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"We wanted to democratize the university" The history of Amanda Labarca's university extension project

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2027-05-01
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https://doi.org/10.7298/dxf2-g059
https://hdl.handle.net/1813/113886
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Cornell Theses and Dissertations
Author
Flores Gonzalez, Matias Gabriel
Abstract

Amanda Labarca (1886-1975) was an educator, feminist, and the first woman to hold a university professor position in Chile in 1922. Labarca dedicated her life to practicing, theorizing, and promoting university extension, which is now considered the third mission of Latin American universities. In this thesis, I reconstructed her university extension work at Universidad de Chile in three moments: 1907-1913, 1935-1936, and 1949-1953. I identified four main lessons from her experience: she was a pioneer and innovator of university extension in Latin America; her university extension project was part of a broader political project of democratization of society and feminism; her extension work was part of a global dialogue with feminists and extension experiences in the US; her case shows how university extension was, and still is, a concept in dispute that help us rethink and reimagine university’s role in society.

Amanda Labarca (1886-1975) fue una educadora, feminista y la primera mujer en ocupar el cargo de profesora universitaria en Chile en 1922. Labarca dedicó su vida a practicar, teorizar y promover la extensión universitaria, que ahora es considerada la tercera misión de las universidades en América Latina. En esta tesis, reconstruí su proyecto de extensión universitaria en la Universidad de Chile en tres momentos: 1907-1913, 1935-1936 y 1949-1953. Identifiqué cuatro aprendizajes principales: Labarca fue pionera e innovadora de la extensión universitaria en América Latina; su proyecto de extensión universitaria fue parte de un proyecto político más amplio de democratización de la sociedad y feminismo; su trabajo de extensión fue parte de un diálogo global con feministas y experiencias de extensión en Estados Unidos; su caso muestra cómo la extensión universitaria fue, y sigue siendo, un concepto en disputa que nos ayuda a repensar y reimaginar el rol de la universidad en la sociedad.

Date Issued
2023-05
Keywords
Engagement
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Feminism
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Latin American University
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Universidad de Chile
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University Extension
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Vinculación con el medio
Committee Chair
Peters, Scott
Committee Member
Craib, Raymond
Degree Discipline
Development Studies
Degree Name
M.S., Development Studies
Degree Level
Master of Science
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Rights URI
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Type
dissertation or thesis
Link(s) to Catalog Record
https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/16176543

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