The article presents a review of kinship in anthropological studies on indigenous populations at the north of Chile, during a period that spans from the professionalization of anthropology in the country to present day (1954-2020). It analyzes anthropological reports, with special attention to ethnographic data, that have contributed to kinship knowledge, and which allow to appreciate how this object of social inquiry has been understood. It is proposed that, even though it is verified that kinship provides a relevant analytical scheme to understand indigenous societies at northern Chile, the studies that specifically address it are scarce, information available is diverse, analyzes are at a descriptive level, and the analytical concepts are of different nature. Such a situation can be explained by the own trajectory that Chilean anthropology has developed since its institutionalization in the country. A counterpoint established with the research overview about kinship in the Andean area and the metropolitan schools of anthropology makes visible the gap that Chilean anthropology presents in the academic production on kinship.
Moreira, J. (2022). Kinship in Andean studies at northern Chile. Revista Chilena De Antropología, (45), 47–70. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-1472.2022.67752
