CLACSO at ALAS 2024

II Graduate School of the Network of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Social Studies
Latin America and the Caribbean: political struggles and challenges for social transformation

31 from October to 2 from November from 2024 | In-person modality 
Santo Domingo Dominican Republic

Campuses

• Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
• Institute of Higher Education in Diplomatic and Consular Training “Dr. Eduardo Latorre Rodríguez”, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic
• FLACSO Dominican Republic

The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), the Latin American Sociological Association (ALAS), the Network of Postgraduate Programs in Latin American Social Studies (REDPEL), the “Dr. Eduardo Latorre Rodríguez” Institute of Higher Education in Diplomatic and Consular Training of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic, FLACSO Dominican Republic, and the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) invite master's and doctoral students—preferably in the first half of their programs and in the initial formulation of their thesis projects—as well as established public policy officials and activists from civil society organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean interested in the topic, to submit their applications to participate in the II International Postgraduate School of the Network of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Social Studies (REDPEL), to be held from October 31 to November 2 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

The Network of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Social Studies (REDPEL) emerged in 2019, within the framework of an agreement between CLACSO, ALAS and the Postgraduate Program in Latin American Studies of UNAM, on the occasion of a preparatory event for the ALAS Congress.

The REDPEL First Graduate School was created in response to the challenge of generating a space for theoretical and methodological training in Latin American and Caribbean studies, one of the fields of knowledge that has produced some of the most important and significant theses for interpreting the place of Latin America and the Caribbean in history and in the world.

Organizing institutions

• Latin American Sociological Association (ALAS)
• Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO)
• Network of Postgraduate Programs in Latin American Social Studies (RedPEL)
• Institute of Higher Education in Diplomatic and Consular Training “Dr. Eduardo Latorre Rodríguez” (INESDYC), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic
• Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences Dominican Republic (FLACSO)
• Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD)

Support

• Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Caribbean
• UN Women
• Postgraduate Program in Latin American Studies of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (PPEL/UNAM)
• Bimodal Master's Degree in Contemporary Studies in Latin America, University of the Republic (UdelaR), Uruguay

More information: https://www.clacso.org/2-escuela-de-posgrado-de-la-red-de-estudios-sociales-latinoamericanos-y-caribenos-contemporaneos/

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4 | 2:30 to 4:30 PM
Headquarters: Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD)
Institute of Criminology

ALAS-CLACSO Panel: Towards a situated and responsible academic evaluation in Latin America and the Caribbean

Evaluation is a central aspect of academic institutions and practices. It has frequently been criticized, especially in its technocratic and neoliberal utilitarian variants, for its use of external models and criteria that are ill-suited to local contexts, and for its logic of producing abstract rankings, which are then used as a supposed seal of quality and a basis for the commodification of higher education. However, responsible and situated evaluation, independent of this neoliberal logic, is an important tool for critically understanding diverse aspects of university life, identifying the systemic impacts of educational policies on institutions and on training and research programs, as well as on the trajectories of students, faculty, and researchers, and contributing to the construction of universities that not only provide high-quality academic training but are also democratic and inclusive, attentive to care, the promotion of gender equity, the recognition of diversity and environmental issues, among other matters. In this context, in this panel we propose to explain the principles that guide CLACSO's initiatives for the evaluation of research (FOLEC) and of the university (SILEU) from a situated, critical, autonomous and responsible Latin American perspective.

Participate

CLACSO-UN Women's Forum: Multiple Dimensions of Care in Latin America and the Caribbean

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4 | 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Headquarters: Autonomous University of Santo Domingo - UASD
Pedro Mir Library. Manuel del Cabral Room

PROGRAM

OPENING 

• Karina Batthyány 
  Executive Director of CLACSO
• UN Women

Moderator:
Pablo Vommaro 
Academic Secretary of CLACSO

TABLE I 

• Presentation of the progress report
  SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND GENDER IN LATIN AMERICA: A LOOK FOR CLIMATE ACTION POLICIES

Presented by: Ligia Amoroso
International Energy Initiative - IEI (Brazil)

Commented by: Paula Rodriguez
Friedrich Ebert Foundation - FES Dominican Republic

• Presentation of the progress report
  THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE IN COMMUNITY CARE. REFLECTIONS ON ITS TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL AND INCLUSION IN CARE SYSTEMS IN LATIN AMERICA  

Presented by: Valentina Perrotta 
Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of the Republic, Uruguay
Coordinator of the CLACSO Working Group on Care and Gender

Commented by: Katherina Cabrera Cordero
National Confederation of Rural Women (CONAMUCA), Dominican Republic

Moderator:
Salvador Francisco Pancorbo Christopher
Director of the School of Social Sciences UNAPEC, Dominican Republic

TABLE II

• Presentation of the progress report
  TOWARDS BEIJING+30. PATHS TO BE TRAVELED IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 

Presented by: Natalia Quiroga Diaz 
Institute of the Greater Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area, National University of General Sarmiento, Argentina
Coordinator of the CLACSO Working Group on Emancipatory Feminist Economics

Commented by: Argentina Abreu
Deputy Secretary General and Alternate Coordinator for Gender Equality Policy, Dominican Republic

• Presentation of the progress report
  CARE SYSTEMS: LINKS BETWEEN DEMANDS, DEFINITIONS AND FINANCING. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS FOR ARGENTINA, COLOMBIA AND CHILE  

Presented by: Camila Baron
Feminist economist, teacher and independent researcher

Commented by: Rosa Ati Cañete
Director of Analysis of Poverty, Inequality and Democratic Culture
Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development (MEPYD) 

Moderated by: Gloria Amézquita 
Research team, Alternative City, Dominican Republic
Representative of the CLACSO Steering Committee
CLACSO Working Group Crisis, responses and alternatives in the Greater Caribbean

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 | 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Headquarters: Friedrich Ebert Foundation - Dominican Republic
8th Apartment, Tiradentes Business Center, Avda. Tiradentes esq. Roberto Pastoriza, Naco

Workshop with leaders and members of social organizations in the Dominican Republic

PARTICIPATE

• Maria Fernanda Lopez
  Friedrich Ebert Foundation - FES Dominican Republic
  
• Paula Rodriguez
  Friedrich Ebert Foundation - FES Dominican Republic
  
• Ligia Amoroso
• Natalia Quiroga Diaz 
• Katherine Cabrera Cordero
• Karina Batthyány
  Executive Director of CLACSO
• Pablo Vommaro
  Academic Secretary of CLACSO
• Gloria Amézquita
  Representative of the CLACSO Steering Committee

More information in: https://www.clacso.org/actividad/foro-internacional-multiples-dimensiones-de-los-cuidados-en-america-latina-y-el-caribe/

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 | 2:30 to 4:30 PM
Headquarters: Autonomous University of Santo Domingo - UASD
Pedro Mir Library. Manuel del Cabral Room

Panel: Building Latin American Networks for Critical Thinking. The Experience of the CLACSO Working Groups 25 Years After Their Formation

Welcome words

• Karina Batthyány 
  Executive Director of CLACSO

Participate

• Marcela Hernández
  Division of Social Sciences and Humanities. Metropolitan Autonomous University - Iztapalapa Unit (Mexico) 
  CLACSO Working Group on Work, Production and Service Configurations, and New Labor Subjects 
• Francisco Pucci
  Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of the Republic (Uruguay)
  CLACSO Working Group on Work, Production and Service Configurations, and New Labor Subjects 
• Patricia Felix
  Federal University of Mato Grosso (Brazil)
  CLACSO Working Group on Work, Production and Service Configurations, and New Labor Subjects 
• Juan Wahren 
  Gino Germani Research Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
  CLACSO Working Group Critical Studies of Rural Development
• Carlos Eduardo Martins 
  Postgraduate Program in International Political Economy, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
  CLACSO Working Group on Studies of the United States
• Darío Salinas (Mexico)
  Department of Social and Political Sciences, Ibero-American University (Mexico) 
  CLACSO Working Group on Studies of the United States

Moderator:
Pablo Vommaro (Argentina)
Academic Secretary of CLACSO

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 | 9:00 to 9:30 a.m.
Headquarters: Autonomous University of Santo Domingo - UASD
Great Hall

Conference: Gender, Care and Inequalities in Latin America: Towards a Social Justice Agenda

Karina Batthyány (Uruguay)
Executive Director of CLACSO

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 | 2:30 to 4:30 PM
Headquarters: Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD)
Faculty Lounge of the New University Building

Workshop on Writing Articles for International Sociology Journals

Present

• Dr. Karina Batthyány (Uruguay)
  Executive Director of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO)
• Dr. Geoffrey Pleyers (Belgium)
  President of the International Sociology Associtation (ISA)

Moderator:
Dr. Ana Rivoir (Uruguay)
University of the Republic
Member of the Board of Directors of ISA
Former president of the Latin American and Caribbean Sociological Association (ALAS)

Workshop leaders

• Dr. Breno Bringel (Brazil)
  State University of Rio de Janeiro
  Member of the ALAS steering committee
  Editor-in-Chief of Global Dialogue (ISA)
• Dr. Gabriel Kessler (Argentina)
  National University of La Plata, National University of San Martín. National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET)
  Editor-in-Chief of International Sociology (ISA)
• Dr. Juan Ignacio Piovani (Argentina)
  National University of La Plata, CONICET
  Editor-in-Chief of International Sociology (ISA)

Organized by
Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO)
Latin American and Caribbean Sociological Association (ALAS)
International Sociology Association (ISA)

More Information: https://www.clacso.org/actividad/taller-de-escritura-academica-en-sociologia-congreso-alas-2024/

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 | 2:30 to 4:30 PM
Headquarters: Autonomous University of Santo Domingo - UASD
Faculty Lounge of the New University Building

Meeting of CLACSO Working Groups and CLACSO Member Centers in the Dominican Republic

• Crisis, responses and alternatives in the Greater Caribbean
• Care and gender
• Emancipatory feminist economics
• Critical studies of rural development
• Studies on the United States
• Exodus of cultural matrices
• Childhoods and youth
• Emancipatory practices, common goods, and decolonial alter-global methodologies
• International health and health sovereignty
• Work, production and service configurations, new labor subjects
• Violence in Central America