Presented By: Romance Languages & Literatures
How Do We Think of Social Diversity: History and Politics in the Work of René Zavaleta Mercado
Luis Tapia
Today’s call for diversity in the United States quite often reduces itself to body count. René Zavaleta Mercado (1937-1984), one of Latin America’s most imaginative social scientists, confronted the question of respecting diversity in the analysis of social reality in the twentieth century. Towards a History of the National Popular in Bolivia, now translated into English for the first time, confronts this question not only in terms of mere inclusion but in terms of a “motley” social situation, devising methodology to represent its demand.
Luis Tapia, our speaker, another imaginative Bolivian thinker and activist, is the leading expert on Zavaleta. In his own book, The Production of Local Knowledge: History and Politics in the Work of René Zavaleta Mercado, also translated into English for the first time, he lays out an epistemological program to make Zavaleta’s injunction real. Tapia’s talk will evolve from a crucial question: ‘How do we have to change ourselves so that the idea of a “motley” society does not turn into voting blocs, destroying democracy?
April 17th, 2023 4:00pm - 5:30pm in the RLL Commons
Join us for free coffee & cookies
Don't miss the book sale!
- The Production of Local Knowledge: History and Politics in the Work of René Zavaleta Mercado by Luis Tapia
- Towards a History of the National Popular in Bolivia by René Zavaleta Mercado
Luis Tapia, our speaker, another imaginative Bolivian thinker and activist, is the leading expert on Zavaleta. In his own book, The Production of Local Knowledge: History and Politics in the Work of René Zavaleta Mercado, also translated into English for the first time, he lays out an epistemological program to make Zavaleta’s injunction real. Tapia’s talk will evolve from a crucial question: ‘How do we have to change ourselves so that the idea of a “motley” society does not turn into voting blocs, destroying democracy?
April 17th, 2023 4:00pm - 5:30pm in the RLL Commons
Join us for free coffee & cookies
Don't miss the book sale!
- The Production of Local Knowledge: History and Politics in the Work of René Zavaleta Mercado by Luis Tapia
- Towards a History of the National Popular in Bolivia by René Zavaleta Mercado
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