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QUIROZ CARRANZA, Joaquín  y  CANTU GUTIERREZ, Citlalli. El fogón abierto de Tres Piedras en la península de Yucatán: tradición y transferencia tecnológica. Rev. pueblos front. digit. [online]. 2012, vol.7, n.13, pp.270-301. ISSN 1870-4115.

In Mexico and particularly on the Yucatan peninsula, the use of the three-stone open fire cook stove and fire wood fuel is a phenomenon of great importance due to the number of people using it, its historical-cultural background and its meaning within the complex of traditional technologies. Its current existence represents a process of autonomy of the indigenous, peasant and poor populations with respect to the hegemonic networks of conventional sources of energy. Based on observations of 4000 households in 39 locations in Yucatan and Quintana Roo, Mexico, this article describes the characteristics of the open fire cook stove as well as the preferred types of firewood. It analyzes the transfer of technology and describes the process of delivery of open fire cook stoves by the federal government in Yucatan, interpreting it as a carbon subsidy policy for both local capitalist industry and developed countries, and as a way of neutralizing traditional autonomy and the efforts of organized civil society to promote participatory and community development.

Palabras llave : open fire cook stoves; firewood fuel; Yucatan; Quintana Roo.

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