Latin American Integration
The SynFronteras team is composed of young scientists of different Latin American nationalities. That was influenced by being part of the Federal University of Latin American Integration (UNILA), where half of the students are foreigners, and half are Brazilians, generating a cultural, scientific, and educational exchange.
With such diversity, you would expect us to try to communicate in English - after all, did you know that 98% of all scientific publications are in English?
Most of us, however, do not know or have difficulty speaking English fluently. So how can we make knowledge more accessible to society and ourselves?
As in our daily lives, we wanted our publications to be more inclusive, promoting communication in the native languages of our region, such as Portuguese, Spanish, Guarani, even English. We even added Mayan subtitles to our promotional video. That has allowed us to interact with a very diverse audience, which excites us greatly, so we don't want to stop here. We believe that we can work together without national, language, or cultural barriers. Interculturality and diversity are our Identities. Respect, tolerance, and freedom are our values.