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Professor for Sociological Theory at the Universidad Central del Ecuador. Works on the history of sociology, the indigenous movement in Ecuador, and the university.

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The first 18 copies of my book sold. Hey, there's more potential there: it's an investigation into the changes in the indigenous movement that led to the uprisings of 2019 and 2022. And it provides clues to understanding the uprising of 2025. Here it is: www.routledge.com/Ecological-N...

05.03.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Inequality in Ecuadorian Sociology of the 1950s and 1960s Heavy inequalities mark Ecuador. Ecuadorian sociology was always aware of this. Inequality is a central political language of academic sociology in Ecuador and the main field of contact with global...

Still a few free copies available of my article on how inequality was conceptualized in Ecuadorian sociology.

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/G7PQY...

25.01.2026 00:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/100661/9783968696973.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=yY

2025 was also the year when I (and Timmo KrΓΌger) could finish a research started in 2019, on the diffusion of the concept of Buen Vivir in Germany, particularly, its environmentalist movement. All in this book, with other fascinating contributions on Buen Vivir or Vivir Bien: t.co/rs3mt1XPE2

14.01.2026 11:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ecological Natives and Indigenous Class Warriors: The Indigenous Movement in Ecuador and the Uprisings of 2019 and 2022 The Indigenous movement in Ecuador was one of the most influential social movements in Latin America during the 1990s. It had a high mobilization capability, formed broad alliances, and had a clear di...

2025 wasn't a great year for me. Yet, I could finish a few long-term projects. One is a short book that updates research on the indigenous movement in Ecuador, particularly the uprisings of 2019 and 2022. This discount code should still be active: 25AFLY4
www.routledge.com/Ecological-N...

11.01.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi everyone. I am new here, tired of the platform-formerly-known-as-twitter (and nostalgic of what it was a few years back). Any ground rules for bsky?

10.01.2026 22:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0