Resiliencia sociocultural de los Mbya Guaraní de Paraguay en contextos de desarraigo y relocalización territorial

  1. Claudia Cáceres González 1
  2. Lourdes Moro Gutiérrez 1
  3. María Jesús Pena Castro 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Salamanca, España
Revista:
Temas antropológicos: Revista científica de investigaciones regionales

ISSN: 1405-843X

Any de publicació: 2017

Volum: 39

Número: 2

Pàgines: 85-104

Tipus: Article

Altres publicacions en: Temas antropológicos: Revista científica de investigaciones regionales

Resum

For the present Research Article, we approached the reality of the southern Mbya Guarani of Paraguay. This ethnic group were expelled from their ancestral habitat, the Yacyretâ Island, during the years 1970-1980, to construction of the Hydroelectric Dam between Paraguay and Argentina. For 15 years, Mbya Guarani lived in a dispersed way, until they could relocate in their present territory, where they live according to their cultural traditions. We analyzed their resilience factors from a qualitative ethnographic design, which included participant observation and interview techniques. To the Mbya Guarani, resilience is like a chant to life.