Inaugural Event in the Bogota Hub: Conference on Democracy and Development
The Bogota hub, focusing on new patterns of mobilization for and against democracy, held its inaugural event on Oct31-Nov 1.
The two-day event explored shifts in democracy and development. It featured keynote presentations and discussions on new social movements.
The event was opened by Paca Zuleta, our project’s regional director in South America and Dean of the Alberto Lleras Camargo School of Government at Universidad de los Andes. The introduction was given by the hub’s co-convener, Philip Oxhorn, retired McGill professor.
On the first day, Maria Jose Alvarez, Sociology Professor at Universidad de los Andes gave the keynote presentation. It focused on urban movements and the state. Based on on a multimethod research project starting in 1998, she analyzed squatters’ movements in Uruguay and planned squatting as a strategy. She also discussed women’s movements and feminist care policy in Bogota.
The second day of the conference featured Lucas G. Christel, Development Management from the Universidad Nacional de San MartÃn (UNSAM) as the keynote speaker. His presentation focused on green democracy and environmental mobilization in Latin America and the Caribbean.
After elaborating on why it is relevant to study Latin America and the Caribbean for this issue, he sought to answer to what extent the concept of social movement is appropriate to understand environmental mobilization in the region.
The keynotes were followed by discussion involving the fellows in our project.
The event was livestreamed on X and YouTube. You can rewatch it here.
Day 1, including the opening of the conference by Paca Zuleta, the introduction by Philip Oxhorn, and the keynote presentation by Maria Jose Alvarez:
Day 2, featuring the keynote presentation by Lucas G. Christel:
