On December 15th several ECREA members took part in the official launching of the book Research Traditions in Dialogue: Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe. This is one of the most remarkable outcomes of the long established collaboration between ECREA and ALAIC, the Latin American Association of Communication Researchers. The alliance set back in 2010 turned into an active joint task force between both associations between 2012 and 2018, with a constant presence in international conference, organized by ECREA, ALAIC or IAMCR.
This book is published in open access both in English and Spanish, and it presents a stimulating method based on the dialogue between European and Latin American experts discussing on six of the main research traditions in our field: functionalism, critical theory, cultural studies, alternativism, postcolonialism and feminism.
For the open access book in English, click here: https://www.alaic.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Research-Traditions-in-Dialogue.pdf
Para la versión digital en español del libro, pulse aquí: https://www.alaic.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Tradiciones-de-Investigacion-en-Dialogo-capa-3.pdf
Edited by: Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Gabriel Kaplún, Miguel Vicente Mariño and Leonardo Custódio
Editorial Team:
Fernando Oliveira Paulino, César Bolaño y Gabriel Kaplún (ALAIC)
Miguel Vicente Mariño, Leonardo Custódio y Nico Carpentier (ECREA)
A book published by: Media XXI (www.mediaxxi.com)
The book "Research Traditions in Dialogue: Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe" reflects on the following questions: What are the possibilities to establish bridges, comparisons and connections between/among Communication Studies in Europe and Latin America? How can we describe, and put into perspective, the research in these two regions? How are they connected, in particular ways, to functionalism, critical thinkings, culturalist currents, alternative reflexions, postcolonial studies and feminist perspectives about the Communication?
These are important issues that are relevant to Communication scholars and students – This new book aims to stimulate the debate on the roles of these research traditions, and on the similarities and differences in the two regions. In dealing with these questions, the book aims to connect Communication studies in Latin America and Europe through dialogues that involved important researchers who accepted the challenge of working together.
They are: Nico Carpentier, Miguel Vicente Mariño, Leonardo Custódio, Juana Gallego Ayala, Maria João Silveirinha Cláudia Lago, Mara Coelho de Souza Lago, Monica Martinez, Tanius Karam Cárdenas, Antonio Castillo Esparcia, Alejandro Álvarez-Nobell, Pedro Russi, Ruth de Frutos, Javier Torres Molina, César Bolaño, Leonarda García-Jiménez, Manuel Hernández Pérez, Filipa Subtil, Marta Rizo, Alejandro Barranquero, Emiliano Treré, Lázaro Bacallao, Sarah Anne Ganter, Félix Ortega and Erick Torrico Villanueva.
Digital versions of the book “Research Traditions in Dialogue: Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe” are available through the links above. The publication is the result of a collaboration between the Asociación Latinoamericana de Investigadores de la Comunicación (ALAIC) and the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), supported by the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR).
