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Abstract

El artículo examina las aportaciones de la antropología al estudio del juego como ámbito específico dentro de la disciplina, la antropología del juego. Se mencionan pormenorizadamente los estudios que, desde la antropología y también desde el folklore, la etnología y la etnografía, se han ocupado de dilucidar los aspectos socioculturales del fenómeno lúdico. En el abordaje de la perspectiva antropológica del juego, el autor hace hincapié en las diversas taxonomías que se han formulado para sistematizar el conjunto de manifestaciones lúdicas. El análisis de las clasificaciones pone de relieve las carencias que presentan, debidas sobre todo al incumplimiento de los criterios exigibles a cualquier taxonomía.

The Game of Skittles on the Northern Route of the Camino de Santiago

“…The interest in discovering diverse symbolic manifestations of the population, such as play, traditions, and folklore, has contributed to research locating these aspects-in addition to culture, community, society, and signifiers of identity-within the main approach to understanding a phenomenon that has, over time, been of particular interest in research about human beings' behavior: the relationship between play and culture (Caillois, 1957;Bantulá, 2005Bantulá, , 2006Enriz, 2011).…”

“…From the wide range of play that exists, popular and traditional games best define the relationship between society and culture (Lavega, 1996;Rodríguez-Fernández, 2013). This is because they are a determining factor in individuals' socialization and learning (Bantulá and Mora, 2002;Lavega, 2013) and because they allow us to make an intergenerational connection via the transmission of customs over time (Bantulá, 2006;Rodríguez-Fernández, 2013). Rodríguez-Fernández et al (2014a) stated that traditions that are representative of regions or places with their own cultural character are transmitted principally by being a reflection of those places' cultural idiosyncrasies.…”

“…In 2010, UNESCO included popular and traditional play in the list of world cultural heritage practices (Alonso et al, 2020). Bantulá (2006) associates that directly with caring about the study, preservation, promotion, and transmission of manifestations of play in the 21st century, and more generally by local authorities' interest in the study of popular and traditional games in villages, regions and cities.…”