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Open research questions in Latin American Cultural Politics

45 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 1,961 Latin American Cultural Politics papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

What the literature leaves open

  • The complexity of the problem of colonialism, - The need to develop a critical understanding of the role of social media and technology, - The challenge of promoting a more just and equitable society

    ¿Dónde está el enemigo? Colonialismo y tecnología · 2026 · DOI
  • The current education system is monocultural and monolingual. There is a need to transition from a superficial to a critical interculturality approach in teacher training.

    Interculturalidad crítica y descolonización educativa en la formación docente: una experiencia en la ESFM Rafael Chávez Ortiz · 2026 · DOI
  • La necesidad de una propuesta teórica y una herramienta metodológica para un análisis histórico-estructural sobre los problemas sociales y ecológicoambientales. La falta de consideración de las relaciones de poder que buscan controlar los principales ámbitos de la existencia social.

    Descolonialidad del poder. Una propuesta epistemológica y teórico-metodológica para el análisis de los problemas sociales y ecológico-ambientales. · 2026 · DOI
  • The article identifies a gap in understanding the formation of the political. The study highlights the need for a phenomenological perspective on the issue.

    Formación de lo político: una mirada patočkiana · 2026 · DOI
  • The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of how national identity is problematized in Le dedico mi silencio. The study highlights the need to explore the role of music in shaping collective memory and the failure of mestizaje in Peru.

    La utopía de la identidad nacional en Le dedico mi silencio (2023): música, literatura y el fracaso del mestizaje cultural · 2026 · DOI
  • The paper identifies a gap in the research process related to the lack of reflexivity. The author recognizes that their own perspective and biases can influence the research process. The paper highlights the need to incorporate new dimensions and perspectives in the research process.

    ¿Qué ves cuándo me ves? (¿y qué no ves?): interrogar la propia mirada en la investigación socioantropológica de identidades narrativas en la ruralidad · 2026 · DOI
  • Future research should prioritize the well-being and safety of researchers and participants - Future research should engage with the complexities and contradictions of research in contexts of precarity and violence

    El lugar de la investigadora aguafiestas: etnografiar contextos precarizados en Medellín, Colombia · 2026 · DOI
  • There is a lack of research on the experiences of researchers in contexts of precarity and violence - There is a need for more self-reflexive and disca research practices

    El lugar de la investigadora aguafiestas: etnografiar contextos precarizados en Medellín, Colombia · 2026 · DOI
  • The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of the journey of ideas in Brazilian regionalism. The study highlights the need for further research on the impact of literary theory on Brazilian regionalism.

    The Journey of Ideas to Brazil and the Regionalism of Torto Arado · 2026 · DOI
  • The need to analyze the crises and transformations of the family in the context of neoliberalism. The lack of understanding of the family's role in the management of the crisis of social reproduction.

    Presentación monográfico: Crisis y transformaciones de la familia en el contexto neoliberal · 2026 · DOI
  • Future research should consider the long-term effects of the government's chronotope of containment on immobility among government supporters. Future research should examine the impact of alternative forms of mobility, such as 'survival migration', on the outmigration crisis in Venezuela.

    Chronotopic mechanisms of sedentary subjectification: Territorializing Venezuela’s communes · 2026 · DOI
  • The study identifies a gap in the literature on the moral and political implications of mobility decisions in the context of Venezuela's outmigration crisis. The study highlights the need for a nuanced understanding of the complex and politicized nature of staying put in Venezuela.

    Chronotopic mechanisms of sedentary subjectification: Territorializing Venezuela’s communes · 2026 · DOI
  • The study identifies a gap in the understanding of the role of academics as activists in defending human rights and the rights of nature, - It highlights the importance of defending health and territory

    Activistas: Construyendo puentes y defendiendo los derechos de los seres humanos y la naturaleza · 2026 · DOI
  • The need to understand the communicative practices of Shuar Arutam youth in the context of the expansion of the digital regime, coloniality of development, and ongoing territorial disputes. The lack of consideration of the symbolic, affective, and political dimensions of technology in the development of communication strategies.

    La grieta del espectáculo: Juventud shuar, comunicación e insurgencia tecnológica territorial · 2026 · DOI
  • The paper identifies a gap in the consideration of affect in the analysis of digitalization. The paper also identifies a gap in the analysis of anti-racist community communication centered on affect.

    Comunicación comunitaria antirracista y afectos: Una crítica corporizada a la digitalización de la vida · 2026 · DOI
  • The paper suggests that future research should engage with the path of conocimiento to deepen our understanding of the experiences of queer Latinx/a/o individuals. The study highlights the need for further research on the application of the Muxerista Activist Consciousness Development Framework. The paper suggests that future research should consider the socialization and training of researchers in shaping their engagement with research.

    Heridas y Sanación Colectiva: The Path of Conocimiento as a Muxerista-Jotería Framework for Queer Latinx/a/o Research in Higher Education · 2026 · DOI
  • The paper identifies a gap in understanding the experiences of queer Latinx/a/o individuals in higher education. The study highlights the need for a relational and reflexive approach to guiding research design and practice. The paper suggests that engaging the path of conocimiento can address this gap.

    Heridas y Sanación Colectiva: The Path of Conocimiento as a Muxerista-Jotería Framework for Queer Latinx/a/o Research in Higher Education · 2026 · DOI
  • Future research should continue to develop the Muxerista-Jotería framework and its applications. Future research should prioritize the inclusion and visibility of Jotería projects from the subaltern. Future research should explore the potential of reciprocal exchange and solidarity in Jotería Studies.

    Transnacionalizando y Transfronterizando: Arte, Expresiones e Iniciativas de la Jotería desde abajo del Globo Sur en México · 2026 · DOI
  • The paper identifies a gap in Jotería Studies, which has been institutionalized in the Global North and has reproduced hemispheric hierarchies. The paper seeks to address this gap by prioritizing the inclusion and visibility of Jotería projects from the subaltern.

    Transnacionalizando y Transfronterizando: Arte, Expresiones e Iniciativas de la Jotería desde abajo del Globo Sur en México · 2026 · DOI
  • Future research should continue to develop the framework of ecofeminismo decolonial and its application to the crisis socioambiental in Colombia. Further studies should explore the implementation of the Pedagogía de la Tierra in different contexts and its impact on generating conciencia crítica about environmental destruction and the subordination of women.

    ECOFEMINISMO DECOLONIAL: EL ROL PEDAGÓGICO DE LA MUJER RURAL EN LA DEFENSA DEL TERRITORIO EN COLOMBIA · 2026 · DOI
  • The paper identifies a gap in the recognition of rural women's knowledge and practices in defending the territory and constructing a lasting peace in Colombia. The paper highlights the need for a framework that recognizes the vínculo estructural between the opresión de género and the explotación depredadora de la naturaleza.

    ECOFEMINISMO DECOLONIAL: EL ROL PEDAGÓGICO DE LA MUJER RURAL EN LA DEFENSA DEL TERRITORIO EN COLOMBIA · 2026 · DOI
  • The field of psychological care has been enmeshed within the pillars of Modern medical scientific discourses, limiting our understanding of mental health and wellbeing. The efforts in Global Mental Health have been limited by their reliance on colonial paradigms and metrics.

    Discontent and Collectivity: Free Psychoanalytic Clinics as Spaces of Sanitary Emancipation · 2026 · DOI
  • The need for universities to transcend strictly academic training and consolidate themselves as institutions committed to human development, citizenship, and social transformation. The importance of culture as a strategic tool for building more inclusive and sustainable societies.

    El Centro Cultural de la UPCH como espacio de diálogo, ciudadanía y transformación social · 2026 · DOI
  • The lack of incorporation of feminist perspectives in environmental education. The dominant environmental education reproduces a subtext of gender that imposes separation and dominance over what is considered 'Nature'.

    Hacia una Educación Ambiental De(s)colonial y Feminista: fundamentos desde la coteorización con mujeres · 2026 · DOI
  • The lack of understanding of the mechanisms of colonial domination in modern society, - The need to study the role of social media and technology in these mechanisms

    ¿Dónde está el enemigo? Colonialismo y tecnología · 2026 · DOI

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