Oralidad Modernidad (OM) Community-based Interdisciplinary Research Program

OM started in as a project aiming to better understand the linguistic and sociopolitical situation of minoritized languages in Ecuador. From the start, the goal of OM has been to actively document their sociolinguistic situation and to promote revitalization processes taking into account the communities’ cosmovision, perspectives, needs and expectations. Since then, several projects have been carried out thanks to the joint efforts of indigenous communities, Academia, and national and international institutions, Such processes have led us to continuously reflect about the need to develop appropriate research theories, concepts and methodologies, as well as ethical research policies and practices.