Exploratory study for the management of cultural platforms as a means of education and local development for disadvantaged communities; Ecuador

Beyond its function as an aesthetic experience, artistic expression has become the ideal way to generate participatory projects with society by creating "support networks to strengthen the sense of belonging to a community and to readjust the systems of vital relationships at the family level, group and social" (Abad, 2009). That is why, the research that is being carried out, aims to develop artistic projects capable of generating social change, local development and education, through different artistic disciplines to be set up and linked to a rural community of the Ecuadorian south coast: The Las Tunas Commune. In the first stage, the investigation is in the phase of territorial recognition. This communication describes, on the one hand, the guidelines of the research project for the creation of a cultural management platform and, on the other hand, the intervention community in question and the artistic practices that take place inside and outside the schools.