Cultural Performance and Sustainability. Comparative Analysis of the Role of Tourism in Two Embera Communities in Panama

The comparative analysis based on ethnographic fieldwork of two Embera communities in Panama allows to reflect on the capacity of tourism to propitiate a staging of “traditionalism,” which is not only a passive adaptation to the demand for authenticity and exoticism, but also a process to seize the...

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Autor: Izard Martínez, Gabriel
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Costa Rica
Recursos:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/46437
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/anuario/article/view/46437
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:sustainability
performance
indigenous tourism
Embera
Panama
sustentabilidad
turismo indígena
emberá
Panamá
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Resumo:The comparative analysis based on ethnographic fieldwork of two Embera communities in Panama allows to reflect on the capacity of tourism to propitiate a staging of “traditionalism,” which is not only a passive adaptation to the demand for authenticity and exoticism, but also a process to seize the opportunity to preserve culture. The performative dimension of patrimonial safeguarding, which responds to the will of affirmation of a group worried by its survival, contributes to the sustainability of the development of tourism. However, sustainability is limited by the lack of control over a main resource: tourists.