Forced migration and indigenous knowledge of displaced Emberá and Uitoto populations in Colombia: An ethnobotanical perspective

Gonzalez Betancourt, Victor Hugo; Ortiz, Patricio; Frausin, Gina

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dc.creator	Gonzalez Betancourt, Victor Hugo
dc.creator	Ortiz, Patricio
dc.creator	Frausin, Gina
dc.date	2012-01-01
dc.date.accessioned	2022-03-25T14:06:10Z
dc.date.available	2022-03-25T14:06:10Z
dc.identifier	https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/imanimundo/article/view/28108
dc.identifier.uri	http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/123140
dc.description	Relatively little attention has been given to documenting changes in the ethnobotanical knowledge of displaced indigenous groups in Colombia. Such information is highly valuable because it contributes to our understanding of the changes that occur during this process of displacement, cultural transformation and loss, and because it eventually could shed some light in designing social, economic, and educational policies that would facilitate their incorporation into main stream culture, through ways that validate their indigenous identity, knowledge, and traditions. Based on our on-going research, herein we summarize ethnobotanical information of two indigenous groups currently residing in the city of Florencia (capital of the Department of Caquetá) in the Northwestern Amazon basin: the Emberá, originally from northwestern Colombia, and Uitoto, originally from the Colombian Amazon. By focusing in the indigenous ethnobotanical knowledge of these two displaced groups, we intend to show the revitalization of ethnobotanical knowledge, resilience, and multiple resources in form of ancestral knowledge that are brought and transmitted by these groups as they struggle for survival, in many times hostile urban environments. We hope to draw more attention to and encourage similar studies on other displaced indigenous populations in Colombia as well as in other areas of Latin America.	en-US
dc.description	Relatively little attention has been given to documenting changes in the ethnobotanical knowledge of displaced indigenous groups in Colombia. Such information is highly valuable because it contributes to our understanding of the changes that occur during this process of displacement, cultural transformation and loss, and because it eventually could shed some light in designing social, economic, and educational policies that would facilitate their incorporation into main stream culture, through ways that validate their indigenous identity, knowledge, and traditions. Based on our on-going research, herein we summarize ethnobotanical information of two indigenous groups currently residing in the city of Florencia (capital of the Department of Caquetá) in the Northwestern Amazon basin: the Emberá, originally from northwestern Colombia, and Uitoto, originally from the Colombian Amazon. By focusing in the indigenous ethnobotanical knowledge of these two displaced groups, we intend to show the revitalization of ethnobotanical knowledge, resilience, and multiple resources in form of ancestral knowledge that are brought and transmitted by these groups as they struggle for survival, in many times hostile urban environments. We hope to draw more attention to and encourage similar studies on other displaced indigenous populations in Colombia as well as in other areas of Latin America.Migración forzada y conocimiento indígena de poblaciones desplazadas emberá y uitoto en Colombia: una perspectiva etnobotánicaRelativamente poca atención se le ha dado a documentar los cambios en el conocimiento etnobotánico de los grupos indígenas desplazados en Colombia. Esta información es muy valiosa porque contribuye a entender los cambios que ocurren durante este proceso de desplazamiento, transformación y pérdida cultural, y porque eventualmente podría ayudarnos en el diseño de políticas sociales, económicas y educativas que faciliten la incorporación de estas comunidades a la cultura mestiza occidental, a través de formas que validen su identidad indígena, conocimiento y tradiciones. A partir de nuestras investigaciones en curso, en ese documento resumimos la información botánica de dos grupos indígenas que actualmente viven en la ciudad de Florencia (capital del Departamento del Caquetá) en la cuenca amazónica noroccidental: Los emberá, originalmente ubicados en el noroccidente de Colombia, y los uitoto, originalmente ubicados en la Amazonia colombiana. Al enfocarnos en el conocimiento indígena de estos grupos, tenemos la intención de mostrar la revitalización del conocimiento etnobotánico, resistencia y múltiples recursos en forma de conocimientos ancestrales que son transmitidos y conservados por estos grupos en su lucha por la supervivencia, en muchas ocasiones en entornos urbanos hostiles. Esperamos que este trabajo promueva estudios similares en otras poblaciones indígenas desplazadas en Colombia y en Latinoamérica.	es-ES
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	spa
dc.publisher	Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Sede Amazonia - Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones (IMANI) - Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM) - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia Social (PPGAS)	es-ES
dc.relation	https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/imanimundo/article/view/28108/33921
dc.rights	Derechos de autor 2015 Victor Hugo Gonzalez Betancourt, Patricio Ortiz, Gina Frausin	es-ES
dc.rights	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0	es-ES
dc.source	Mundo Amazónico; Vol. 3 (2012): enero-diciembre; 165-177	es-ES
dc.source	Mundo Amazónico; Vol. 3 (2012): January-December; 165-177	en-US
dc.source	Mundo Amazónico; v. 3 (2012): Janeiro-Dezembro; 165-177	pt-BR
dc.source	2145-5082
dc.source	2145-5074
dc.subject	Caquetá	en-US
dc.subject	handicrafts	en-US
dc.subject	medicinal plants	en-US
dc.subject	Northwestern Amazonia	en-US
dc.subject	seeds	en-US
dc.subject	violence	en-US
dc.subject	Uitoto	en-US
dc.subject	Embera	en-US
dc.subject	Amazonia noroccidental	es-ES
dc.subject	artesanías	es-ES
dc.subject	Caquetá	es-ES
dc.subject	plantas medicinales	es-ES
dc.subject	semillas	es-ES
dc.subject	violencia	es-ES
dc.subject	uitoto	es-ES
dc.subject	embera	es-ES
dc.subject	etnobiologia	es-ES
dc.title	Forced migration and indigenous knowledge of displaced Emberá and Uitoto populations in Colombia: An ethnobotanical perspective	en-US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.type	Contribución no evaluada	es-ES