Recuperación de historias comunitarias mediante la creación teatral colectiva pedagógica en Cogua, Cundinamarca

Abstract

This graduate specialization project focuses in te relationship between theatre, memory, and territory in the municipality of Cogua, Cundinamarca, base don a research-creation process developed with the Sombras del Rodamonte Artistic Collective. The proposal arises from the need to recognize and strengthen collective memory as part of intangible cultural heritage, particularly in a context where local narratives, rural knowledge, and community experiences do not circulate consistently or are not collectively re-signified. As a background, oral memory transmisión processes were identified shich, although still presente, lack mechanisms that ensure therir continuity and appropiation by new generations. Within this framework, the objective of the Project is to strengthen the appropriation of heritage through collective theatrical creatión, understanding art as a frorm of knowledge and communication. The methodology is base don a qualitative participatory approach frounded in reaserach-creation, through workshops, interviews and scenic exercises that enable the exploration, collection, and transformation of territorial narratives into dramaturgical material. As a result, the dramaturgy The Market of the Fogotten was created, along with a process of memory activation documented in two videos, in which participants re-signified their relationship woth the territory. It is concluded that theatre functions not only as a means of expresión, but also as a device that enables the communication of heritage through lived experience, strengthening the sense of belonging and the collective construction of memory.