Latin American studies in and from Latin America

National, regional and transnational perspectives

Martín López Ávalos. Mario Ayala. [Editors]

Luis Roniger. Alexander Betancourt Mendieta. Martín López Ávalos. Francie Chassen-López. Mario Ayala. Verónica Giordano. Lancelot Cowie. Germán Alburquerque. Gabriela Águila. Alexis Meza Sánchez. Luís Cláudio Rocha Henriques de Moura. Fabricio Pereira da Silva. [Chapter Authors]

Working Groups Collection.
ISBN 978-631-308-258-2
CLACSO. The College of Michoacán.
Buenos Aires.
out of 2026

We believe the main merit of this edited volume lies in its ability to think about Latin America from a Latin American perspective, without falling into methodological nationalism or theoretical dependency. By recovering the intellectual roots of the field and proposing a situated perspective, it contributes to the decolonization of knowledge and the construction of a pluralistic, critical, and engaged Latin American epistemology. However, it also underscores the challenges to be faced: the effective articulation between disciplines, overcoming institutional asymmetries, and the need to construct regional narratives that do not obscure internal differences. In this sense, it does not offer answers. From the Introduction.