Universities in Latin America. Power and resistance to alienation of social intellect

Authors

  • Alberto Bialakowsky Professor and Researcher in the Sociology Career and Gino Germani Research Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires
  • Cecilia Lusnich Professor and Researcher in the Sociology Career and Gino Germani Research Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires
  • Guadalupe Romero Professor and Researcher in the Sociology Career, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires
  • Pablo Ortiz Masters Student of Labour Social Sciences. Sociologist. Researcher in the Ubacyt Project (2011-2014): “Extinguishing workers populations and collective subjects in XXI Century. Theory and practice of work processes from a co-productive and Social Science Comparative Experiences"

Keywords:

Critical thought, Higher Education, knowledge production, alternative methodology

Abstract

This article addresses, from the perspective of Latin American critical thought, the  processes of change in the Higher Education in the context of social change, characterized by the social exclusion phenomena and the intervention neoliberal in recent decades. The investigation covers the analysis of the forms of production and distribution of knowledge in the university in this context as well as work processes which model university practices. Besides, we propose an alternative methodology in terms epistemological, ethical and pedagogical, problematizing current challenges and the concentration of knowledge production, presenting a possible alternative for the meaning of the practice and the social role of the university.

 

Keywords: Critical thought, Higher Education, knowledge production, alternative methodology.

 

Submission date: 15-10-2013

Acceptance date: 20-11-2013

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Published

2014-04-28

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2013): Latin American Critical Thought (In association with ALAS)

Section

Articles