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Title: Indigenous Families


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Indigenous Families Financial Practices in
Chiapas, Mexico
  • Dra. María Eugenia Santana
  • Dra. Magdalena Villarreal

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Chiapas, Mexico
  • Chiapas, the poorest state
  • Los Altos, one of the poorest regions of the state

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Zinacantan.
  • Traditional textiles, Flower production in
    greenhouses

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Amatenango del Valle
  • Pottery, maize and beans, mostly for
    self-consumption

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Seeking Food
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  • Mano Vuelta
  • Barter
  • Exchange
  • Social Realtions
  • Gifts and obligations to Gods

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Seeking Money



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Women and Money
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Prestige and Pride
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Prestige and Authority
  • Prestige Ancianos have served the saints
  • Monetization and authority
  • Losing face
  • Access to money and independence
  • Prestige and money

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Social Obligations
  • Rituals
  • Funerals
  • Marriage

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Financial Practices
  • Individual and group production and
    commercialization
  • Cooperative credit and saving
  • informal loans
  • Social contributions
  • Know-how
  • creativity
  • Social contacts
  • Trust
  • Prestige

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  • Can we see the workings of what can be identified
    as traditional monies?
  • What clues do the exchanges taking place in
    funerals, marriages and other rituals provide as
    to the nature of financial practices among
    indigenous families today?
  • In what contexts is money differentially valued
    and what does this tell us about the intertwining
    of traditinal and more modern financial
    practices?
  • What frameworks of calculation are drawn upon in
    the different scenarios?
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