UASD and OBMICA Present Amin Perez's Edition of “El Desarraigo”
June 29, 2017. The work by Bourdieu and Sayad, published by Siglo Veintiuno, was launched in the country in the context of a discussion on the Dominican migration context featuring Amin Perez, the editor, Bridget Wooding, director of OBMICA, and Professor Wilfredo Lozano
UASD and OBMICA presented Amin Perez's edition of El Desarraigo. La violencia del capitalismo en una sociedad rural, a major sociological work by Pierre Bourdieu and Abdelmalek Sayad. The event included a discussion on how the book's themes speak to the Dominican migration context.
The presentation emphasized the continued relevance of the work for understanding displacement, vulnerability, and the social effects of economic transformation.