Revista de Estudios Sociales

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Perspectives of Latin American Institutional Analysis. An Interview with Roberto Manero Brito

No. 87 (2024-01-11)
  • Roberto Manero Brito
    Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco Unit, Mexico
  • Nicolás Rodríguez
    Universidad de la República, Uruguay
    ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3674-9801
  • Fernando Texeira
    Universidad de la República, Uruguay
    ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0006-1407

Abstract

In this interview, Roberto Manero Brito presents the developments of institutional analysis in Latin America, particularly its connection with the Argentine group dynamic trend. Instituting, self-management, and general assembly, among other mobilizing myths, took on a unique form in this continent through the intersection of psychoanalysis, group work, and the desire for social change. Manero notes that institutional analysis in Latin America has been guided more by a logic of mestizaje than by an illusion of theoretical-technical purity. To integrate this perspective into the realm of education in social sciences, the field needs to be prioritized, the research assignments questioned, and a specific relationship between social knowledge and specialized knowledge established, centered on listening and a transition from empathy to sympathy. Questioning academic structures and building a sense of community around research and intervention issues are key elements for this transition. The final part of the interview focuses on the promotional orientation of social psychology, specifically the commitment to the collective construction of knowledge and the creation of new social meanings.

Keywords: institutional analysis, Latin America, research, Social Psychology

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