This space is intended to disseminate and articulate new proposals for Working Groups within the framework of the X Call for the presentation of CLACSO Working Groups 2023-2025.See call].
Autonomy and self-determination within the framework of special indigenous jurisdiction
Proposed by: Jimmy Jeovany Polindara Velasco. Colombia Higher School of Public Administration (ESAP) Medellin campus, Colombia
Summary: Decision-making and creation of figures of the new public administration in indigenous territories, to strengthen issues of self-government and territorial administration.
Education and Work: Trade Union and Academic Perspectives for Inclusive Development
Proposed by: Juan Cruz Esquivel. UOCRA Foundation (Argentina)
Summary: The proposal aims to develop policies for technical and vocational education and training from a holistic perspective. With the goal of building bridges between education and work, and between academic and union spaces, it proposes to discuss training methodologies from both theoretical and empirical perspectives, and to reflect on existing and potential connections between vocational training and the various levels and modalities of the formal education system.
Proposed by: Marcelo Torres. Corporation for Advanced Studies in Social Work (Chile)
Summary: The Latin American Observatory of Social Work aims to highlight the challenges facing the profession in the current socio-political and health scenarios. To this end, sharing spaces for reflection among students, academics, and professionals is fundamental to analyzing the complex problematic fields experienced in the region. It is essential to analyze the diverse social situations and realities in contexts of vulnerability, poverty, exclusion, or any other space where social inequality is present.
Proposed by: Eduard Sánchez Garavito. Minuto de Dios University Corporation (Colombia)
Summary: This proposal focuses on understanding the social, economic, and political complexities of cities from the perspective of the right to the city. Cities are spaces of tension and conflict, but also of opportunity, offering new and alternative forms of territorial planning and organization that incorporate the voices of social and community organizations, academics and researchers, and public and private entities to create sustainable cities.
The religious phenomenon: epistemology, dialogue and public policies
Proposed by: Boris Briones Soto. Chilean Society of Religious Studies (Chile)
Summary: This working group seeks to address recurring problems in the field of non-denominational studies of Latin American religion, as well as its historical and contemporary discussion. It focuses on three main areas: 1) religion studied from a Latin American perspective, 2) public policy and religious influence, and 3) interreligious dialogue.
Proposed by: Rigoberto Silva Robles. University of Guadalajara (Mexico)
Summary: Aguilar poses the following question: “What are the factors, elements, or conditions that enable, promote, and ensure that governments are capable and effective in solving public problems, reconciling social conflicts, creating development opportunities, and producing goods and services that respond to the needs, rights, and aspirations of citizens?” This working group aims to find answers from the perspectives of political science, accountability, governance, public policy, archival and document management, and other related fields.
Proposed by: Raul Olmedo. Faculty of Political and Social Sciences – FCPyS / UNAM, Mexico
Summary: This proposed Working Group aims to establish a transdisciplinary network of researchers to analyze the issues, histories, contexts, and progress of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT+) populations in Latin America. Developing a Working Group of this nature is strategic given the advancements in the social, political, and cultural landscape of these communities. The intersection of disciplines, perspectives, and objects of study makes this Working Group transdisciplinary, and its consolidation will therefore be beneficial for its members and CLACSO.
Ellacuría, Hinkelammert, Dussel. Towards a world where many worlds fit
Proposed by: Luis Alvarenga. Central American University "José Simeón Cañas" (El Salvador)
Summary: This working group seeks to explore and discuss the facets of critical thought, drawing on the debates initiated by Ignacio Ellacuría, Franz Hinkelammert, and Enrique Dussel. The aim is to place these authors' contributions within the current context to reflect on the challenges of liberation thought in the global periphery in the 21st century: the prevailing civilizational model, emancipatory alternatives from our countries, and the search for liberation projects that integrate diverse demands.
Indigenous peoples and the defense of their territory
Proposed by: Gonzalo Bustamante Rivera. University of La Frontera (Chile)
Summary: This proposal is a continuation of the work of the Working Group on Indigenous Peoples and Extractive Projects, in which academics and representatives of Indigenous Peoples' organizations from various Abya Yala countries have been engaging in dialogue for the past three years. The proposal focuses on analyzing the epistemic and territorial defenses of Indigenous Peoples, the intersectional issues and implications for the health, education, and life plans of these communities, all within the framework of collaborative relationships between academia and Indigenous Peoples.
Proposed by: Jorge Enrique González Rojas. National University of Colombia (Colombia)
Summary: The CLACSO Working Group proposal stems from the existing initiative of the Latin American Network of Intercultural Studies and Experiences, which has various Latin American centers in Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile, and Uruguay. This network focuses on the study of and advocacy for intercultural and territorial resistance practices in Latin America and the Caribbean, with an emphasis on five key dimensions: gender, environmental crisis, education, technology, and migration.
Legal Pluralism in Latin America: Opportunities for Macro Reforms of the Region's Crisis-Rising Justice Systems
Proposed by: Aquiles Hervas Parra. National Autonomous University of Mexico / Salesian Polytechnic University (Mexico and Ecuador)
Summary: Research group on Legal Pluralism, Indigenous Justice, Customary Law, and alternative systems from Indigenous peoples/nationalities. The objective is to highlight grassroots legal proposals that are more effective and appropriate than traditional justice systems, not with the aim of competing but of complementing them, and to establish potential contributions toward macro-reforms of traditional state justice given the profound crisis it is experiencing, which prevents Latin American populations from accessing justice. Invited participants.
Proposed by: Daniela Perrotta and Gerardo Caetano. Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the UBA & Institute of Political Science of the UDELAR (Argentina and Uruguay)
Summary: The overall objective of the research to be developed by the Working Group is to analyze the field of International Relations (IR) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to understand its local characteristics and how it interacts with the disciplinary mainstream. Specific objectives include: analyzing the formation of the disciplinary field of IR in LAC to identify local and/or regional contributions to IR; and investigating the current state of IR in LAC by analyzing institutionalized spaces for knowledge production and dissemination.
Network for Education in Sustainable Development in the Americas: United in Meeting Challenges
Proposed by: Teresita Natalia Ulate Gómez. Ibero-American International University of Mexico
Summary: The proposal stems from research conducted in Costa Rica, which reflected the need to establish a Sustainable Development Education Network to improve the country's environmental situation and, from there, create a continent-wide network to meet environmental challenges and, through alliances, strengthen organizations in each nation in pursuit of recognition of all forms of life and the importance of the environment in their development.
Communication and the Right to Communication of Indigenous Peoples
Proposed by: Hemersson Diaz Trejo. RIMCOPI Association (Indigenous Communicators of Colombia)
Summary: Communication among Indigenous Peoples can be viewed from several perspectives: as a strategy to strengthen culture and identity; as a process of building Indigenous resistance against the onslaught of globalization; as a space for constructing new scenarios for the development and lives of Indigenous Peoples; as a mechanism to promote interculturality; as a form of power; and as the exercise of a public right.
Rurality and political transitions in Central America and Colombia
Proposed by: Luis Antonio Ramírez Zuluaga. Institute of Regional Studies – University of Antioquia (Colombia)
Summary: The objective is to analyze, from a comparative and transdisciplinary perspective, the roles of rurality in the political transitions of Central America and Colombia. Although the peace agreement negotiations in these regions took place at different times, we seek to decipher key elements associated with rurality that can explain and help us understand international, regional, and local events surrounding periods of armed conflict and the transition to peace.
Institutionalization of academic sociology in the regions
Proposed by: Blas Zubiría Mutis. Colombian Association of Sociology (Colombia)
Summary: The proposal seeks to generate a process of research and strengthening the institutionalization of academic sociology in the regions. The tradition of analysis has always privileged a view of the development of sociology from dominant academic centers, which in many cases has rendered invisible the work of institutionalizing and strengthening sociological activity (research, academic, organizational) carried out in regions that can be considered peripheral.
Knowledge and cooperation networks for the development of more socially and environmentally sustainable tourism
Proposed by: Betiana Marcaida. National University of Patagonia San Juan Bosco (Argentina)
Summary: Tourism is increasingly seen as a means of creating new spaces that promote social peace and connection between communities through environmentally sustainable practices. These spaces form a network of knowledge and cooperation where actions based on these principles are implemented. This paper will attempt to answer the following questions: How does tourism generate these sustainable spaces? Which stakeholders should be involved to create more equitable tourism?
