Condiciones materiales para un espacio relacional enriquecido con Huilo y Maqui: investigación aplicada desde una perspectiva autoetnográfica en el recinto de dos pumas concolor

• Autor: Mora Hernández, Marcela Paz
• Formato: objeto de conferencia
• Fecha de Publicación: 2024
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: PUCP-Institucional
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.pucp.edu.pe:20.500.14657/202646
• Enlace del recurso: https://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/202646
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Prototipo; Pumas; Bienestar Animal; Diseño; Coexistencia; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#6.04.01

This project experimentally and empirically investigates the modes of relationship that emerge between the Pumas concolor, Huilo and Maqui and the researcher Marcela Mora, through prototyping cycles of olfactory enrichment devices implemented in their enclosures. Huilo and Maqui have lived in captivity most of their lives. Their enclosures are in the Animal Cascada Refuge (San Jose de Maipo, Santiago, Chile), in the middle of the path of a trail for tourists going to the waterfalls. They live in separate but adjacent spaces through a fence, which serves as a meeting point between the two, favoring positive social interactions and other not so friendly encounters. Over time, a more-than-human coexistence has developed between the pumas, their caretaker and the tourists that visit the place, however, there are variables that can be designed to enhance positive encounters between the different beings that have agency over the well-being and good living of these pumas. To do this, it is necessary to understand their singularities and ways of approaching the world. Each puma is a member of its species, with similar capabilities to those living in the wild; however, their history, origin, age and ways of life make them radically different, so understanding them as unique beings becomes imperative to enhance the animal welfare of their lives in captivity. In order to identify the singularities and material conditions of coexistence, olfactory environmental enrichment prototypes were designed and an autoethnographic and qualitative perspective, prototyping tools and different recording media were used. In this work, design is understood as a tool to establish a dialogue with more-than-human beings and from that dialogue, to establish the material conditions required to design the coexistence of these pumas in captivity, between them and the human beings that frequent the place.