Esa vieja costumbre de protegerse del mercado. Etnografía de un ‘proceso económico’ entre los Nahuas de la Huasteca.
Esa vieja costumbre de protegerse del mercado. Etnografía de un ‘proceso económico’ entre los Nahuas de la Huasteca.
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2015-01-11
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Etnografía - Microcréditos - Antropología económica - Comunidades indígenas - Pueblos indígenas
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Abstract
A partir del registro etnográfi co de un proceso económico ocurrido en una comunidad nahua de México,
este artículo pretende explorar algunas de las complejidades contemporáneas que acompañan el devenir
de los pueblos indígenas del continente. El problema es abordado recuperando algunos elementos de la
antropología económica clásica y se concentra en la interacción que se produce en el momento de introducir
un programa microcrediticio en la comunidad indígena. El caso a tratar sirve para mostrar, una vez más, que
las tendencias globales y nacionales terminan siendo relocalizadas por los actores locales. Además, busca
recordar que lo económico puede estar, y de hecho lo está, subordinado a lo social.
Starting from the ethnographic record of an economic process which occurred in a Nahua community in Mexico, this article seeks to explore some of the contemporary complexities which accompany the course of the indigenous peoples of the continent. The problem is addressed by recovering certain elements of classic economic anthropology and is centred on the interaction which arises when a micro-credit programme is introduced into an indigenous community. The case in question serves to demonstrate, once again, that global and national trends end up by being relocated by local actors. It also seeks to remind us that economic matters may be, and indeed are, subordinate to social.
Starting from the ethnographic record of an economic process which occurred in a Nahua community in Mexico, this article seeks to explore some of the contemporary complexities which accompany the course of the indigenous peoples of the continent. The problem is addressed by recovering certain elements of classic economic anthropology and is centred on the interaction which arises when a micro-credit programme is introduced into an indigenous community. The case in question serves to demonstrate, once again, that global and national trends end up by being relocated by local actors. It also seeks to remind us that economic matters may be, and indeed are, subordinate to social.