The challenges of living together in societies marked by growing inequalities and divisions appear even more pressing today than they did nearly nine years ago, when the Maria Sibylla Merian Centre Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America (Mecila) began its activities.

The objective of the conference is to present the progress Mecila has achieved, the social relevance of the knowledge it has generated, and its dissemination to academic and non-academic audiences in Latin America, in Germany, and internationally. Through a series of roundtables and panel discussions, scholars, artists, activists, and institutional actors discuss the following interconnected topics: North-South academic asymmetries, climate-related disputes, multispecies conviviality, and contemporary attacks on democracy.

Another important goal is to strengthen existing networks of cooperation and collaboration. Accordingly, other pertinent research centres, and particularly the Merian Centres based in Accra, Delhi, Guadalajara, and Tunis as well as the DFG Humanities Centre of Advanced Studies Futures of Sustainability and the GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies, have also contributed to shaping the conference programme.
Please find the programme and registration details here: https://mecila.net/en/mecila-berlin-conference-2025