Participation of the public, social inclusion and innovation in the Governance of Science Centers in Colombia ; La Participación de los públicos, inclusión social, innovación y Gobernanza de los Centros de Ciencia en Colombia ; Participação cidadã, inclusão social e inovação na governança dos centros de ciência na Colômbia

This paper aims to evaluate both tacit and explicit practices related to the governance of the Science Centers in Colombia (ccc) based on public participation, social inclusion, and innovation, in order to propose mechanisms and strategies that strengthen the capacities of different actors, in order to have more participatory, scientific anddemocratic citizens. To identify the theoretical sample of the CCCs, we rely on the contributions of Strauss and Corbin (1998). In a theoreticalsample, cases are chosen to fill in theoretical categories and to provide examples of extreme situations and polar types (Eisenhardt, 1989). Face-to-face interviews were conducted in depth through a questionnaire of specific questions selected according to the variables.The data were analyzed with techniques aimed at the development of theory based on the contributions of Strauss and Corbin (1998),conceptualizing and reducing the results of the interviews in common categories, and finding relationships through them. The results of thisstudy agree with Bandelli et al. (2009), Freeman (2010) and Quick and Bryson (2016), when they affirm that participation implies thedirect or indirect contribution made by individuals or groups with the capacity to influence the development of projects and programs.We conclude that citizens do not participate in decision-making with regard to management, and this happens mainly because rigid internalstructures that are managed by board members and managers. The article is original product of the research. ; El objetivo de este artículo es evaluar las prácticas tácitas y explícitasrelacionadas con la gobernanza de los Centros de Ciencia de Colombia(ccc) desde la participación de los públicos, la inclusión social, y lainnovación, con el fin de proponer mecanismos y estrategias quefortalezcan las capacidades de los diferentes actores, para tener unaciudadanía cada vez más participativa, científica y democrática. Parala identificación de la muestra teórica nos basamos en los aportes deStrauss y Corbin ...