PLATFORM FOR THE PRESERVATION OF ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE IN VILLAGES OF THE ANDEAN REGION IN FOOD SECURITY AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE CONSTITUTES THE LIVING MEMORY OF PEOPLE, TRANSMITTED FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION AS A BASIS OF CULTURAL IDENTITY, AGRICULTURAL RESILIENCE AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY. HOWEVER, PROCESSES SUCH AS MODERNIZATION, GLOBALIZATION, MIGRATION AND WEAK STATE GOVERNANCE THREAT ITS CONTINUITY, ACCELERATING A LOSS THAT ERODES INTANGIBLE HERITAGE AND COMPROMISES BOTH FOOD SECURITY AND LOCAL BIODIVERSITY. THIS PROJECT PROPOSES THE DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION OF AN INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGICAL PLATFORM TO PRESERVE ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE LINKED TO SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES. THE SYSTEM, BASED ON CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES AND WITH OFFLINE FUNCTIONALITIES, WILL FACILITATE THE COMMUNITY REGISTRATION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE EVEN IN TERRITORIES WITH LOW CONNECTIVITY. ALSO, IT WILL GUARANTEE RESPECT FOR THE COLLECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS NATURE, OBSERVING MEASURES TO PROTECT TRADITIONAL AND COLLECTIVE BIOCULTURAL KNOWLEDGE (TK/BC) AND THE CARE PRINCIPLES (COLLECTIVE BENEFIT, AUTHORITY TO CONTROL, RESPONSIBILITY, ETHICS). THE PROPOSAL INTEGRATES TRANSDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO COMPUTING, LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, APPLYING GORSCHEK'S TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFER METHODOLOGY ADAPTED TO THE ANDEAN INTERCULTURAL CONTEXT. THE DEVELOPMENT IS ORGANIZED INTO THREE AXES: I) ELECTION OF REQUIREMENTS THROUGH FOCUS GROUPS AND SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; II) ITERATIVE CONSTRUCTION OF A FUNCTIONAL AND EASY TO USE WEB/MOBILE PROTOTYPE; AND III) PARTICIPATORY EVALUATION WITH COMMUNITIES THROUGH TECHNOLOGICAL ACCEPTANCE AND CO-DESIGN MODELS. IN CONCLUSION, THE PLATFORM WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SAFEGUARDING INTANGIBLE HERITAGE, STRENGTHEN FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND OFFER A SUSTAINABLE AND CULTURALLY RELEVANT TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION, WHICH FUNCTIONS AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN TRADITION AND THE FUTURE.

XXII UNIVERSITY COMPETITION FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS