The crisis in intergenerational social relations of the Waorani nationality makes it difficult to reproduce the logics of ancestral territorial management in the Waorani neighborhood in Shell, because the authority figure of the pikenani, able to teach and lead the has been relegated to various aspects. One of them may have to do with the new forms of organization, functional to the surrounding society. In this sense, the vernacular criterion of building a useful territory has been significantly changed, while the utility itself has been related to the market, with the possibility of obtaining better education, access to health and work.

Trabajo presentado en 2020 Eu-SPRI ECC: ¿Innovation and research agendas: between policy priorities, societal challenges and academic autonomy?, celebrado en modalidad virtual del 14 al 16 de diciembre de 2020.