The indigenous Bribri in anthropological vision of naturalistic scientists: Costa Rica in the late nineteenth century
This article explores the anthropological understanding of the Bribris, an indigenous group of Costa Rica, developed toward the end of the nineteenth century by three founders of Costa Rican anthropology: the naturalist scientists William Gabb, Henry Pittier and Carl Bovallius. The paper addresses t...
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I28-R145-1280_oai2025-11-17 Ochoa, Mauricio Menjívar 2014-12-14 This article explores the anthropological understanding of the Bribris, an indigenous group of Costa Rica, developed toward the end of the nineteenth century by three founders of Costa Rican anthropology: the naturalist scientists William Gabb, Henry Pittier and Carl Bovallius. The paper addresses these authors’ contact with the Bribris, analyzing how they formed “anthropological questions” about otherness. It suggests that the national and international 19th century scientific context endowed these naturalists with authority. With this authorization, albeit the existence of nuanced perspectives regarding the Bribris among them, they shaped the Bribris as exotic and inferior, as if they were a declining uncivilized people whose territory should be opened up to non-indigenous waves of colonization. En el artículo se explora la mirada antropológica sobre el pueblo indígena bribri de Costa Rica, desarrollada a finales del siglo XIX por tres de los precursores de la antropología costarricense: los científicos naturalistas William Gabb, Henry Pittier y Carl Bovallius. Para analizar la obra de estos autores se propone analizar su contacto con los bribris interrogando la forma en que formulan “preguntas antropológicas” sobre esa otredad. En el artículo se sostiene que el contexto científico decimonónico, nacional e internacional, invistió de autoridad a estos naturalistas. Con esta autorización, y si bien entre éstos existen perspectivas matizadas sobre los bribris, se tendió a construir una visión exotizada y de inferioridad, como de pueblo incivilizado y en proceso de extinción, cuyo territorio debía abrir paso a olas no-indígenas de colonización. No artigo é analisado o olhar antropológico sobre o povo indígena bribri da Costa Rica, através de três dos precursores da antropologia costarriquenha: os cientistas naturalistas William Gabb, Henry Pittier e Carl Bovallius, cujas observações foram feitas no último período do século XIX. Para estudar a obra destes autores, propõe-se a análise do próprio contato desses pesquisadores com os bribris questionando a maneira de formular as “perguntas antropológicas” sobre essa alteridade. No artigo, afirma-se que o contexto científico nacional e internacional de finais do século XIX, conferiu autoridade aos naturalistas analisados. Com tal autorização, e apesar de existirem entre eles nuances nas diferentes perspectivas sobre os bribris, foi construída uma visão exótica e de inferioridade; isto é, foram considerados como um povo não civilizado e em vias de extinção, cujo território devia permitir a passagem de ondas não-indígenas de colonização. application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/CAS/article/view/1280 10.34096/cas.i40.1280 spa Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/CAS/article/view/1280/1235 Cuadernos de antropología social; Núm. 40 (2014); 97-124 1850-275X 0327-3776 Antropología costarricense Pregunta antropológica Indígenas bribris Historia de la ciencia Costa Rica en el siglo XIX Antropologia costarriquenha Pergunta antropológica Indígenas bribris História da ciencia A Costa Rica no século XIX Costa Rican anthropology Anthropological question Indigenous Bribris History of science Costa Rica in the 19th century The indigenous Bribri in anthropological vision of naturalistic scientists: Costa Rica in the late nineteenth century Los indígenas bribris en la mirada antropológica de científicos-naturalistas: Costa Rica a fines del siglo XIX Os indígenas bribris no olhar antropológico de cientistas naturalistas: a Costa Rica de finais do Século XIX info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=cantropo&d=1280_oai |
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This article explores the anthropological understanding of the Bribris, an indigenous group of Costa Rica, developed toward the end of the nineteenth century by three founders of Costa Rican anthropology: the naturalist scientists William Gabb, Henry Pittier and Carl Bovallius. The paper addresses these authors’ contact with the Bribris, analyzing how they formed “anthropological questions” about otherness. It suggests that the national and international 19th century scientific context endowed these naturalists with authority. With this authorization, albeit the existence of nuanced perspectives regarding the Bribris among them, they shaped the Bribris as exotic and inferior, as if they were a declining uncivilized people whose territory should be opened up to non-indigenous waves of colonization. |
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Ochoa, Mauricio Menjívar |
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The indigenous Bribri in anthropological vision of naturalistic scientists: Costa Rica in the late nineteenth century |
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The indigenous Bribri in anthropological vision of naturalistic scientists: Costa Rica in the late nineteenth century |
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Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA |
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