8 articles in this issue
Manuel Dannemann
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Carlos Munizaga
The author refers to the usefulness of Anthropology for the affective and the cognitive development of man. He proceeds to recollect personal experiences of close approach to other disciplines in an anthropological perspective. The significance of such a ... see more
The author refers to the difficulties surrounding the concept of folk culture. He impugns a characte rization of folklore as subject LO req uirements of form, content, learning, propagation , temporality and duration of an event. In its place, Professor D... see more
Antonia Benavente, Claudio Massone, Carlos Thomas
The present work proposes a design of investigation concerning the rapé complex in Chile, characteristic of the so-called culture of San Pedro . With this aim in view, nearly a thousand contexts proceeding from different cemeteries in the oasis of San Ped... see more
Alba Valencia
Professor Alba Valencia makes a synthesis of ethnolinguistic studies in Chile, supported by a solid and up-to-date bibliography. Her anide contributes to the scientific diffusion of this subject, which also acknowledges ethnolinguistic research at differe... see more
Yvonne Etcharren
This article reviews Piaget's fundamental conceptualizations relating them to the periods of the child's mental development. lt emphasizes the importance ofunderstanding the fact that the child livers a reality quite different from that of the adult. Prof... see more
Jaime Moreno
Professor Moreno provides for usan example of oriental mythography through an account of the adventures of Adapa. His contribution leads us into a culturalmilieu which is characterized by a great richness in the field of popular beliefs,which find artisti... see more
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