Abstract

TINAT, Karine. Jóvenes en Nochevieja: Una observación participante de Patamban, Michoacán. Nueva antropol [online]. 2014, vol.27, n.80, pp.151-177. ISSN 0185-0636.

This article attempts to portray the youth of Patamban, a village in Michoacán, Mexico. It offers two parallel reflections: first, a description of what it means to be young in Patamban; and second, a methodological discussion of the close ties between participant observation, interaction with the subjects studied, and the researcher's subjectivity. The article begins with a fragment of the field journal; then a methodological reflection explores participant observation and finally the meaning of being young in Patamban, the events that define this stage of life, and what characterizes these young people as a group and gender.

Keywords : Youth; participant observation; field diary; subjectivity; gender.