Cultural studies in postgraduate programs in Latin America: A pegagogical and methodologi- cal proposal

Mónica Szurmuk
mszurmuk@mora.edu.mx
Instituto Mora, México

Robert McKee Irwin
university of california, Davis, uSa
University of California, Davis, USA

Abstract:

In this paper, we deliver a genealogy of cultural studies presence in postgraduate programs in Latin America, along with an analysis of the different forms students postgraduate training assume throughout the region. Notwithstanding the supposed marginality of cultural studies, nearly every country in the region offer specialized and postgraduate studies. We assessed the relation between those curricula and disciplinary programs (in sociology, communication, humanities, history, education, etc.), the link between various curricula throughout the region and programs in the U.S. and Europe. We inquired on faculty background, bibliography used and graduates profile. We concluded with a set of proposals and an appendix listing programs studied and experts interviewed.

Keywords: cultural studies, postgraduate programs, scholars, culture.