Abstract

Since 2000, Atacama communities and state agencies established agreements for the installation of a management system for natural and archaeological sites located in Los Flamencos National Reserve (Northern Chile) that have become prominent ethnic tourist businesses-henceforth NET. The NETs not only represent a matter of economic entrepreneurship in the context of mass tourism in San Pedro de Atacama, but also an exercise of power to mitigate the negative effects of tourism and protect the territory. From an ethnographic perspective, the present study addresses the processes of agreement, installation and functioning of three cases of the Atacama NETs and their relationship with the indigenous state policy. Desde el a & ntilde;o 2000, las comunidades atacame & ntilde;as y las agencias estatales establecieron acuerdos para la instalaci & oacute;n de un sistema de administraci & oacute;n de sitios naturales y arqueol & oacute;gicos ubicados en la Reserva Nacional Los Flamencos, al norte de Chile, que se han convertido en prominentes negocios & eacute;tnicos tur & iacute;sticos (NET). Estos no solo constituyen emprendimientos econ & oacute;micos, sino que en el contexto del turismo de masas de San Pedro de Atacama buscan mitigar los efectos negativos y proteger el territorio. Este estudio aborda desde una perspectiva etnogr & aacute;fica los procesos de acuerdo, instalaci & oacute;n y funcionamiento de tres NET atacame & ntilde;os y su relaci & oacute;n con la pol & iacute;tica ind & iacute;gena estatal.