Hélène Roy
présentera publiquement sa thèse
LE ROYAUME NEO-INCA DE VILCABAMBA (PEROU, 1537-1572) :
ETUDE HISTORIQUE ET ANTHROPOLOGIQUE
le 10 décembre 2013 à 14h
en salle Gargantua, à la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société
(MSHS) – campus universitaire de Poitiers
Son travail a été mené sous la direction de Jean-Philippe HUSSON.
Abstract
The neo-Inca kingdom of Vilcabamba is usually taken as a lost city. As a shelter where the last Tawantinsuyu sovereigns kept carrying on for thirty six years (1537-1572) the traditions of an Empire fallen because of colonisation, it never stopped arousing the curiosity of explorers and then historians. Mistaken for the famous Machu Picchu for a long time, this city has since been located and is now well-known by researchers. Nevertheless, many questions still remain unanswered. What was the real part played by this indigenous state formation in the colonial society? Did some parts of its protest survive? Can the neo-Inca kingdom be considered, as some people assert, as the origin of some contemporary dramatic and mythical traditions? These are the questions dealt with in this thesis. As an attempt to answer them, we led unprecedented research works in two domains: history and anthropology.
Key words: neo-Inca kingdom of Vilcabamba, defeated indigenous elite strategy, dominant/dominated relationship, indigenous opposition, Taki unquy, idolatry eradication, filiation study, contemporary theatre, Andean mythology.
Membres du jury :
- Jean-Philippe HUSSON – Professeur émérite d’Université, Université de Poitiers (Directeur de thèse)
- Caroline LEPAGE – Professeure d’Université, Université de Poitiers (Examinateur)
- Patrick LESBRE – Professeur d’Université, Université de Toulouse 2-Le Mirail (Rapporteur)
- Isabelle TAUZIN – Professeure d’Université, Université de Bordeaux 3 (Rapporteur)
- Nathan WACHTEL – Professeur honoraire, Collège de France (Examinateur)