At liminal moments when the new has not yet emerged, the acceleration of social processes is not conceived solely in terms of a supposed collective utopian progress. Rather, acceleration currently permeates all spheres of social life, potentially giving rise to various forms of alienation as well as responses and the formulation of knowledge that has not yet been consolidated.
This lecture series aims to contribute to transnational reflection from a relational perspective on mobilities, human displacement and new temporalities. It is thus hoped to contribute to debates and solutions regarding the various aspects of knowledge and its strategic role in this context of multiple accelerations.
The opening session will be led by Edgardo Lander, emeritus researcher at the Central University of Venezuela, who will speak on the geopolitical pressures currently facing Latin America and the Caribbean. He will be joined by Alejandro Mantilla Quijano, from the National University of Colombia/National Pedagogical University, and Jaime Preciado Coronado, from the University of Guadalajara. The moderators will be Kristina Dietz, University of Kassel, and Lucas Christel, San Martín National University.
The discussion will take place on Wednesday, 25 March, at 10:00 am MX/CR, 11:00 am ECU, 1:00 pm ARG, 5:00 pm CET. Join us here,
All sessions in the series will be streamed live on the CALAS YouTube channel.
