The condition of the native youth: Initial elements for their conceptual construction

Authors

  • René Unda Lara Universidad Politécnica Salesiana del Ecuador
  • Germán Muñoz Universidad San Buenaventura

Abstract

This article is a product of investigations taking place in three provinces of the Central Sierra of Ecuador, analyzes three fundamental processes which through the space of communal dynamics of the native Andean world: a) relationships (neo) colonial figures in naming the subjects and their relations, instituting practices and in administration of the population; b) the relationship with the Earth and its distinct socio-economical and symbolical morphological reproduction; c) the human mobility expressed through migratory processes. In these processes, articulated by modernized forms from school education and general mercantile c). In these processes, articulated by modernized forms of transportation, from school education and the generalized mercantile of social relations that constitutes a young native, we believe, can be better understood.

Keywords:

community, native, youth