The community linkage from URACCAN perspective: An Experience in the elaboration of the Sumubila Community Bylaw, RACCN

Abstract

This essay presents the contributions of URACCAN as an Intercultural Community University in the University-Community linking processes for the participatory elaboration of the “Sumubila Multi-ethnic Community Bylaw, Tasba Pri Territory, Puerto Cabezas, RACCN” as a reference document for the consolidation of communal governance, regulating the rights and obligations of community members, and, above all, establishing some guidelines for the sustainable use of natural resources, among other aspects to achieve the good living of Sumubila community. In this accompaniment| process, horizontal communication and open dialogue between the parties were essential for the production of knowledge. It allowed us to travel through different experiences in the communal-territorial sphere, with a multiethnic and intercultural population as a way of opening ourselves step by step in the creation, recreation of knowledge and practices that strengthen the traditional ancestral structure, elaborated with / from and for the community in a participatory and collaborative way.