| Journal: | Investigaciones geográficas - Instituto de Geografía. UNAM |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000422416 |
| ISSN: | 0188-4611 |
| Authors: | Franch Pardo, Iván1 Sunyer Martín, Pere2 Urquijo Torres, Pedro Sergio1 Jiménez Rodríguez, Diana Laura1 |
| Institutions: | 1Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental, Morelia, Michoacán. México 2Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, Ciudad de México. México |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Season: | Dic |
| Number: | 97 |
| Country: | México |
| Language: | Español |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Histórico, analítico |
| Spanish abstract | Estudiar los orígenes del excursionismo en México tiene un considerable interés geográfico. Sus itinerarios y objetivos excursionistas, así como los relatos que elaboraban de cada salida, son una fuente para el conocimiento geográfico histórico de esta parte usualmente olvidada, y obviada, del país como son sus espacios de montaña. También nos permiten acercarnos al papel que cumplieron las asociaciones excursionistas como transmisores de valores sociales, nacionales y de conocimientos. Esto es lo que nos muestra el estudio de los primeros años de vida del Club de Exploraciones de México (1922). En esta primera aproximación, desde un contexto histórico, político y social de grandes cambios, nos adentramos en las inquietudes que motivaron que un grupo de personas, de la mano del californiano Otis Mc Allister, se reuniera periódicamente con el objetivo de recorrer y conocer el entorno geográfico que les rodeaba. Su ideario, las características sociales de sus miembros y el análisis de las más de cien salidas efectuadas entre 1922 y 1924 nos revelan la importancia del excursionismo como práctica social y como medio de transmisión de valores nacionales; la relevancia del contacto con el medio natural en la formación de la persona; y el papel de los clubes excursionistas en el descubrimiento y conocimiento del relieve nacional |
| English abstract | The study the origins of hiking in Mexico is highly relevant from the geographic standpoint. The early itineraries and objectives of hikers, as well as the stories they developed from each field trip, are a source for the historical geographic knowledge of mountainous areas, which are usually forgotten and overlooked. They also allow us to get closer to the role played by the associations of hikers as communicators of national social values and knowledge. A geographical reading of hiking should address at least three aspects: first, the location of places visited; second, aspects observed in them, if at all; and third, the perceptions and feelings of hikers in those places or along the paths chosen. This article focuses explores the origin of organized hiking in Mexico, its objectives and scope over the first three years of existence. We will focus particularly on the first aspect mentioned, i.e. the destinations and routes employed by hikers, supplemented with references to the observations made, from the review of the documents and publications of one of the oldest formally established associations of Mexico, the Club de Exploraciones de México (Hikers’ Club of Mexico, CEM). Created in 1922 from an initiative of the Californian Otis Mc Allister, CEM is a good example of an association that has inspired many generations of young men and women, for nearly a century, to carry out an activity considered by them to be more than a sport. In this first approach from historical, political and social scenario of hughe changes, we explore the concerns of this group that met periodically to walk around and get to know the geographical environment in their surroundings. The idea of McAllister was to charter an association similar to the Sierra Club, in California, in which, in addition to being a member, he was also the son and nephew of two of its founders. The mission of the Club, the social characteristics of its members and the analysis of more than a |
| Disciplines: | Geografía |
| Keyword: | Geografía humana, Excursionismo, Conocimiento geográfico, Geografía histórica, Montañismo, México |
| Keyword: | Human geography, Hiking, Geographic knowledge, Historical geography, Mountain travel, Mexico |
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