Interculturality in the Current Context: Processes or Utopian States?

This theoretical-applied research project aims to systematize and argue for the contemporary intercultural proposal in Ecuador, addressing historical challenges of exclusion, racism, and identity crisis affecting indigenous peoples, Afro-Ecuadorians, and mestizos since independence. The study is grounded in the plurinational reality recognized in the Montecristi Constitution (2008) and seeks to overcome persistent difficulties in building an equal and plural society. It builds upon the prior practical experience of the outreach project "Ñuca Ecuador," which produced over 200 hours of radio segments to disseminate the worldviews and knowledge of indigenous, Afro-Ecuadorian, and Montubio nationalities, complying with the Organic Law of Communication. The methodology combines qualitative and quantitative approaches, utilizing theoretical methods such as historical-logical analysis, synthesis, induction, and deduction, alongside empirical methods like scientific observation, surveys, interviews (with experts and key informants), participatory diagnosis, and the ethnographic method to densely describe cultures in interaction in Guayaquil. The ultimate goal is to generate coherent theoretical reflection and valuable communication products regarding interculturality.<br/><br/><b>Goal</b>: <br/>To argue from an interdisciplinary approach for the contemporary intercultural proposal, emphasizing the outreach project "Ñuca Ecuador," by analyzing the historical and current challenges of coexistence among the diverse ethnicities and peoples of Ecuador.<br/><br/><b>Research lines</b>: <br/>Communication and interculturality