Entretejidos de una ruana en colectivo: ensamble creativo con narrativas campesinas del altiplano cundiboyacense

Abstract

Intertwined for a collective ruana (Original: Entretejidos para una ruana en colectivo) is an inter-university investigation-creation process developed by students from the master of Artistic Studies in the Faculty of Arts (ASAB) at UDFJC and master of Education from Universidad Antonio Nariño.This thesis arises from the collaborative effort of the theater groups of the two aforementioned universities, using their own creative processes to serve as cases to systemize practices, notions and ideas involved in working, creating and thinking as a collective group. In order to achieve this goal, a series of meetings were held with ruana weavers from the Altiplano Cundiboyacense region of Cucunubá in Colombia, where the weavers preserve the tradition of weaving Cundiboyacense ruanas. Nohelia Rojas, a friend of the theater group and whose family have practiced the tradition of Cundiboyacense ruana weaving for many generations, helped the researchers create a performative ethnographic study by introducing them to the ruana weaving tradition and the sentimental, aesthetic and esthesic territory of Cucunubá. The practice of ruana weaving involves a co-creative process amongst the community members, which, in turn, has stimulated the collective creative processes of the theater group Convitelarte. As a result of this investigation, new creative processes have been developed, which allow for interdisciplinary productions within the framework of sociocultural representation studies. The main focus throughout the thesis is the idea of a collective intertwining as the basis for collaborative creation in the group and concludes with the production of an experimental documentary that unites the collective practice with the sociocultural context of the ruana, as well as with the participants’ motivation and sensitivity. Intertwined for collective ruana aims to devise a unique method for collaborative work based on the various steps of weaving a ruana and, consequently, utilize said method for enhancing the creative process.