Plan de gestión del paisaje cultural de Cojitambo

Abstract

The present work study the symbiosis of the natural, archaeological and cultural heritage that the different human groups that have settle in a territory over the years, have built a Cultural Landscape as a legacy and inheritance to the new generations. The study area is located in Cojitambo parish is located in Azogues canton of the province of Cañar in the south-west of Ecuador. This plan have a first phase of diagnosis of all the components that make up these heritages was performed through the perception in the field of each one of them. Here we find the hill with the same name Cojitambo, owner of an associated material and immaterial cultural liability, involved with an exceptional natural landscape of the southern region of the country. This led us to determine the area identified the place with the most concentrated elements that could construct a Cultural Landscape of Cojitambo in order to later assess that heritage load and to develop the SWOT analysis (Strengths, Opportunities, Weaknesses and Threats), which allowed to determine its final diagnosis (Strengths and Weaknesses) and guidelines for developing the proposal (Opportunities and Threats). The second phase of the plan was to develop the definition of the lines of action and the strategic objectives, based on SWOT; with the guidelines for the construction of policies and tools that allow the safe- guarding and conservation of the exceptional natural, archaeological and cultural values in the region, as a legacy to future generations.