The political plasticity of university actors and the student movements in Latin America (1960-1980)

Abstract

This dossier addresses the inherent complexity in the political identities of university actors and student movements in the recent history of Latin America. The cases studied take place between the sixties and the end of the eighties, a period in which great political-ideological changes in the region were unleashed that conditioned the readings regarding the practices, discourses and symbols of university and student activism. Based on the research of experiences associated with countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Chile, Uruguay and Mexico, it seeks to discuss the schematic perspectives and recognize the plasticity evidenced by the political identities of university and student actors, which are deployed in a diverse range that encompasses right and left, but also currents that cannot be placed in dichotomous classifications. This is in order to contribute to an understanding of universities as political and dispute spaces.