Social Communication students will represent UNR at the most important Social Sciences Congress in Latin America.
A group of students from the Bachelor's Degree in Social Communication at the Universidad Nacional de Rosario was selected to participate in the 9th Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Social Sciences (CLACSO) to be held from June 12 to XNUMX in Bogotá, Colombia.
Comprised of Mauro Colombo, Joaquín Torrado, Sol Caseres, Andrés García, Tiago Giménez, Olivia Hulten, Santiago Lunghi, Juan Cruz Mares, and Mateo Troielli, the team will present the work carried out within the framework of the Fair Play Observatory, a project promoted by the Writing II Chair, under the coordination of Professor Orlando Verna, in conjunction with the Human Rights Area of the UNR.
UNR will accompany the team during their participation in this new edition of the conference. Within this framework, Rector Franco Bartolacci welcomed Joaquín Torrado and Mateo Troielli, members of the Fair Play Observatory, with whom he discussed the importance of the project and the University's commitment to strengthening student initiatives that articulate academic training, human rights, and engagement with society.
The initiative proposes linking football analysis with a human rights perspective, using the notion of "Fair Play" as its core. Using a proprietary qualitative analysis tool, the group observed the Copa América matches held in the United States in mid-2024 to assess compliance with the code of conduct related to fair play.
“Professor Orlando Verna called us to conduct a fair play analysis of the Copa América. The goal was to highlight issues that have become normalized in football over time: issues like racism, fair play, and injustice,” explained Mateo Troielli, adding: “Not just on the pitch, but also among the fans, in the stadium, and among the board. In other words, we didn't conduct a tactical analysis, so to speak, but rather a more qualitative one in relation to fair play.”
Troielli highlighted the University's support and the pride of representing it at such an important international event. "The UNR has provided us with great support to enable us to participate. This is a project that emerged at the Public University, and our goal is to showcase what is being done in this field."
“It's truly going to be very interesting to share it with such important people in the social sciences. We're truly excited to be able to present this project and represent UNR. We have high expectations for the presentation because we're continuing to expand and expand the work, giving it much greater depth. We have many positive expectations,” Torrado confirmed.
The students announced that the team is very excited to be able to go to Colombia. “It's a project with a great future because it's an analysis of fair play at a time when issues like racism and injustice within sports are making headlines. Therefore, analyzing it in depth as a student body seems like a very important project to us,” Troielli emphasized.
The project's results and conclusions were presented in October 2024 during the National and International Congress on Democracy held at the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, and will now be shared at a highly relevant international academic meeting.
In addition, the project has a strong social media presence, particularly on Instagram, where the team analyzed all the matches played during the Copa América. You can find them at @observatorio_fairplay
Participation in this conference represents a valuable opportunity for training, exchange, and outreach for those who make up the Observatory, as well as recognition of their collective work and commitment to a critical, active, and contemporary public university.
Journalist: Gonzalo J. García / Photographer: Camila Casero.