Elena Pérez, a professor at the Universidad Europea de Canarias, takes part in the “4th International Conference on education and socialization of heritage in rural areas”, held from October 3 to 8 in Zalamea de la Serena, Extremadura.
The professor gave a lecture entitled “The ‘Ruta de la Guerra de Castas’: A symbiotic relationship between communities and the Creation of a cultural product", in collaboration with researchers Cecilia del Socorro Medina Martín and Margarita Navarro, from the Mayan Intercultural University of Quintana Roo, Mexico.
This lecture presents part of a project that is developing a proposed cultural and tourist route so that the communities of the “Ruta de la Guerra de Casta” can establish themselves as a successful cultural product in Quintana Roo and Mexico, and as an example of sustainable rural tourism.