Thinking about work in Latin America and the Caribbean in times of transformation
In the framework of the Día Internacional de las Trabajadoras y los TrabajadoresThe Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) reaffirms the importance of producing critical knowledge about the transformations of work in Latin America and the Caribbean, in a global context marked by profound productive, technological and social reconfigurations.
Contemporary dynamics of capitalism, the expansion of digital platforms, the incorporation of artificial intelligence into production processes, increasing precarity, and persistent structural inequalities pose new challenges to social justice, the expansion of rights, and the sustainability of life.
In this scenario, work continues to be a central dimension for understanding the living conditions of our societies and projecting horizons of greater equality.
CLACSO, through its Working Groups, its publications, and its training programs, has been developing a sustained agenda of research, exchange, and knowledge production around these issues. Among the groups addressing these questions are those focused on: Labor and Production Models; Digital Labor, Platforms, and Artificial Intelligence; Labor, Production Configurations, Services, and Labor Actors; Labor in Contemporary Capitalism; Agricultural Labor, Inequalities, and Ruralities; Crisis and the World Economy; What Work for What Future?; and Economic and Political Transformations in the Face of the New International Division of Labor.
These areas bring together researchers from across the region who analyze the changes in the world of work from interdisciplinary perspectives, with the aim of contributing to the design of public policies and collective strategies aimed at guaranteeing decent working conditions and strengthening labor rights.
Various training proposals also address these dimensions of social life, such as the courses, seminars and training pathways promoted by CLACSO, aimed at analyzing the transformations of the world of work from a critical and Latin American perspective.
Likewise, CLACSO's editorial output constitutes a fundamental contribution to understanding these processes.
La Librería Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Ciencias Sociales reúne actualmente decenas de publicaciones dedicadas al estudio del trabajo en sus múltiples dimensiones, que abordan desde las transformaciones del empleo en contextos de digitalización hasta las desigualdades en el ámbito rural, las economías populares y los cambios en la organización del trabajo a escala global.
In a context of accelerated change, the construction of critical and transformative knowledge is key to interpreting the tensions of the present and contributing to the development of alternatives that put life, care and social justice at the center.
En este 1° de Mayo, CLACSO reconoce la relevancia del trabajo como eje estructurante de nuestras sociedades y reafirma su compromiso con la producción de conocimiento que contribuya a sociedades más justas, igualitarias y democráticas en América Latina y el Caribe.
