Economic development and pride: the case of the ralámuri artisans of Majimachi, Chihuahua, Mexico

Abstract

The artisan woman appears strongly in issues of local economic development, being the bearer of ancestral knowledge and transmitter of the same. The objective is to analyze the regional economic development that is generated around the craft sale, customer hugging, pride in their roots. It is based on the qualitative method under the oral history methodology, under the open categorization procedure. Applying semi-structured survey technique, field observation and interview, within the first semester of the year 2021. With a representation of 25 oral histories, 25 surveys and 10 interviews, applied to a Ralámuri woman from the ejido San Luis de Majimachi, Bocoyna, Chihuahua, Mexico.The results show an economic flow in the tourist regions of the municipality of Bocoyna and tourist centers near the Ejido San Luis de Majimachi through , the sale of handicrafts, triggering the main attraction the Ralámuri culture, in addition, the autonomy of women fordecision-making regardingfamily spending,what to produce, how to produce it and for whom to do it, the high degree of haggling for its clients and unfair sales by resellers is shown, in addition, the pride of its ralámuri roots and being an artisan was verified