Cosmología, transformación y territorialidad en la percepción de los kichwa-lorocachi del Rio Curaray.

Abstract

This article is the result of a larger study that investigates elements of the Kichwa cosmological system.The theme has been explored since the 80s from the so called perspectivist ontological turn that combinestheoretical models resulting from different ethnographic works with a common interest to proposealternatives to the traditional dualism between nature / culture. Based on an ethnographic methodologybased mainly on the perceptions of local people, the article aims to show descriptively how certaincultural markers: shamanism and body building, local mythic and territorial perception are retracted.From the data collected, it is concluded that said retraction is due to the attractiveness of modernityand its technologies, mainly towards the new generations. On the other hand we have the pause in thegenerational transfer of traditional knowledge. This is inserted in a particular socio-economic dynamicin a territory located outside the urban centers of modern development.