La introducción de la escritura y la sociedad indígena en La Pampa Argentina (siglo XIX)

Abstract

In the framework of a historical process such as the linguistic hispanisation of the pampean indigenous territories, we analyze some general aspects of the culture that are affected by the introduction of the scripture into an oral society, in particular, the movement and control of information and the conservation of knowledge, as well as some types of direct and indirect impact on the socio-political organization of the receiving society of such influence. The status achieved by escribas and lenguaraces, as well as the archival practice between the indigenous pampeans, offer some answers to these questions.