Entrevista a Alejandro Grimson. Desafíos intelectuales para la imaginación política

To introduce the interview, Dr. Alina Peña comments: Alejandro Grimson's work stands out for its critical analysis of the processes of identity construction and border dynamics in Latin America. An anthropologist and academic, Grimson has developed relevant research works because they question essentialist notions of nation and culture. In Los límites de la cultura (Grimson, 2011), the author proposes an understanding of culture from its processes of configurations as complex frameworks that articulate shared historical experiences, inequalities and symbolic sedimentation processes. This concept, which is key for those of us who work from a sociocultural perspective, allows us to understand how collective meanings and practices are constantly reconfigured in contexts of crisis and social transformation.