Plan de salvaguardia del patrimonio cultural inmaterial referido al arte textil de la confección de alfonbras en el cantón Guano, provincia de Chimborazo

Abstract

The present information proposes: to design a plan to safeguard intangible cultural heritage related to the textile art of carpeting in the Canton of Guano, province of Chimborazo; in order to protect and maintain the continuity of traditional practices, where analytical, descriptive and field research methods are carried out, collecting secondary information; it began with the registration of intangible cultural heritage using INPC registration forms, identifying 11 manifestations related to the preparation of carpets that are framed in the areas of traditional craft techniques, tradition and oral expressions and knowledge and uses related to nature and the universe, an analysis of the situation was carried out whit a historical account of the textiles of the canton and of the times that contributed to the development of art of the territory, the point of view of the factors of loss transmission of the artisan knowledge, in addition of analyzing the current state of the manifestations through a methodological tool of quantitative evaluation base on the qualitative analysis of registered manifestations, the SWOT matrix was consecutively performed and the critics ante key success factors were identified from the point of view formulated the strategic objectives and the strategies that govern the safeguard plan, which consists of 4 programs and 9 projects base on the main axes of the safeguard (conservation, revitalization, transmission, promotion, diffusion and dynamization). It is concluded that city of Guano possesses a great immaterial patrimonial wealth in the textile of carpeting that for many years was part of its cultural identity, so that the design of plan is based on solutions to critical nodes and potentialization of key factors of success both internal and external to the dynamics of territory.

Key Words: Safeguard Plan, Intangible Cultural Heritage, Textile Art, Carpet making