Kaleidos – Center for Interdisciplinary Ethnography is a joint effort between the University of Cuenca and FLACSO-Ecuador to promote interinstitutional and interdisciplinary collaborations. Created on April 5, 2018, this ethnography-centered research space in the global south aims to bring together scientists and ethnographers to build bridges across disciplines through research-driven discussions around urgent worldly issues. This means: producing research that informs local problems through socially engaged mechanisms, and combining a multidisciplinary perspective to the development of innovative solutions to global challenges. In this sense, Kaleidos produces academic research with local relevance but with an international scope. The Center has four main objectives:
