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Deciphering Ontologies: Divination and “Infinition” in Classic Maya Inscriptions

Zamora, Alonso

Revista de antropologia (São Paulo), 2016-12, Vol.59 (3), p.73-89 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Departamento de Antropologia of the Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciencias Humanas of the Universidade de São Paulo

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  • Título:
    Deciphering Ontologies: Divination and “Infinition” in Classic Maya Inscriptions
  • Autor: Zamora, Alonso
  • Assuntos: DOSSIÊ | “COSMOPOLÍTICAS E ONTOLOGIAS RELACIONAIS ENTRE POVOS INDÍGENAS E POPULAÇÕES TRADICIONAIS NA AMÉRICA LATINA” ; Long Count ; Maya Art ; Maya Epigraphy ; Palenque ; Power ; Ritual
  • É parte de: Revista de antropologia (São Paulo), 2016-12, Vol.59 (3), p.73-89
  • Descrição: In many forms, important trends of current anthropology, like the ontological turn, have been left aside in the analysis of the ancient artistic testimonies of the indigenous people of the Americas, thanks to the inevitable gap and lamentable misunderstandings between ethnology, archaeology and art history. In this text, we retake the notion of “infinition”, a term coined by Martin Holbraad in his work about Cuban divination, Truth in Motion (2012), to explore two epigraphic and artistic testimonies from the courts of the Classic Maya period (AD 250-900) and see how what has been seen as mere calendarical manipulation by scheming rulers and elites can be read as ritual acts of divination which created new identities, altered the ontological constitution of their participants and challenged the boundaries of human (and divine) time and space. By reading Maya art à la Roy Wagner, that is, as invention, we want to encourage the very much needed criticism of the tired notion of “justification of power” that seems to pervade Maya Art interpretation among archaeologists and epigraphists.
  • Editor: Departamento de Antropologia of the Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciencias Humanas of the Universidade de São Paulo
  • Idioma: Inglês
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