Difficult heritage: Dispositions and social trajectories in two families from Juliaca (Peru)
Estudos de Sociologia, Araraquara, v. 28, n. 00, e023027, 2023. e-ISSN: 1982-4718
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52780/res.v28i00.17757 16
The mother clearly states the break with commercial arrangements. The relationship of
the children is supportive. Thus, of all her children, it is Juan who maintains a closer relationship
with his mother than his other siblings.
Juan is the oldest of the brothers and works in the city of Juliaca. His work is related to
the sale of books for a publishing house. He also trains teachers of basic education in the
educational sector, specifically in the use of educational platforms, and at the same time he
works in the artistic world. The universes through which she moves are artistic, professional
and entrepreneurial. In the first period of his life (childhood), Juan was related to the artistic
environment. In this context, the musical disposition begins to form. This is rooted in his family
environment and deeply influences Juan as he expresses it in the following lines:
Since I was very young, I was always inclined to the musical world. In my
house there was always music, let's say that my family, on my father's side
was very musical: every birthday, every party was accompanied by a guitar
and everyone sang; from there my musical vein was born and starts, my
mother and my grandfather also played, and also in Juliaca where I was born
and grew up until I was five years old. Music was part of every day of my life,
so that's where my inclination for music was born and, obviously, I reinforced
it by playing instruments, playing at school [...] (Juan, Juliaca, our translation).
The father plays a central role as an agent of socialization in musical dispositions: “[...]
My father's family here in Arequipa, let's say it this way, is very Creole, and in every birthday
and party that there were situations that they got together, there were always guitars and they
would sing and everything, no” (Juan, Juliaca, our translation).
The musical context is part of the family, mainly, it is the father who contributes to
Juan's musical education. This is complemented by the musical education he would receive in
two music schools throughout his life. The musical education was encouraged by the father as
Juan highlights: "[...] my father supports me in my [musical] inclinations and puts me to study
at the Federación Bancaria [childhood] and, later, when I am in Juliaca, I start studying music
and I do it at the Escuela Musical de Puno [youth]" (Juan, Juliaca). Musical education within
the family is incorporated by his father, with his paternal grandfather joining him as a second
agent of socialization in the musical universe, as he points out.
My paternal grandfather [...] told me many stories of the countryside, where
he grew up -Putina. He played his guitar and his mandolin and they went, well,
to serenades, to girls and parties. And, all of that, no. In his youth, obviously;
He ends up retiring as a school principal, and obviously, he always liked art;
when I begin to develop my love for music, "really the one who supports me
in music" was my paternal grandfather, in fact, my first most valuable
instrument was given to me by him at the age of 7 years old - he gave me a