Pascal Lupien, PhD

À propos de moi

Pascal Lupien est associé au Campus Saint-Jean de l’Université de l’Alberta. Titulaire d’un PhD en sciences politiques et d’une maîtrise en études latino-américaines de l’Université de Guelph, il détient aussi une maîtrise en sciences de l’information de l’Université de Montréal et un baccalauréat ès Arts de l'Université McGill. Les intérêts de recherche du Dr Lupien portent sur l’innovation démocratique, la société civile, la communication politique, ainsi les facteurs qui renforcent ou diminuent la capacité des communautés marginalisées à participer à la vie politique. Son livre, « Citizens ’Power in Latin America: Theory and Practice » (SUNY Press, 2018), examine comment les communautés locales utilisent les mécanismes de démocratie participative pour atteindre des objectifs collectifs de développement social. Ses projets de recherche actuels examinent l’impact des technologies de l’information et des communications (TIC) sur la capacité des organisations représentant les minorités autochtones et noires d’Amérique latine à participer à la vie politique, et l'utilisation des médias sociaux par les minorités francophones hors-Québec pour la communication politique. 

Pascal Lupien is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Alberta’s Campus Saint-Jean. He received his PhD in Political Science and his M.A. in Latin American Studies from the University of Guelph, and holds a Master’s in Information Studies from the Université de Montréal and a B.A. in Politics from McGill University. Dr. Lupien’s research interests revolve around democratic innovation, civil society, political communication and technology, and the factors that enhance or diminish the capacity of marginalized communities to participate in politics. His book, Citizens’ Power in Latin America: Theory and Practice (SUNY Press, 2018), looks at how local communities use participatory democracy mechanisms to pursue collective social development goals. Dr. Lupien’s current research projects consider the impact of information and communications technologies (ICTs) on the capacity of organizations representing Indigenous and Black minorities in Latin America to engage in politics, and the use of social media by francophone minorities outside of Québec to engage in effective political communication.

Recherche

Livre

Lupien, P. 2018. Citizens’ Power in Latin America: Theory and Practice. State University of New York (SUNY) Press. April 2018.  

https://www.sunypress.edu/p-6534-citizens-power-in-latin-america.aspx

Articles

Lupien, P. 2020. Women and Participatory Mechanisms in Latin America: Deepening Democracy or More of the Same? Gender, Place and Culture. https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2020.1817874

Lupien, P. 2020. Indigenous Movements, Collective Action, and Social Media: New Opportunities or New Barriers? Social Media + Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305120926487

Lupien, P. 2020. Les médias socionumériques et la participation des minorités nationales à la vie politique Terminal : Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication. 127. 

Lupien, P., M. Posso, A. Basantes & G. Chiriboga. 2020. Incidencia de las TIC en la comercialización de los productos de las comunidades rurales indígenas en el Ecuador, Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 45(1).

Lupien, P. 2019. Indigenous Politics and Resistance in Latin America: Continuity and Change. In Vanden, H and G. Prevost, Oxford Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics. New York: Oxford University Press. 

Lupien, P. 2018. “Participatory Democracy and Indigenous Minorities: Opening Inclusive Spaces or Reproducing Inequalities?” Democratization. 25(7): 1251-1269. 

Lupien, P. and G. Chiriboga. 2017. Use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) by Indigenous Civil Society Organizations, Information, Communication and Society. DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2017.1397182

Lupien, P. 2015. Mechanisms for Popular Participation and Discursive Constructions of Citizenship, Citizenship Studies, 19(3-4): 367-383. 

Lupien, P. 2015. Ignorant Mobs or Rational Actors? Understanding Support for Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution, Political Science Quarterly, 130(2): 319-340.

Lupien, P. 2015. ¿Escuelas de democracia o agentes de socialización? Discursos transmitidos a través de los mecanismos participativos en Venezuela, Ecuador y Chile, Espacio Abierto, 24(1): 45-66.

Lupien, P. 2013. The Media and Attacking the “Bad Left” From Below in Venezuela and Bolivia. Latin American Perspectives, 40(3): 226-246.

Lupien, P. 2011. The Incorporation of Indigenous Concepts of Plurinationality into the New Constitutions of Ecuador and Bolivia. Democratization, 18 (3): 774-796.

Lupien, P. 2007. Information and Research Needs of GLBT/Sexual Diversity Studies Students. Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 31(2), pp. 131-147.

Chapitres de livre

Lupien, P. 2018. “La comunicación como herramienta de poder: casos de Venezuela y Bolivia”. In Ellner, Steve, La izquierda latinoamericana en el poder: Cambios y enfrentamientos en el siglo XXI. (Caracas: Fundación Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos Rómulo Gallegos).

Lupien, P. 2017. “Technology, Indigenous Media and the New Power Dynamic in Bolivia”. In Atrz, Burton Lee (Ed.) The Pink Tide: Media Access and Political Power in Latin America (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell). 

Lupien, P. 2016. “Radical” Participatory Democracy Institutions: Strengthening Civil Society or Mechanisms for Controlled Inclusion?” In Yovanovich, G. and R. Rice, Re-Imagining Community and Civil Society. (London: Routledge Press). 

Rapports

Lupien, P. and G. Chiriboga. 2016. (Indigenous Civil Society, Development and Information and Communication Technologies: Potential Uses, Barriers and Solutions). Organizaciones indígenas, desarrollo y techologías: usos potenciales, barreras y soluciones. 12 pages. Plain language report presented to leaders of indigenous civil society organizations in Bolivia and Ecuador.

Subventions de recherche 



• CRSH Subvention Développement de partenariat, 2020-2023 (198,000 $). Chercheur principal.

• CRSH Subvention Connexion, 2020-2021. ($24,936). Chercheur principal.

• Killam Connection Grant, Killam Research Fund, 2019-2021 (10,000 $). Chercheur principal.

• Kule Team Grant, 2019-2020 (7,500 $). Chercheur principal.

• Subvention de Développement Savoir, Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Humaines (CRSH), 2017-2020 (60,000 $). Chercheur principal.

• Ontario Graduate Fellowship, 2012-2013 (10,000 $)

Communications 

“The Impact of Populist Discourse and Governance Practices on Participatory Mechanisms: Lessons from Ecuador and Venezuela” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, August 2019.

“Teaching and Learning about Information and Reactionary Populism: How Faculty Can Make a Social Difference” 26th International Conference on Learning, Queen’s University Belfast, July 24, 2019.

“Participatory Democracy and Afro-descendent peoples: How do Latin America’s Most Excluded Populations Experience Citizen Participation?” Diversity and Democratic Governance, International Studies Association, Sarajevo, Bosnia, June 14, 2019.

“Indigenous Movements, Social Media and Power: Whose Voices do We Hear?” with A. Rincon, Congrès annuel de l’Association canadienne de science politique, Vancouver, June 4, 2019.

 “Use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) by Indigenous Civil Society Organizations.” International Studies Association. Toronto, March 28, 2019.

“ICTs, Power and Local Development in Indigenous and Afrodescendant Communities.” Latin American Studies Association. Barcelona, May 25, 2018.

“Incidencia de las TIC´s en la comercialización de los productos de las comunidades rurales indígenas en el Ecuador.” Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Montréal, May 16, 2018.

 “Reactionary Populism and Information Literacy Skills.” Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities. Toronto, Ontario, May 31, 2017.

 “Models of Participation: Participatory Mechanisms in Comparative Perspective”. Latin American Studies Association. Lima, Peru, April 29, 2017.

 “Radical Participatory Democracy: Strengthening Citizenship as Agency or Mechanisms for Cooptation?” European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) General Conference, Université de Montréal, August 29, 2015.

“Popular Participation and Construction of Citizenship”, XXXIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 29, 2015.

“Participatory Democracy and Skill Development: What do Citizens Learn through Participation?” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington DC, August 30, 2014.

 “The Impact of Participation on Citizens: Evidence from Participatory Institutions in Venezuela and Ecuador” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, August 30, 2013.

“Copyright, Publishing and Author Rights: Most Common Concerns of Researchers in the Age of Open Access” PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference, Mexico City, August 2013. 

 “Citizen Participation and Perceptions of Democracy” XXXI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Washington, D.C., May 31, 2013

 “Institutions of Participatory Democracy in Theory and Practice” XXX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), San Francisco, May 24, 2012. 

“Indigenous Social Movements in Bolivia and Ecuador: Challenging Incomplete Decolonization through Plurinationality” Strategies of Critique XXVI: Conference in Social and Political Thought, York University, Toronto, April 13, 2012.

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