Estelas de trayectorias esparcidas: las tácticas indígenas en el contexto de las misiones. Colombia, 1880-1930

Based on the analytical proposal of Michel de
Certeau, this article studies the strategies de-
ployed by Catholic missionaries in the evan-
gelization-civilization process of Indigenous
communities in Colombia (mainly in the re-
gions of Caqueta and Putumayo) in the late
nineteenth century and early twentieth cen-
tury. It places special emphasis on tactics that
these communities implemented by these
communities in dealing with these processes.
Of particular interest is the analysis concern-
ing how two particular parallel aspects inter-
sect and intertwine in the establishment and
consolidation of Catholic missions: namely,
the attempts of the National State and eccle-
sial institutions to expand their theaters of ac-
tion, and the way that members of Indigenous
communities responded to such attempts in
terms of their own cultural repertoires.