"La cartografía social como herramienta de investigación participativa del territorio. Diagnosis de paisajes ancestrales en comunidades indígenas de la Amazonia ecuatoriana"

• Published in: Pasos (Tenerife (Canary Islands)) 2022, Vol.20 (1), p.123-137
• Main Authors: Carrión, Paulo, Pérez Albert, María Yolanda
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1695-7121; 1695-7121
• DOI: 10.25145/j.pasos.2022.20.008

The analysis of the landscape and its characterization is usually carried out from quantitative perspectives, that is, its value as established in relation to its physical characteristics and the potential use of its resources. However, misguided diagnoses and the application of ineffective management strategies question these methodologies and reveal the need to generate new epistemologies and qualitative research methods for the subject -place relationship. The objective is to analyze the potential of social cartography as a participatory action research tool (IAP) to represent and characterize ancestral landscapes of the Ecuadorian Amazon. To this effect, the community narratives with respect to place have been used to register elements in their symbolic and cultural values. It is concluded that social cartography is a fundamental strategy of sovereignty and a political instrument to offer a true perspective of the community sense of place from within and without.