EstuDav Estudios Avanzados

Revista Estudios Avanzados EstuDAv begins 2025 by contributing a wealth of articles focused on artistic methodologies, gender analysis, ecology, and migration. Rachel de Oliveira and Debora Pazzeto focus on the decolonization of Euro-American art. In a dialogic and evocative manner, they analyze spaces for plurality in the arts; then, Danilo Martuccelli offers a characterization of Latin American machismo based on structural historical foundations, informed by a critique of its imagery and an analysis of its current fears. Subsequently, Paola Vargas and Carolina Norambuena, based on a critical perspective on international cooperation, complemented by a gender perspective, expose how imperial forms are perpetuated after analyzing two international cooperation initiatives. Next, Martina Cayul, with her work on Korean gastronomic aesthetics in Patronato and its multi-territoriality, examines the socio-cultural-economic dynamics of a Santiago neighborhood through the influence of Korean migration to Chile.

In other latitudes and topics, Conrado Neves Sathler and Esmael Alves de Oliveira propose a critique of the format of the Municipal Conference on Labor Management and Health Education, based on the contributions of Latin American critical and decolonial thought. They conclude that, rather than the objective of training health professionals, it produces technical-political and civic subjectivities. Next, Valeria Iñigo and Ana Spivak, in their article “Water in a Northern Patagonian Landscape” recognize how the decrease, lack, or insufficiency of water ignites collective action and gives prominence to a specific actor, known as the local agro-livestock producer.

Julieth Niño, for her part, in the text “Migrant Cartographies in Two Latin American Novels,” recognizes imaginaries arising from border displacements, which turn these areas into places rich in knowledge and narratives. Leyla Méndez Caro, in her work “Corpolugaridades of Afro Childhoods from the Colombian Pacific in Antofagasta, Chile,” presents experiences of dispossession and cultural domination, racism, and resistance in community spaces through a case study. Finally, Fernando Tula Molina offers a thoughtful review of Vinciane Despret’s book Habitar como un pájaro (Inhabiting Like a Bird). It presents before his eyes a kaleidoscope of perspectives from our continent in dialogue and critical analysis, that we hope will enrich her work and spark conversations through it.