Reconocimiento del macramé en la memoria colectiva de Duitama Caso: Tejidos Boyacá.

Abstract

The municipality of Duitama is nationally recognized as a cultural entity with multiple ancestral traditions such as Macramé, a technique described as the achievement of decorative knots that form a fabric. The present investigation aims to identify the time line from the emergence of macramé in the municipality of Duitama to the present day, in addition to analyzing the incidence of this fabric and its impact on the collective memory of its community. Crafts such as macramé are important for collective memory, communication and culture, as they are a way of preserving the history and traditions of a society, they transmit skills, techniques and cultural values. Handicrafts are a form of communication and social connection, and they can transmit specific messages and narratives through their designs and patterns, from there arose the interest to investigate the subject in this project. To carry out the research process, women weavers belonging to the company 'Tejidos Boyacá' participated, who through their testimony taught part of the macramé process, in the same way, inhabitants of Duitama, with whom they inquired about how much this ancestral cultural practice has influenced their collective memory, all this information was obtained through field research, since the data and information collected have been taken directly from the population through information collection instruments such as interviews, surveys, opinion polls and life stories.