Seeking rights to a city of huaca : cultural heritage management and urban citizenship in Lima, Peru
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- In Peru, the pre-colonial past is central to the construction of national identity and visions of tourism-driven economic development. Yet few of the pre-colonial monuments (huacas) in Peru's capital of Lima have been conserved. My dissertation seeks to unravel this apparent puzzle, in which a nation of archaeological riches has neglected its own capital's pre-colonial heritage. Blending archaeological, ethnographic, historical, and archival research methods, I explore how the modern pursuit of urban citizenship is intimately interwoven with ongoing struggles to preserve Lima's remaining huacas. Over the 20th century, hundreds of thousands of rural migrants sought refuge in Lima's burgeoning periphery, forming self-constructed, informal settlements among hundreds of seemingly abandoned, pre-colonial "ruins." Amidst the entangled processes of destruction and creation that characterize migrant settlements on and near huacas, the state's refusal to recognize these displaced Peruvians as full citizens of Lima has made both life in the city periphery and huaca conservation increasingly precarious. Faced with two equally difficult alternatives—illegal settlement or remaining landless—informal settlers have come to be seen (and even see themselves) as opposed to huaca protection. Yet a growing number of heritage grassroots organizations (HGROs) and progressive state allies aim to reverse such alienation through citizen participation and social use initiatives. Seen through the lens of citizenship, my dissertation illustrates the political function of huacas and the discriminatory effects of Peru's object-oriented system for managing pre-colonial heritage. Specifically, my analysis reveals how both HGR members and marginalized residents embody a self-made approach to urban citizenship through their struggles for the right to the city and cultural rights as Peruvians. I argue that these long-neglected huacas thus play a vibrant role in contemporary contestation over political citizenship and social inclusion in a Latin American megacity.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2021; ©2021 |
| Publication date | 2021; 2021 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Alexandrino Ocana, Grace Eliana |
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| Degree supervisor | Ebron, Paulla A, 1953- |
| Degree supervisor | Meskell, Lynn |
| Thesis advisor | Ebron, Paulla A, 1953- |
| Thesis advisor | Meskell, Lynn |
| Thesis advisor | Castillo, Luis Jaime |
| Thesis advisor | Voss, Barbara L, 1967- |
| Degree committee member | Castillo, Luis Jaime |
| Degree committee member | Voss, Barbara L, 1967- |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Anthropology |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Grace Eliana Alexandrino Ocana. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Anthropology. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2021. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/xk498jg1968 |
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- Copyright
- © 2021 by Grace Eliana Alexandrino Ocana
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