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Cultural Heritage, Memory, Citizenship, and Interculturality in Contexts of Violence and Resistance in Latin America

This call aims to compile a collection of academic works under the following conceptual coordinates: cultural heritage, memory, citizenship, and interculturality, which we will connect through various symbolic violences such as economic, patriarchal, criminal, and social violence. In this sense, priority is given to how these violences affect the right to culture, memory, and fundamentally, the right to have rights, following the Arendtian premise.

Therefore, following this approach, we propose three levels of analysis:

i. The first level invites reflection on globalization and the development of neoliberalism, considering how these phenomena impact cultural heritage at national and subnational levels, challenging the validity and relevance of cultural rights. In this scenario, national and local memories are redefined, as mass media play a key role in disseminating post-truths, undermining the symbolic value of cultural heritage associated with national identity, which strengthens and unites peoples and nations, turning it into a commodity subject to the laws of supply and demand in the free market.

ii. The second level proposes a national reflection on the relationship between cultural heritage, memory, cultural rights, and interculturality. In this context, cultural heritage regains its historical meaning and value by being defined by its symbolic importance to its political community rather than by the laws of supply and demand, questioning the instrumentalization of Latin America's cultural wealth as a commodity. At this level, we hope to highlight the resistance of peoples to preserve intangible heritage through interculturality.

iii. The third level focuses on the subnational, defined by the intersection of globalization and the local. Here, the specific context redefines the ideas that mark the symbolic value of cultural heritage, memory, and citizenship through the ethnic and cultural diversity of the communities that make up the subnational. In this scenario, violence will have a more significant impact on these symbolic structures, with de facto powers such as organized crime playing a more prominent role in redefining culture and the right to culture. In this sense, both material and intangible heritage will be exploited by various actors, including de facto powers, the state, extractive industries, organized crime, indigenous communities, and others.

This call is part of this debate, and we invite the scientific community to join this discussion with their proposals for publication, especially those addressing the cultural dimension of reality and its institutions. Reflecting on the connections, influences, and determining factors behind the objectification of cultural heritage and the redefinition of the memories of local, national, and transnational communities in an interconnected context deeply marked by violence, we believe that interculturality in globalization presents a possibility for resistance and recognition of human diversity. The deadline is May 1, 2025.

The thematic lines of the dossier are:
1. Cultural heritage, memory, and interculturality.
2. Globalization, cultural heritage, and neoliberalism.
3. Local actors of memory and cultural heritage.
4. Interculturality and local agents promoting the defense of cultural heritage.
5. Citizenship, local agents, memory, and cultural heritage.
6. Cultural violences.

 

Coordinators
Dr. Claudia ARROYO SALINAS
CIPES – Acapulco. Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Mexico:
12520@uagro.mx

Dr. Rocío MALDONADO ALARCÓN
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru
rmaldonadoa@unmsm.edu.pe

Terms of Reference
Before submitting, it is essential that all works presented for evaluation and, if applicable, subsequent publication, comply with the "Guidelines and Publication Standards for Authors," which can be reviewed at the following link: https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/utopia/guidelines.

Submission Guidelines
The following aspects are highlighted. On the first page: Title: concise and directly related to the studied topic. Subtitles are not accepted. Abstract: must describe the central idea of the research and consider its relationship with the object and methodology, with a maximum of 150 words. Add four or five keywords in alphabetical order. It must be written in Spanish and English. Footnotes in titles, abstracts, keywords, author names, or any other information not corresponding to the first page are not accepted. Content structure (from the second page): Introduction or Presentation, development sectioned by titles and subtitles (sections), general conclusions, and up-to-date and specialized bibliography. Titles in the body of the work must be in uppercase, italics, and bold. Subtitles (sections) must be written as normal sentences, without italics and in bold. All bibliographic and footnote references must be made at the bottom of the page, in continuous numbering, following the instructions provided later. Use a custom-sized sheet of 15.03 x 22.5 cm. Narrow margins (1.27 cm on all edges). Arial Narrow font, size 9, single spacing, 0 pt before, 6 pt after; first-line indent (special) of 0.5 cm. A model sheet will be available for download, exemplifying how to apply the graphic standards. In addition to Spanish, Studies, Articles, Essays, Notes and Debates, Interviews, and Bibliographic Reviews may be submitted in Portuguese, French, Italian, and English. Submissions must be sent electronically (in ".doc", ".docx", or ".rtf" formats; submissions in .pdf are prohibited) to the email utopraxislat@gmail.com.

 

Journal Sections

--Regular Appearance--
Articles
A specific, monographic investigation, preferably a partial or final result of research, highlighting reflective and critical argumentation on theoretical and/or practical, methodological and/or epistemological problems of the explored topic and area of study. Its length should not exceed 20 pages.

 

--Occasional Appearance--
Studies
An exhaustive, monographic investigation focused on one or several thematic areas treated inter- and/or transdisciplinarily, developed from an epistemological paradigm. Emphasis is placed on critical analysis and interpretation. Its length should not exceed 40 pages.

Notes and Current Debates
A relatively monographic collaboration presenting opinions and critical judgments about the problems and difficulties that research processes and their results may entail. Its length should not exceed 10 pages.

Bibliographic Reviews
A collaboration that updates the bibliographic current state, collecting the main results of national and international research in the form of individual or collective books. It highlights critical analysis at various levels (theoretical, methodological, epistemic, political, social, etc.), demonstrating the impact of the research. Its length should not exceed 5 pages. Published in the "Librarius" section.

Essays
An original and personal interpretation, dispensing with the rigor of a monograph, allowing an established researcher to present their theoretical positions on the current relevance and significance of forms of thought or paradigms in their discipline and related topics. Its length should not exceed 15 pages.

Interviews
A collaboration where a renowned thinker or researcher is questioned about the particularities of their research and the results it provides to the community of scholars in their field and related areas.

Interlocutions
The editorial profiles of this section are transversal across various disciplines of the social sciences, addressing relevant issues that, due to their novelty, require dissemination among international research networks. Its main objective is to publish discursive practices with another understanding of current social science problems from practical-instrumental perspectives based on emerging experiences that can transform, in their praxis, the subjective relationships of coexistence in public spaces. The interest and purpose are to humanize the lifeworld that sustains the rationality of the 21st century. The editorial line we work on in this section is called the dissemination service of Latin American scientific knowledge for the world. Its objective is to expand coverage in the dissemination of social sciences in general. This means addressing an unmet demand that could not be covered through the declared editorial profiles, but through these new editions, we achieve expansion, enabling the inclusion of authors from multiple countries.

 

Citation Format for Bibliographic References
These references are limited to citations of articles, books, and book chapters, specialized and peer-reviewed by an Editorial Committee or endorsed by an Editorial Board of prestigious publishing houses (university or corporate) in the thematic field of the research. General references such as Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Histories, Memoirs, Proceedings, Compendiums, etc., should be avoided.

Citations
Must follow the format (Last Name: year, p. page). Example: (Freire: 1970, p. 11).
In the reference table: journal articles, following this model:
• VAN DIJK, T. A. (2005). “Ideología y análisis del discurso”, Utopía y Praxis Latinoamericana. Year:10, no. 29, April-June, CESA, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, pp. 9-36.
In the reference table: I) books and II) book chapters, following this model:
• PÉREZ-ESTÉVEZ, A. (1998). La materia, de Avicena a la Escuela Franciscana. EdiLUZ, Maracaibo.
• BERNARD, B. (2001). “El eterno retorno de una Filosofía Antihegemónica”, en: Estudios de Filosofía del Derecho y de Filosofía Social. Vol. II. Libro Homenaje a José Manuel Delgado Ocando. Tribunal Supremo de Justicia. Colección Libros Homenajes, no.4. Caracas. pp. 211-251.
In the reference table: web publications
IMPORTANT: Books and articles found online are cited exactly like printed versions.

Web Publications
• If the author is known: LAST NAME, FIRST INITIAL, “Title”, publication date if available. URL

Legal Norms
In citations: (Norm number, country)
In the reference table: Norm number. Issuing entity. Country.

IMPORTANT: When preparing your bibliography (reference table), separate it into two groups: 1) scientific journals and 2) others. The first group includes exclusively scientific journal publications, while the second includes all other types of references such as books, newspapers, theses, etc.
NOTE: In case of multiple authors, all are listed in the order of appearance. Any other type of citation, the Editorial Committee reserves the right to adapt it to this general norm. Research or collaborations with annexes, tables, graphs, etc., are not published. Any exception will be deliberated and approved by the Editorial Committee.

 

Evaluation of Collaborations
All Studies, Articles, Essays, Notes and Debates, and Interviews received by the journal will be peer-reviewed by members of the national and/or international arbitration committee with recognized professional trajectories in their respective research fields. Their decision will not be made public. The publication of works is subject to the approval of at least two arbitrators. According to the evaluation norms, they must consider the following aspects: originality, novelty, relevance, theoretical-methodological quality, formal and content structure of the work, grammatical competence, style, and clarity in writing, results, analysis, critiques, and interpretations.

Presentation and Rights of Authors and Co-authors
Studies and Articles may be individually or collectively authored. The main author must submit an email to the Editor requesting the evaluation of their work for possible publication. At the end of the work, a title called “Biodata” must be added with an abbreviated CV (same for co-authors), indicating personal and institutional data and recent publications. The publication rights will belong to the Universidad del Zulia, while the authors' rights will always be protected in favor of the authors. For any reproduction, reprint, or re-edition, by any mechanical or electronic means, of the articles, the respective permission must be requested from the journal. Authors will receive an electronic copy of the journal along with the respective publication certificates.

 

You can download a model file to build your article (Spanish only):
https://zenodo.org/records/14911648/files/modeloes.docx?download=1