A Zapotec community from the Valle Central of Oaxaca, Mexico, has recently employed video technology as a tool to disseminate knowledge about local projects of economic development and to foster cultural awareness among community members. A study drawing on the literature on the sociopolitical relevance of community video making in the context of the globalization of cultures sheds light on the way traditional practices, pedagogical values, and local notions of time and place inform the Zapotec documentary Ben rguil guialznak/Buscando bienestar/Searching for Wellbeing. This video shows that the accommodation of different cultural contributions continues to be a strategy of survival for indigenous peoples.
Una comunidad zapoteca del Valle Central de Oaxaca, en México, recientemente empleó el vídeo como herramienta para difundir información sobre proyectos de desarrollo económico locales y fomentar una consciencia cultural entre los miembros de la comunidad. Este estudio, con base en teorías sobre la relevancia socio-política del vídeo comunitario en el contexto de la globalización cultural, explora las formas en las que se expresan prácticas tradicionales, valores pedagógicos, y nociones locales de tiempo y lugar en el documental zapoteco Ben rguil guialznak/Buscando bienestar/Searching for Wellbeing. Este vídeo muestra que el acomodo de distintos aportes culturales sigue siendo una estrategia de supervivencia para los pueblos indígenas.
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