Madre Tierra Magazine: Literacy Practices in the Sabana de Bogotá

Abstract

This article analyzes literacy practices in the fourth edition of Madre Tierra Magazine, produced by the Environmental School of the Herrera Association (Sabana de Bogotá). Drawing on the New Literacy Studies framework, the authors approach the magazine as a creative artifact in which writing transcends a merely declarative act to become a situated practice. Following an intervention–research–creation approach and using ethnographic tools, the article describes literacy events in which three key patterns emerge: itinerancy, collectivity, and intergenerationality. The authors conclude that such literacy practices constitute the foundation of the Association’s community-based writing.