The Yanakuna indigenous community’s own food. A resistance strategy

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48162/rev.33.029

Keywords:

Traditional food, Medicinal plants, Recipes, Cultural resistance

Abstract

Food is part of a body of knowledge rooted in culture, the possession of seeds, the place where indigenous can cultivate and the ways to prepare land. This work characterizes the food system of the Yanakuna indigenous community located in the south of the department of Huila, divided into six settlements, with approximately two thousand indigenous people. A qualitative ethnographic research was used, accompanied by a proprietary methodology based on “Cultivation, breeding and sowing of wisdom and knowledge (ccrissac, for its translation in Spanish)”. The research showed they still cultivate and preserve traditional recipes that allow them to maintain a good nutrition, it is also necessary to expand the lands of the reservation to implement traditional crops.

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Author Biography

Wilder Perafán Chilito, Universidad de Cuauhtémoc

Estudiante de Doctorado en Ciencias de la Educación de la Universidad de Cuauhtémoc (México). Magister en Ciencias de la Educación por la Universidad de la Amazonia (Colombia). Licenciado en educación básica énfasis en ciencias sociales de la Universidad del Magdalena (Colombia). Integrante de la comunidad indígena yanacona del Resguardo San José del municipio de Isnos Huila-Colombia, exgobernador indígena año (2011), Áreas de investigación: pedagogía, educación indígena e interculturalidad, idioma propio “runashimi”. Docente de aula en la Institución Educativa Municipal Domingo Savio (Colombia).

Published

02-09-2021 — Updated on 23-11-2021

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How to Cite

Perafán Chilito, W. (2021). The Yanakuna indigenous community’s own food. A resistance strategy. Millcayac - Revista Digital De Ciencias Sociales, 8(15), 245–268. https://doi.org/10.48162/rev.33.029 (Original work published September 2, 2021)