Abstract

MENDOZA ONTIVEROS, Martha Marivel; HERNANDEZ ESPINOSA, Rafael  and  RUIZ CONDE, María Verónica. Heritage and social construction: A reflection on Teotihuacan, Mexico. LiminaR [online]. 2023, vol.21, n.1, e950.  Epub Jan 20, 2023. ISSN 2007-8900.  https://doi.org/10.29043/liminar.v21i1.950.

This text explores how the various meanings of cultural heritage are debated and agreed upon, based on reviewing the archaeological remains of Teotihuacan, México. With a qualitative approach, based on observation and interviews, we found empirical evidence that, despite their exclusion from being named cultural heritage sites, the inhabitants of San Martín de las Pirámides and San Juan Teotihuacan have resignified the values of the archaeological zone and incorporated some of those aspects as an element of their social and cultural identity. The Archaeological Zone of Teotihuacan does not mean or represent the same thing for everyone, that is, for external agents or for the communities around it. We concluded that the construction of community identity makes use of certain elements that are integrated into the narrative that legitimize it. One of the uses of cultural heritage is the affirmation and legitimation of identity.

Keywords : cultural heritage; identity; social construction; archaeological zone of Teotihuacan.

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