Recopilación de la memoria histórica ancestral del Resguardo Indígena Pijao La Mesa de Ortega, Tolima

Abstract

The present project, is established with the process of creating a digital photobook, which houses the cultural memory of the “Pijao Indigenous Community, La Mesa De Ortega / Dep. Tolima, was proposed as a compilation strategy; where the daily activities of its inhabitants will be digitally preserved as a kind of photographic archive showing the experiences lived by the collective of people. Thus, the importance of giving added value to the traditional and cultural practices of the “Indigenous Reservation of the Mesa de Ortega” is projected, through documentary photography; instrument with which the approaches to the different families and people who participated in the creation of this Photobook were made. Through this proposal, a series of interactions are displayed as a contribution to the shortcomings that are presented in the shelter, as a need of the sector, heritage education, is evident. Therefore, this object was created; that it also intends to use the visual material to capture the present of the community; understanding that in a few years it will be part of the cultural memory of the community and with it the decisive moments would be recovered where the cultural manifestations are still valid and can be transmitted to the following generations.