Actors and Networks:

The Role of the Government in the Project of Ecomuseum in Tepic, Nayarit

Abstract

The importance of ecomuseums resides in the power they have as social cohesive and, at the same time, as a reference in a territorial space endowed with identity based on the relationships between the actors involved. However, this article explores the importance of the Government as a fundamental actor in the consolidation of this type of project which, although its purpose is social, is conditioned by the number of economic resources and dissemination strategies provided by government financing in the case study. Based on a qualitative methodology that uses observation and interviews, the actors involved in this type of project have been mapped, and with the support of strategic foresight software, the importance of the Government as a fundamental actor in the projects is explained museums of this type. It is concluded that, despite the centrality of the Government in the existence of the Tepic Ecomuseum, it is necessary to implement strategies that complement social cohesion and promote processes of community identity, appropriation of the territory and the promotion of culture among the actors.