Conferences LASI 2023: How to develop social research that destabilizes hegemonic narratives?
National and international researchers led various presentations challenging the public, politics, and academia in the fourth edition of the Latin American Summer School on Social Issues. Manuel Prieto, Shelene Gomes, Fernando Pairican, Juan Carlos Cayo, and Guillermo Salas were responsible for closing each day of LASI 2023, a school that took place at the University […]
The Summer School on Social Issues: How is research conducted and by whom? The challenges of social research in Latin America
In the fourth edition of the Summer School on social issues, researchers and students shared experiences and reflections on their practices. In the fourth edition of the Summer School on social issues, held at the University of Tarapacá in Arica between December 12 and 16, 2023, professors from Peru, the United States, Colombia, Denmark, Argentina, […]
Latin American Social Issues Summer School LASI 2023 call for applications
New versión of LASI will take place December 12th – 16th, at the coastal city of Arica, in northern Chile at Universidad de Tarapacá. Latin American Social Issues Summer School LASI is aimed at graduate students and young researchers. LASI offers graduate students from Latin America and abroad the opportunity to come together for a […]
LASI 2019 addressed the phenomena of migration and extractivism
Between January 4 and 9, the third version of the Latin American Summer School on Social Issues, LASI, took place at the Universidad Católica del Norte in Antofagasta. This school is aimed at highly qualified doctoral students and young researchers who have at least a Master’s degree from Latin America, North America and Europe. Its […]
LASI 2018 worked around notions of difference and was in dialogue with Mapuche culture
Conceived as a space for students of postgraduate programs, mainly doctoral programs, to share with prominent academics, the second version of LASI revolved around reflection on the forms of expression of discrimination and, in addition, delved into the history of the Mapuche people and its current crossroads. Between January 4 and 9, 2018, the second […]
2017/ First version of Latin American Summer School on Social Issues LASI concludes
Organized by the Center for Intercultural and Indigenous Studies CIIR, the UC Institute of Archeology and the School of Anthropology of the Universidad Católica del Norte, LASI brought together 36 postgraduate students from the United States, England, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru , Brazil, Argentina and Chile. Held between January 4 and 9, 2017 in San […]