Consensos, conflictos y ambigüedades en torno al territorio: exploración etnohistórica de la lengüeta, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

Located in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, La Lengueta is marked by profound economic, sociopolitical, and cultural complexities. In addition to belonging to a Natural National Park and an indigenous reservation, it has been settled by farmers from different regions of the country. It has also experienced the Colombian State's problematic presence as well as of non- State actors. I analyze from an ethnohistorical approach how differing ways of understanding space and territory have shaped La Lengueta over the past 50 years. Specifically, I address how La Lengueta has been inserted into Colombian economic and productive dynamics, the migration processes, and the tensions among different human groups and institutions in this region.