Inminente Pérdida. Técnicas de la Talla en Piedra en Bogotá

Abstract

The knowledge loss in the several occupations or jobs that are heritage since The Nueva Granada Colony have been erased from history since that time. The talla en piedra technique relates to cantería job and plastic components in the execution of three-dimensional language, in arts faculties and schools of Colombia. Also present some problems about the knowledge loss in the curriculum of the cloisters most representative of Bogotá since the nineteenth century. For that reason, the purpose of this investigation is that the researchers work in the identification about the reasons that produced the knowledge loss in the use of this technique and the closed of these institutions, where it's necessary take into account the participation of some universities and arts schools of the city. In that sense it's important to the researchers know the consequences in the preservation of the Cultural Heritage of movable and immovable property. The lack of professionals with the required knowledge is other difficulty that complement one part of the concerns for the lack of knowledge and the absence in the teach of the la talla en piedra technique today. How a method, the researchers used the qualitative investigation in education to employ the document analysis, for the techniques of investigation were develop some interviews semi-structured to some universities in Bogotá. Also, were accomplished the documental analysis of historical texts. One of the most relevant results of this investigation that obtained was that this technique is an occupation that with the advance of time this it has been integrated in the "oficios artesanales", and it have been to see as minor’s arts with little importance in the artistic field. The immediacy of current artistic practices has made a dent in the academy, not to teach this trade that is already unknown by the teachers of these artistic centers, and for this current digital generation of students.