Action and Interaction: A Study of Socialization Among the Mayas tzotzil of Huixtán

Abstract

This article focuses on the micro-analysis of three activities, whose participants are young children accompanied by adults, mainly by the mother and older siblings. These interactions show how mayan tsotsiles children between the age of 2-3 years take the initiative to participate in activities that are in their everyday environment. The study draws from various disciplines, community learning, socialization, language and analysis of speech in multimodal interaction. It is based on a longitudinal, ethnographic and linguistic research focal family and 3 additional families among the tzotzil of Ejido Adolfo López Mateos, Huixtán Municipality, Chiapas, Mexico. The study results show little effort to actively participate in the adult work where the child is the agent of his own process of socialization.

Keywords

• agencia
• comunicación multimodal
• directivos de orientación
• enseñanza-aprendizaje
• participación guiada