Abstract

ARIAS, Ana Carolina. Las Instrucciones y sus consecuencias en la Encuesta Nacional de Folklore de la Argentina. Bol. Inst. Hist. Argent. Am. Dr. Emilio Ravignani [online]. 2024, n.60, pp.57-88. ISSN 0524-9767.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.34096/bol.rav.n60.10676.

This paper investigates the instructions and records produced from the 1921’s National Folklore Survey, organized by the National Council of Education with the intention of collecting “markedly ancient folk traditions” (Ramos, 1921: 15). This paper is based on the analysis of the instructions and a set of answers classified under the category “popular knowledge of science”. The responses chosen were the ones that mention “objects from the past”, including archaeological and paleontological news, sites and objects. The purpose is to show that much of what has been classified as popular knowledge is mediated by the readings of teacher’s education, which is not very different from the training of those who created the survey. In this sense, the analysis shows how layers of knowledge are overlapped, with teachers drawing on their training and references to “experts” in certain subjects. At the same time, they appropriate scientific findings and research, and re-signify them by considering these practices as part of the folkloric and popular heritage of the region.

Keywords : Folklore; Instructions; Teachers; Popular Knowledge.

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