Producción de un libro fotográfico sobre las parteras, sus prácticas y saberes ancestrales en el cantón Quito.

Abstract

This work addresses a communicative and cultural approach, which represents different symbolic ways that allow us to show identity, wisdom and a sense of belonging, highlighting communication as a cultural gesture, where midwives have been taken as part of this study of the Quito canton. Midwifery is an ancestral practice in force in our country, it´s knowledge was given by their parents and grandparents from generation to generation, and for this, we have taken the photo-documentary as a reference to make visible and emphasize how this profession is lived in the current situation, what is the relationship between western and ancestral or traditional medicine. The objective of this research is to record and capture, through a photographic book, the ancestral practices and knowledge used by the parties before, during and after pregnancy; rescuing their culture, practices and identity, for the construction of a visual narrative, working continuously with midwives who belong to the Quito canton.