Aspectos de educación desde la perspectiva maya-tojolabal

Abstract

The article deals with some aspects of education among the Tojolobal, one of the Mayan peoples of Chiapas; in other words, one of the original peoples that draw us into a multicultural Mexico. When we focus on the distinctiveness of Tojolabal education, we meet the we, a key concept in the Tojolobal cosmological vision, which colors Tojolobal education and contrasts with Western education; that is, with that of the dominant society. On the Tojolabal side, we find community and the complement of the we, while the Western side stands for competitivity and the I. These imply two contrasting models of education and of the organizational principles of society.