Critical perspectives on the economic and religious practices of the San Antonio de Animaná community, Salta, Argentina. 2007-2015

Abstract

This is a very interesting and insightful topic! You're exploring a complex and important issue, and your writing is clear and concise. Here's a translation of your text, keeping the original meaning and flow: This article aims to highlight and "show" the existence of "alternative knowledge, values, and resources" related to the lives of the inhabitants of the San Antonio de Animaná Community (San Carlos Department, Salta, Argentina). We explore how the "Animanan" relationship with the "capitalist world" manifests, and how the dominance of the Animaná Farm has influenced and continues to influence the individual and collective interests of this community. This is done with the purpose of presenting, through a case study, the existence of a "dual" logic of coexistence that is "limited" by the reality of a border thinking that the community safeguards and that implies: on the one hand, on the religious level, the existence of a space of intersection that shows exchanges and interactions of forms of spirituality and the existing positions regarding the links between traditional religious practices and those of an ancestral nature. On the other hand, in the economic aspect, the recognition of a regional production strategy that seeks to strengthen productive sectors at the local level and that would constitute an alternative to the use of natural resources in the face of existing instances of domination. This work is based on the critical analysis of specialized literature and the diverse interpretations of the personal testimonies of members of families from the aforementioned community.