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Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage: The Amazonian Kichwa People

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  • Claudia Patricia Maldonado-Erazo

    (Facultad de Recursos Naturales, Escuela de Ecoturismo de la Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo—ESPOCH, Riobamba 060155, Ecuador
    Programa de Doctorado en Desarrollo Territorial Sostenible (R015), Instituto Universitario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Territorial Sostenible (INTERRA), Universidad de Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain)

  • Nancy P. Tierra-Tierra

    (Facultad de Recursos Naturales, Escuela de Ecoturismo de la Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo—ESPOCH, Riobamba 060155, Ecuador)

  • María de la Cruz del Río-Rama

    (Business Management and Marketing Department, Faculty of Business Sciences and Tourism, University of Vigo, 32004 Ourense, Spain)

  • José Álvarez-García

    (Departamento de Economía Financiera y Contabilidad, Instituto Universitario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Territorial Sostenible (INTERRA), Facultad de Empresa Finanzas y Turismo, Universidad de Extremadura, 10071 Cáceres, Spain)

Abstract

Indigenous communities express their concern about the weakening and low appreciation of their millenary and ancestral manifestations and knowledge, due to society’s accelerated globalization. This fact has caused intergenerational transmission to be minimal, resulting in a gradual cultural erosion and loss of collective memory of human groups. The purpose of this study is to safeguard of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of the Amazonian Kichwa nationality through identification and records of cultural manifestations. The analysis corresponds to a descriptive process of all the information collected, which was built from the development of multiple processes of cultural revitalization that correspond to in-depth interviews with community leaders and participatory workshops with all members of the community. During the process, an increase in the exchange of knowledge was observed, in addition to constant cultural insurgency in which the peoples maintain themselves in order to safeguard their cultures.

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  • Claudia Patricia Maldonado-Erazo & Nancy P. Tierra-Tierra & María de la Cruz del Río-Rama & José Álvarez-García, 2021. "Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage: The Amazonian Kichwa People," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(12), pages 1-20, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:10:y:2021:i:12:p:1395-:d:704561
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    1. Claudia Patricia Maldonado-Erazo & María de la Cruz del Río-Rama & Erica Estefanía Andino-Peñafiel & José Álvarez-García, 2023. "Social Use through Tourism of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Amazonian Kichwa Nationality," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-20, February.
    2. Lin Meng & Chuanguang Zhu & Jie Pu & Bo Wen & Wentao Si, 2022. "Study on the Influence Mechanism of Intangible Cultural Heritage Distribution from Man–Land Relationship Perspective: A Case Study in Shandong Province," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-18, August.
    3. Jie Chang & Cheng Long & Song Lu & Rui Han, 2022. "Does Government Positively Support the Spatial Distribution of ICH? Evidence of Data from the Yangtze Delta Region of China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(1), pages 1-17, December.

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