La medicina ancestral Kichwa como práctica de resistencia indígena en la ciudad de Guayaquil a través del documental Yuyay.

Abstract

This research project addresses a social problem that has become common in Ecuador and some Latin American countries regarding the loss of cultural identity. In Ecuador there is a diversity of ethnic groups and cultures, in which they carry with them ancestral knowledge that is being lost with the passage of time as it is not transmitted or studied by the new generations. According to a comparison made by the National Census in 2022, the indigenous language is spoken by only 3.9% of the Ecuadorian population, resulting in a decrease of 0.9% in contrast to the study conducted in 2010, allowing us to understand the risk of cultural loss faced by these communities. In this way, this reality will be exposed through an audiovisual documentary that will have as its central axis the ancestral Kichwa medicine and its uses for different practices, under the testimony of three members of the Kichwa community who currently reside in the city of Guayaquil. José Manuel Guaraca (intercultural teacher), Hugo Lema Caranqui (president MOPKICE) and Tomasa Gualli Merino (indigenous midwife) will allow the audience to understand the importance of rescuing their ancestral knowledge to promote cultural identity.