LA HISTORIA REGIONAL Y LOCAL DE LOS LLANOS COLOMBO-VENEZOLANOS A PARTIR DE LOS SIMPOSIOS*

ABSTRACT The history symposia Colombian-Venezuelan Llanos, which started in 1988 from an initiative of the Massachusetts teacher Jane Rausch, channeled by Maria Eugenia Romero and a group of intellectuals in the history of Meta, have been bringing together multiple reflections, research and rethinking about regional history of this region. Since then, it have been made nine symposia, of which seven have been developed in Colombia and two in Venezuela, more precisely in San Fernando de Apure and in San Carlos, Cojedes. About Regional and local history there is a huge documentary collection, which has contributed to regional consolidation through the concept of identity and the appreciation of the social framework. However, with the passing of the years and through ongoing discussions, it is found that no one has been able to reach a clear and precise definition of these concepts, which has contributed to thinking about new methodological approaches from their roots and input. Provided the region's history as an array of geo-historical problems, it needs to be studied as a living unit, changing and dynamic, closely with structures that explain, appreciate and understand the importance of the region within the universal whole. To reflect on what was written, supported and investigated in the eight symposia, is a good reference to ponder the contributions to the construction of identity, strengthening the sense of belonging, to the formation of regional values, to contextualize it within regional of national and universal. Analyze the papers in the light of use and critical understanding of the sources used will be a central aspect of these reflections. To understand these faceless societies, those societies, the historian should be governed by a license fee to enable it to overcome the "cult of the facts" and overcome the praises of the chiefs of his tribe and build under new conceptions and new methods the sense and the being of local history