Abstract

ARELLANES CANCINO, Nimcy. "Nets that fishermen tend in the lagoon...". The biocultural heritage of Lake Chapala before it desiccation. Relac. Estud. hist. soc. [online]. 2024, vol.45, n.178, pp.167-190.  Epub Apr 26, 2024. ISSN 2448-7554.  https://doi.org/10.24901/rehs.v45i178.1056.

Adopting the proposal of Lindholm y Ekblom (2019), in reference to the elements that constitute biocultural heritage, this research made a comprehensive analysis of each of these elements: ecosystem memory, landscape memories, and place-based memories, which are combined to generate the integrated landscape analysis. In this way, the man-nature relationship is deepened in several senses: the riverside inhabitants of Lake Chapala before it dries up, their interactions with their immediate natural environment, as well as some social tensions due to the presence of other human groups as landowners, settlers and businessmen who decide to appropriate the lake from a commercial, capitalist perspective, as well as romanticize and even discriminate against its original inhabitants due to conflicting visions in their relationship and interaction with Lake Chapala.

Keywords : Biocultural heritage; environmental history; Chapala Lake; socioenvironmental phenomena.