El trabajo multidisciplinario y la participación social en programas de conservación de sitios con patrimonio gráfico-rupestre

Abstract

The multidisciplinary work and the social participation are at the basis of the generation and implementation of conservation programs for rock art sites, since the speci cities of the conservation problems, as well as the characteristics and dynamics of their natural and social contexts demand to be approached from diverse disciplinary perspectives and with the concurrence of different social agents.

This article presents two examples that show how the Programa nacional de conservación de patrimonio grá co- rupestre (National program for the conservation of rock art heritage) of the Coordinación Nacional de Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural develops participatory processes for this purpose along with the challenges involved. One example is the case of the archaeological zone El Vallecito, Baja California, in which a multidisciplinary emphasis has been placed within the institutional sphere, laying the foundations for maintenance and conservation programs as components of the management plan under development. The other case corresponds to the site of El Ocote, Aguascalientes, a site with high potential for its opening to public visits, as it is immersed in a social context of complex local dynamics and high migration. Emphasis has been placed on multidisciplinary work focused on strengthening the process for creating conservation program based mainly on the participation of different social actors.