Social movements and new paradigms

• Social movements and modernity: a critical reading of the theoretical debate
• Beyond the mainstreamAlter-activism and perspectives from the South
• Individualization and digitization: challenges for social movements
• The world in suspense: social movements in the face of the pandemic 
• Beyond the urgency: social movements, post-development and the construction of transition scenarios
• Expressiveness and experiences of contemporary outbursts and movements
• Social movements in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
• The meanings of change and the experiences of transition

• Bringel B. (2020) “Social movements and Latin American reality: a historical-theoretical reading”. In: Esteban Torres (Ed.) Towards the renewal of Latin American social theory. Buenos Aires: CLACSO, p.209-228.
• Bringel, B.; Pleyers, G. (2020). Global alert. Movements, policies, and futures in dispute amid the pandemicCLACSO.
• Bringel, B. (2020). “Covid-19 and the new global chaos”, Open Movements (Open Democracy), June 18, 2020.
• Escobar, A. (2012) “Beyond development: post-development and transitions towards the pluriverse”, Journal of Social Anthropology, v.21, p.23-62.
• Gerbaudo P. (2019) “From cyber-autonomism to cyber-populism: a history of the ideology of digital activism”.
• Pleyers G. (2015) “The Global Age: A Social Movement Perspective”, in: Bringel & Domingues. eds, Global Modernity and Social Contestation. London: Sage.
• Pleyers G. (2018) Chapter 4: “From Facebook to the squares: activism and internet in the 2010s” in “Social movements in the 21st century”, Buenos Aires, CLACSO, p. 79-89.
• Pleyers G. (2018) Chapters 1 and 3 of “Social Movements in the 21st Century”, Buenos Aires, CLACSO.
• Pleyers G. (2020) “Opening new horizons”, Open Movements (Open Democracy), June 9, 2020.

The seminars are aimed at students from CLACSO Member Centers in Paraguay, Bolivia, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

The basic requirements for taking an intensive online seminar are:

• Availability of at least 4 hours per day (2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon) for synchronous meetings during the first week of the course and 4 hours per week for asynchronous classes in the following 3 weeks
• Internet access.
• Reasonable handling of communication and computer tools.
• Language proficiency in the language in which the course will be taught. The official languages ​​are Spanish and Portuguese.

The seminars last four weeks, plus the completion of a final project. The first week will consist of five consecutive synchronous classes (one class per day) and three asynchronous classes (one per week).

The course consists of eight classes, each accompanied by required and/or supplementary readings, discussion forums, and learning activities proposed by the teaching team, as well as partial submissions and a final project. The course is offered online in a synchronous and asynchronous format. Five of the eight classes will be synchronous. In these cases, the sessions will be four hours long per day (two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon) and will take place during the first week of the course. To pass the seminar, participants must attend at least 80% of the activities and forums, complete all scheduled partial submissions, and pass the final project.