El paisaje en animación suspendida y su valoración como dinamizador del desarrollo rural de la comuna de Maullín, Chile

Abstract

The perception and evaluation of the landscape by its inhabitants expressed their degrees of territorial identity and community knowledge regarding its fragility and vital need for preservation. Being a natural resource with growing demand, studies on ethical and aesthetic territorial preferences, provide fundamental knowledge for sustainable environmental management planning. Using an ethnomethodologically perspective, this research aims to analyze the perceptions and appreciation of the landscape in Maullín, Chile. The main finding is the desire to keep the landscape in suspended animation, this means slowing down the transformation of the landscape, and preserve its characteristic condition of tranquility. The rurbanization and the imminent transformation of these territories seem to go in an opposite direction and put the territorial identity and aspirations of the community in an effort that requires mediation. In this context, considering the approach of urban-rural continuum where urban and rural territory constitutes a single large system can be crucial to dinamize regio