Seismic and volcanic risk in the Department of Nariño and the need for social appropriation of knowledge

Abstract

The Department of Nariño, due to its geographical and geological characteristics, is in high threat due to seismic and volcanic events, little known by teachers and schoolchildren in the field of risk prevention.
In May 2020, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Colombia established "Guidelines for a National Politics of Social Appropriation of Knowledge, Science, Technology and Innovation of citizens for citizens" consistent with the relevance of Risk Management , in accordance with the General Education Law on the need to become aware of "... disaster prevention, within an ecological and risk culture..." and with Law 1523 of 2012, which adopts the National Disaster Risk Management Polictics, defining the importance of environmental education around natural phenomena that threaten the population. With this regulation, the Ministry of Education established the obligation to design and execute School Disaster Risk Management Plans.
With these premises, the need to socially appropriate knowledge about seismic and volcanic risk in Nariño, by teachers of basic and secondary education, for its dissemination among schoolchildren, with support in the National Politics, is analyzed. Methodologically, literature on seismic and volcanic risk in the country and in Nariño was reviewed, as well as the current legislation on its educational management and based on it, recommendations are formulated for its implementation. The work is qualitative and includes an interpretive approach to the subject of study.