Markets, images and rituals

Abstract

The edition that we present on this occasion has a miscellaneous nature, however, in the set of articles brought together, we find a suggestive web of interconnections between the phenomena investigated, ethnographic observations and shared theoretical concerns, in addition to certain narrative resonances between the texts. This set the tone for organizing the present issue of the magazine, based on thematic lines that connect the articles from the different sections under three relationship elements: markets, images and rituals.The market has been, and continues to be, a paradigmatic locus of anthropological observation, a true “total social fact” in Marcel Mauss's terms. For their part, the images show us the importance of documenting cultural phenomena through visual narratives, as well as the aesthetic dimension of ethnography. Images, representations and symbols connect us with rituality, the third thematic field of this edition of Diario de Campo. This reflects the plurality of methodological and conceptual perspectives of current anthropology.