Popular knowledges in socioproductive activities in the Craftsmen's Association from Coro

Abstract

Popular knowledge is the group of traditions and habits from the people through culture (Gil, 2011). From this conceptual idea it positions this study which objective is to analyze the popular knowledge for the development of social productive activities, in members of the Artisan's House Association from Miranda municipality, Coro Falcón State. Positivism Paradigm has been used, along with descriptive investigation; direct observation and interview has been used as technique. The universe of study was grouped by 11 persons whose has been applied a questionary instrument with 18 open questions, submitted to a validity and fiability, obtaining a "Very High Fiability" Result (0,840). The Results allowed analyzing that: The interviewed artisans consider the popular knowledge as source of knowledge for preservation of traditions and culture. It is recommended: to promote the socioproductive activities as source of economic income and personal satisfaction from the Association, guarantee the preservation of culture and characteristic traditions through their Artisan knowledge, and to promote the popular knowledge to other generations from the Association.