From lines to places: Notes about Territory among indigenous people of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombian Caribbean

Abstract This paper focuses on the ways that thei´kupeople, an indigenous group from the Colombian Caribbean, envisage the territory. The main idea is to discuss the category of "Línea Negra", making it one of the main territorial axis. For doing so, the paper takes into consideration a basic issue described by other authors: the differences between governmental and indigenous perspectives about what territory is. The main argument seeks to unstabilize the common idea about the “Línea Negra” being a limit in the western sense, enlightening other relations in which the primordial places, also known as sacred places, are the protagonists.

摘要 本研究聚焦哥伦比亚加勒比地区原住民蒂库（thei´ku）族群对领地的认知方式。核心内容围绕“黑线（Línea Negra）”范畴展开，将其作为核心领地轴线之一进行探讨。为此，本研究参考了既有研究提出的基础性议题：政府与原住民群体对“领地”概念的认知分歧。本研究的核心论点旨在动摇学界与大众将“黑线（Línea Negra）”视作西方语境下边界的普遍认知，阐明了以原初圣地（亦称神圣场所）为核心的另类关联模式。