Voces que resguardan al territorio de Riosucio (Caldas). Prácticas comunitarias como redes de cuidado

The article focuses on highlighting some community practices in the rural area of Riosucio (Caldas) municipality located on the eastern slope of the western mountain range in Colombia aimed at defending and safeguarding their territory and their unique ways of living. For this purpose, the experiences of a qualitative research-creation project carried out in the territory between 2021 and the 2023 are collected. In this study, ethnographic techniques, participatory work with focus groups and co-creation workshops with the communities of the four indigenous reservations that make up the municipality were applied. Thus, from a multi-scale analytical approach that criticizes the Paisaje Cultural Cafetero as ‘the way’ to understand this territory, it is proposed that in the community practices of the four indigenous reservations of Riosucio it is possible to find some keys to diversify this conception and point out the significance of care networks as a fundamental aspect for a community cohesion that transcends the current forms of development and economic growth. The text concludes by stating that in these community ways of living, a unique awareness of the safeguarding of rural territory is consolidated as a condition for the continuation of life.