abstract

The classic approach to research on toponymy is limited to a linguistic focus. This reductionism has had a negative impact on the study of the toponymy of intercultural and indigenous territories, as in the case of the northern Patagonia. Based on a two-year ethnographic study in northern Patagonia, this article analyzes the socio-spatial dimension of Mapuche toponymy, through a mixed methodology involving both data collection and analysis, and an ethnographic approach. The article analyzes how these toponyms emerge from a variety of socio-spatial practices and meanings that are not only intertwined, but also involve several social, environmental, and political dimensions. We argue that the study of indigenous toponymy as a space-time compression entails an ontological opening of toponymy based on the process of inhabiting place. In this regard, the paper discusses the importance of understanding indigenous toponymy as a historically situated process.

摘要

地名研究的经典方法仅限于语言学。这种还原论对跨文化和土著领土的地名研究产生了负面影响，就像巴塔哥尼亚北部的情况一样。本文基于巴塔哥尼亚北部为期两年的民族志研究，通过涉及数据收集和分析的混合方法以及民族志方法，分析了马普切地名的社会空间维度。本文分析了这些地名是如何从各种社会空间实践和意义中产生的，这些实践和意义不仅相互交织，而且涉及多个社会、环境和政治维度。我们认为，将土著地名作为时空压缩的研究需要基于居住地过程的地名的本体论开放。在这方面，