20245604(en)/4 - The Corpus Christi Dancer in the Central Andes of Ecuador. State of the Art
THE CORPUS CHRISTI DANCER IN THE CENTRAL ANDES OF ECUADOR. STATE OF THE ART
EL DANZANTE DE CORPUS CHRISTI DE LOS ANDES CENTRALES DEL ECUADOR. ESTADO DEL ARTE
David Fernando Endara-Ibarra
This study presents a state of the art of the Corpus Christi Dancer religious festival in the Central Andes in Ecuador. It examines Academic literature from 1889 to 2024. The analysis includes a chronology, a comparative table, and categorization of contributions into four stages: (1) documents from the late 19th and early 20th centuries prior to the establishment of the Instituto Ecuatoriano de Folklore, (2) research conducted within the framework of the Instituto Ecuatoriano de Folklore, (3) anthropological approaches, and (4) applied research studies from other disciplines. For each document, the study identifies the specific population under study (human group), the context of production and circulation of the text, the data collection and analysis techniques (methodology), and the conceptual approach used. The study concludes that these approaches and research reflect interpretations that are more influenced by the context of production and circulation than by the local social realities they aim to investigate.
