Shaping Spaces for Mutual Vulnerability and Caring: Lessons from a University Workshop in Peru

Pérez L.M.; Del Mastro C. · Ethics and Social Welfare (2026) · DOI: 10.1080/17496535.2026.2693865

Resumen

Informed by two Lima-based, Peruvian university workshops devoted to care and mutual vulnerability, this paper examines students' and others' lived experiences in memory, narration and reciprocity. Through a recounting of personal histories, in dialogue with care theory and philosophical scholarship, we observe an attraction toward a space that promotes emotive conversations about collective care and open sharing in paradoxical contrast to a site that also values competition and individuality. Creative ‘pieces’ produced by participants served as concrete expressions of their role in familial and community care chains. We find that a university can also be an institution for caring.

Instituciones: Universidad del Pacífico