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Funding for organizing a“Platform for dialogue” at the CALAS headquarters in Guadalajara/México

To foster international academic exchange and discussion, the Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) calls for applications to organize a “platform for dialogue” at its headquarter in Guadalajara, Mexico.

The Platform for Dialogue is a collaborative format to promote interdisciplinary, interregional, and intergenerational dialogue concerning a specific research topic. It is an academic event for a group of 15 to 30 participants and may last from two to five days. Financial support can be granted up to EUR 20,000.

 

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Peace and Fear: Multidisciplinary Approaches

The CALAS Laboratory "Visions of Peace" is pleased to invite to the online conference "Peace and Fear: Multidisciplinary Approaches'', organized in cooperation with the Interdisziplinäre Konflikt- und Gewaltforschung (IKG), the Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Forschung (ZiF) and Prof. Dr Roberto Briceño-León (Universidad Central de Venezuela). The event will take place via zoom between the 17th to 19th of February 2021. Prior registration is required by sending an e-mail to Marina Hoffmann (marina.hoffmann@uni-bielefeld.de).

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Néstor García Canclini: Ciudadanos reemplazados por algoritmos

Who worries about us as citizens? Many parties and unions seem to be reduced to domes that distribute prebends. Since the expansion of video politics, television channels complaints and social criticism of those in power, reducing us to spectators. The networks promise horizontality and participation, but they tend to generate highly intense and short-lived movements.

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Claudia Briones: Conflictividades interculturales. Demandas indígenas como crisis fructíferas

Fake news, populisms, environmental risks due to the anthropocene are radiating signs of disconcerting crises in recent years. Which other questions should be asked in order to face the uncertainties and concerns that they open up to us? Which new approaches are being rehearsed in the social sciences to confront the challenges we face? Where can we look for more precise and alternative definitions?

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