Among the Otomi of the eastern Sierra Madre mountain range, the question of alterity addresses the status of antagonistic beings interacting within the social space of the native community which encompasses both the ecosystem of the living and the domain occupied by the dwellers of the underworld. We emphasize the...
Based on ethnographic material obtained from 2006 to 2018 among Otomis of the eastern mountain range of Hidalgo in Mexico, this research aims to untangle the meanings regarding native concepts to refer to the body and its contents. These categories include beings that are recognized as people, as well as...