Leandro Rodriguez Medina offers a powerful conception of strategic vs. engaged|transcendental academic networks.
Rodriguez Medina is the founding editor of Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society
Rodriguez Medina’s co-author, Hebe Vessuri, was the winner of the 2017 Bernal prize awarded by the Society for Social Studies of Science for career-spanning contributions to the field of Science and Technology Studies.
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RodriguezMedina, L. 2018. "On the Internationalization of the Social Sciences: A View From the South," University of California Los Angeles, School of Education lecture. February 1. https://stsinfrastructures.org/content/rodriguezmedinal-2018-internationalization-social-science-view-south
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Rodriquez Medina, Leandro. 2019. Enacting Networks, Crossing Borders: A STS Perspective on the Internationalization of the Social Sciences in Mexico, Current Sociology 67(5): 705-722. https://stsinfrastructures.org/content/rodriguezmedina-2019-enacting-networks-crossing-borders-sts-perspective-internationalization
RodriquezMedinaL & VessuriH. 2018. Cooperación Asimétrica: ¿la despolitización de las redes internacionales en las ciencias sociales actuales? In Rosalba G. Ramírez García and José R. Rodríguez Jiménez (Coords) Internacionalización académica y científica Políticas, itinerarios, saberes e instrumentos, Mexico City: CINVESTAV, CONACYT, RIMAC y UNESCO, pp. 17-36. https://stsinfrastructures.org/content/rodriquezmedinal-vessurih-2018-cooperaci%C3%B3n-asim%C3%A9trica-%C2%BFla-despolitizaci%C3%B3n-de-las-redes