Las desventuras y reivindicaciones para un paisaje cultural. El caso del sistema hidroeléctrico de Necaxa, Puebla

Abstract

The new theoretical approaches about cultural landscapes have pointed out its value for historical recovering and for the knowledge of the evolution of territories. The cultural landscape, as theoretical tool is can show the identity signs and explain as a place that keeps the memory of a society and a community that still is living it. In this sense, the territory shaped by cultural elements is like a social mirror that reflects the way the society has built itself. Nevertheless, the consequences of the newly environmental crisis, the limits of governance in several regions, and the predator interests of capitalists are limiting this theoretical role of landscape. The analysis of Necaxa hydroelectric system in Puebla State, Mexico, as a cultural landscape is a good example of this kind of controversies.