In this article, we examine what local well‐being means in the contexts of collaborative heritage management and national development in Mexico. Driven by the request of Lacandon Mayas (including the second author) who live in Puerto Bello Metzabok, Chiapas, Mexico, in 2018, we engaged in archeological consolidation and heritage management to promote local tourism and sustainable economic development. This collaboration raised a series of ethical and practical questions of how to engage with the Eurocentric project of development. Addressing these issues has become critical, as the Mexican president's signature infrastructure project, Tren Maya (Maya Train), is designed to promote nationwide development via increased cultural heritage tourism in Chiapas and southern Mexico. Through critical reflection on experiences with Metzabok community members, we address Eurocentrism and colonialism by enacting a Lacandon (i.e., Hach Winik) buen vivir. This form of well‐being is relational and communal and creates a common good that includes more‐than‐humans. Via this critical perspective, we argue that a decolonial project can use the tools of development as an initial step in creating Indigenous well‐being.

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土著遗产管理背景下的福祉：来自墨西哥恰帕斯州梅扎博克的 Hach Winik 观点

在本文中，我们研究了墨西哥协作遗产管理和国家发展背景下当地福祉的含义。 2018年，在居住在墨西哥恰帕斯州贝洛梅察博克港的Lacandon Mayas（包括第二作者）的要求下，我们从事考古整理和遗产管理，以促进当地旅游业和可持续经济发展。这种合作提出了一系列关于如何参与以欧洲为中心的发展项目的道德和实际问题。解决这些问题变得至关重要，因为墨西哥总统的标志性基础设施项目 Tren Maya（玛雅列车）旨在通过增加恰帕斯州和墨西哥南部的文化遗产旅游业来促进全国发展。通过对 Metzabok 社区成员的经验进行批判性反思，我们通过制定 Lacandon（即 Hach Winik）来解决欧洲中心主义和殖民主义布恩维维尔。这种福祉形式是关系性的、公共性的，创造了一种包括人类以外的共同利益。通过这个批判性的视角，我们认为非殖民性项目可以使用发展工具作为创造原住民福祉的第一步。