Riqueza cultural y turismo étnico : una mirada intercultural desde la educación

Abstract

This research is an exercise in reflection that aims to establish the link between geographical space, cultural wealth and ethnic tourism in the constitution of a cultural space from the educational context. Based on an intercultural education and with the aim of enhancing the practice of ethnic tourism that seeks social and community well-being. To this end, the cultural richness in the Camarones-La Guajira district was studied; The existing cultural elements and the set of manifestations of the intangible heritage of the ethnic communities settled in said locality are identified. Finally, the perceptions and assessments of the inhabitants of the sector are explored, with the purpose of understanding the meaning and value that they give to their natural and cultural space; all as a projection towards the development of ethnic tourism in the region. The general objective seeks to promote ethnic tourism and cultural wealth as an alternative for social and community development of high school students of the Luis Antonio Robles Rural Educational Institution in the township of Camarones, Riohacha-La Guajira. In coherence with the above, four specific objectives have been defined, proposed to achieve the macro objective: first, to characterize the ethnic and cultural wealth in the township of Camarones; second, identify tourist attractions; third, recognize the different practices of ethnic tourism as an alternative for social and community development for high school students of the Educational Institution. Finally, it is proposed to establish a pedagogical and training proposal in ethnic tourism for high school students of the Luis Antonio Robles Rural Educational Institution, in the Camarones corregimiento. The present investigation is structured from a qualitative study, the methodological resource is hermeneutics, applied from the characteristics of interpreting and understanding the facts, in order to reveal the reasons for human actions in space; The research considers contributions from the geography of tourism and its geographical horizon within the framework of humanistic geography.