Reflections On University Social Responsibility: Practices For The Construction Of Citizenship

Abstract

The purpose of this document is to carry out a reflective exercise based on the development of the research called: “Las prácticas de responsabilidad social universitarias: aportes a la construcción de paz y tejido social” [The practices of university social responsibility: contributions to the construction of peace and building up social estructures] developed during the years 2018 and 2019 at the Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios, as a scenario where university social responsibility takes relevance linked to the substantive functions of higher education in Colombia, as an exercise that tends towards the construction of citizenship that allows linking the transformation of local realities accompanied by science, research, technology and innovation. In the same way, it seeks to relate some of the conceptual elements taken up by different authors as part of the support of Social Responsibility practices, in which they are linked to future professionals allowing them to recognize, understand and reflect on the social realities that are lived in the Colombian daily life.