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This article deals with the topic of emancipation in the social sciences and its transformation in recent decades. Despite its centrality for sociological analysis, emancipation is a topic characterized by ambivalent meanings – autonomy and authenticity, contingency and normativity, free will and negative freedom – and by 'Eurocentric' and 'postcolonial' interpretations. After a long period in which emancipation was considered the unified expression of the critical consciousness of European modernity, its internal ambivalences have provoked criticism (for instance from the cultural turn in social sciences), enhanced dichotomies in theoretical discussion and highlighted the intertwining between emancipation and historical processes such as individualization and capitalism. This article investigates the ambivalences of the concept of emancipation and frames its present plural meanings, testing its current range and heuristic value.

Amid Bolivia's current economic crisis, mining cooperatives remain key actors due to their strong capacity for (self-)employment and their deep-rooted historical presence in popular sectors. Their significance was reflected in their recognition in the 2009 Plurinational Constitution as a constituent sector of the country's "plural" economy. However, the strength of this sector has paradoxically led to weak regulations exposing miners to multiple risks, including the severe threat of silicosis.
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L'architecture vivrait-elle un retour vers un engagement politique plus affirmé ? En considérant les thématiques des dernières biennales d'architecture de Venise ainsi que d'autres actualités, il est permis d'envisager cette hypothèse.