Recuperación de los saberes ancestrales de las variedades de papa nativa para el diseño de un producto turístico en la provincia de Chimborazo.

Abstract

This research proposes to recover the ancestral knowledge from native potato varieties to design a tourist product in Chimborazo province, through descriptive and analytical methods. To this end, information on technologies used in the production system was collected through dialogue workshops, applying the methodology of cultural revaluation from AGRUCO (2008) and cultural revitalization from Víctor Hugo Torres (1994), registering 22 technologies directly linked to the native potato production system and 13 technologies related to the life of the community, in addition, the cultural characteristics of the associated crops and the intangible cultural heritage of the locality were recorded. The ethnobotanical study of crops and other species associated with this production was elaborated from the methodology of decolonial ethnobotany from Patricio Noboa (2019), which allowed to gather information on the uses of native potatoes, beans, melloco, geese, and mashua. Finally, to establish cultural revitalization activities, the causes, problems, effects, and solutions presented by cultural practices and production techniques were analyzed, this information directs the approach of revitalization programs to events in a vulnerable state. In sum, the recovery of ancestral knowledge is a strategy that allows revaluing and revitalizing the knowledge surrounding this important crop, as well as, it is recommended that the guide produced to be published as a sample of the hard work from farmers as guardians of agricultural diversity that exists in the country.