Talking walls: The interculturality of the Caribbean Region of Colombia in Muralism and Street art

Abstract

This article aims the construction of social imaginaries in the Caribbean Region of Colombia, represented in Muralism and Street art, taking as central case the city of Barranquilla. In addition, the transformations that this type of movements have generated in the reconfiguration of urban space and social fabric are explored, when it is used as an instrument of intercultural communication that seek to establish a criticism and to impact the regular passerby. To do this, a theorical review was carried out from a qualitive methodology that which goes from the relationship between communication and art, intercultural processes, social imaginaries, to the review of the state of the art of these expressions. The results obtained from the standardized interviews with some of its representatives were analyzed, who manifest how through art they have been participants in the construction of the new stories; likewise, they mention some of the themes that inspire them the most, the intentionality they seek to achieve through their works, and also how the experience has been when they carry out interventions independently or with economic financing, laying the foundations for a discussions focused on how the support of public and private entities can limit the discourses of these stories.