Abstract

DE LA CRUZ, Pablo. Environmental Identities. Cuad. Geogr. Rev. Colomb. Geogr. [online]. 2014, vol.23, n.1, pp.125-131. ISSN 0121-215X.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rcdg.v23n1.41088.

Abstract The article compares the processes of identity transformation in the Colombian Amazon region and the Archipelago of San Andrés on the basis of the definition of environmental identity. These two cases illustrate the historical redefinition of ethnicity with respect to geographical environment, the encounter with what it means to be Colombian, the intensification of discourse, and the tensions generated by the financial capital and the institutional agents around the traditions. The paper also discusses the growth of tourism, the influence of cooperation agencies, and their effects on the shift from the sacred toward a "theatrical culture".

Keywords : isolation; Archipelago of San Andrés; culture; theatrical culture; ethnicity; environmental identity; Colombian Amazon region.

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