Memory, food and indigenous migration in Netzahualcoyotl City, México
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Universidad Industrial de Santander
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La zona conurbada de la ciudad de México está habitada principalmente por migrantes –en su mayoría grupos indígenas originarios de los estados de Oaxaca, Hidalgo, Michoacán, Guerrero y Puebla- que llegaron en la década de 1970 con la finalidad de encontrar mejores oportunidades de vida. Este suceso antes descrito puede observarse en el municipio de Nezahualcóyotl, el cuál experimentó un importante aumento de población en los años noventa, década en la que el número de habitantes creció en un 131% debido a la gran inmigración que trajo consigo cambios en los contextos familiares de los pobladores, principalmente de los indígenas que se establecieron en el municipio.
Uno de los primeros cambios a los que se enfrentaron las familias migrantes fue la transformación de su alimentación, ya que cambiaron las formas de cocinar y los ingredientes de la comida, que para ellos no sólo tiene la finalidad de satisfacer una necesidad biológica, sino que también integra un sistema cultural que abarca religión, ritos, conocimiento del medio ambiente y su manejo, costumbres sociales y familiares, así como cultura nutricional. Por ello, este trabajo se propone conocer cómo cambió su comida a partir de la llegada de estas familias, ya que a través de la obtención, preparación y consumo de los alimentos se puede dar continuidad y reproducir la cultura.
The metropolitan area of Mexico City is inhabited mainly by migrants, mostly indigenous groups from the states of Oaxaca, Hidalgo, Michoacan, Guerrero and Puebla, who arrived in the 1970s with the aim of finding better life opportunities. This afore mentioned event can be observed in the municipality of Nezahualcóyotl, which experienced a significant population increase in the 1990s, a decade in which the number of inhabitants of the municipality grew by 131% due to the large amount of immigration; This migratory phenomenon brought with it changes in the family contexts of the settlers (mainly indigenous) who settled in the municipality. One of the first changes that migrant families faced was the transformation of their diet, as they changed the ways of cooking and the ingredients of the food. However, food is not only intended to satisfy a biological need, because integrates a cultural system that includes religion, rituals, knowledge of the environment and its management, social and family customs as well as nutritional culture. The objective of this paper aims to know how immigrant families changes the way they obtain, prepare and consume food to continue reproducing their culture.
The metropolitan area of Mexico City is inhabited mainly by migrants, mostly indigenous groups from the states of Oaxaca, Hidalgo, Michoacan, Guerrero and Puebla, who arrived in the 1970s with the aim of finding better life opportunities. This afore mentioned event can be observed in the municipality of Nezahualcóyotl, which experienced a significant population increase in the 1990s, a decade in which the number of inhabitants of the municipality grew by 131% due to the large amount of immigration; This migratory phenomenon brought with it changes in the family contexts of the settlers (mainly indigenous) who settled in the municipality. One of the first changes that migrant families faced was the transformation of their diet, as they changed the ways of cooking and the ingredients of the food. However, food is not only intended to satisfy a biological need, because integrates a cultural system that includes religion, rituals, knowledge of the environment and its management, social and family customs as well as nutritional culture. The objective of this paper aims to know how immigrant families changes the way they obtain, prepare and consume food to continue reproducing their culture.