Mythification of Development and Mystification of Culture: Ethnodevelopment as an Alternative

This article has two objectives. The first is to reveal the ideological content that has become part of the concept of development. Whether it originates from academia or from the “developmentalist complex”, this ideology has led to the essentialist mystification of the notion of development, to the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Palenzuela Chamorro, Pablo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:Ecuador
Institución:Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Repositorio:Revista ICONOS
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/317
Acceso en línea:https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/317
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:development
postdevelopment
ethnodevelopment
engaged anthropology
situated knowledge
desarrollo
postdesarrollo
etnodesarrollo
antropología comprometida
conocimiento situado
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Sumario:This article has two objectives. The first is to reveal the ideological content that has become part of the concept of development. Whether it originates from academia or from the “developmentalist complex”, this ideology has led to the essentialist mystification of the notion of development, to the point of becoming a dogma in the narrative of modernity. The second challenge is to critically examine the ethnocentric relationship between development and culture in the hegemonic model of development. Its aim is to clarify the limits and possibilities of ethnodevelopment as an alternative.