Following in the footsteps of grandparents from the Municipality of Salgar, Antioquia

Abstract

Following in the footsteps of grandparents is a sociocultural research project that applies a strategy to recover and promote oral tradition along with grandparents from Salgar in Antioquia, Colombia. To this end, it was proposed that orality transcends culture and traditions. As regards methodology, the ethnographic model was used. It allowed us to collect unprecedented and meaningful information for the municipality’s intangible cultural heritage. This process was developed in three phases: the ancestors that had oral fluency linked to ancestral experiences with a cultural and educational content were identified in order to promote such experiences among teenagers and children. The main conclusion was the importance of oral tradition as a two-way street because it brings dignity to grandparents, since they feel heard and embraced, and at the same time, it works as a strategy to foster educational processes.

Keywords

• oral tradition
• cultural heritage
• means to learn
• research in education