CULTURE AS A RIGHT IN LATIN AMERICA: ARTISTIC LABOR, PUBLIC POLICY AND STRUCTURAL INEQUALITIES
IN THE CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN CONTEXT, MARKED BY PROCESSES OF POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RECONFIGURATION THAT STRAIN DEMOCRACIES AND THE FRAMEWORKS GUARANTEEING HUMAN RIGHTS, CULTURE IS CONSOLIDATED AS A STRATEGIC SPACE OF DISPUTE, MEANING PRODUCTION AND COLLECTIVE ACTION. IN PARTICULAR, ITS CONSIDERATION AS A RIGHT MAKES VISIBLE BOTH THE STRUCTURAL INEQUALITIES RUNNING THROUGH THE CULTURAL FIELD AND THE STRUGGLES FOR ITS EXPANSION AND DEMOCRATIZATION.
IN CONTINUITY WITH THE DEBATES DEVELOPED IN PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF THE ICA CONGRESS (2012, 2015, 2018, 2023 AND 2025), THIS SYMPOSIUM PROPOSES TO EXPLORE AND ANALYZE THE CONTEMPORARY CONDITIONS OF THE CULTURAL FIELD IN LATIN AMERICA, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE NORMATIVE FRAMEWORKS THAT REGULATE ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL LABOR, FORMS OF CONTRACTING, LABOR REGIMES, AND MODES OF ACCESS TO CULTURAL CITIZENSHIP. IN PARTICULAR, IT SEEKS TO REFLECT ON HOW THESE DIMENSIONS ARE AFFECTED BY RECENT TRANSFORMATIONS IN PUBLIC POLICY, FUNDING MODELS, FORMS OF MANAGEMENT, AND RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE AND OTHER SOCIAL ACTORS, AS WELL AS THEIR IMPACT ON DEMOCRATIC LIFE AND THE EFFECTIVE GUARANTEE OF CULTURAL RIGHTS. THE SYMPOSIUM ALSO INVITES DISCUSSION OF THE DISPUTES AND RECONFIGURATIONS CURRENTLY TRAVERSING THE CULTURAL FIELD, INCLUDING THOSE RELATED TO GENDER, AS WELL AS THE ARTICULATIONS BETWEEN ARTISTIC-CULTURAL EXPERIENCES AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS (TRANSFEMINISMS, INDIGENOUS, ENVIRONMENTAL, AMONG OTHERS). PAPERS THAT, FROM INTERSECTIONAL PERSPECTIVES, ACCOUNT FOR THE STRUCTURAL INEQUALITIES SHAPING THE CULTURAL SECTOR –IN TERMS OF CLASS, GENDER, ETHNICITY, TERRITORIALITY AND WORKING CONDITIONS– AS WELL AS THE WAYS IN WHICH THESE AFFECT THE PRODUCTION, CIRCULATION AND LEGITIMATION OF KNOWLEDGE, WILL BE ESPECIALLY ENCOURAGED.
IN THIS SENSE, CONTRIBUTIONS INCORPORATING SITUATED APPROACHES AND EMPIRICAL ANALYSES THAT MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND THE SPECIFIC DYNAMICS OF THE SECTOR IN DIFFERENT NATIONAL AND LOCAL CONTEXTS WILL BE VALUED. IN THIS WAY, THE SYMPOSIUM PROPOSES TO FOSTER A RESEARCH AGENDA ORIENTED TOWARD DIALOGUE WITH ACTORS IN THE LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC MANAGEMENT FIELDS, WITH THE AIM OF CONTRIBUTING TO THE FORMULATION OF CULTURAL POLICIES THAT STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY AND EXPAND THE HORIZON OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE REGION.
