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The thesis investigates the content and composition of the despacho, the ritual offering used to propitiate principal earth deities in the Bolivian mining town of Oruro (Department of Oruro). The despacho is also designed to increase suerte which is viewed not only in terms of material fortune, but also personal well-being and harmony with the cosmos. The concepts and terminology of the despacho are discussed, as well as the different types of despacho used, and particular features of their content, composition and presentation. The first part of the thesis shows how the content and arrangement of the despacho constitute a symbolic language, communicating what is important about suerte, and creating a miniature picture of life on earth in all its abundance. The despacho’s symbolic language is particularly meaningful in terms of suerte and the Quechua and Aymara peoples’ worldview. The second part of the thesis investigates the use of six different curing mesas used in a ritual ceremony to restore suerte following a coca divination ceremony. Both ceremonies were performed by an Aymara ritual specialist from a village south of Oruro. The content and function of each mesa is discussed, and I show how the six mesas were used in a sequence to describe a transition from mala suerte to suerte, and as part of a broader sequence of ritual events. In this part of the thesis I demonstrate how symbolic language is also used in healing mesas to describe and bring about changes between different states, and to create access to suerte in ritual.

Este trabalho discute a História da Bolívia à luz da logística nacional. Procura demonstrar que o maior ou menor êxito da construção do Estado esteve relacionado inicialmente às vias de transporte (internas e com o exterior) e, posteriormente, à energia (combustíveis) e à capacidade produtiva. Busca evidenciar que o desenvolvimento econômico (pólos dinâmicos da economia) e a própria construção de um centro de decisão econômica (soberania) são em grande medida tributários dos limites impostos pela logística nacional. O trabalho procura investigar o quanto a logística nacional influenciou a formação social, a competição inter-estatal e a própria revolução nacional na Bolívia. Assim, examina-se, sucessivamente, a formação da sociedade boliviana, o papel da Guerra do Chaco, a Revolução Nacional (1952), o separatismo e a integração regional tendo como pano de fundo esse denominador comum – a logística nacional. Por fim, entende que as promessas não cumpridas de cidadania e soberania da revolução nacional boliviana, inconclusa, têm sua redenção no processo de integração regional – realizado a partir do paradigma do Estado logístico. / This work discusses the history of Bolivia in light of the national logistics. Seeks to demonstrate that the greater or lesser success of state building was related initially to inland transport and communication (internal and external), and then to energy (fuel) and production capacity. Seeks to show that economic development (dynamic poles of the economy) and the actual construction of a center of economic decision (sovereignty) are largely tributary by the limits imposed by national logistics. The work aims to investigate how national logistics influenced the national social formation, the inter-state competition and the national revolution in Bolivia. Thus, it examines, successively, the formation of Bolivian society, the role of the Chaco War, the National Revolution (1952), and separatism and regional integration with the background of this common denominator – the national logistics. Finally, it considers that the broken promises of citizenship and sovereignty of the Bolivian national revolution, unfinished, have their redemption in the process of regional integration – made from the paradigm of the Logistic State.

Este trabalho discute a História da Bolívia à luz da logística nacional. Procura demonstrar que o maior ou menor êxito da construção do Estado esteve relacionado inicialmente às vias de transporte (internas e com o exterior) e, posteriormente, à energia (combustíveis) e à capacidade produtiva. Busca evidenciar que o desenvolvimento econômico (pólos dinâmicos da economia) e a própria construção de um centro de decisão econômica (soberania) são em grande medida tributários dos limites impostos pela logística nacional. O trabalho procura investigar o quanto a logística nacional influenciou a formação social, a competição inter-estatal e a própria revolução nacional na Bolívia. Assim, examina-se, sucessivamente, a formação da sociedade boliviana, o papel da Guerra do Chaco, a Revolução Nacional (1952), o separatismo e a integração regional tendo como pano de fundo esse denominador comum – a logística nacional. Por fim, entende que as promessas não cumpridas de cidadania e soberania da revolução nacional boliviana, inconclusa, têm sua redenção no processo de integração regional – realizado a partir do paradigma do Estado logístico. / This work discusses the history of Bolivia in light of the national logistics. Seeks to demonstrate that the greater or lesser success of state building was related initially to inland transport and communication (internal and external), and then to energy (fuel) and production capacity. Seeks to show that economic development (dynamic poles of the economy) and the actual construction of a center of economic decision (sovereignty) are largely tributary by the limits imposed by national logistics. The work aims to investigate how national logistics influenced the national social formation, the inter-state competition and the national revolution in Bolivia. Thus, it examines, successively, the formation of Bolivian society, the role of the Chaco War, the National Revolution (1952), and separatism and regional integration with the background of this common denominator – the national logistics. Finally, it considers that the broken promises of citizenship and sovereignty of the Bolivian national revolution, unfinished, have their redemption in the process of regional integration – made from the paradigm of the Logistic State.

Este trabalho discute a História da Bolívia à luz da logística nacional. Procura demonstrar que o maior ou menor êxito da construção do Estado esteve relacionado inicialmente às vias de transporte (internas e com o exterior) e, posteriormente, à energia (combustíveis) e à capacidade produtiva. Busca evidenciar que o desenvolvimento econômico (pólos dinâmicos da economia) e a própria construção de um centro de decisão econômica (soberania) são em grande medida tributários dos limites impostos pela logística nacional. O trabalho procura investigar o quanto a logística nacional influenciou a formação social, a competição inter-estatal e a própria revolução nacional na Bolívia. Assim, examina-se, sucessivamente, a formação da sociedade boliviana, o papel da Guerra do Chaco, a Revolução Nacional (1952), o separatismo e a integração regional tendo como pano de fundo esse denominador comum – a logística nacional. Por fim, entende que as promessas não cumpridas de cidadania e soberania da revolução nacional boliviana, inconclusa, têm sua redenção no processo de integração regional – realizado a partir do paradigma do Estado logístico. / This work discusses the history of Bolivia in light of the national logistics. Seeks to demonstrate that the greater or lesser success of state building was related initially to inland transport and communication (internal and external), and then to energy (fuel) and production capacity. Seeks to show that economic development (dynamic poles of the economy) and the actual construction of a center of economic decision (sovereignty) are largely tributary by the limits imposed by national logistics. The work aims to investigate how national logistics influenced the national social formation, the inter-state competition and the national revolution in Bolivia. Thus, it examines, successively, the formation of Bolivian society, the role of the Chaco War, the National Revolution (1952), and separatism and regional integration with the background of this common denominator – the national logistics. Finally, it considers that the broken promises of citizenship and sovereignty of the Bolivian national revolution, unfinished, have their redemption in the process of regional integration – made from the paradigm of the Logistic State.