Fortalecimiento de los bienes inmuebles de interés cultural a través de narrativas arquitectónicas en San Martín - Meta

Abstract

Cultural Heritage is the set of material goods, traditions and knowledge of historical, artistic, scientific, technical, ethnographic interest that a community or a country has. This includes not only the monuments and manifestations of the past but also what is called living heritage, which are various manifestations of popular culture, traditional populations or communities, crafts and popular arts, clothing, knowledge, values, customs, traditions of a group or culture, according to the Ministry of Culture. Assets of Cultural Interest at the National Level" (June 2024). Cultural assets are all things that are important for the cultural heritage of peoples or countries such as architectural, artistic or historical monuments, religious, bibliographic and documentary assets, ethnographic and folkloric assets. They are classified as movable and immovable. San Martín, a municipality located in the department of Meta in the Eastern Plains, has had 439 years of a long history and cultural traditions in the region, which has allowed it to give recognition and value to the municipality with its festivities and intangible heritage. It also has traditional and colonial buildings located mainly in the historic center, some categorized as assets of cultural interest (BIC). However, there is a lack of attention to the assessment of the BICs in terms of their conservation and dissemination in the context of the population, which has resulted in a lack of historical information, affecting the knowledge of the new generations to connect with their culture, disappearing the traditions of the place they live in, added to the fact that people make inappropriate transformations in the buildings such as construction techniques, design and materiality and the low participation of the population, losing a sense of belonging to the municipality. This proposal aims to strengthen and contribute to the collective memory of assets of cultural interest through architectural narratives and semi-structured interviews, analyzing the speeches and exploring the perceptions and memories of the inhabitants in relation to each BIC. With this information, products with audiovisual content are produced as a contribution to the promotion of education and culture in the BICs in relation to reaffirming the collective memory and identity of citizens, who can give it importance and historical value through opportunities and actions that encourage economic growth.