Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Multispecies Peace in Montes de María

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Published: Sep 26, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.53556/trqz4508
Keywords:
Peacebuilding in Colombia, territory, socioecology, Carmen de Bolívar, Traditional practices

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Juliana García Díaz
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Johana Herrera Arango
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Abstract

This article examines the relationship between traditional peasant practices and peacebuilding in rural communities of El Salado, Montes de María. Based on transdisciplinary research conducted in 2025, it explores community expectations regarding restorative justice through the lens of the territory as a socioecological assemblage. In dialogue with contemporary philosophical perspectives, the article problematizes the modern separation between nature and culture in this context and proposes understanding traditional ecological knowledge as a form of listening to and translating the ecosystem. Peacebuilding thus emerges as an ontological, territorial, and multispecies transformation.

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Vol. 67 (2026): Women, Ecology, and Conflict. Knowledges, Agencies, and Worlds to Come
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Author Biographies

Juliana García Díaz, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Philosopher and ecologist from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and current researcher at the Observatory for Ethnic and Peasant Territories (OTEC). Her research focuses on socio-ecological systems and social network analysis grounded in community and fieldwork, in conjunction with contemporary philosophical approaches to structurally examine and add nuance to current socio-environmental issues.

Johana Herrera Arango, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Researcher and professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Rural Studies at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, and director of the Observatory for Ethnic and Peasant Territories (OTEC). She is an ecologist with a Master's in Cultural Studies and a PhD in Sustainability (Universidad Loyola, Spain). Her research focuses on socio-ecological systems and ecosystem-based approaches to marine-coastal governance, with an emphasis on artisanal fishing, marine tenure, and the rights of coastal communities in the Colombian Pacific, the Spanish Mediterranean, and the Greater Caribbean. She has led more than twenty research and applied projects that connect science, community knowledge, and public policy through participatory and spatial approaches.