Paola Revilla Orías

Universidad Católica Boliviana "San Pablo" · Cultura

This article examines the experience of minors at the intersection of guardianship, domestic servitude (free and unfree labour), and punitive violence in Charcas (Bolivia) in the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. The author proposes that the study of the role of punishment in the lives of working children and adolescents allows us to question...

Resumen Lejos de reducirse a su versión minera, la mita colonial conoció diferentes modalidades. El presente trabajo parte de la constatación de esa diversidad intrínseca al sistema. Plantea que el estudio de la mita urbana es fundamental para entender la complejidad de la experiencia mitaya, así como el trabajo coactivo y coercitivo colonial en su...

The complexity of the phenomenon of servitude in Colonial Charcas (Bolivia) reveals that children of different origins were subject to coercive conditions similar to those of legal slavery. This analysis shows the working reality of Afro- descendants and indigenous people in the jurisdiction. It points out to the keys of the mentality and daily beh...

El texto se adentra en las formas de manumisión de esclavos que residieron en la ciudad de La Plata, Charcas colonial. Propone su análisis como procesos complejos, develando mecanismos coercitivos desplegados por los amos para perpetuar el control sobre los esclavizados, así como la hábil acción de estos en su lucha por la consecución de la liberta...

Ver reseñas: Barrero, Andrea (2022). Historia y Cultura. Revista de la Sociedad Boliviana de Historia, 43: 187-189. Guevara Gil, Armando (2022). “Paisajes de servidumbre y esclavitud en el mundo colonial andino”. Rechtsgeschichte Legal History 30: 249-250. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12946/rg30/249-250. López, Gabriela (2022). Rey Desnudo. Revista...

Ver reseñas: Barrero, Andrea (2022). Historia y Cultura. Revista de la Sociedad Boliviana de Historia, 43: 187-189. Guevara Gil, Armando (2022). “Paisajes de servidumbre y esclavitud en el mundo colonial andino”. Rechtsgeschichte Legal History 30: 249-250. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12946/rg30/249-250. López, Gabriela (2022). Rey Desnudo. Revista...

Based on the critical analysis of historiographic assertions focused on the study of Yanaconazgo as a long-standing labor institution, this text proposes various key factors to broaden the historical perspective. It is supported by concrete data from the context of the jurisdiction of La Plata in Charcas (Bolivia) between the sixteen and eighteenth...

The captivity, trafficking and labour exploitation of indigenous people from the southern Lowlands of the Andes, in the Real Audiencia de Charcas, and the fate of their descendants in the colonial period, are studied here through individual histories as well as the legislation and its application. When observing diverse experiences of captives, the...

La dicotomía libre/esclavo se ha mostrado insuficiente para explicar la diversidad y multiplicidad de relaciones y de experiencias laborales en el mundo. De esta certeza surge la necesidad de poner en evidencia y estudiar en perspectiva histórica la coexistencia de sistemas laborales que, por su diferente grado de coerción, la historiografía ha tra...

This study delves into the ethno-historical background to the Afro-Bolivian king and his role in the Plurinational State of today. It suggests that the figure of the king is now encouraging a reconfiguration of identity among some Afro-Bolivians in their negotiation with the state, seeking a better integration of historical experience in the proces...

Four women, two mestizas and two zambas were accused of superstition and witchcraft before the highest court of appeal of the Real Audiencia de Charcas in La Plata the year 1824, which means, some months before the formal birth of Bolivia as an independent Republic. The court document here analyzed and faced to its broader context, reveals that the...