Socio-environmental conflicts and human mobility: Challenges from policy and activism

Socio-environmental conflicts and human mobility: Challenges from policy and activism

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INTERNATIONAL FORUM
Socio-environmental conflicts and human mobility: Challenges from policy and activism

August 29 and 30 | Mexico City

Platforms for Social Dialogue
Environment, climate change and social development | Migration and human mobility

SEDES

Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Sciences and Humanities (CEIICH-UNAM)

Center for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CIALC-UNAM)

National Center for Human Rights (CENADEH-CNDH)

El International Forum Socio-environmental conflicts and human mobility: Challenges from policy and activism It is part of the Platforms for Social Dialogue Environment, climate change and social development y Migration and human mobility which CLACSO has been promoting since 2022. 

The objective of this proposal is to achieve the production of evidence-based, critical, situated knowledge with a high impact on policy definition, public opinion formation, and the positive transformation of the living conditions of the most vulnerable and discriminated populations.

This International Forum seeks to promote multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder dialogue among members of Latin American and Caribbean academia, leaders of social movements, organizations, and collectives, and public policymakers. This dialogue aims to understand and influence two processes that, while having their own distinct characteristics and dynamics, we propose to connect: socio-environmental conflicts and human mobility.

The event includes various activities:

  • International Graduate School on Environment, Climate Change and Social Development
  • International Postgraduate School on Migration and Human Mobility
  • Training workshops
  • Social dialogue tables
  • Cultural activities

These spaces are designed as instances of training, exchange and social dialogue, where axes will be presented that energize the debates on the central theme of the Forum among a diversity of participants such as researchers, public policy decision-makers and members of social organizations.

INTERNATIONAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOLS – TRAINING WORKSHOPS
SOCIAL DIALOGUE TABLES – BOOK PRESENTATIONS

Opening Ceremony 29/08:

La International Graduate School on Environment, Climate Change and Social DevelopmentThis intensive, in-person, postgraduate-level training program, focused on comparative and regional perspectives, aims to equip students with the skills to understand and critically analyze environmental issues from diverse approaches and dimensions. Its purpose is to provide tools for debating and influencing public policy, thereby advancing the understanding of conflicts surrounding sustainable development.

This training proposal is expected to contribute to strengthening the dialogue between representatives of academia, social movements and public policymakers regarding the complexity of the link between environment and society.

The International School on Environment, Climate Change and Social Development will take place in the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Sciences and Humanities (CEIICH-UNAM) and in the National Center for Human Rights (CENADEH-CNDH).

The School's activities are free of charge (transportation, accommodation, and food will not be covered).

To pass the International Graduate School in Environment, Climate Change and Social Development you must complete the 4 workshops of the academic program (August 29 and 30) and participate in the forum activities (See the full program of activities). Digital certificates of participation will be issued (CLACSO).

The workshops can also be taken individually (they are free with limited places).

ACADEMIC PROGRAM OF THE INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE SCHOOL

THURSDAY AUGUST 29

Venue: Rolando García Auditorium, CEIICH-UNAM Location: 5th floor of Tower II of Humanities. Circuito Interior, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán Borough, 04510,
Schedule: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.


Coordination: Margarita Velázquez Gutiérrez and Ericka Fosado Centeno


Women and men face challenges in achieving a dignified life; however, globally,
Women generally have less access to participation in decision-making, they have
Lower incomes, they are more responsible for care work and, in general, have
more adverse conditions for exercising their rights. All of the above contributes to inequality.
gender and violence against women persists in various fields.
Situations like those described above are present in environmental practices, both in
rural as well as urban contexts, hence the importance of understanding how the gender system operates
in environmental management and how ecological conditions influence gender order. This field
It has developed at the intersection of feminist and environmental studies.

It is important to recover the analytical and methodological tools of feminist ecopolitics in order to
to deepen the understanding of the relationship between society and nature, and to contribute to the design of
more robust solutions to the ecological challenges we face, that can address
Social, environmental, economic, cultural, political, and emotional aspects. All these elements
They operate in shaping truly sustainable alternatives.
Therefore, this workshop aims to present the aspects that have shaped the
feminist ecopolitics and open a space to test some of its potentialities.

 

Venue: Rolando García Auditorium, CEIICH-UNAM Location: 5th floor of Tower II of Humanities, Circuito Interior, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán Borough, 04510

Hours: 12.00 a.m. to 14.00 p.m.

Coordination: Alberto Molina and César Diego Chimal

The workshop is a training space that aims to encourage active participation from all involved, establishing a connection between theory and practice through activities and resources provided by the facilitator. The workshop seeks to draw upon participants' existing knowledge, fostering a reflective, personal, and collective understanding of the topic.

Venue: Room: Mónica Verea, 7th floor, CISAN Location: 7th floor of Tower II of Humanities, Circuito Interior, Ciudad Universitaria Alcaldía Coyoacán 04510, Hours: 9.30 to 11.30 hs.

Coordination: Gloria Chicote

This workshop proposes to explore two contemporary Latin American literary expressions from an integrative perspective that includes a general phenomenon of the de-autonomization of art and literature, characterized by processes of mixing, hybridity, the use of pre-existing material, a contiguous relationship with the surrounding imagery and sound, interartistic dialogues, and the imprint of digital culture. However, this literature also implies a retreat from fiction, new connections with documentary discourse, and the emergence of collective and collaborative endeavors, with different forms of intervention in social space. In this sense, the workshop will focus on Samanta Schweblin's *Distancia de rescate* and Selva Almada's *Intemec*, as discourses that intertwine fiction and non-fiction, and relate literature and artistic practices in which the central element is not so much criticism or symbolic denunciation, but rather the execution of strategic actions in relation to an immediate social environment—an “artistic activism” that manifests itself as a constitutive element of these expressions. Racial and ethnic discrimination, the demands of women and sexual minorities, or the claims of ecological/environmental movements, in a context of social erosion of extreme violence are susceptible to being analyzed in these authors.
Venue: Room: Mónica Verea, 7th floor, CISAN Location: 7th floor of Tower II of Humanities, Circuito Interior, Ciudad Universitaria Alcaldía Coyoacán 04510,

Hours: 12.00 a.m. to 14.00 p.m.

Coordination: Guillermo Luévano Bustamante and Marcela Landazábal Mora

The workshop is a training space that aims to encourage active participation from all involved, establishing a connection between theory and practice through activities and resources provided by the facilitator. The workshop seeks to draw upon participants' existing knowledge, fostering a reflective, personal, and collective understanding of the topic.

FRIDAY AUGUST 30

Headquarters: CENADEH-CNDH

Hours: 9.30 a.m. to 11.30 p.m.

Coordination: Erika Pires Ramos and Cindy Espina

Latin America is one of the regions most vulnerable to climate change worldwide. Despite the increase in the intensity of extreme weather events, disasters, and environmental degradation processes with significant human and economic losses, their impacts on the livelihoods and ways of life of groups and communities and their territories remain invisible in political agendas and underexplored in research projects. This workshop aims to broaden the understanding of this phenomenon and offer a space for connection and exchange among participants to envision new possibilities for research and action in the future.
Headquarters: CENADEH-CNDH

Schedule: 12:00 to 14:00

Coordination: Nora Fernández Mora and Alejandro Aguilar Nava

The workshop is a training space that aims to encourage active participation from all involved, establishing a connection between theory and practice through activities and resources provided by the facilitator. The workshop seeks to draw upon participants' existing knowledge, fostering a reflective, personal, and collective understanding of the topic.

If you have any questions about the workshops, you can contact us by email: [email protected]

Or write via WhatsApp: +5491138801388

La International Postgraduate School on Migration and Human MobilityThis intensive, in-person, postgraduate-level training program, focused on comparative and regional perspectives, aims to equip students with the skills to analyze key dimensions of mobility and migration from the perspective of the "Right to Migrate," with a focus on countries in the Global South. Its purpose is to provide theoretical and practical tools for addressing migration conflicts, human rights violations, and migrant resistance from an intersectional approach that recognizes the central role of gender, class, and racial inequalities. 

This training proposal is expected to contribute to strengthening the dialogue between representatives of academia, social movements and public policy officials regarding migration processes in all their complexity.

The International Postgraduate School on Migration and Human Mobility will be held in the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Sciences and Humanities (CEIICH-UNAM) and in the National Center for Human Rights (CENADEH-CNDH)

The School's activities are free of charge (transportation, accommodation, and food will not be covered).

To pass the International Postgraduate School in Migration and Human Mobility you must complete the 4 workshops of the academic program (August 29 and 30) and participate in the forum activities (See the full program of activities). Digital certificates of participation will be issued (CLACSO).

The workshops can also be taken individually (they are free with limited places).

ACADEMIC PROGRAM OF THE INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE SCHOOL

THURSDAY AUGUST 29

Venue: Leopoldo Zea Room, CIALC-UNAM Location: 3rd floor of Tower II of Humanities Circuito Interior, University City Coyoacán Borough, 04510, Hours: 09.30 to 11.30 hs.

Coordination: Pilar Uriarte and Mauricio Olivera

Rationale: We propose to analyze media discourse on migration and human mobility, identifying tacit and explicit positions to uncover the discursive practices that construct the ideological frameworks for representing the "immigrant." This workshop will allow participants to understand how the media shapes perceptions of migration and contributes to the formation of narratives that affect public opinion and migration policies.

Venue: Room on the 6th floor, CEIICH-UNAM Location: 6th floor of Tower II of Humanities Circuito Interior, Ciudad Universitaria Coyoacán Borough Schedule: 12:00 to 14:00 hs.

Coordination: José Antonio Foronda Farro and Carlos Alberto González Zepeda

The workshop is a training space that aims to encourage active participation from all involved, establishing a connection between theory and practice through activities and resources provided by the facilitator. The workshop seeks to draw upon participants' existing knowledge, fostering a reflective, personal, and collective understanding of the topic.

FRIDAY AUGUST 30

Headquarters: CENADEH-CNDH

Hours: 9.30 a.m. to 11.30 p.m.

Coordination: Erika Pires Ramos and Cindy Espina

Latin America is one of the regions most vulnerable to climate change worldwide. Despite the increase in the intensity of extreme weather events, disasters, and environmental degradation processes with significant human and economic losses, their impacts on the livelihoods and ways of life of groups and communities and their territories remain invisible in political agendas and underexplored in research projects. This workshop aims to broaden the understanding of this phenomenon and offer a space for connection and exchange among participants to envision new possibilities for research and action in the future.
Headquarters: CENADEH-CNDH

Schedule: 12:00 to 14:00

Coordination: Odeth Santos and Gonzalo Basile

The workshop is a training space that aims to encourage active participation from all involved, establishing a connection between theory and practice through activities and resources provided by the facilitator. The workshop seeks to draw upon participants' existing knowledge, fostering a reflective, personal, and collective understanding of the topic.


If you have any questions about the workshops, you can contact us by email: [email protected]

Or write via WhatsApp: +5491138801388

GENERAL PROGRAM OF THE INTERNATIONAL FORUM

Venue: Leopoldo Zea Room, CIALC-UNAM Location: 3rd floor of Tower II of Humanities Circuito Interior, Ciudad Universitaria Coyoacán Borough, 04510,

Hours: 9.30 a.m. to 11.30 p.m.

Coordination: Pilar Uriarte and Mauricio Olivera

Venue: Rolando García Auditorium, CEIICH-UNAM Location: 5th floor of Tower II of Humanities. Circuito Interior, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán Borough, 04510,

Hours: 9.30 a.m. to 11.30 p.m.

Coordination: Margarita Velázquez Gutiérrez and Ericka Fosado Centeno

Venue: Room: Mónica Verea, 7th floor, CISAN Location: 7th floor of Tower II of Humanities, Circuito Interior, Ciudad Universitaria Alcaldía Coyoacán 04510,

Hours: 9.30 a.m. to 11.30 p.m.

Coordination: Gloria Chicote
Venue: Leopoldo Zea Room, CIALC-UNAM Location: 3rd floor of Tower II of Humanities Circuito Interior, Ciudad Universitaria Coyoacán Borough, 04510,

Hours: 12.00 a.m. to 14.00 p.m.

Coordination: José Antonio Foronda Farro

Venue: Rolando García Auditorium, CEIICH-UNAM Location: 5th floor of Tower II of Humanities, Circuito Interior, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán Borough, 04510

Hours: 9.30 a.m. to 11.30 p.m.

Coordination: Alberto Molina

Venue: Room: Mónica Verea, 7th floor, CISAN Location: 7th floor of Tower II of Humanities, Circuito Interior, Ciudad Universitaria Alcaldía Coyoacán 04510,

Hours: 12.00 a.m. to 14.00 p.m.

Coordination: Guillermo Luévano Bustamante and Marcela Landazábal Mora

Auditorium of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Sciences and Humanities
4th floor - Tower II Humanities 

Participate

  • Letizia Silva Ontiveros (Mexico)
    Mexican Institute of Water Technology (IMTA), member of the Lake Texcoco Water Program
  • Iracema Gavilán Galicia (Mexico)
    CONAHCYT-COLSAN Postdoctoral Researcher
    Geographer and defender of water and territory in the Wirikuta Plateau, San Luis Potosí, Mexico 
  • Nora Fernández Mora (Ecuador)
    Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador
    CLACSO Working Group on Energy and Sustainable Development
  • Sofia Avila Calero (Mexico)
    Institute of Social Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico
    CLACSO Working Group Political ecologies from the South Abya/Yala
  • Violeta Núñez Rodríguez (Mexico)
    Autonomous University of Mexico, Xochimilco Unit 
    CLACSO Working Group Critical Studies of Rural Development

Moderated by: Marcela Landazábal Mora (Mexico)
               National Center for Human Rights

Auditorium of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Sciences and Humanities
4th floor - Tower II Humanities 

Participate

  • Valeria Hernández (Mexico)
    The Digital Watermelon. Land and Territory Area
  • Guillermo Luévano Bustamante (Mexico)
    Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí
    CLACSO Working Group on Critical Legal Thought and Sociopolitical Conflicts
  • Alberto Molina (Argentina)
    Center for Studies and Development of Public Policies INTEGRAR
    CLACSO Working Group on Just Transitions and Care for Our Common Home
  • Alejandro Aguilar Nava (Mexico)
    Dr. José María Luis Mora Research Institute
    Faculty of Political Science of the     National Autonomous University of Mexico
    CLACSO Working Group on Social Metabolism/Environmental Justice 

Moderated by: Hector Parra Garcia (Mexico)
              National Center for Human Rights 

Auditorium of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Sciences and Humanities
4th floor - Tower II Humanities 


Opening Ceremony

Participate

  • Dr. Mauricio Sánchez Menchero
    Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Sciences and Humanities (CEIICH-UNAM)
  • Dr. María Rosario Piedra Ibarra
    President of the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH)
  • Dr. Luciano Concheiro Bórquez
    Undersecretary of Higher Education of Mexico
  • Dr. José Guadalupe Gandarilla Salgado
    Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Sciences and Humanities (CEIICH/UNAM)
    Representative of the Steering Committee of CLACSO (Mexico)
  • Dr. Karina Batthyány
    Executive Director of CLACSO
  • Dr. Guadalupe Valencia
    Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Sciences and Humanities (CEIICH-UNAM)
  • Dr. Rosy Laura Castellanos Marino
    Director of the National Center for Human Rights - National Human Rights Commission (CENADEH-CNDH)
  • Dr. Gerardo Torres Salcido
    Director of     Center for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CIALC-UNAM)
 

Moderated by: Pablo Vommaro. Academic Secretary of CLACSO

Headquarters: CENADEH-CNDH

Hours: 9.30 a.m. to 11.30 p.m.

Coordination: Erika Pires Ramos and Cindy Espina

Headquarters: CENADEH-CNDH

Hours: 9.30 a.m. to 11.30 p.m.

Coordination: Mariana Aparicio and Dario Salinas

Headquarters: CENADEH-CNDH

Schedule: 12:00 to 14:00

Headquarters: CENADEH-CNDH

Schedule: 12:00 to 14:00

Coordination: Nora Fernández Mora and Alejandro Aguilar Nava

Headquarters: CENADEH-CNDH

Schedule: 12:00 to 14:00

Coordination: Elvira Concheiro and Jaime Ortega

Venue: Auditorium of the National Center for Human Rights (CENADEH-CNDH)

Participate

  • Erika Pires Ramos (Brazil)
    South American Network for Environmental Migration (RESAMA)
    CLACSO Working Group on Migration and South-South Borders
  • Nora Cabrera (Mexico)
    Our future
  • Javier Urbano Reyes (Mexico)
    Coordinator of the Master's Program in Migration Studies. Ibero-American University
  • Gabriela Muñoz Meléndez (Mexico)
    Department of Urban and Environmental Studies, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
  • Luis Gutiérrez Reyes (Mexico)
    Head of the Institute for Mexicans Abroad 

Moderated by: Cindy Espina (Mexico)
               Ibeoamerican University

Venue: Auditorium of the National Center for Human Rights (CENADEH-CNDH)

Presentation of the book: Climate change and the environment. Struggles and policies for a good life

  • María Fernanda PampínDirector of Publications at CLACSO
  • Pablo Vommaro. Academic Secretary of CLACSO
  • Milena Passos Blanco (Mexico)
    Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. San Luis Potosí University
    Co-author of the chapter The Padera peasant reserve zone. Conditions and scenarios for building a multi-territoriality for peace.

Venue: Auditorium of the National Center for Human Rights (CENADEH-CNDH)

Participate

  • Luicy Pedroza (Mexico)
    The College of Mexico
  • Pilar Uriarte and Mauricio Olivera (Uruguay)
    MigraMedios. Observatory of media, discourse and migration policy in Uruguay
  • José Antonio Foronda Farro (Mexico)
    Prevention, training and defense of migrants, AC (PRECADEM) and International Tribunal of the Peoples in Movement
    CLACSO Working Group on Borders, Regionalization and Globalization
  • YaMerchan Rojas rhyme (Mexico)
    Migrant 33
  • Raúl Delgado Wise (Mexico)
    University of Zacatecas

Moderated by: Guillermo Pereyra (Mexico)
               National Center for Human Rights

Venue: Auditorium of the National Center for Human Rights (CENADEH-CNDH)

Daniela Olmedo, composer and sound artist, presents her work Sound Witnesses: Sounds and Oral Traditions of the Lowland Jungle of the Tierra Caliente Region of Michoacán

Piece for 5.1 surround sound system, product of the creative practice developed between 2021 and 2022 from recordings that recorded the sounds that the biodiversity of the low deciduous forest of the Zicuirán-Infiernillo Biosphere Reserve (municipalities of Churumuco and La Huacana), and the protected natural area of ​​the Mesa de Tzitzio, harbors in the dry season; in relation to the voices that offer testimonies about the understanding of the cycles of nature of inhabitants of those natural environments.

The piece explored, through recording, the biological organization of the ecosystem also known as the tropical deciduous forest, using a spatial simulation of sound manifested in a hierarchy of categories comprised of individual, species, ecosystem, and landscape. Recordings were made at these different levels and based on their interaction with the environment, employing various microphone techniques with devices of varying pickup characteristics. These techniques allowed for simultaneous recording from the micro to the macro spatial scale, recreating spatial sensations similar to those experienced in dry forest ecosystems. A fictional soundscape was thus generated, adapted to the 5.1 surround sound format, with the intention of immersing the listener in these different strata, layers, and scales.

The sounds that make up the multichannel piece are representative documents without digital processing that account for the native species that can still be heard in the dry forest of Michoacán, which were able to be recorded in their habitat thanks to the knowledge of community monitors who were guides in the natural reserves of the three municipalities: Don Noé Martínez in Paso Ancho, Tzitzio; Ángel Faurrieta in El Jazmín, La Huacana; Andrea Ponce and José Texta in El Chocolate, Churumuco.

Bio:

Singer, songwriter, sound engineer, and music producer interested in the intersection of oral tradition, nature, new technologies, documentation, and experimental sound and audiovisual media. With studies in Ethnomusicology (FAM-UNAM) and Music and Artistic Technology (ENES-UNAM), she focuses her research and artistic work on recording and producing traditional music, and on preserving sound materials. She has linked her creative and musical production work to various educational and community projects for youth violence prevention and the safeguarding and dissemination of traditional arts, including the following recordings: “Voces sobre el Micro” (Voices on the Microphone), “Voces de la Tierra” (Voices of the Earth), CESUP SC 2013-2014; “Leoneras y Vozarronas” (Lion Dens and Roaring Voices), “Álbum triple Arteaga” (Arteaga Triple Album), “Antología Verso y redoble” (Verse and Drum Anthology) 2018-2020, LANMO-UNAM; and Praises for the deceased of Copuyo, Mich., Traditional Music and Dance AC 2020; “They say that they meet at sea”, encounters of the folklore of Mexico and Chile, IBERMUSICAS 2021.

She currently collaborates in the audio production of the Tierra Caliente Sound Archive "Leandro Corona Bedolla", whose work is dedicated to the dissemination of the cultural heritage of traditional music of Michoacán; and is a research member of the National Laboratory of Oral Materials, UNAM.

From 2017 to 2020, she was a CONACYT and PAPIIT fellow, working as a research assistant in the documentation, processing, recording, restoration, mixing, and mastering of record productions in the audio department of the National Laboratory of Oral Materials (ENES), UNAM, Morelia Unit. In 2018, she received a grant from the Program for Special Activities of Interinstitutional Cooperation (PAECI), which allowed her to complete a research residency with Miguel Molina Alarcón at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. In 2021, she won the Ecos Sonoros Network of Artistic Residencies award, CENART, Los Pinos, for Testigos Sonoros (Sound Witnesses), a project documenting the sounds and oral traditions of the dry forest of Michoacán. She is currently a recipient of the FONCA Young Creators grant for her project “Beyond Voices: Electroacoustic Music Derived from Indigenous Oral Tradition.”

As a composer, she has showcased her works at various Mexican and Latin American festivals of electroacoustic music and sound art, including: Visiones Sonoras, Jornadas de compositoras Casa del Lago,

Revueltas Sonoras, Sur Aural-Bolivia, La Biónica-Chile, Encuentro Internacional de Grabación de Campo, among others; and provided music for the audiovisual productions: “La mujer chilanga enmascarada” short film by Jiráfrica Fábrica de cuentos Mexico-Ecuador 2015; “Ticho”, animated short film by La Furia Estudios, official selection of the Cannes Court Métrage and Marché du Film catalog of the Cannes Film Festival 2018; “El film justifica los medios”, documentary by Colectivo Digna Rabia Mexico-Colombia 2020; “Nunca más un México Sin Nosotrxs”, experimental short film Cátredra Bergman, Docs Mx, 2021; among others. 

As a sound engineer, he has participated in the audiovisual productions: The River of Sounds, a documentary by Corunda en Celo, 2021; and he is currently collaborating on filming for a feature-length documentary by the audiovisual production company CINECOLMENA.

Website
https://daniela-olmedo.webnode.mx/
https://soundcloud.com/danielaolmedo
https://soundcloud.com/anielalmedo

Social Media
IG @daninaolm
https://www.facebook.com/daniela.olmedo.39

Venue: UNAM Exhibition and Congress Center
Av. del Imán #10, Col. Ciudad Universitaria, Deleg. Coyoacán, CP 04510, Mexico City.
Clementina Díaz y de Ovano Hall

- PANEL 1: Academic publishing and its contributions to the formation of critical citizenship in Latin American universities
Wednesday August 28 | 11.00 to 12.00 hours

Participate

Gabriela Said Reyes (The College of Mexico)
Pablo Vommaro (Latin American Council of Social Sciences, Argentina)
Nairí Aharonian Paraskevaídis (University of the Republic of Uruguay)
João Carlos Canossa (Brazilian Association of University Presses, Brazil)

Moderated by: Wendy Vanesa Rocha Cacho (Institute of Legal Research, UNAM)

- PANEL 2: The role of university presses in the democratization of knowledge as a common good
Wednesday August 28 |12.00 to 13.30 hours 

Participate

Brian Scrivener (University of Calgary Press, Canada)
Lía Castillo Meneses (Association of University Presses of Latin America and the Caribbean, Peru)
María Isabel Cabrera (Union of Spanish University Publishers, Spain)
Karina Batthyány (Latin American Council of Social Sciences, Uruguay)

Moderated by: Sayri Karp Mitastein (University of Guadalajara, Mexico)disciplinary areas in Sciences and Humanities (CEIICH/UNAM)

UNAM Exhibition and Congress Center
Av. del Imán #10, Col. Ciudad Universitaria, Deleg. Coyoacán, CP 04510, Mexico City
Clementina Díaz y de Ovando Hall

- CONFERENCE: New perspectives for scientific evaluation in Ibero-America in the face of the challenge of open science
Thursday, August 29 | 10:00 to 11:00

Participate
Karina BatthyányExecutive Director of CLACSO

Presents
Gabriela Arévalo Guízar. Institute for Research on the University and Education, UNAM

Ibero-American Forum

- Presentation of the book: Epistemology and Politics. Essays. Prize Hugo Zemelman 2023
José G. Gandarilla Salgado. Darío Salinas Figueredo. Karina Batthyány. [Coordinators]


UNAM Exhibition and Congress Center
Av. del Imán #10, Col. Ciudad Universitaria, Deleg. Coyoacán, CP 04510, Mexico City
Wednesday, August 28 | 6:00 p.m.  

 

Participate

Karina BatthyányExecutive Director of CLACSO
José Guadalupe Gandarilla SalgadoCenter for Interdisciplinary Research in Sciences and Humanities (CEIICH/UNAM)
Estela QuintarInstitute for Thought and Culture in Latin America (IPECAL)
Antonio Perez AlonsoCenter for Studies in Security and Integral Development (CESDI)

Moderated by: Fernanda Pampín. Director of Publications at CLACSO

  • Academic Forum: Territories of Care: Contributions from Academia
    The College of Mexico
    Picacho Ajusco Highway 20
    Col. Ampliación. Fuentes del Pedregal, 14110, Tlalpan Borough
    28 y 29 August

    The forum will take place in person on August 28 and 29, 2024 in Mexico City, as part of the preparatory process for the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (Mexico, 2025).

    The Forum, convened by the Government of Mexico, through the National Institute for Women, the College of Mexico, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), seeks to be a space for exchange and regional dialogue to identify progress and synergies in the research agenda to respond to the challenges of care policies and systems in Latin America and the Caribbean and their articulation with social protection and the set of public policies.

    Organized by 
    National Institute for Women
    College of Mexico
    Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
    United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)

  • First meeting: 75 years of NATO
    Auditorium of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Sciences and Humanities. Tower II
    Humanities Department, 4th floor, National Autonomous University of Mexico
    August 29 | 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

     

    Welcome words

     

    Alicia GirónCoordinator of the University Program of Studies on Asia and Africa
    Karina BatthyányExecutive Director of CLACSO
    Pablo VommaroAcademic Secretary of CLACSO

    Participate
    María Cristina RosasFaculty of Political and Social Sciences, UNAM
    Ana Esther CeceñaInstitute of Economic Research, UNAM

    Moderator:
    Alicia GirónCoordinator of the University Program of Studies on Asia and Africa

    Organized by
    University Program of Studies on Asia and Africa (PUEAA)
    National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
    CLACSO

    In-person activity with live streaming 

  • August 29 | Mexico City, Mexico | Hybrid format
    ⏰ 10:00 AM (Mexico)
    Vasconcelos North Mezzanine Library
    Eje 1 Nte. S/N, Buenavista, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City

    Participate

    • Rosy Laura Castellanos (Mexico). Director of the National Center for Human Rights - National Human Rights Commission (CENADEH-CNDH)
    • Gonzalo Basile (Argentina/Dominican Republic). FLACSO Dominican Republic / CLACSO Working Group on International Health and Health Sovereignty 
    • Odeth Santos (Mexico). National Autonomous University of Mexico / CLACSO Working Group on International Health and Health Sovereignty 
    • Luis Enrique Pérez Silva (Mexico). National Autonomous University of Mexico / CLACSO Working Group on International Health and Health Sovereignty 
    • Graciela Muñoz (Mexico). National Center for Human Rights - National Human Rights Commission (CENADEH-CNDH)
    • Laura Vasquez (Mexico). National School of Anthropology and History / CLACSO Working Group on International Health and Health Sovereignty

    Organized by
    CLACSO Working Group on International Health and Health Sovereignty
    National Center for Human Rights (CENADEH-CNDH)

    Live stream by www.cndh.org.mx

  • Friday, August 30 | 4:00 p.m.
    The College of Mexico
    Picacho Ajusco Highway 20. Col. Ampliación. Fuentes del Pedregal, 14110, Tlalpan Borough
    Alfonso Reyes Room  

    Participate

    Silvia Elena Giorguli Saucedo. President of El Colegio de México
    Karina BatthyányExecutive Director of CLACSO
    Gabriela Said. Director of Publications at El Colegio de México
    María Fernanda PampínDirector of Publications at CLACSO

    Moderator: Micaela Chávez VillaDirector of the Library Daniel Cosío Villegas of El Colegio de México

    LIVE BROADCAST: https://bit.ly/presentacionbibliotecaCLACSO-COLMEX

The Forum includes general questions that will guide all activities. Similarly, each dialogue includes a series of questions designed to spark discussion.

General questions

  • What are the main challenges facing Latin America and the Caribbean in relation to migration dynamics in contexts of socio-environmental conflicts? 
  • What are the environmental problems that affect processes of human mobility or displacement? 
  • How can these challenges be addressed effectively through both policy and activism?

Dialogue 1: Energy Transitions and Environmental Justice

  • What measures can be taken to prevent energy transitions from deepening existing inequalities and/or creating new ones? How can we ensure that energy transitions do not lead to new patterns of energy colonialism or exploitation of natural resources? 
  • What strategies and public policies can promote just and inclusive energy transitions? 
  • What role can social movements and local communities play in the transformation of the energy matrix? 
  • What challenges and opportunities do Latin American and Caribbean countries face on their path to just energy transitions? What regional initiatives and policies are being promoted in this regard?

Dialogue 2: Human rights in a context of climate crisis

  • What principles of environmental justice should guide actions to address climate change and its impacts?
  • What role do the rights of environmental defenders play in the fight against climate change? How can they be protected and a safe environment guaranteed for them to carry out their work?
  • What strategies and public policies can be effective in mitigating climate change and reducing its impacts on communities? What actions are being implemented in Latin America and the Caribbean in this regard? 
  • How can we foster participatory climate change adaptation processes that take into account the specific needs of each region? What role have social movements played in this regard?

Dialogue 3: Migrations related to socio-environmental conflicts, public policies and activism 

  • What are the main causes of migration in relation to socio-environmental conflicts in the world today? How does migration due to environmental disasters affect the lives of displaced people and their communities of origin and destination?
  • How does the phenomenon of migration related to socio-environmental conflicts impact public policies at the local and national levels? 
  • How do social movements contribute to raising awareness and defending the rights of migrants? What strategies and actions do they use to influence public policy and civil society organizations?
  • How can we strengthen collaboration between different sectors of society (government, academia, civil society, private sector) to address migration related to socio-environmental conflicts in a comprehensive and effective manner?

Dialogue 4: Migrant movements, human mobility and regional geopolitics

  • How does the political orientation of governments relate to the direction of the migration policies they implement? What experiences currently stand out in the region?
  • What are the main policies and regulatory frameworks currently in place regarding migration? What impact do international organizations, multilateral forums, or regional agreements have on national migration policies?
  • What place does the United States have in the migration governance agenda of Latin America and the Caribbean? 
  • What have been the initiatives and practices of migrant organizations within the framework of the so-called “migrant struggles”?
  • Political ecologies from the South Abya/Yala
  • Energy and sustainable development
  • Critical studies of rural development
  • Studies on time and temporalities
  • Studies on the United States
  • Borders, regionalization and globalization
  • Social metabolism/environmental justice
  • Migration and South-South borders
  • Critical legal thinking and sociopolitical conflicts
  • International health and health sovereignty
  • Just transitions and care for our common home 

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