Cultures in the Reconfiguration of World Order
Conflicts, Mobilities and Pluralities in the 21st Century
A permanent digital space for critical dialogue on cultures, operating transnationally without fixed territorial center.
When the world order reconfigures, cultures do not wait.
They produce meanings, build resistances, imagine futures.
Dates. October 13, 14 and 15, 2026.
Promoted and organized by
What is #Cultures
#Cultures is an international scientific congress conceived as a permanent digital space for critical dialogue on cultures. Its online nature is not contingent, it is structural.
A transnational congress by design
The congress operates on a transnational scale with no fixed territorial center, allowing different regions to participate under symmetric conditions of scientific production and circulation.
Cultures, in the plural
Cultures, in the plural, is an epistemological position. It recognizes culture as symbolic dispute, memory regime, politics of identity, social organization, and meaning making technology.
The world this congress interrogates
Cultures in the Reconfiguration of World Order: Conflicts, Mobilities and Pluralities in the 21st Century.
The world order is undergoing a period of structural rearrangement. Regional conflicts assume global dimensions. Multipolarity redefines alliances and hegemonies. Migrations and displacements intensify diasporas. Digital technologies reorganize information regimes. Symbolic economies are being restructured on a planetary scale.
These processes are not only geopolitical, they are cultural
They produce identity displacements, reconfigure heritage and territorialities, transform cultural policies and alter forms of belonging and resistance.
#Cultures 2026 examines these dynamics through a critical, interdisciplinary and international perspective, reading conflicts, mobilities and pluralities as lived cultural realities that demand plural analytical frameworks.
Scientific structure
The congress is organized around the eight Research Lines of CLAEC. Accepted submission formats: expanded research abstract, experience report, pedagogical letter. Accepted language: English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, and Mandarin.
I
Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development
II
Cultural Diversity, Human Rights and Intersectionalities
III
Cultural Territories, Education and Sustainability
IV
Technology, Digital Culture and Social Innovation
V
Borders, Migrations, Diasporas and Identities
VI
Cultural Management, Organizations and Entrepreneurship
VII
Memory, Heritage and Musealization
VIII
Arts, Performances, Communication and Cultural Practices
Publications
- All approved papers are published in digital proceedings with an individual DOI.
- After the event, authors may be invited to submit full articles for partner journals or edited volumes linked to highlighted sessions.
Main actions
- Establish an International Cell and mobilize your region into the global program.
- Join the newsletter to receive the call for papers and official communications.
How the congress works
#Cultures operates through a network model with defined central governance. General Coordination, formed by CLAEC and Scientia International, establishes the annual theme, scientific guidelines, unified regulations, technological platform, editorial policy and global programming.
General Coordination
- Annual theme and scientific orientation
- Regulations, peer review, editorial policy
- Platform, streaming and proceedings workflow
- Unified global program
International Cells
- Collaborative hubs formed by partner institutions
- Regional mobilization integrated into global programming
- Territorial plurality with scientific unity
Establish an International Cell
Joining an International Cell is not merely a logistical partnership. It is a decision of scientific positioning.
Minimum requirements
- Participation of at least two institutions
- Designation of an Official Coordinator and a Deputy Coordinator
- Commitment to regional scientific mobilization
What the Cell does
- Mobilizes researchers and submissions in its region
- Nominates ad hoc reviewers
- Proposes up to two thematic panels within the congress lines
- Articulates regional debates integrated into the global program
What the Cell receives
- Formal recognition as a congress partner
- Integration into an international research network
- Participation in the construction of the program
- Global institutional visibility
- 40 percent discount on registration fees for affiliated researchers, faculty and students
Start now
Founding Cells are open until April 15, 2026. From April 16, Cell formation continues in rolling enrollment.
Timeline
| Stage | Date |
|---|---|
| Founding Cells, expression of interest | Open now |
| Founding Cells deadline | April 15, 2026 |
| Rolling Cell enrollment opens | From April 16, 2026 |
| Registration period | April to October 13, 2026 |
| Launch of the call for papers | May 1, 2026 |
| Submission period | May 1 to July 31, 2026 |
| Peer review process | August 2026 |
| Notification of results | September 2026 |
| Congress | October 13, 14 and 15, 2026 |
| Electronic certificates issued | Up to 30 days after the event |
| Invitation for full articles | November to December 2026 |
| Proceedings published with DOI | April 2027 |
About the institutions
#Cultures 2026 is promoted and organized by the Latin American Center for Cultural Studies (CLAEC) and Scientia International, connecting research networks and open-access publishing to expand global scientific circulation on cultures and their pluralities.
Latin American Center for Cultural Studies (CLAEC)
A scientific, technological and innovation institution operating as a think tank to foster cultural studies, policy-oriented research and open-access dissemination in Latin America.
Centro Latino-Americano de Estudos em Cultura
CNPJ: 13.448.301/0001-24
Rua Vila Velha, 63, Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil, 85870-050
Scientia International
A multilingual open-access publishing and education platform committed to responsible research assessment, open peer review and global knowledge circulation.
Scientia.International S.L.
CIF: B19838929
Calle Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 7, Murcia, Spain, 30100