Socio-Political Context and Institutional Framework of Ancestral Knowledge and Craft Work in Ecuador

Abstract

To develop the doctoral thesis on knowledge management for the sustainability of traditional ancestral knowledge in contemporary Ecuadorian society, it is necessary to analyze the socio-political context and the institutional framework in the present work, to understand the events from different fields, such as: economic, social and political in recent times, which have influenced Ecuadorian artisan development since ancestral knowledge, it is vital to understand the ideas, beliefs and paradigm changes that influence the perceptions and action of the political actors that are imposed at the national level and even become axes of public policies and can determine the content of the State's activity.