Discurso y complejidad: “ah kamal kam thanoob; los que hablan en diálogo; preguntando y respondiendo” (019v:12:28)

Abstract

The data under analysis comes from the Calepino de Motul written by fray Antonio de Ciudad Real at the turn of the XVI and beginning of the XVII centuries (Arzápalo; 1995). The method of data selection is derived from the process of listening to certain lexicological “capsules”; especially to the grain of the voice which enunciates the culture (Barthes). Three fractal levels emerge in the “dialogues” between the friar and his flock: to extirpate the sin; to take care of the Indians and the daily life. In the fabric of the fractals as well as from an inside perspective; one takes a glimpse into the foundational elements of the Franciscan Utopia and the politicoecclesiastic functions that emanated from it in the Yucatan Peninsula. Microhistories arise from Mayan daily life that can be contextualized by means of historical; ethnological and anthropological data. The method of identifying connections between fractals and the selfsimilarities that give them dimension; come from theories of chaos and complexity.