Eduardo P. Archetti
Eduardo P. Archetti or more affectionately Lali Archetti[1] (Santiago del Estero, April 12, 1943 – Oslo, June 6, 2005) was an Argentine anthropologist and sociologist, essayist and educator, considered one of the most original social scientists in Latin America. He was a pioneer of the anthropological approach to sports and its relationship to the collective imagination.[2] He died of cancer in Norway, while still the director of the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo.[1]
Education
Archetti was born in the province of Santiago del Estero on 12 April 1943. His father was a doctor. He studied at the Military School “General Paz” in Córdoba and completed his secondary education at the Absalón Rojas School in 1960.[3]
He later pursued studies at the
Interested in studying the rural phenomenon in Latin America, he attempted to realize his doctoral thesis in
Work
Archetti was a founding member of the
According to Archetti:
The national identity of Argentines was formed by polo players, football players and dancers of tango, which early in the century represented us abroad (...) the importance of the export of meat and grains is always spoken of, but they were not the most important commodities, if we consider that the music and sports idols were the ones who created the romantic image that people overseas had of the Argentines. But like a game of mirrors, the local collective imagination of national identity came to reflect what outsiders see. The clearest example is cited by Adolfo Bioy Casares, when he recalls that the dress of the Gauchos that started to become popular inland was a copy of that which was used in the films by Rudolph Valentino.[7]
Publications
- Family Farming and capital accumulation in the Argentine countryside (with Kristi Anne Stolen, 1975)
- The guinea pig (1992)
- Hybridization, diversity and generalization in the ideological world of soccer and polo (1997)
- The pasture, the track and the ring: The homelands of Argentine sports (2001)
- Masculinities: football, polo and tango in Argentina (2003)[7]
Tribute
The Centre for Social Anthropology at the Institute of Economic and Social Development (CAS-IDES) provides, since 2006, the "Eduardo Archetti" prize for the best anthropological master's thesis from Argentina, Norway, Ecuador and Guatemala.
See also
References
- ^ a b c "WAN - news". Ram-wan.net. Archived from the original on 2012-06-17. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ^ a b "Eduardo Archetti". Folk.uio.no. 2005-06-06. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ^ a b c d Guber, Rosana (December 2005). "Eduardo P. Archetti: 1943-2005". Intersecciones en Antropología (6): 3–5.
- ^ a b "In Memoriam Eduardo Archetti" (PDF). unse.edu.ar.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-26. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
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- ^ a b c "Fútbol, polo y tango, los tres pilares de la identidad argentina - 17.01.1999 - lanacion.com". La Nación. Lanacion.com.ar. 1999-01-17. Retrieved 2012-05-22.