Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaGood living and family farming in the Totonacapan of Puebla, Mexico
The search for an answer to the contemporary civilizational crisis, makes it necessary to examine recent proposals originated in Native American ideas about Good Living and forms of social responsibility based on an adequate relationship between human societies and nature. This document describes pa...
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Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador
2020
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| author | Torres-Solís, Mauricio Ramírez-Valverde, Benito Juárez-Sánchez, José Pedro Aliphat Fernández, Mario Ramírez Valverde, Gustavo |
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| description | The search for an answer to the contemporary civilizational crisis, makes it necessary to examine recent proposals originated in Native American ideas about Good Living and forms of social responsibility based on an adequate relationship between human societies and nature. This document describes part of the traditional practices of the Mexican indigenous Totonac group in the municipality of Huehuetla, Puebla. Their holistic scientific approach to food production is highlighted, together with established complementarity relations between families and reciprocity towards spiritual entities. These are seen as crucial in maintaining harmony between a productive habitat and communal existence. Participant observation, systematical interviews and surveys were employed as the main methods which allowed the recognition of the sociocultural symbolisms with which the people of Huehuetla interpret their known world. Thus, Tapaxuwan Latamat (Life in Happiness), -the central notion of the Totonac life-, is described and is shown to be buttressed by the experience of coexisting, working, and celebrating the rituality inherent in Nature. This allows them to remain aware of the existence of a living and sacred territory, where even agricultural and livestock practices are exercised as relationships of coexistence and respect of humans with the entities that inhabit and care for the environment and safeguard their sustenance. |
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| spelling | iconos-article-40652021-08-30T17:52:46Z Good living and family farming in the Totonacapan of Puebla, Mexico Buen vivir y agricultura familiar en el Totonacapan poblano, México Bem viver e agricultura familiar em Totonacapan poblano, México Torres-Solís, Mauricio Ramírez-Valverde, Benito Juárez-Sánchez, José Pedro Aliphat Fernández, Mario Ramírez Valverde, Gustavo agricultura tradicional bem-estar cosmovisão ritualidade território vida plena traditional farming welfare worldview rituality territory fulfilling life agricultura tradicional bienestar cosmovisión ritualidad territorio vida plena The search for an answer to the contemporary civilizational crisis, makes it necessary to examine recent proposals originated in Native American ideas about Good Living and forms of social responsibility based on an adequate relationship between human societies and nature. This document describes part of the traditional practices of the Mexican indigenous Totonac group in the municipality of Huehuetla, Puebla. Their holistic scientific approach to food production is highlighted, together with established complementarity relations between families and reciprocity towards spiritual entities. These are seen as crucial in maintaining harmony between a productive habitat and communal existence. Participant observation, systematical interviews and surveys were employed as the main methods which allowed the recognition of the sociocultural symbolisms with which the people of Huehuetla interpret their known world. Thus, Tapaxuwan Latamat (Life in Happiness), -the central notion of the Totonac life-, is described and is shown to be buttressed by the experience of coexisting, working, and celebrating the rituality inherent in Nature. This allows them to remain aware of the existence of a living and sacred territory, where even agricultural and livestock practices are exercised as relationships of coexistence and respect of humans with the entities that inhabit and care for the environment and safeguard their sustenance. Frente a la crisis civilizatoria que vive la humanidad, es indispensable volver la mirada hacia las propuestas amerindias de la última década que procuran el buen vivir y la responsabilidad social a partir de su relación con la naturaleza. En este contexto, el documento, muestra parte de las estructuras tradicionales del grupo mexicano indígena Totonaca del municipio de Huehuetla, Puebla, resaltando su ciencia holística relacionada con la producción de alimentos, incluyendo las relaciones de complementariedad entre familias y de reciprocidad frente a entes extrahumanos, como elementos de armonía que posibilitan el mantenimiento del hábitat productivo y de convivencia comunal. Para abordar los simbolismos socioculturales con los cuales los huehuetecas interpretan el mundo conocido, el trabajo articuló en campo una serie de estrategias metodológicas donde se destacan la observación-participante y la sistematización de entrevistas y encuestas. Se describe entonces a Tapaxuwan Latamat (Vida en Felicidad) o modo de vida Totonaca huehueteca sustentado a partir de la experiencia de convivir, trabajar, y festejar la ritualidad que existe en la naturaleza, permitiéndonos recordar la existencia de un territorio vivo y sagrado, donde incluso las prácticas agrícolas y ganaderas se procuran bajo relaciones de respeto y convivencia, que tejen lazos entre las entidades que habitan y cuidan el medio junto con los seres humanos, en aras de asegurar la subsistencia. Diante da crise civilizacional que atravessa a humanidade, é imprescindível relembrar as propostas ameríndias da última década que buscam o bem viver e a responsabilidade social a partir de sua relação com a natureza. Nesse contexto, o documento mostra parte das estruturas tradicionais do grupo indígena mexicano Totonaca do município de Huehuetla, Puebla, destacando sua ciência holística relacionada à produção de alimentos, incluindo as relações de complementaridade entre famílias e reciprocidade diante das entidades extra-humanas como elementos de harmonia que permitem a manutenção do habitat produtivo e a convivência comunitária. Para abordar os simbolismos socioculturais com que os huehuetecas interpretam o mundo conhecido, o trabalho articulou em campo uma série de estratégias metodológicas onde se destacam a observação participante e a sistematização de entrevistas e pesquisas. O modo de vida Tapaxuwan Latamat (Vida em Felicidade) ou Totonaca huehueteca, sustentado a partir da experiência de viver, trabalhar e celebrar o ritualismo que existe na natureza, nos permite relembrar a existência de um território vivo e sagrado, onde mesmo as práticas agrícolas e pecuárias se realizam em relações de respeito e de convivência, que tecem laços entre as entidades que habitam e cuidam do meio ambiente junto aos seres humanos, de forma a garantir a subsistência. 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Revista de Ciencias Sociales; No. 68 (2020): Foreign and defense policies in Latin America: Towards a new regionalism; 135-154 1390-8065 1390-1249 spa https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/4065/3422 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/4065/3456 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/4065/3433 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/4065/3464 Derechos de autor 2020 Mauricio Torres-Solís, Benito Ramírez-Valverde, José Pedro Juárez-Sánchez, Mario Aliphat Fernández, Gustavo Ramírez Valverde https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/deed.es_ES |
| spellingShingle | Torres-Solís, Mauricio Ramírez-Valverde, Benito Juárez-Sánchez, José Pedro Aliphat Fernández, Mario Ramírez Valverde, Gustavo Good living and family farming in the Totonacapan of Puebla, Mexico |
| title | Good living and family farming in the Totonacapan of Puebla, Mexico |
| title_full | Good living and family farming in the Totonacapan of Puebla, Mexico |
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| title_short | Good living and family farming in the Totonacapan of Puebla, Mexico |
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