Abstract

PAZOS CARDENAS, Mateo. Embodiments of Multiculturalism in Two Afromusic Festivals in Colombia and Mexico. Desacatos [online]. 2018, n.57, pp.84-101. ISSN 2448-5144.

The paper analyzes the ways in which the contemporary multicultural discourse of Latin American nation-States overlaps in body practices and representations of people attending festivals, one in Colombia and another in Mexico, that render afro-american musical traditions. A qualitative methodology is used, based on an etnographic review of both events and interviews with people recurrently attending these festivals to demonstrate their body experiences in these events which are mediated by racial-ethnic or skin-color categories. The text shows that these festive spaces reproduce the racist assumptions under which the multicultural project is built in Latin America.

Keywords : corporalitites; multiculturalism; afro-latinoamerican populations; embodiment; racism.