Abstract

SANTIZ GOMEZ, Abraham  and  PARRA VAZQUEZ, Manuel Roberto. Raised voices that transformed rural life in Oxchuc, Chiapas (1936-1986). Estud. cult. maya [online]. 2018, vol.52, pp.161-192. ISSN 0185-2574.  https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.ecm.2018.52.900.

This research intends to show how the Oxchuc people have developed collective actions, which have positioned the municipality at local, regional and national levels. The use of a field diary facilitated the collection of Tseltal categories such as the syantesel jkuxlejaltik, wich provided meaning to the collective actions of the Tseltal rural life. The oral history methodology allowed the analysis of changes occurred from 1936 to 1986 in aspects concerning the social relations with nature, conflicting links between old and young people, gaps emerged from Presbyterianism, teachers who struggle for political power, land conflict, and migration due to overpopulation in the region and interactive relations in the market since coffee production started. The results show a Tseltal community undergoing a dynamic culture liberated from colonial ruling and benefited from the opportunities of a social and cultural change creating power relations in a globalized world.

Keywords : Oxchuc; Tseltal people; collective actions; power relations; sociocultural change; lineages (ts’umbaletik).