OUR NORTH IS THE SOUTH: A CASE STUDY ON THE LATIN AMERICAN DOCTORATE IN EDUCATION AT UFMG

ABSTRACT: International cooperation is a strategic component for the constitution and consolidation of stricto sensu excellence postgraduate programs. In the strengthening of the Brazilian Postgraduate System, academic relations with the global North have been valued, where most of the world-class universities are concentrated. This article presents an experience that distances itself from this model, focusing on South-South cooperation and the meanings of regional cooperation to overcome specific problems of Latin America and the Caribbean. The subject of this work is the Latin American Doctorate in Education (DLA) at UFMG/Brazil, which was developed in partnership with Unesco and universities in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela. The analysis includes documents of the program and questionnaires answered by graduates. It was concluded that the DLA is an alternative internationalization project, with more autonomy and self-centered, oriented by a social justice conception and solidarity among countries of the region.

摘要：国际合作是构建并巩固严格意义上（stricto sensu）卓越研究生项目的战略核心组成部分。在巴西研究生教育体系的优化与建设进程中，学界长期侧重与全球北方的学术联系——该区域集中了全球绝大多数世界一流大学。本研究呈现了一种脱离该传统范式的实践探索，聚焦南南合作与区域合作在破解拉丁美洲及加勒比地区特定发展难题中的价值与内涵。本研究的对象为巴西米纳斯吉拉斯联邦大学（Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais，缩写UFMG）的拉丁美洲教育学博士项目（Latin American Doctorate in Education，缩写DLA），该项目由UFMG与联合国教育、科学及文化组织（Unesco）以及智利、哥伦比亚、厄瓜多尔、洪都拉斯、墨西哥、秘鲁、委内瑞拉的高校联合开发。研究分析涵盖该项目的官方档案文件以及历届毕业生填写的调查问卷。最终研究结论表明，DLA是一种具备更高自主性、以区域自身发展为核心的国际化替代方案，其发展导向立足于社会正义理念与区域各国间的团结协作。