Plan de salvaguardia del patrimonio cultural inmaterial, ámbito conocimiento y usos relacionados con la naturaleza y el universo, subámbito medicina tradicional en el cantón Chambo, provincia de Chimborazo.

Abstract

The present investigation proposes to elaborate the plan for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage, field of knowledge and uses related to nature and the universe, traditional medicine sub-area, Chambo canton, Chimborazo province; for which we worked in three phases: a) approach phase, consists of a contact meeting with the actors involved to publicise the guidelines of the project to be carried out and obtain free, prior and informed knowledge, and then proceed to the compilation, analysis and systematisation of the manifestations related to traditional medicine and symbolic spaces through the use of the registration forms proposed by the “Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural”, at this point it was possible to obtain a total of nine manifestations; b) the valuation phase of said manifestations, was executed under three parameters that were: intergenerational transmission and validity, representation and recognition, and social and cultural sense, from which the risk status was established in five current manifestations and four manifestations current vulnerable; c) phase of formulation of the safeguard plan, it was carried out from a SWOT matrix, and subsequently the critical nodes and critical success factors were identified, which helped to formulate the strategic objectives and strategies, in turn to base the elaboration of the mission and vision of the safeguard plan. Finally, the plan proposal was formulated with a total of two programs and three projects, each with its description and breakdown of activities to be carried out. In context, this project will allow the recovery, valuation and conservation of knowledge, knowledge, techniques and practices of traditional medicine to base the processes of transmission to new generations thereby, and thus keep cultural manifestations alive, practised and valued by the town and visitors.