Indigenous Families

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Indigenous Families Financial Practices in
Chiapas, Mexico

• Dra. María Eugenia Santana
• Dra. Magdalena Villarreal

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Chiapas, Mexico

• Chiapas, the poorest state
• Los Altos, one of the poorest regions of the state

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Zinacantan.

• Traditional textiles, Flower production in
  greenhouses

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Amatenango del Valle

• Pottery, maize and beans, mostly for
  self-consumption

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Seeking Food
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• Mano Vuelta
• Barter
• Exchange
• Social Realtions
• Gifts and obligations to Gods

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Seeking Money

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Women and Money
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Prestige and Pride
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Prestige and Authority

• Prestige Ancianos have served the saints
• Monetization and authority
• Losing face
• Access to money and independence
• Prestige and money

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Social Obligations

• Rituals
• Funerals
• Marriage

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Financial Practices

• Individual and group production and
  commercialization
• Cooperative credit and saving
• informal loans
• Social contributions

• Know-how
• creativity
• Social contacts
• Trust
• Prestige

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• Can we see the workings of what can be identified
  as traditional monies?
• What clues do the exchanges taking place in
  funerals, marriages and other rituals provide as
  to the nature of financial practices among
  indigenous families today?
• In what contexts is money differentially valued
  and what does this tell us about the intertwining
  of traditinal and more modern financial
  practices?
• What frameworks of calculation are drawn upon in
  the different scenarios?