This article explores the enigmatic centrality of a seemingly unoccupied place located at the very heart of an Andean community in northern Chile. It investigates how the apparent emptiness of a ritual site paradoxically operates as an ineffable agent that articulates beings, things and landscapes. The author argues that the study of what happens in this place is of significance beyond regional studies. It goes beyond the usual cultural frameworks to consider theoretical concepts such as topology, materiality, vitality and relationality. In order to explore this, he investigates how the ‘empty’ heart of the ceremonial centre, Isluga Marka – the place that blurs borders and centres (taypi) – emerges as a theoretically challenging topological phenomenon. The ethnography underlying this article is problematized in order to contribute to the general understanding of how matter, place and meaning can become entangled and mutually constituted.

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地方折叠：在艾马拉法典环境中物质和意义的共同产生

本文探讨了位于智利北部安第斯社区正中心的一个看似空置的地方的神秘中心。它研究了仪式场所的表面上的空虚如何自相矛盾地充当表达人类，事物和风景的不可言喻的作用。作者认为，对这个地方发生的事情的研究具有超越区域研究的意义。考虑诸如拓扑，重要性，生命力和关系性之类的理论概念超出了通常的文化框架。为了对此进行探讨，他研究了礼仪中心的“空”心脏Isluga Marka（边界和中心模糊的地方）是一种在理论上具有挑战性的拓扑现象。