Vol. 4, n.° 7 - 2026

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Ecuador is constitutionally defined as an intercultural and plurinational State; however, this legal architecture coexists with persistent institutional structures that continue to position ancestral knowledge at the margins of higher education. This article examines the strategic role of Ecuadorian higher education institutions in strengthening ethnoeducation, safeguarding territories, and ensuring the intergenerational transmission of knowledge, while proposing an action framework that integra...

Through a critical review of conventional methods for analysing qualitative materials, which often rely on linear and deductive coding schemes, I propose a methodological alternative based on the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and models to demonstrate the interpretive advantages for the social sciences through the use of multiple discourse topographies. Indeed, the use of AI assistance applied to qualitative analysis may not be a novelty; however, the contribution of the alter...

In this article I argue that the so-called "threats" to Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) in Latin America are not exogenous accidents befalling culture, but symptoms of a design governance that has stopped thinking of itself as a situated symbolic system. Drawing on field observation of cultural management in Colombia and comparative regional literature, I identify five recurring threats —global cultural homogenization, displacement through migration and forced relocation, unmanaged touri...

Argumentative writing plays a fundamental role in the production of knowledge in political science. As an act that constitutes the writing subject and determines their effective participation in the disciplinary community to which they belong, it stands in deep tension with the emergence of generative artificial intelligence-GenAI. This article describes the available models of collaboration between the author and GenAI in academic writing, classified according to ana...

The objective of this study is to compare the impact of user-generated content (UGC) versus influencer direct advertising (IGC) on purchase intention. The research utilizes a quantitative approach and a non-experimental, cross-sectional comparative design. The sample consisted of men and women aged 18 to 35 in Latin America, selected through non-probability convenience sampling. A self-administered digital survey on a five-point Likert scale was applied to evaluate the dimensions of authenticity...

This study seeks to understand how children construct basic concepts about the world around them. Among these, the notions of space and time in the pre-schematic stage occupy a fundamental place, since they allow children to organize their experiences and understand reality through the drawings they produce. Drawing is one of the most powerful languages children possess to express and elaborate these constructions; through it, they convey not only figures or strokes but also their ways of thinki...

This research analyzes how age and teaching experience influence teachers' assessment of lifelong learning, with special emphasis on digital competence as a growing axis of current educational policies. Based on a sample of 978 non-university education teachers, the perception of the relevance, quality, management, and usefulness of the training offer is examined. The data show that the valuation of training varies significantly according to experience and age. Teachers in the consolidation stag...