Schildberger, Sophie Luise (2024) Artistic Approach to Identity and Heritage: Ethnographic Research on the Blacks and Whites Carnival in Pasto, Colombia. Bachelor thesis, Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL).
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Abstract
This paper focuses on the role of artistic expression in cultural preservation, examined by the “Carnaval de Negros y Blancos” (CNB), the Black and White Carnival, in San Juan de Pasto, Colombia. The CNB has been declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2009 and highlights the importance of art as a means to maintain and navigate the cultural identity and heritage formed by the mosaic of the Indigenous, African, and European influences of the region. I conducted cross-cultural ethnographic research, entailing fieldwork over the span of 10 days before and during the carnival season. I used qualitative methods, including fieldnotes, a field diary, photographic documentation, and seven semi-structured interviews. My results were that artistic expression, in the context of the CNB, serves through its mechanisms of Exposure & Accessibility; Appreciation & Identification and Belonging & Pride to a deep and meaningful connection of the community with their cultural identity and heritage. Keywords: artistic expression, cultural preservation, Carnaval de Negros y Blancos, Blacks and Whites Carnival, intangible cultural heritage
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Name supervisor: | Coler, M.L. |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jun 2024 11:51 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jun 2024 11:51 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/446 |
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