The "participatory university": an alternative to "Mode 2"?

Abstract

This article presents a reflection on the contemporary university and offers a critique of the hegemonic model, called "Mode 2", which proposes the contextualization of the university directed by an economic paradigm. Two alternative proposals are presented: one called "autonomous", whose origins date back to the "Humboldtian model", and another called "participatory", which emerged from the "Cordoba movement". This article defends the "participatory" model, which, unlike the "autonomous" model, allows to take advantage of the analytical framework of "Mode 2", without falling into the neoliberal trap.