Artesanías Wayuu : mediaciones pedagógicas para preservar la identidad cultural y familiar en estudiantes de octavo grado del Centro Etnoeducativo No. 5 del Distrito Turístico de Riohacha- La Guajira

Abstract

As in all social groups, the family plays a fundamental role in the education of the Wayuu indigenous people, from which the cultural components that enrich this population are socialized, making their customs and traditions last over time through oral tradition. The research was oriented under the general objective of Analyzing the implicit mediation processes in the elaboration of Wayuu crafts to preserve the cultural and family identity of the eighth grade students of the Ethnoeducational Center No. 5 of the tourist district of Riohacha-La Guajira. It is conceived as a study framed in the interpretive paradigm of research, with a qualitative approach.

It was developed under the ethnographic method with a qualitative-ethnographic design. The population under study is represented by an intentional sample of five (5) Wayuu indigenous families and two (2) teachers; All of these people are Wayuu Indians and residents of the Anaralito community with a lot of experience in the subject. To collect the information, the interview technique was used with the support of an interview script. In addition, under the ethnographic method of research, techniques and procedures for the analysis of information were used, aided by the grounded theory method and its information coding process (open, axial and selective), which allowed assigning meaning to the information provided, after categorizing, conceptualizing and relating the information with the support of graphics.

The results revealed that the pedagogical mediations implicit in the process of artisanal elaboration refer to methodical and recursive sequential actions that focus their purpose on making known the transmission of the cultural legacy, craftsmanship as a source of economic sustenance and a tool to satisfy basic needs. Its characteristics include its invariable design, competition in the artisan market, the incorporation of innovative elements in its design and the training of artisans through vicarious learning (learning with others and from others). through communicative interaction with older Wayuu women, mothers, grandmothers and aunts, who have the responsibility of transmitting, orally, their customs and traditions. It was concluded that the pedagogical mediations associated with artisanal production represent an articulated mix of values where the aesthetic, the pedagogical, the historical, the cultural and the economic converge to keep the Wayuu tradition alive.