Beliefs, values, and traditions: re-thinking sustainable development using the Hñähñu example

ABSTRACT

Historically humans have used their territorial resources to meet their reproductive needs. In doing so, they have developed informal institutions through their systems of beliefs and values that have determined the sustainability of the resources they use from their environment. In this sense, this article evaluates the artisanship of the Hñähñu indigenous group as a case study that potentially help us to re-conceptualise sustainable development.

KEYWORDS:

• Environment (built and natural)
• Aid – Capacity development
• Latin America and the Caribbean

Acknowledgements

The ‘Artesania y desarrollo en Pahuatlán, Puebla’ project was executed through the community engagement programme of the Intercultural University of Puebla State.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes on contributors

Diosey Ramon Lugo-Morin is a Docente-Investigador at the Intercultural University of Puebla State, Puebla, Mexico.

Enoc Garcia-Sanchez is an undergraduate student at the Intercultural University of Puebla State, Puebla, Mexico.

Rosa Isela Cruz-Vazquez is an undergraduate student at the Intercultural University of Puebla State, Puebla, Mexico.

ORCID

Diosey Ramon Lugo-Morin http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2689-7752

Additional information

Funding

This study is based on the project and was funded by the Intercultural University of Puebla State.