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Endogenous knowledge and practice regarding the environment in a Nahua community in Mexico

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  • Paul Hersch-Martínez
  • Lilián González-Chévez
  • Andrés Alvarez

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We expose some representations and practices related to the natural environment among Nahua peasants in a village located at the western boundary of Puebla and Guerrero states, in Mexico. Information was obtained by individual interviews and focal groups' work, following an open guide with ecological items considered as rooted in Mesoamerican cultures. The use of some local, vegetal resources, and the local perception of changes, mainly in the water availability, is documented. Survival strategies involve ancestral representations and material products, and entail a high grade of pragmatism. “Natural environment” is framed in a local culture that involves relational and sacred dimensions, usually omitted in other approaches. Hence, for the Temalac peasants, there is no dissection, at an operative level, between “natural facts” (for instance, water availability) and personal or social ones, being these often considered as determinant for the quality and accessibility of resources and weather conditions. We discuss the challenge for these elements posed by a growing migration rate and an increasing external influence. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2004

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  • Paul Hersch-Martínez & Lilián González-Chévez & Andrés Alvarez, 2004. "Endogenous knowledge and practice regarding the environment in a Nahua community in Mexico," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 21(2), pages 127-137, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:agrhuv:v:21:y:2004:i:2:p:127-137
    DOI: 10.1023/B:AHUM.0000029404.34942.d1
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