Abstract

ALONSO BOLANOS, Marina; GUTIERREZ SANCHEZ, Javier  and  SANCHEZ ALVAREZ, Mauricio. Socio-environmental processes, education, and indigenous youth in Chiapas An ethnographic approach. Alteridades [online]. 2021, vol.31, n.62, pp.135-146.  Epub Feb 21, 2022. ISSN 2448-850X.  https://doi.org/10.24275/uam/izt/dcsh/alteridades/2021v31n62/alonso.

This article aims to carry out an ethnographic approach to the interactions indigenous Tsotsil, Tseltal, Ch’ol and Zoque youth have with their natural and social environment and with the land as an axis of sociocultural and economic life throughout Chiapas. It is argued that in these interactions, known as socio-environmental processes, formal education and pluriactivity, related to migratory phenomena, constitute spheres of social experience where young people reflect or act. Finally, the interviews carried out with local social actors and the ethnographic documentation in general, provided a comparative view whose value lies in the explanatory possibilities of why Indigenous young students of high school or university could be considered socioenvironmental subjects and the ways in which they are facing environmental problems.

Keywords : indigenous youth; land; language; agricultural praxis; indigenous vocational training; intergenerational disputes.

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