permita reinterpretar a produção cotidiana de comidas como instancias criticas na definição dos espaços de poder femininos.