Rito y metonimia: lugar del arte tradicional. Lo yoruba. El espíritu de las cosas que se construyen

Abstract

This project explores the meaning of traditional art, particularly in traditional Colombian societies that share elements with the Yoruba-Akan cultures, through ritual and metonymy. It focuses on the search for the "spirit of things that are built" as a legacy, recognizing non-evident meanings in objects. The research proposes an abductive logic and the concept of metonymy to transform the object's appearance and situate it in its generality through its non-visible form. Ritual is understood as the spatiotemporal dimension of symbolic action, seeking the spirit that surrounds objects.

The work examines the philological context of the significant contents of a language, mentioning concepts such as "always present" and "thing-made" in Greek, Yoruba, and Akan. These concepts define the context where the concepts move, seeking the guiding principle that defines them and the "breath" that surrounds each neume. Metonymy is assumed as a logical function of subsumption, where the part can be exchanged for the whole, which is the logic of ritual. The research also addresses the construction of a "semiosphere" or universe of meaning where people find their relevance through networks of relationships generated in exchanges.