Interdisciplinary genealogy for the construction of a Tzotzil-Zinacantán childhood region

  • Greldis Giselda Santiago Gómez Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas
  • Gabriela Grajales García Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas

Abstract

In the literature reviewed from regional studies, the scarcity of studies on and with childhoods is observed, primarily with those from historical spaces and native cultures. Therefore, this essay aims to place a view of childhood in the theoretical reality of regional studies through an interdisciplinary analysis of the reality from which it is regionalized. The methodology used was a bibliographic review of scientific articles and academic texts that allowed us to build the genealogy of infancy, childhood and children, as primary concepts in the research. The results obtained are presented through the conceptualization of the study region, and how regional studies are linked to sociocultural and economic development and its relationship with global phenomena. Likewise, various disciplinary views of the subject that inhabits infancy or childhood are presented: the child. It is concluded that it is essential to make visible other ways in which childhood emerges and is experienced, from other perspectives and cultures, outside the Western hegemonic perspective and the adult-centric conception.

Published
2024-03-21
Section
Artículos Científicos