Local and institutional logic in territorial planning

Abstract

Ordering the territory from the recognition of local logic is a challenge that addresses concepts such as that which considers spaces to express a natural order, attributed by many groups, to the transcendental level in which spirits and supernatural beings are the rulers and with whom human beings must negotiate to harmonize relations with that nature from which, taking their property, order is violated. This process of using- taking advantage of natural elements entails the representation of space that becomes something more than what are perceived, affective relationships are woven with it, turning it into territory. This perception is opposed to the one promoted by the western culture society, in which the relationship with nature is mediated by institutions, as well as their care, making them representatives of nature and its benefits. These models of relationship with nature constitute the context of so-called traditional societies and the basis for thinking about territorial ordering as a strategy for strengthening the cultural autonomy base for self-regulation.