The hour of the Mechanic Bricoleur
The essay analyses a recent ethnography on the repair and maintenance of motorcycles in Romania from the Second World War to the present day. Bearing in mind the very definition of the object, the analytical and conceptual premises of the anthropology of motorcycle culture, the methodological strate...
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The essay analyses a recent ethnography on the repair and maintenance of motorcycles in Romania from the Second World War to the present day. Bearing in mind the very definition of the object, the analytical and conceptual premises of the anthropology of motorcycle culture, the methodological strategies that document it and some of the most significant particularities of the post-Soviet historical context and of “the post-repair society”, it is possible to rethink the apparently technical phenomenon of motorcycle mechanics as an authentic total social fact that modulates a set of geopolitical, economic, technical, identity, symbolic, aesthetic, age and gender variables. In addition, some lines of comparative exploration with other current studies on ethnomechanics, mobilities and particularly the contemporary dissemination of motorcycles in different cultural areas are proposed, which may shed light on the possible relational configurations between technology, environment and society. |
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I10-R372-article-436652024-11-04T19:00:54Z The hour of the Mechanic Bricoleur La hora del bricoleur mecánico A hora do bricoleur mecânico Villar, Diego Villar, Diego Villar, Diego Motorcycles Mobilities Technology Repair Studies Globalisation Motocicletas Movilidades Mecánica Reparaciones Globalización Motocicletas Mobilidade Mecânica Reparos Globalização The essay analyses a recent ethnography on the repair and maintenance of motorcycles in Romania from the Second World War to the present day. Bearing in mind the very definition of the object, the analytical and conceptual premises of the anthropology of motorcycle culture, the methodological strategies that document it and some of the most significant particularities of the post-Soviet historical context and of “the post-repair society”, it is possible to rethink the apparently technical phenomenon of motorcycle mechanics as an authentic total social fact that modulates a set of geopolitical, economic, technical, identity, symbolic, aesthetic, age and gender variables. In addition, some lines of comparative exploration with other current studies on ethnomechanics, mobilities and particularly the contemporary dissemination of motorcycles in different cultural areas are proposed, which may shed light on the possible relational configurations between technology, environment and society. Se analiza una etnografía reciente sobre la reparación y el mantenimiento de motocicletas en Rumania desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial a la actualidad. A partir del detalle de las premisas analíticas y conceptuales del estudio antropológico de la cultura motociclística, de los propios recortes del objeto, de las estrategias metodológicas para documentarlo y de algunas de las particularidades más significativas del escenario histórico de la modernidad postsoviética y “la sociedad de la post-reparación”, se argumenta que es posible repensar el fenómeno aparentemente técnico de la mecánica motociclística como un auténtico hecho social total que modula un set de variables geopolíticas, económicas, técnicas, identitarias, simbólicas, estéticas, etarias y de género. Finalmente, se proponen algunas líneas posibles de exploración comparativa con otros estudios actuales sobre etnomecánica, movilidades y en particular la difusión contemporánea de motocicletas en áreas culturales muy distintas entre sí, que echan luz sobre las configuraciones relacionales posibles entre tecnología, medioambiente y sociedad. Analisa-se uma etnografia recente sobre o conserto e manutenção de motocicletas na Romênia, desde a Segunda Guerra Mundial até os dias atuais, colocando-a em contexto. Partindo do detalhamento das premissas analíticas e conceituais do estudo antropológico da cultura da motocicleta, dos recortes do objeto de estudo, das estratégias metodológicas para documentá-lo e de algumas das particularidades mais significativas do cenário histórico da modernidade pós-soviética, é possível repensar o fenômeno aparentemente técnico do conserto de motocicletas como um autêntico fato social total que modula diversas variáveis geopolíticas, econômicas, técnicas, identitárias, simbólicas, estéticas, etárias e de gênero. Por fim, propõem-se possíveis linhas de exploração comparativa com outros estudos atuais sobre etnomecânica, mobilidades e, em particular, a difusão contemporânea de motocicletas em áreas culturais muito diferentes, mostrando configurações relacionais possíveis entre tecnologia, ambiente e sociedade. [Motocicletas - Mobilidades - Tecnologia – Consertos - Globalização] Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Museo de Antropología 2024-04-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer reviewed article Artículo revisado por pares Artigo revisado por pares application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/43665 10.31048/1852.4826.v17.n1.43665 Revista del Museo de Antropología; Vol. 17 No. 1 (2024); 91-96 Revista del Museo de Antropología; Vol. 17 Núm. 1 (2024); 91-96 Revista del Museo de Antropología; v. 17 n. 1 (2024); 91-96 1852-4826 1852-060X 10.31048/1852.4826.v17.n1 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/43665/44912 Derechos de autor 2024 Diego Villar https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |