Después de mostrar las características definitorias de la experiencia de aprender a tejer (educación informal) entre los Mayas Zinacantec del paraje de Nabenchauk, contrastándola con la experiencia educativa que acompaña la escolarización (educación formal), se describen los cambios acontecidos en los Mayas Zinacantec con el paso de una cultura de subsistencia (años 70) a otra que ha dado entrada a la innovación comercial y empresarial (años 90) en torno a tres temas: respeto a la tradición, respeto a la interdependencia familia/comununidad y respeto a la autoridad ligada a la edad. El artículo describe las consecuencias de los cambios en esos elementos centrales de la cultura Maya en el aprendizaje informal de las tejedoras, comparando las prácticas educativas de las mismas familias en los dos momentos temporales señalados, mostrándose con detalle la rica interacción entre los cambios en los elementos macrocósmicos de una sociedad y el microcosmos de la vida cotidiana.
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