The text written in coauthorship with members of the Group of Research in the Social Sciences and Economics (GICSEC), exposes the results of a qualitative and exploratory study about the agrarian transformations and the water conflicts that have emerged in the last three decades between localities historically agricultural and large mining companies in northern Chile.
Alfredo Joignant and Katherine Hite: new researchers of Latin Memories Project
Alfredo Joignant and Katherine Hite are the new adjunct researchers of Latin Memories Project of the Institute. Katherine Hite is professor of political sciences at Vassar College (USA), and Alfredo Joignant is Full professor in political science at the Universidad Diego Portales (Chile).
International Workshop “Latin American Critical Theories: New Approaches”
Workshop organized by the Sociology and Political Science department of the Universidad Católica de Temuco with the International Institute for Philosophy and Social Studies. The activity discussed the new critical approaches on Latin America and the Global South.
La actualidad de la crítica. Ensayos sobre la Escuela de Frankfurt (2015)
Nicolás del Valle Orellana, editor. Critical theory is the theoretical project that began with the Frankfurt School, one of the most important German intellectual traditions of the twentieth century. This volume is on the discussions of the first three phases of the Frankfurt School. History, art, nature, law, justice, domination, public sphere and social rights are addressed in this book.
Research Members visited the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
Nicolás del Valle and Damián Gálvez participated in the seminar Espace de Recherche, Sociologie et Anthropologie, giving talks on their current research.