Intersecciones y disyuntivas del patrimonio arqueológico y el turismo en el austro ecuatoriano

Abstract

This article focuses on the identification of educational, communicational and political problems in relation to the archaeological heritage in the Ecuadorian Southern. In this scenario, currently, this heritage is generating links with different socio-economic fields and practices, such as tourism. Therefore, the proposed study aimed to identify the perceptions and representations that the different actors give to archaeological heritage. Thus, through the application of techniques such as the analysis of the written press, the review of social media, and the elaboration of participatory mapping, a regional view was contextualized (Azuay, Cañar and Morona Santiago), in order to later define them at a particular level (Cantón Sígsig). One of the key results of the study determines that the localities that inhabit and use archaeological sites on a daily basis and to a greater extent, evaluate their territorial and tourist relations with various elements such as food, clothing and landscape, explained as a continuity of the past.