{"id":11469,"date":"2020-09-29T13:27:43","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T18:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amelica.org\/?p=11414"},"modified":"2023-09-27T21:15:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T21:15:36","slug":"latin-american-open-access-essay-competition-2020-open-with-purpose-taking-actions-to-build-structural-equity-and-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amelica.org\/index.php\/en\/2020\/09\/29\/latin-american-open-access-essay-competition-2020-open-with-purpose-taking-actions-to-build-structural-equity-and-inclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Latin American Open Access Essay Competition 2020 \u201cOpen with Purpose: Taking Actions to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
Meet the winners of the Latin American Open Access Essay Competition 2020<\/a><\/div>\n

The Open Access Week<\/a><\/span> is an \u201cannual academic communication event on Open Access issues and is an opportunity to reflect on past progress, strengthen multifactorial processes and to plan strategies for the future\u201d. UNESCO<\/a><\/span> along with its partners, wishes to take advantage of the Open Access Week 2020 to collaborate with the academic world, to explore new changes in the publishing processes and the democratization of knowledge. The Open Access Week will be organized in 2020 with the theme: \u201cOpen with Purpose\u201d<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Latin America has been a leading continent in Open Access. This has been achieved through setting examples and various cornerstones. Therefore, with the objective of committing the Latin American academy to improve understanding of the subject and generate concrete actions to increase its role on the publication processes, a regional webinar has been organized<\/p>\n

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\u201cOpenness can be a powerful tool that allows to build more equitable systems to share knowledge. Reconstructing research and academic activities so that they are open by default, presents a unique opportunity to build a foundation that is fundamentally more equitable. However today cultural racism, discrimination, and exclusion are present and persist in places where openness is a core value. As a global community it is important to understand that today\u2019s systems and spaces are often built over historical legacies of injustice and addressing these inequalities is a necessity.
\nWe need to examine who these systems and spaces are designed for, who is not being considered, who has been excluded by the business models we use, and what interests take precedence. As we work together to rebuild these structures we need to commit to move from conversations to concrete commitments and to make each other accountable to achieve real progress.\u201d (Open Access Week<\/a><\/span>)
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Sponsored by<\/strong>: AmeliCA, <\/a>UNESCO, <\/a>Redalyc, <\/a>CLACSO<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Aimed at<\/strong>: young researchers, undergraduate or graduate students from Latin American universities. Students from Latin America who are studying at universities outside the region can also participate.<\/p>\n

Submission Guidelines:<\/strong><\/p>\n