Memoria e identidad en un grupo de artesanos y artesanas en el municipio de Silvania

This article is based on the study presented as a degree project to apply for the Bachelor of Social Sciences at the University of Cundinamarca, approved in June 2024. The study employed an ethnographic methodology, conducted with five artisan families from the municipality of Silvania—one of which is my own. The primary aim was to examine how artisanal know-how is transmitted through mechanisms of collective memory, the processes involved in craft production, and the current forms of resistance employed by artisans to preserve their traditions. This resistance is particularly significant in light of the challenges posed by the construction of a third lane on the main road that passes through the municipality