Local ethnography

Local ethnography

1. Region

   • Important for anthropology
     • Analizes life forms of their inhabitants . Is homogeneous to historic, cultural, geograpic and economic areas
   • Human community stablished in a territory

2. Mexico´s cultural regions

   • South Mexico
     • Northwestern Mexico
       • Western Mexico
         • Northeastern Mexico
           • Central Mexico

3. Mexican identity

   • Visible features of lands
     • Legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attribute
       • Social harmony
   • Strenght: Unity and proacity, prevention culture, interest in getting better
   • Weakness: Migration, social inequality, lack of well-paid jobs, insecutrity