Tejiendo educación propia, reparando el territorio: saberes campesinos que re-existen en la asociación de campesinos y campesinas de la Europa, Ovejas – Sucre.

Abstract

The territorial conflict evident in the rural territory known as La Europa in the municipality of Ovejas, department of Sucre, Colombia, is framed within the issues surrounding land disputes in the Montes de María, which historically have been part of the process of shaping territories in this subregion of the Colombian Caribbean. This area has been characterized by various struggles led by the local peasantry for land access, which currently involves defending the territory in spaces where armed conflict has torn apart the social fabric, leading to forced displacement, land usurpation, and consequently, the loss of the cultural universe that the territory holds for the local peasantry. Considering the above, this work aims to reflect on the educational process specific to the Association of Farmers of Finca La Europa, through peasant knowledge as a contribution to the symbolic reparation of the territory from a pedagogical perspective of re-existence, as a result of the integration of community needs related to the educational sphere. Through a collaborative action research approach, it creates its own educational spaces and instances that contribute to the organizational structure of the farmers in this rural Montemariano sector.