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Werner Mackenbach

Werner Mackenbach tiene un Doctorado en Filosofía y Ciencias Sociales de la Freie Universität Berlin y una “Habilitation” (postdoctorado) en Literatura Hispanoamericana de la Universität Potsdam. Es profesor de la Escuela de Historia, del Programa de Posgrado en Historia e investigador del Centro de Investigaciones Históricas de América Central (CIHAC) de la Universidad de Costa Rica. Ha publicado numerosos trabajos sobre literatura, cultura e historia centroamericana y caribeña.

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Diana Negrin

Diana Negrín is a geographer and curator who, since 2001, has conducted ethnographic and archival research in Mexico with a primary focus on Wixarika Indigenous territory.  Negrín's scholarship engages human and cultural geography, critical race and decolonial theory, and political ecology, in combination with participatory methodologies. Her current research examines how biocultural perspectives and projects are creating opportunities to conserve and regenerate sacred Wixárika territory.

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Crises of democracy in Latin America: exploring challenges and alternatives

Democracy as a political regime is experiencing a global crisis. The generalized diagnosis points towards an institutional failure in the organization of life in common in our contemporary societies, linked with growing demands of economic welfare, recognition and inclusion, justice and security. In this context, and despite its national particularities, countries in the Latin American region share a common denominator: the questioning of  liberal-democratic regimes and the moral bankruptcy of the prevailing economic system in each case.

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