Conviviality in Unequal Societies

Perspectives from Latin America Thematic Scope and Preliminary Research Programme

Bibliographic Data

ID7428670
AuthorsJoaquim Elói Cirne De Toledo Júnior (0000-0002-7125-4396, corresponding author), Maria Sibylla Merian Centre Conviviality-Inequality In Latin America (corresponding author)
Year2017
Publication date2017-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeREPORT
PublisherMaria Sibylla Merian International Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.46877/mecila.2017.01
OpenAlexW3157193889
LanguageEN
Citations received21
References cited33

The Maria Sibylla Merian International Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America (Mecila) will study past and present forms of social, political, religious and cultural conviviality, above all in Latin America and the Caribbean while also considering comparisons and interdependencies between this region and other parts of the world. Conviviality, for the purpose of Mecila, is an analytical concept to circumscribe ways of living together in concrete contexts. Therefore, conviviality admits gradations – from more horizontal forms to highly asymmetrical convivial models. By linking studies about interclass, interethnic, intercultural, interreligious and gender relations in Latin America and the Caribbean with international studies about conviviality, Mecila strives to establish an innovative exchange with benefits for both European and Latin American research. The focus on convivial contexts in Latin America and the Caribbean broadens the horizon of conviviality research, which is often limited to the contemporary European context. By establishing a link to research on conviviality, studies related to Latin America gain visibility, influence and impact given the political and analytical urgency that accompanies discussions about coexistence with differences in European and North American societies, which are currently confronted with increasing socioeconomic and power inequalities and intercultural and interreligious conflicts

Contemporary Latin · Geography · Inequality · Latin Americans · Political science · Politics · Regional science · Scope (computer science · Social science · Sociology · Gender, Violence, Rights in Latin America · International Relations in Latin America · Religion and Society in Latin America

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