Community and Circular Economy, Ancestral Andean Knowledge. Warmikuna NATABUELA Case

The community entrepreneurship of Kichwa indigenous women, Warmikuna NATABUELA, reactivated its economy during the COVID-19 pandemic through agricultural activities carried out under the precepts of their culture and ancestral knowledge linked tothose of circular economy, where the value of the prod...

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Autores: Almeida Guzmán, Marcia, Almeida, Sandra, Rodríguez Caguana, Adriana, Kowii, Ariruma
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Ecuador
Institución:Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar
Repositorio:Revista Estudios de la Gestión
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.uasb.edu.ec:article/4119
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/eg/article/view/4119
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:emprendimiento comunitario
economía circular
identidad
cosmovisión
economía y género
community entrepreneurship
circular economy
worldview
identity
economy and gender
empreendimento comunitário
economia circular
cosmovisão
identidade
economia e gênero
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Sumario:The community entrepreneurship of Kichwa indigenous women, Warmikuna NATABUELA, reactivated its economy during the COVID-19 pandemic through agricultural activities carried out under the precepts of their culture and ancestral knowledge linked tothose of circular economy, where the value of the products and resources are maintained as long as possible, minimizing the generation of waste, contributing to a sustainable and efficient economy based on solidarity, reciprocity and redistribution. This research sought to make explicit, through an epistemological and methodological pluralism, that the andean indigenous peoples practiced the economic model today called circular as part of their worldview based on a deep respect for Pacha Mama. Through qualitative research, action-participatory research and community research, it was possible to recover oral memory through life stories of taytas, mamas and leaders of the town, which echoes an implicit community and circular economy in their empirical knowledge and in their own history. Concluding that the strengthening of their identity in synergy with scientific knowledge effectively contribute to economic development, environmental conservation and the social inclusion of the Andean peoples.