The old custom of protecting oneself from the market. Ethnography of an ‘economic process’ among the Nahuas of Huasteca
Starting from the ethnographic record of an economic process which occurred in a Nahua communityin Mexico, this article seeks to explore some of the contemporary complexities which accompany the courseof the indigenous peoples of the continent. The problem is addressed by recovering certain element...
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Starting from the ethnographic record of an economic process which occurred in a Nahua communityin Mexico, this article seeks to explore some of the contemporary complexities which accompany the courseof the indigenous peoples of the continent. The problem is addressed by recovering certain elements ofclassic economic anthropology and is centred on the interaction which arises when a micro-credit programmeis introduced into an indigenous community. The case in question serves to demonstrate, once again, thatglobal and national trends end up by being relocated by local actors. It also seeks to remind us that economicmatters may be, and indeed are, subordinate to social.
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| spelling | doaj-art-33557cd3a8ad490aa13e83b0f7a4049d2025-01-17T19:30:59ZengUniversidad Católica de Temuco in ChileCUHSO2452-610X2024-06-0121110.7770/cuhso-v21n1-art118The old custom of protecting oneself from the market. Ethnography of an ‘economic process’ among the Nahuas of HuastecaClaudio Espinoza Araya Starting from the ethnographic record of an economic process which occurred in a Nahua communityin Mexico, this article seeks to explore some of the contemporary complexities which accompany the courseof the indigenous peoples of the continent. The problem is addressed by recovering certain elements ofclassic economic anthropology and is centred on the interaction which arises when a micro-credit programmeis introduced into an indigenous community. The case in question serves to demonstrate, once again, thatglobal and national trends end up by being relocated by local actors. It also seeks to remind us that economicmatters may be, and indeed are, subordinate to social. https://cuhso.uct.cl/index.php/CUHSO/article/view/325Micro-credits indigenous communityreciprocityrelocation. |
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| title | The old custom of protecting oneself from the market. Ethnography of an ‘economic process’ among the Nahuas of Huasteca |
| title_full | The old custom of protecting oneself from the market. Ethnography of an ‘economic process’ among the Nahuas of Huasteca |
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| title_short | The old custom of protecting oneself from the market. Ethnography of an ‘economic process’ among the Nahuas of Huasteca |
| title_sort | old custom of protecting oneself from the market ethnography of an economic process among the nahuas of huasteca |
| topic | Micro-credits indigenous community reciprocity relocation. |
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