This article reflects on maternal mortality among indigenous women in Mexico and the changes that have occurred in care practices during pregnancy and childbirth. Through ethnographic qualitative research in the state of Guerrero between 2008 and 2012, which included over a year of fieldwork as well as in-depth interviews and surveys with indigenous women, the article analyzes the increasing medicalization of reproduction, the role of family networks in gestation, delivery and postpartum care, and the participation of men during childbirth, in dialogue with other anthropological research on maternal health in Mexico. Medical anthropology allows us to understand the medicalization of reproduction in indigenous contexts and identify the tension that characterizes family care networks, which both operate as protectors and mobilizers in seeking care and reproduce power relations marked by gender and generational conditions.

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The covid-19 pandemic has transformed people's lives globally but has particularities specific to each context. This article analyzes some of its effects in five Afro-Mexican municipalities on the coast of Guerrero and Oaxaca. Using official health data and interviews conducted by local researchers, we developed a collaborative study about the situation of infections in the region, the service networks available for their care, and the perception of risk by the population. The results show the uncertainty regarding the virus and -even though the prevalence of infections is apparently low-the pandemic has exposed the precarious socioeconomic and health infrastructure conditions and the structural vulnerabilities in a region with high rates of marginalization. It is an exploratory study that analyzes the first months of the pandemic but contributes to its understanding in rural contexts and among the Afro-Mexican population.

<p class="p1">A<span class="s1">l present</span><span class="s2">a</span><span class="s1">rse </span><span class="s2">a</span><span class="s1">sí mism</span><span class="s2">a</span>como colombiana, negra, antropóloga, mamá, activista y militante, Lina Rosa Berrío Palomo expone sus ideas sobre los feminismos en entrevista realizada para INTERdisciplina por Patricia Castañeda. En la actualidad, la doctora Berrío está realizando un posdoctorado en el Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social y desde hace muchos años participa en la asociación civil K’inal Antzetik (Tierra de Mujeres).</p>