Matter and gloom: An architecture in the desert

This text addresses the study of the architectural devices that characterize the habitat of the Wayúu community located on Colombia's La Guajira peninsula, in order to relate the symbolic value of their habitat contained in their domestic spaces, associated with rituals and myths, to draw s...

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Autores: Suárez Velásquez, Ana Mercedes, Acosta Páez, Álvaro Hernán, Gonzalez Obando, Owen David, Suárez Montiel, José Luis, Orozco Rodríguez, Maria Angélica
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Uruguay
Institución:Universidad ORT Uruguay
Repositorio:RAD
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:rad.ort.edu.uy:20.500.11968/4294
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ort.edu.uy/anales-de-investigacion-en-arquitectura/article/view/3059
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11968/4294
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Traditional architecture
cultural identity
rite
customs and traditions
Wayúu
Península La Guajira
Colombia
Arquitectura tradicional
Identidad cultural
rito
costumbres
Tradiciones wayúu
pen´ínsula La Guajira
Arquitetura tradicional
identidade cultural
costumes
tradições wayúu
península La Guajira
Colômbia
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Sumario:This text addresses the study of the architectural devices that characterize the habitat of the Wayúu community located on Colombia's La Guajira peninsula, in order to relate the symbolic value of their habitat contained in their domestic spaces, associated with rituals and myths, to draw some elements and forms contained in their architectures and understand aspects of their value as carriers of meanings. An inventory was built describing and reflecting on each of these devices, their daily uses and rituals, formal configurations and mythical background, which make up a simple but efficient architecture, with technical parameters that deserve to be counted and protected by their rich cultural content; data that was collected through field studies and interviews. Understanding the worth of heritage not as a liability of nostalgia, but as an asset of memory.