eprintid: 10194756
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datestamp: 2024-10-24 06:57:00
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Vergara Murua, Francisco
title: Dancing the Andes. An Anthropological Approach of Rhythm
ispublished: unpub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B03
divisions: C03
divisions: F22
note: Copyright © The Author 2024. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. Access may initially be restricted at the author’s request.
abstract: This study explores the rhythm of traditional mestizo dance in the central
Peruvian Andes. It seeks to understand the ways in which mestizo people
conceptualise, practice, and embody the rhythm of dance, and the role that
rhythm plays in the production of identity. Based on eleven months of
ethnographic fieldwork with a folkloric dance ensemble from the city of Calca,
the research reveals that rhythm provides a temporal, corporeal, and spatial
sense through which mestizo people negotiate their identity. It also
demonstrates that rhythm is a multiscalar and socially meaningful phenomenon
that connects and integrates multiple levels of indigeneity and ‘mestizoness’.
Through rhythm, mestizo groups set off a process of becoming one that unites
the dancers with the dance, allowing the coexistence of modern and indigenous
elements.
In general terms, this research establishes a dialogue between Andean
anthropology, the anthropology of dance, and the anthropology of rhythm. As
the thesis shows, the anthropological study of rhythm demands more attention
within these fields. Today, there is a general sense within anthropology that
rhythm is an important aspect of life. Moreover, the term ‘rhythm’ has a long
history, and within the last few decades has come to attract a greater level of
attention. Paradoxically, the problem with rhythm is that it has scarcely been
subjected to anthropological scrutiny; therefore, little is known about it. This
study is therefore an effort to fill this gap.
date: 2024-07-28
date_type: published
full_text_type: other
thesis_class: doctoral_embargoed
thesis_award: Ph.D
language: eng
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 2297947
lyricists_name: Vergara Murua, Francisco
lyricists_id: FJVER01
actors_name: Vergara Murua, Francisco
actors_name: Dewerpe, Marie
actors_id: FJVER01
actors_id: MDDEW97
actors_role: owner
actors_role: impersonator
full_text_status: restricted
pages: 397
institution: UCL (University College London)
department: Anthropology
thesis_type: Doctoral
citation:        Vergara Murua, Francisco;      (2024)    Dancing the Andes. An Anthropological Approach of Rhythm.                   Doctoral thesis  (Ph.D), UCL (University College London).    
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10194756/1/Vergara%20Murua_Thesis.pdf