SÉ RIGUANEGA, Retoños de memoria: Experiencia pedagógica para el fortalecimiento del derecho propio en el marco del modelo educativo Kankuamo Makú Jogúki

Abstract

The research project “Sé Riguanega, Retoños de Memoria: Educational and Pedagogical Strategies for Teaching Indigenous Law within the Kankuamo Educational Model Makú Jogúki” aims to strengthen the processes of Indigenous education in the Kankuamo community, recognizing the school as a space where identity, memory, and ancestral knowledge are cultivated. The study followed a qualitative paradigm with an interpretive approach and the Participatory Action Research (PAR) method, allowing students, teachers, and traditional authorities from the communities of Atánquez, La Mina, and Río Seco to participate actively as co-researchers. Through interviews, focus groups, participant observation, and document review, the study explored perceptions and practices surrounding the teaching of Indigenous Law and its articulation with the Makú Jogúki model. The main outcome was the design of the pedagogical module Sé Riguanega, Retoños de Memoria, structured around the symbolic cycle of planting and aligned with the actions of thought self-determination, identity, territory, self-protection, and the own economic model and with the pedagogical practices of the Kankuamo people: collective work, council and exemplary teaching, oral tradition, direct research, and the Mother Nature approach. Findings show that Indigenous education guided by Makú Jogúki strengthens cultural identity, spiritual fabric, and territorial consciousness, reaffi rming that Indigenous Law is not only a fi eld of study but a way of life nurtured through memory, collectivity, and example.