Worker awareness and historical awareness as socio-historical referents of self-management in indigenous Cauca territories

Abstract

The document presents the business crisis situation experienced by Puracé S.A. Industries in the 1990’s. This was a company dedicated to the exploitation of natural sulfur in the Puracé region in the Cauca Department in Colombia. The indigenous workers recovered the firm through a new symbolic nomination called the Cauca
indigenous mining company Emicauca S.A. The workers socio-historical heritage is highlighted. An aspect that is expressed in the consciousness of the working class and the historical awareness of the indigenous condition, as resources that allow the emergence of this experience of self-management.