Indigenism, anthropology, and testimony in Peru: ruptures, expansions, and platforms of representation

Abstract

This article suggests that the first testimonies in Peru are linked to the anthropological work of the 1960s and 1970s, and to the indigenista narrative's attempt to expand the forms of representation. The proposed hypothesis is that since 1970 the testimony as a space for dialogue between the Social Sciences and the Humanities was a platform that promoted the representation of subjects not previously considered central: people of African descent and especially women. Thus, the range of actors is expanded beyond the fixation of culturalist anthropology and indigenista narrative by indigenous authors.