Last week was held the first seminar of the Gender Autonomies Nucleus of the Central University (NIAG), which is directed and integrated respectively by Paz Concha and Gabriela Zapata, both from the Max Planck-UCentral group and the research and postgraduate institute of the Faculty of Economics, Government and Communications; it is also integrated by Neida Colmenares, academic of that faculty, and Marcela Betancourt, who is part of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Chile.
The seminar was well attended by undergraduate and graduate students from Universidad Central along with researchers.
The topics were organized into four roundtables: “Economic life and gender: studies of employment, care and trajectories”, “Migrations, mobilities and gender”, “Gender and intergenerational relations: youth and aging” and finally “Emerging challenges in gender studies”.
The educational consequences of early detection of autism and its characteristics were discussed. In addition, on the suicide of young people as a human rights issue. in South Korea and Chile, analyzing their main similarities and differences.
It also analyzed the symbolic universe of Chilean television commercials and how they develop gender equality in their contents, between 2019 and 2021, among many other topics, always under a gender perspective or as an axis of analysis.
A large number of research papers, thesis projects or final research results for degrees and diplomas were registered among the exhibits. From a third-year psychology student to a doctoral student in law, about 40% of the presentations were in the hands of Central U. students.
The main objective of the NIAG is the creation of knowledge in a collaborative and interdisciplinary manner and the seminar was a space where progress was made towards this goal. Now, a next seminar is planned, with presentations by people from outside the university, in order to continue promoting cooperation in the creation of knowledge. Stay tuned to the networks to learn more about the core and actions of “Universidad en Igualdad”.
