Territorial Defense, Education, and Interculturalism

Abstract

The article carries out a series of reflections regarding the social and economic conditions in which the cultivation of oil palm affected the Bajo Atrato region of the Department of Chocó at the end of the nineteen nineties. It also discusses the actions carried out by communities, companies, and organizations in solidarity with the region’s cause, since these expressions make it possible to understand the role of organization and education in territorial defense processes. Finally, the article examines the different tensions, struggles, challenges, and contradictions inherent to these types of processes.

Keywords

• conflicto armado
• educación popular
• interculturalidad
• organización
• palma aceitera
• resistencia civil
• territorio
• zonas humanitarias