Women and community organizing. The tortilla makers of Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico

Autor: Juan Felipe Núñez Espinoza, Tomás Ortega Ortega, Diego Flores Sánchez, Verónica Vázquez García, Ivonne Vizcarra Bordi, Paola María Sesia
Jazyk: Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Eutopia: Revista de Desarrollo Economico Territorial, Iss 13, Pp 33-52 (2018)
Eutopía, Revista de Desarrollo y Territorio; No. 13 (2018): Cambios y continuidades en las organizaciones rurales (enero-junio); 33-52
Eutopía. Revista de Desarrollo Económico Territorial; Núm. 13 (2018): Cambios y continuidades en las organizaciones rurales (enero-junio); 33-52
Revista EUTOPIA
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
instacron:FLACSO
Repositorio Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
ISSN: 2602-8239
1390-5708
DOI: 10.17141/eutopia.13.2018
Popis: Native women in Mexico engage in organizing dynamics that allow them to provide for their families. This paper identifies the individual and collective benefits of organizational processes for the women who belong to the Unión de Palmeadoras de la Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico. These women make handmade tortillas for household consumption and sale. Data were obtained between May 2015 and January 2017 through a combination of fieldwork techniques: interviews, workshops, participant observation, sale registers during a 20-day period, and a census of the whole organization. Two individual benefits were identified: guaranteed selling spots; barter opportunities while at the market. Three collective benefits were identified: daily availability of handmade tortillas; the mobilization of the local economy; the permanence of the palmeadora trade. The paper concludes that the organization was created due to the discrimination faced by these women. However, a lot remains to be done since their selling spots are inappropriate and their working conditions continue to be precarious. Las mujeres indígenas de México construyen dinámicas organizacionales que les permiten garantizar la sobrevivencia familiar. Este artículo identifica los beneficios individuales y colectivos de los procesos organizativos en los cuales se involucran las mujeres dedicadas a la elaboración de tortilla artesanal para autoconsumo y venta que integran la Unión de Palmeadoras de la Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, México. La información se obtuvo de mayo de 2015 a enero de 2017, a través de una estrategia metodológica mixta que involucró entrevistas, talleres, observación participante, registros de ventas a lo largo de 20 días y un censo de toda la organización. Los beneficios individuales fueron dos: la garantía de tener sitios de venta; la posibilidad del trueque en el mercado. Los beneficios colectivos fueron tres: disponibilidad diaria de tortillas artesanales, dinamización de la economía local; permanencia del oficio de palmeadora. Se concluye que el gremio se creó debido a la discriminación que enfrentan estas mujeres. Sin embargo, aún falta mucho por hacer ya que sus espacios de venta son incómodos y sus condiciones de trabajo siguen siendo precarias. Abstract Native women in Mexico engage in organizing dynamics that allow them to provide for their families. This paper identifies the individual and collective benefits of organizational processes for the women who belong to the Unión de Palmeadoras de la Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico. These women make handmade tortillas for household consumption and sale. Data were obtained between May 2015 and January 2017 through a combination of fieldwork techniques: interviews, workshops, participant observation, sale registers during a 20-day period, and a census of the whole organization. Two individual benefits were identified: guaranteed selling spots; barter opportunities while at the market. Three collective benefits were identified: daily availability of handmade tortillas; the mobilization of the local economy; the permanence of the palmeadora trade. The paper concludes that the organization was created due to the discrimination faced by these women. However, a lot remains to be done since their selling spots are inappropriate and their working conditions continue to be precarious.
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