Tres elementos para un análisis de los museos comunitarios de Oaxaca, México

Abstract

Social and museum studies regarding Oaxaca community museums offer different visions about the processes that made them possible. For example, while some authors point out that museums were born mainly from the communities where they are located, others argue that they are the result of a state intervention in local communities. This paper presents a nuanced reading of these perspectives, analyzing three factors that seem to us of great impact on the process:one concerning the Mexican state and federal cultural policies; another related to the political culture of the communities who took into their own hands these initiatives; and a third one related to the participation in the process of indigenous Oaxacan teachers linked to teachers' movement. At the end, we present a discussion about the interests underlying these initiatives.