Community Engagement and University Extension in Latin American Universities: New Paths between Legacy and Invention
Fall 2024 Harry ’51 and Joshua ’49 Tsujimoto Perspectives in Global Development Seminar Series
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About the speaker
Agustín Cano Menoni is a full-time professor at Universidad de la República (Udelar), the main public university of Uruguay. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the Department of Global Development at Cornell University.
In Uruguay, He works in the Institute of Education (School of Humanities and Education) and in the “Programa Integral Metropolitano”, an Udelar engagement program in Montevideo. Between 2008 and 2011 he served as coordinator of the Department of University Extension Projects of the Central Extension Service of Udelar. He is a Level I researcher in the National System of Researchers of the uruguayan “Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación”. He is currently a member of the editorial board of several academic journals in Uruguay and Argentina dedicated to university engagement topics. His academic work is located in the field of education, with emphasis on higher education, and in particular on the subject of community engagement and university-society relations. His work has sought to articulate both a sociological and a pedagogical perspective.
He has coordinated or participated in comparative research projects on community engagement and outreach policies of universities in the region, in research on the pedagogical dimension of university engagement, in systematizations of experiences, and in historical studies on Latin American extension. On these topics he has researched, published, cooperated and taught in undergraduate and graduate courses in Uruguay as well as in universities of Argentina, Chile, Brasil, Panama, Mexico and USA. He has also organized academic events both nationally and internationally, and has written books, chapters and scientific articles in academic journals. In addition to the purposes linked to the creation of knowledge, his work has also sought to contribute to the construction of pedagogical alternatives in higher education, particularly from his work at the “Programa Integral Metropolitano” of UdelaR. From this program, he has promoted interdisciplinary and intersectorial research, teaching and community engagement processes, aimed at strengthening educational communities and their capacity to respond to the problems and challenges they face. Dr. Cano received BS in Psychology from the Udelar – Uruguay (2007), MA in Social Projects from Lumsa Università di Roma – Italy (2007) and PhD in Pedagogy from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México – UNAM (2017).
Seminar co-sponsor
Polson Institute for Global Development
About the seminar series
The Harry ’51 & Joshua ’49 Tsujimoto Perspectives in Global Development Seminar Series showcases innovative approaches to development with experts from around the globe. Each year, the series attracts online registrants from over 45 countries and more than 350 organizations.
Seminars are held Wednesdays from 12:20-1:10 p.m. eastern time during the semester in 175 Warren Hall. Students, faculty and the general public are welcome to attend in-person or via Zoom.
The series is co-sponsored by the Department of Global Development, the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, and the School of Integrative Plant Science as part of courses GDEV 4961, AEM 4961, NTRES 4961, GDEV 6960, AEM 6960, and NTRES 6960.
