How did the construction of railways impact the daily life of those who lived at its margins? Which new social interactions arose with it, and how did people deal with the presence of trains, these new, unknown creatures? The latest episode of Diálogos Mecila invites Historian and former Mecila Postdoctoral Investigator Luciane Scarato to travel back to 19th-century Brazil in order …
In our latest Working Paper, Fernando Baldraia (former Postdoctoral Investigator at Mecila) offers a diagnostic of our present times to advance the notion of conviviality as a space of analytical experimentation where inequality and difference share the condition of conceptual isonomy. “The particular thought experiment performed here”, writes Baldraia, “tries to accomplish this goal by exploring …
Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales celebra 10 anos El Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (IdIHCS) – una de las siete instituciones de Mecila – celebra 10 años de história en 2019. La efeméride contó con la presencia del ministro de la Ciencia, Tecnologia e Innovación de Argentina, Roberto Salvarezza, además …
Comité de Evaluación recomienda por unanimidad el estalecimiento de Mecila Del 2 al 4 de septiembre, Mecila recibió en São Paulo una comisión internacional de once miembros, entre académicas, académicos y observadores, para evaluar el desarrollo del Centro durante sus primeros dos años de funcionamiento y su propuesta para los próximos seis años. Tras inspeccionar …
Evento: “From Socionatures to Humanoid Robots: Transdisciplinary Perspectives on the Relations between Humans and Non-Humans.” Vivimos en tiempos cada vez más tecnológicos, donde los robots humanoides están ganando espacio en la vida social. Por esta razón, proponemos una discusión desde diferentes perspectivas científicas para explorar cómo se definen las relaciones entre humanos y no humanos, …
Check out our new Working Papers by Felipe Castro Gutiérrez and Nicolas Wasser. esp Working Papers
Image Credit: Dafne Sampaio Dieter Grimm visits Mecila in São Paulo At the invitation of Mecila – Maria Sibylla Merian Center Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America, the renowned German Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Dieter Grimm participated in a special seminar at the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP) held on November 23th. In …
We are happy to announce our next International Workshop “Conviviality in unequal societies: the knowledge dimension” to be hosted at the Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (La Plata), on 28th and 29th November. During the two-day event scholars from various Latin American, German and international institutions will discuss how the production and …
MIASA Call for Applications: Fellowships (Junior/Senior) The Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) is dedicated to the topic of ‘Sustainable Governance’. MIASA’s three research foci are: sustainable environmental transformation, sustainable conflict management, and sustainable democracy. In its first call for short-term fellowships, MIASA welcomes applications from excellent researchers to join the …
29.09 – Presenting Mecila at the Jornadas Alemãs We are very happy to have participated in the third edition of the Jornadas Alemãs, a series of events organized by the Consulate General of Germany São Paulo to commemorate the Day of German Unity (3 October). The many activities celebrating the end of the separation between West and …
