The Council of the Otros Saberes (Other Knowledges) will share findings from a set of research projects examining indigenous education, racism and territorial autonomy, and forms of violence, including forced disappearances in Latin America.

Over the past two decades, a significant shift in Latin American Studies has been the incorporation of alternative forms of knowledge, especially those produced outside traditional academic institutions. Activists, social movement participants, indigenous communities, and Afro-descendant networks are generating what is known as Otros Saberes (Other Knowledges). These perspectives often challenge dominant epistemologies, disciplinary methods, and teaching practices.

The Otros Saberes approach has enriched both research and pedagogy by introducing new questions and ideas from the Global South, broadening academic debates, particularly in anthropology and the humanities, by centering diverse, situated knowledge. However, these conversations have been largely absent from fields such as poverty studies, global development, and policymaking, which are often grounded in positivist traditions of economics, sociology, and political science.

This event is co-sponsored by CDDRL, the Center for Latin American Studies, and the King Center on Global Development.

Introduction — Learning from the Otros Saberes Perspective: 

• Diana Gómez Correal, Independent Scholar, former Vice-minister for Women at the Ministry for Equality and Equity, Colombia
• Rocío del Pilar Moreno, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades (CUCSH) at the Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
   

Rapporteur Report of the Stanford Workshop:

• Aida Hernández, Professor and Senior Researcher at the Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, CIESAS, Mexico
• Alberto Díaz-Cayeros, Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, USA
   

Invitation to the Encuentros in San Francisco 2025 and Paris 2026:

• Sabrina Melenotte, Research Fellow at the Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), CNRS - IRD - Université Paris Cité, France