Discriminación estructural en el ámbito del comercio electrónico de artesanías indígenas

Abstract

This paper addresses a cultural and legal analysis of the viability of marketing indigenous handicrafts through the use of digital media as a strategy to innovate and empower the enterprises of indigenous peoples living in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. Through a legal and social documentary research study, several prevailing factors have been identified, such as insufficient and ineffective legal protection on the design of handicraft products and their incursion into e-commerce, as well as the conditions of marginalization and poverty, lack of access to Information and Communication Technologies and digital illiteracy in which artisans find themselves. This causes a disproportionate negative impact, both in the loss of cultural values and identity, as well as in the lack of economic gains and development opportunities for indigenous peoples.