Conocimientos de la niñez sobre el territorio. San José de los Laureles (Tlayacapan, Morelos) explicado por las niñas y los niños que lo habitan

Abstract

The childhood create new epistemologies and ways to explain their space. It is argue the sociocultural elements with which children construct the notion of territoriality. The borders to build an “own” space and under this delimitation, the elements that constitute its territory and their daily life. The “pueblo” (town) is the category proposed by children to explain territory and territoriality. By making maps, significant cultural symbols appear to create the category of “pueblo”. Symbols like “cerro” (hill), “campo” (fields) and “iglesia” (church). Two contributions are presented, one within the research and the other of a methodological nature. A particular way of creating knowledge in the childhood has relation with the imaginary narrative and lived experiences. They talk of an unlived experience, like one lived. In methodological order I propose the “talleres focales” (methodological workshops) as playful ways to stay or work with children of all ages.