Animalistics and Scopic Regime. Cultural Contents from Ecological-Themed Ceramics of Guaitil and San Vicente, Costa Rica

 

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Autor: Camacho Mora, Fernando
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2026
Descripción:Introduction: This paper proposes an interdisciplinary understanding of the ceramic practice in Guaitil and San Vicente as a folk art that adapts a traditional production to meanings associated with contemporary contexts. Objective: The study analyzes the animalistic representations in contemporary ceramics from Guaitil and San Vicente as meta-images, in order to infer the influence of a scopic regime in their visual production. Methods: The research is based on visual characterization of a sample of ceramic vessels, the ethnographic technique of open conversations, and a bibliographic review. Results: It is suggested that one contemporary myth motivates and defines the animal representations introduced by tourist markets and institutional agents to adapt traditional production to external expectations. Conclusions: The images present in these ceramics are expressions of the world that produces them and reiterate the mythical narratives perceived as representations of reality.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/5619
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rescena/article/view/5619
Palabra clave:pottery
visual materials
cultural studies
cultural identity
mythology
alfarería
material visual
estudios culturales
identidad cultural
mitología