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Universities can function as institutions for caring by fostering spaces that promote emotive conversations about collective care and mutual vulnerability, contrasting with their traditional emphasis on competition and individuality. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To examine students' lived experiences with memory, narration, and reciprocity to explore how university spaces can cultivate mutual vulnerability and collective care.

August 22, 2026Ethics and Social Welfare

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

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LPLeda M. PérezPacific University CMCesare Del MastroPacific University

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Qualitative analysis demonstrates engagement with mutual vulnerability and collective care among university students, highlighting higher education institutions as viable spaces for caring.

Key Points

To examine students' lived experiences with memory, narration, and reciprocity to explore how university spaces can cultivate mutual vulnerability and collective care.
Conducted two university-based workshops centered on care and mutual vulnerability in Lima, Peru.
Analyzed personal histories, reflective dialogues, and creative artifacts produced by participants using care theory and philosophical frameworks.
Participants engaged deeply in emotive dialogues on collective care and open sharing despite the contrasting competitive and individualistic academic environment.
Creative pieces produced by participants articulated their active roles within familial and broader community care networks.
Evidence showed that universities can effectively function as supportive institutions that foster caring relationships.

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Pérez et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a895ed9ca7ade938187d009 https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2026.2693865

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Qualitative analysis demonstrates engagement with mutual vulnerability and collective care among university students, highlighting higher education institutions as viable spaces for caring.

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

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

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