Abstract

NUNEZ, Paula Gabriela  and  FREDDI, Andrea. Frontier communities in the binational Patagonian Andes. Runa [online]. 2024, vol.45, n.1, pp.165-184.  Epub Feb 01, 2024. ISSN 1851-9628.  http://dx.doi.org/10.34096/runa.v45i1.12828.

This article aims to reflect upon the concept of community in the Andean Patagonia, a territory politically divided between Argentina and Chile. We use ethnographic data and bibliographical revisions as sources to consider different cases, proceeding from both sides of the Andes. Here, the refences to the communal appear at two levels: population with state administration and population with familiar structure. The comparative approach between Argentina and Chile allows to underline how the emergence of the communal, despite always being related to an introspective narrative, reveals the presence of the nation-state as an inescapable interlocutor. Moreover, we take into consideration two factors related to communal construction: menace and organization. We claim that while menace tightens internal social binds and develops an oppositional sense of belonging, it becomes effectively constitutional of a communal order, only of it manages to fully articulate an internal organization based on affective elements.

Keywords : Community; Threat; Organization; State; Family.

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