Workshop 1: Between Empirics and Intersectionality: How to connect both in social science research

In recent decades, empirical research has gained more and more space in the social sciences in Latin America, including in areas known for their reticence in relation to them, such as Law. More recently, the intersectional perspective has also started to gain ground, leading to a series of questions on how to balance the principles, potentials and weaknesses of both and, even so, to conduct research that helps to identify and understand the real contours of different Latin American problems and realities.

Aiming to help clarify the possibilities of interaction between empirical and intersectional research, as well as motivate its realization by researchers from different areas of the social sciences, we intend, through this workshop, to jointly answer the following question: how to do empirical research in social science from an intersectional perspective?

To do so, we rely on participatory methods, such as the “power line” exercise, created by Professor Frances Ansley; the dialogue on the relationship of the parable of the blind men and an elephant and empirical research; sharing experiences of empirical research; the discussion of intersectional research, empirical or not; among others. In addition, we will try to reduce the physical distance of the participants by using interactive online tools, such as Padlet, Mentimeter, Kahoot!, etc.

We intend to present and discuss general concepts about empirical research, intersectionality, and social markers of difference (SMD); jointly elaborate research paths that take into account the contextual and relational character of the SMD; and present possible research methods based on the sharing of research experiences on topics such as female incarceration, care and domestic work, immigration and others that have instrumentalized intersectionality in their practices.

Therefore, this workshop is aimed at any researcher, regardless of his/her previous experience or training area, who wants to know more about the intersectional perspective and how to apply it in his/her empirical research.

Monitors: Larissa Cristina Margarido and Viviane Balbuglio, São Paulo Law School of Fundação Getulio Vargas

Contacts: larissa.margarido@fgv.br ; viviane.balbuglio@gmail.com

Capacity: 20 people

Workshop 2: Risks and threats to international security for 2030 according to Latin American multilateral diplomacy

Risks and threats to national and international security have communicating vessels. This dynamic can be explained by factors such as globalization, in which national borders acquire a new meaning. In this context, international relations, specifically multilateral diplomacy, support the identification of such risks and threats because they facilitate communication and coordination between partner countries or those belonging to geographic regions, as in the case of Latin America. This workshop finds thematic alignment with the following topics of Window III: Globalization and development, as well as with Security, conflicts and justice.

The workshop will be held in plenary, that is, without subgroups. The moderators will present the dynamics from the beginning and will mention the registered participants to assign them an order in the use of the floor. Each workshop participant may speak as many times as necessary, but in segments with a maximum time of three minutes per intervention

Aims

Critically reflect on current schemes for the detection of risks and threats to international security from a Latin American context and propose which ones may reach a critical level in 2030.

Analyze the current mechanisms of Latin American multilateral diplomacy to achieve better international coordination and joint responsibility in their care.

Research question

What are the current risks and threats to international security, specifically for Latin America, that may reach a critical level in 2030 and the usefulness of multilateral diplomacy to anticipate and contain their harmful effects?

Target audience

University and graduate students.

Specialists in international security and multilateral diplomacy.

General public.

Monitors: Rubí Soto Santibáñez, Anáhuac University Mexico
Luis Arteaga Suárez, UNAM

Contact: luisgarteagas@gmail.com

Capacity: 16 people