Border Tensions for Rethinking Communication and Development: A Case of Building History in Ticoya Resguardo

Eliana Herrera-Huérfano (), Juana Ochoa-Almanza () and David Fayad Sanz
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Eliana Herrera-Huérfano: Faculty of Communication, Universidad de la Sabana, Chía 250001, Colombia
Juana Ochoa-Almanza: School of Creation, Communication and Culture, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios UNIMINUTO, Bogotá 111021, Colombia
David Fayad Sanz: Echo Communications, Bogotá 111021, Colombia

Social Sciences, 2024, vol. 13, issue 9, 1-17

Abstract: This article proposes rethinking communication, development, and social change from a decolonial perspective through the case study of the Ticoya resguardo . It examines how the oral traditions of Indigenous elders construct a history of the territory, positioning orality as a practice of communicative and cognitive justice that transcends the dominant structures of the nation-state. Border tensions are explored both as a physical reality between Colombia and Peru and as a metaphor for identity conflicts. The theoretical framework incorporates debates on post-development, pluriverse, and southern epistemologies, challenging social inequalities. A qualitative methodology based on the praxeological method was implemented in four stages in collaboration with the resguardo ’s communications committee. Producing a radio series narrated by participants was crucial for gathering the elders’ narratives through conversations, social mapping, and storytelling. The findings emphasize the break with linear temporality in narratives, the sense of territory beyond state borders, and the identity tensions of river dwellers. The conclusion underscores the necessity of a decolonial perspective, recognizing the impact of monocultures in obscuring diverse forms of life. The Ticoya resguardo case illustrates how communicative justice can highlight the local and everyday, considering the territory essential in the pluriverse, aligning with Escobar’s and Santos’ proposals on transitions toward a pluriversal world.

Keywords: CDCS; oral communication; communicative justice; cognitive justice; pluriverse (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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