Interdisciplinary Dialogues with Zenú Wisdom: Contributions to Pedagogical Innovation in Arts Education

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to investigate Zenú wisdom and its potential to generate innovative proposals that enrich training in the arts. Worked from the Popular University of Cesar and its commitment to be an integrator of the Colombian Caribbean region. The central and secondary questions focus on recognizing the essence of this wisdom and identifying the possibilities it offers to innovate in arts education. A qualitative approach with ethnographic design is applied, and the findings present Zenú wisdom as a system that integrates knowledge, worldview, pedagogical practices and products, and detail techniques, aesthetic resources and pedagogical considerations that can serve as an input for innovation. At the same time, emerging trends in arts and performance training are pointed out that could be consistent with the announcements of Zenú wisdom. These findings open up interesting and disturbing perspectives in arts training for higher education based on co-creations with the visual and performing arts, which are inspired by Zenú wisdom and, at the same time, contribute to its continuity.