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The path and the walk: historical sources of the Rarámuri from the Sierra Tarahumara, Mexico

ABSTRACT

In this article I show how roads and walking constitute an epistemological context characterized by revealing the necessary procedures to produce and transmit specific content for the Rarámuri or Tarahumara who inhabited in northern Mexico. The objective is to expose the narratives compiled in that context and to examine the relationship between the enunciation and the geographic supports that are recognized as evidence of the events reported and as generators of the enunciation. The goal is to analyze the native procedures of enunciation in order to postulate a symmetry between these records and the bureaucratic and administrative documentary sources that the Mexican State has produced during the 20th and 21st centuries and which have served as a pillar to build the story of / about the Rarámuri. The ulterior object is to contribute to the construction of a space of existence for Rarámuri history.

KEYWORDS:
Rarámuri; Amerindian history; historical sources; territorial records

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