Respuestas comunitarias en áreas de desierto frente a eventos climáticos extremos en el Norte de Chile

Forms of community cooperation developed by indigenous populations were compared during the occurrence of extreme climate events in two different places of the Atacama desert in the Arica and Parinacota region, Chile. Based on the information obtained on the feld with the indigenous communities of Tìmar and Caquena, categories of analysis were generated, showing socio-spatial cooperation expressions that were present during disastrous weather events, produced by periods of drought or moments of heavy rains that escape the trends and normal rates for the areas that were considered before. The types of cooperation responses that exist in indigenous communities in the face of atmospheric disasters were classifed, and the differences between these responses were established according to the geographical characteristics of each community's settlement areas. It is also considered a cooperative ethos that was constantly manifested in the daily life of indigenous people and very present during events of maladjustment in socio-ecological systems. The community's practices are accepted inheritances that proceed from ancient generations of the Aymara people.