Episode 3: Delazkar Rizo Gutierrez and Luis Alonso Mijangos

Luis Alonso Mijangos is an artisan and director of the Museum of Amber, Lilia Mijangos, in San Cristóbal de las Casas where this episode was recorded. Together with Delázkar and Sarah, they discuss how Chiapas amber moves from mines to markets, how this movement is shaped by questions of class, gender and ethnicity, and how amber has come to be seen as part of the national identity of Mexico.

man walking with a wheelbarrow in the woods

Miner entering an amber mine in Simojovel, Chiapas, 2024. Photo: Sarah Møller Christensen

 

 

 

Published June 17, 2026 9:16 AM - Last modified June 17, 2026 9:16 AM