Contemporary student movements in Mexico: research challenges on an unfinished experience

Abstract

The article aims to systematize analysis lines and debate to contribute to the research  agenda on contemporary student movements in Mexico. Although in recent times there have been works and compilations on these experiences, there are currently few research proposals that seek to investigate in depth and systematically the most important expressions of Mexican student activism in the last decade (2010-2020). For this reason, this article examines the progress of studies on the subject, proposes four analytical guidelines to discuss the research agenda, proposes a two-way approach focused on the binomial conflict-education for the investigation of contemporary student movements and exemplifies the same from an approach to protests against violence and recent feminist militancy at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and other institutions in the country. From these orientations, it is intended to highlight the specificity of the study on current student activism to contribute to the discussions on their generational frames, the repertoires of political action, the issue of conflict and violence as gender perspectives.