Abstract

PEREZ-MESA, María Rocío. Conceptions of Biodiversity and Practices of Care for Life from a Cultural Perspective. Rev. Fac. Cienc. Tecnol. [online]. 2019, n.45, pp.17-34. ISSN 0121-3814.

This paper presents the results of a research work carried out with students from the Bachelor of Arts in Biology and people of Witoto-Muruy ethnicity from the town of La Chorrera, Department of Amazonas, the main goal of which is to recognize the conceptions of biodiversity and the care practices that contribute to the discussion regarding the biocultural memory of the country and to the reflections required for the training of biology teachers. A qualitative method with an interpretive-hermeneutic approach was used. Field diaries, participant observation, semi-structured interviews, in-depth interviews, visual records and identification of social actors were used as techniques and tools, which enabled the establishment of an open dialogue about the ways of conceiving biodiversity, care practices and their articulation with the territory. Among these results, it is worth highlighting the importance of culture and the ways that social groups give meaning to biodiversity and how to coexist with other forms of existence in the territory, as well as care practices, which are expressed in the ways of understanding the world, inhabiting it, producing it, and caring for it.

Keywords : conceptions; biodiversity; teacher training; culture; care practices.

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