FEMINIST ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN LATIN AMERICA IN THE NEW GEOPOLITICAL CONTEXT

Cristina Burneo Salazar, Independent Researcher

Ecuador has been included in the new cartographic delineation of the United States as part of the so-called “New North America.” This indicates a new geopolitical reality determined by the Shield of the Americas political alliance. What does this have to do with academic freedom? Academic censorship and the stifling of certain fields of study – especially gender studies – in Latin American countries controlled by right-wing authoritarian regimes have led some universities to subordinate themselves to these regimes’ agendas. This presentation will address the new retrograde academic establishment and the power it wields over feminist scholars of the South.