El paisaje biocultural de la herbolaria mazahua: el caso de dos comunidades del Estado de México

Reyes-Carcaño, Melissa; Mejía, María Cristina Chávez; Pérez, Sergio Moctezuma; Torres, Juan Luis Ramírez

doi:10.30827/cuadgeo.v60i3.18372

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“…(c) A greater knowledge of two plants considered wild and with a strong tradition of use by the midwives of the Mazahua and Otomi community has been documented by several works (Ramírez 2008;Reyes-Carcaño et al 2021;García and Mendoza 2017;Rodríguez-Zúñiga et al 2023): "lengua de vaca" (Rumex crispus L.) and "too" (Montanoa tomentosa Cerv.). The latter is venerated and surrounded by symbolism in the process of pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium among the Mazahua woman (Miranda 2021;Reyes-Carcaño et al 2021).…”

Section: Native Language Births Attended By Midwives Along Three Gene...mentioning

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Midwifery and Medicinal Plants in the Mazahua and Otomi Indigenous Group of the State of Mexico

Rodríguez-Zúñiga,

Ávila-Nájera,

Mora-Garduño

et al. 2023

Social Sciences

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The purpose of this study was to analyze midwifery practice in the Mazahua and Otomi (MO) indigenous community and its relationship with the persistence of the native language and the use of medicinal plants. A semi-structured survey with qualitative and quantitative information was designed and validated. Data were collected from the students enrolled in the Intercultural Health Degree at the Intercultural University of the State of Mexico, their parents, their grandparents, and people from their community of the MO ethnic group. The variables mother tongue and births attended by midwives among both MO and non-indigenous people were correlated with three generations (grandparents, parents, and grandchildren). In the MO indigenous group, births attended by midwives and mother tongue concerning the three generations were lost in proportions of 25.5% and 17.05%, respectively. There are 23% more midwife-attended births in the MO community than among non-ethnic people. The medicinal plants most used by the MO indigenous group are “too” (Montanoa tomentosa Cerv.) and “lengua de vaca” (Rumex crispus L.). As regards family economy, 79.3% of the adults surveyed consider that there is a saving of between 25% and 75% with midwifery practice in the MO community. There is a generational correspondence between the loss of native language and midwifery practice.

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Section: Native Language Births Attended By Midwives Along Three Gene...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Midwifery and Medicinal Plants in the Mazahua and Otomi Indigenous Group of the State of Mexico

Rodríguez-Zúñiga,

Ávila-Nájera,

Mora-Garduño

et al. 2023

Social Sciences

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Disentangling gender and social difference for just and transformative biocultural approaches

Díaz‐Reviriego,

Torralba,

Vizuete

et al. 2024

People and Nature

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Advancing research and practice that recognize diverse worldviews, knowledge systems, and value orientations is essential to enable transformative change towards sustainability. Biocultural approaches recognize the diverse ways in which people relate to nature, offering a potential pathway for sustainability transformations. However, recent scholarship on biocultural approaches to sustainability has highlighted that social aspects such as equity and justice have not been substantively addressed, whereby gender issues have been overlooked to a great extent. Through qualitative content analysis, this review synthesizes the conceptualizations of gender and social difference within the literature on biocultural approaches to sustainability published in English and Spanish. The biocultural literature predominantly focuses on describing knowledge and management practices, neglecting power and gender relations that affect access and control over resources, and how different axes of social difference matter across different social‐ecological contexts. Overall, we found that gender considerations within the literature reviewed do not build upon feminist and gender theories. Based on these findings, we provide insights into how more nuanced engagements, especially in relation to feminist theories and tools as intersectionality and decolonial perspectives, can allow for more just scholarly efforts to address biocultural relations. Finally, we draw attention to responsible and engaged praxis towards promoting biocultural approaches that include the diverse perspectives of those who can contribute to transformative change, and which prevent the reinforcement of gender‐based power relations. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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El paisaje biocultural de la herbolaria mazahua: el caso de dos comunidades del Estado de México

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Midwifery and Medicinal Plants in the Mazahua and Otomi Indigenous Group of the State of Mexico

Midwifery and Medicinal Plants in the Mazahua and Otomi Indigenous Group of the State of Mexico

Disentangling gender and social difference for just and transformative biocultural approaches

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