Convenor
Cristina Bloj
National University of Rosario
Co-covenor
María Nieves Rico
ECLAC, Santiago de Chile
Abstract
Among the last decades “new” objects of study as well as approaches have been problematized, within the anthropological field, in order to understand and explain the emergence of singular regional and global processes. Based on this premise and considering the importance of the interdisciplinary dialogue, this panel invites to submit researches conducted in Latin America to stimulate debates about these processes, objects and conceptual and methodological turns. We intend thus to related some of the following aspects: a) Research processes developed in Latin America; b) Ruptures, continuities and theoretical-epistemological rereading; c) Classical categories and new ones in the light of the topics under study; and d) Methodological re-conceptualizations. Briefly, the aim of the panel is to provide an overview of contemporary issues and debates while creating a space for critical reflection on the challenges the region is facing, taking into account the ethnographic content and the theoretical, methodological, ethical and political dilemmas. It is important to mention that the panel is developed in Spanish in order to enable researchers who don’t have a good command of the English language to share their productions.