Relaciones interétnicas, etnonimia y espacialidad: el caso de los panos meridionales

This paper discusses ethnohistorical data regarding the “Southern Panoan” groups between 18th to 20th centuries. Several relationships between ethnonyms, collective use of space and the formation of social groups are analysed. Ethnic denominations such as “Chacobo”, “Pacaguara” or “Caripuna” designate generic, relational categories which operate reflecting diverse mediations, connections and contacts between the Southern Panoans and other indigenous groups; jesuit, franciscan and secular missionaries; rubber barons; explorers and militar agents sent by Spain and Portugal during the colonial context, and by Bolivia, Brasil and Peru during the period of republican consolidation and frontier dispute between the rising nations.