"The words walks”: territory and memories from the indigenous Nasa people of Colombia

Abstract

This article maps the memories that exist on the Jambaló territory of the Nasa indigenous community from Colombia, implementing the “word that walks” (Oral History) to investigate the strength of the place from the ancestral connection with “Mother Earth”. In this way, geospatial references are established and elements of the Nasa culture are identified. The methodology is ethnography and the theoretical-methodological construction is based on Social Semiotics. In addition, it proposes a cartographic memory with seven memorial categories to analyze various social processes in the indigenous territory. Finally, the identity, symbolic and geospatial characteristics of the indigenous Nasa people allow us to understand our human and multidimensional nuances.