Ph.D. Exit Seminar in the Graduate Field of Development Studies
Abstract
Since the 2011 student social movement erupted, Chile became an example of resistance to neoliberal policies and inequalities in higher education, leading to a new Higher Education Law in 2018. In 2019, a social uprising shocked the country, inaugurating a “constitutional moment” where two constitutional assemblies created two drafts of national constitutions that were rejected on national referendums between 2020 and 2023. In this convoluted context, Chile is experiencing a new national reform on community engagement that mandates all higher education institutions to be accredited on community engagement (vinculación con el medio) by 2025. The main purpose of this dissertation is to analyze how engaged scholars in Chile are embedded in this socio-political context from a socio-historical approach.
About the candidate
Matias Gabriel Flores González (Chile) uses a socio-historical approach to study higher education community engagement. Currently, he is focused on three lines of research: 1) Recovering the history of community engagement practices in the Global South, focusing on Latin America; 2) Understanding the politics and university imaginaries of the next-generation engaged-scholars in Chile, in a context of sociopolitical change; 3) Fostering a global dialogue in higher education community engagement, questioning the limits and potential reproduction of neo-colonial dynamics. Recent publications can be found here. Matias currently serves as Chair of the Graduate Student Network of the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE).
Date & Time
April 18, 2025
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
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Contact Information
Crystal Brown, Graduate Field Administrator
- cb942 [at] cornell.edu
Speaker
Matias Gabriel Flores Gonzalez, Ph.D. Candidate, Development Studies
Departments
Global Development Section
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