Revista Alteridades
Revista Alteridades
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AntropologÃa de la salud en Oaxacahot!
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Rubel, Arthur J. y Carole H. Browner. Antropología de la salud en Oaxaca
THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF HEALTH IN OAXACA.This paper reviews the past fifty years of Oaxacan ethnomedical research. We focus on how this work has contributed to a broader understanding of cultural processes and social organization on Oaxaca. Special attention is devoted to describing the relationships between Oaxacan ethnomedical paradigms and views of the sacred, supernatural and spiritual; how humoral theories of illness etiology have informed anthropological research; and how interactions between ethonomedical and biomedical systems are transforming both systems.
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Los productores del campo en Oaxacahot!
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Carrasco, Tania. Los productores del campo en Oaxaca
THE RURAL PRODUCERS IN OAXACA.Oaxaca is the state in which most of the indigenous population dwell and it is the first state in regards to cultural diversity in all the country, followed by Veracruz, Chiapas and Yucatán. There are 3 million 228 thousand inhabitants in the state and 1 million speak fifteen different indigenous languages. Recent studies about the situation of indigenous people in this state show that 85% of the surface of it relates to indigenous people and even though the severe drop in the agriculture productivity, the repetitive debts within the indigenous peasants, etc. They represent the present and future of rural Oaxaca. The local government cannot ignore the importance that this fact implies to the economy of the entity and above all, the search of feasible alternatives should be supported by the communication with the indigenous producers and the recognition of their economical and cultural strategies, as well as a fair distribution of the resources.
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Emergencia de las organizaciones sociales de Oaxaca: la lucha por los recursos forestales hot!
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Chapela, Francisco. Emergencia de las organizaciones sociales de Oaxaca: la lucha por los recursos forestales
THE EMERGENCE OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS IN OAXACA: THE STRUGGLE FOR THE FOREST RESOURCES.There have been two main forestry approaches world-wide: State Forestry, where forest management is a public issue, and Private Forestry, where forests are a private asset to use under market laws. In the last 15 years, Oaxaca has witnessed the emergence of social organizations, both for production and technical support, that have been leading an intense change process in the sector, from State Forestry to a Community Forestry approach. Synergism between social organizations, leads traditionally marginalized communities through a development processes based on a privatized forest management and the socialization of economic benefits.
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AutonomÃa indÃgena y soberanÃa nacional: el caso de la Ley IndÃgena de Oaxaca hot!
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Nahmad Sitton, Salomón. Autonomía indígena y soberanía nacional: el caso de la Ley Indígena de Oaxaca
INDIGENOUS AUTONOMY AND NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY: THE CASE OF THE LAW OF RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND COMMUNITIES OF THE STATE OF OAXACA.This essay is a brief description of the relationship between the disciplines of anthropology and law, and how the dialogue between the two disciplines has contributed to the redefinition of the changes in political constitutions and laws concerning the rights of indigenous villages. The case of the Law of the Rights of Indigenous Villages and Communities of the State of Oaxaca is studied more concretely. Special attention is also payed to how the recognition of indigenous autonomy does not affect the national sovereignty. The case-study mentioned discusses how the indigenous villages in the past maintained their own judicial systems and how these are still maintained at the communitarian and municipal level in the context of Oaxaca. This case-study also reconsiders the discussion of the internal decolonization of Mexico in order to incorporate indigenous villages into national and state legal structures.
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