Concepciones Filosóficas en las Identidades de Género del Pueblo Maya: Mujeres, Hombres y la Complementariedad

This article analyzes, from the perspective of the philosophy of liberation and intercultural approaches, the philosophical conceptions underlying gender identities within the living Maya people, particularly their symbolic constructions of the feminine and the masculine, as well as the principle of gender complementarity that emerges from their worldview. These conceptions are shaped through language, territory, and collective memory, in critical dialogue with the processes of colonization and modernity. The gender identities presented here are not understood as fixed or essentialist categories, but rather as dynamic processes of re-signification grounded in nosotredad (a sense of “we-ness”), interdependence, and the community-based ethics present in Maya culture. Furthermore, the article proposes understanding Maya identities as practices of resistance and dignification in the face of persistent coloniality.