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| Centro de Estudios Antropológicos | |
|---|---|
| Name | Centro de Estudios Antropológicos |
| Native name | Centro de Estudios Antropológicos |
| Established | 20th century |
| Type | Research institute |
| Location | Latin America |
| Affiliation | University and independent affiliations |
Centro de Estudios Antropológicos is a research institute dedicated to anthropological study and field research in Latin America, collaborating with universities, museums, and cultural institutions. It engages with scholars across disciplines associated with archaeology, ethnography, linguistics, and heritage, working with national archives, regional governments, and international organizations to document material culture and intangible traditions. The center convenes conferences, curates exhibitions, and publishes monographs while participating in comparative projects involving major museums and research centers.
Founded amid intellectual movements influenced by figures associated with Claude Lévi-Strauss, Franz Boas, Bronisław Malinowski, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, and Margaret Mead, the center arose during debates paralleling initiatives at Smithsonian Institution, British Museum, Musée de l'Homme, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and University of Buenos Aires. Early collaborations invoked methodologies developed at Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Royal Anthropological Institute, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, and Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. Institutional milestones referenced partnerships like those of UNESCO and International Council on Monuments and Sites, echoing field campaigns similar to projects at Museo Nacional de Antropología (Mexico City), Museo de La Plata, Museo del Hombre (Peru), and research programs linked to Harvard University, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Columbia University, and University of Chicago.
The center emphasizes comparative studies drawing on paradigms associated with José María Arguedas, Guillermo Bonfil Batalla, Fernando Ortiz, Octavio Paz, and Carlos Castaneda while engaging with postcolonial critiques developed in dialogues akin to those at Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, Latin American Studies Association, American Anthropological Association, and International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. Research agendas intersect topics researched at National Anthropological Archives, Biblioteca Nacional de España, Archivo General de la Nación (Argentina), Archivo General de la Nación (México), and institutions like Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Instituto Nacional de Cultura (Peru). The center prioritizes studies comparable to those undertaken by Walter Benjamin, Michel Foucault, Edward Said, Stuart Hall, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak in cultural analysis, and it situates heritage projects in frameworks used by ICOMOS, ICOM, and World Monuments Fund.
Governance models reflect practices from Universidad de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, National Autonomous University of Mexico, and Universidad de Sao Paulo, with advisory boards that include scholars affiliated with Princeton University, Yale University, Brown University, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Toronto. Administrative divisions are analogous to departments at Smithsonian Institution, Royal Ontario Museum, Museo Nacional de Antropología (Madrid), Museo del Oro (Colombia), and research units similar to Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. The center liaises with funding agencies such as National Science Foundation, European Research Council, Wellcome Trust, Ford Foundation, and regional bodies like CONICYT and CONICET.
Training initiatives mirror graduate programs at Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, University of Cambridge and doctoral schools like those at École Normale Supérieure and School of Oriental and African Studies. The center offers field schools patterned on models from Archaeological Institute of America, Institute of Latin American Studies, Toxico-archaeology programs at Universidad de Antioquia, and summer institutes comparable to School for Advanced Research. Visiting scholar fellowships have attracted academics with affiliations to University of Michigan, Stanford University, Duke University, McGill University, and Australian National University. Professional training collaborates with museums such as Museo Nacional de Antropología (Mexico City), Museo Nacional de Antropología (Madrid), Museo de las Culturas, and heritage programs like Patrimonio Cultural initiatives.
Field projects have paralleled regional studies conducted at Chan Chan, Moche, Tiwanaku, Chavín de Huántar, Monte Albán, Teotihuacan, Tenochtitlan, Copán, Palenque, and Tikal and have engaged with communities in regions studied by researchers from Cuzco, Oaxaca, Yucatán, Amazonas (Peru), Gran Chaco, and Pantanal. Ethnographic inquiries reference methods used by scholars who worked on Andean cosmovision, Mapuche struggles, Zapotec communities, Maya revitalization, and rites comparable to those documented in studies of Carnival of Oruro, Inti Raymi, Día de los Muertos, Semana Santa, and Fiesta de la Candelaria. Archaeological field seasons coordinate with conservation efforts similar to those at Pukara de Los Molle, Sacsayhuamán, El Fuerte de Samaipata, Cerro Sechín, and El Tajín.
The center publishes monographs, edited volumes, and journals following editorial standards akin to publications by Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan, and university presses at University of Chicago Press and Johns Hopkins University Press, and produces catalogues for exhibitions at Museo Nacional de Antropología (Mexico City), British Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Museo de Arte de Lima. Its digital archives build on platforms used by HathiTrust, JSTOR, WorldCat, Europeana, and national libraries including Bibliothèque nationale de France and Library of Congress. Bibliographic collaborations reference citation networks similar to those of Scopus and Web of Science.
Partnerships extend to organizations like UNESCO, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, Pan American Health Organization, IUCN, and cultural agencies such as Instituto Cervantes, Fundación del Libro y la Rosa, Fundación Bunge y Born, and museums including Museo Larco, Museo Nacional de Antropología (Madrid), Museo de la Nación (Peru), Museum of Anthropology (Vancouver), and Smithsonian Institution. Academic networks include Latin American Studies Association, Association of Social Anthropologists, European Association of Social Anthropologists, American Anthropological Association, and research centers like Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology and Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation.
Category:Research institutes