Mapocho Wetlands Bioroutes: Itineraries Proposal and Participatory Records
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2024
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© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.This chapter presents a set of generative experiences that seek to value the Mapocho River and its wetland system in Santiago de Chile, based on the formulation of a set of itineraries and participatory records. These experiences were carried out within the framework of the research “Mapocho Downstream. Visual Atlas for the Revaluation of the Riverside Heritage and Landscape”, carried out by Mapocho 42K Lab UC between the years 2021 and 2023, led by the architect Sandra Iturriaga and integrated by the landscape architects Raúl Brito, Yohanna Carvajal and Aníbal Retamal. The main objective was to revalue the natural and cultural heritage of the Mapocho River in its downstream section, characterized by a condition of ecological corridor and riverside wetland. As part of the methodology addressed in the research, an exploratory and empirical experience was approached, which addressed the design, realization, and record of a set of itineraries and potential tours around the wetlands as generative experiences, which the research developed under the concept of Mapocho River Wetlands Bioroutes. These experiences were carried out under a participatory approach that links art and citizen science, in conjunction with local organizations and a collective of artists, with the aim of generating a tour experience that allows to know the value of the riverside wetlands from the interaction and perception of people with the environment and consider the value of these experiences for the potential implementation of tours in the wetlands. What is presented below is the conceptualization and methodology addressed to carry out these participatory experiences, and mainly the record and its systematization as the main methodological tool for verifying the value of the wetlands from the perception of those who carried out the experiences of the Bioroutes.
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Bioroutes, Participatory itineraries, Riverside wetlands