Alberto Mayol

Alberto Mayol
November 2017
Born	Alberto Manfredo Mayol Miranda (1976-07-08) 8 July 1976 (age 48) Santiago, Chile
Alma mater	Universidad de Alicante
Occupation(s)	Sociologist, political analyst, writer
Parents	Manfredo Mayol Durán  [ es ] (father) Mariana Miranda (mother)
Awards	Santiago Municipal Literature Award (2013)
Website	www.albertomayol.cl

Alberto Manfredo Mayol Miranda (born 8 July 1976) is a Chilean sociologist, political analyst, and politician. An independent researcher, and author of several works on social sciences, politics, and culture, he was a candidate in the Broad Front 2017 presidential primary.

An opinion poll, conducted by La Segunda in 2017, ranked Mayol in fifth place among the most admired public intellectuals nationwide. ^[1]

Family and studies

The son of Manfredo Mayol Durán  [ es ], a well-known journalist during the period of the military dictatorship, and Mariana Miranda, ^[2] Alberto Mayol studied sociology at the University of Chile's Faculty of Social Sciences, where he graduated in 1998. Then he worked toward a master's in political science at his alma mater, which he completed in 2000, and, in parallel, a degree in aesthetics at the Catholic University, which he received in 2001. In 2005, he completed a Master of Advanced Studies in sociology at the Complutense University of Madrid. Currently, he is a doctoral student at the Universidad de Alicante, Spain. ^[3]

Academic career

Mayol became a professor at the University of Chile in 2007, in the Faculties of Social Sciences, Law, Philosophy, and Humanities. At the Institute of Public Affairs he served as coordinator in the Research Center in Social Structure and researcher in the Transdisciplinary Laboratory in Social Practices and Subjectivity. ^[4] He was an advisor to the Observatory of Books and Reading, where he directed research projects funded by the National Council of Culture and the Arts (CNCA). ^[5]

Between 2013 and 2023, he belonged to the Department of Management and Public Policies of the Faculty of Administration and Economics  [ es ] of the University of Santiago. ^[6]

In 2013 his essay El derrumbe del modelo received the Santiago Municipal Literature Award. ^[7]

His report on the funding of science in Chile, "Do the Fondecyt competitions have a political undertone?", was questioned by other academics in columns published in the newspaper El Mostrador , in which they reproached him for a lack of methodological rigor. ^{[8] [9] [10] [11]} Mayol responded to these criticisms through the same medium. ^[12]

Public life

Political career

Mayol in October 2016

In March 2017, Mayol announced his candidacy to participate in the Broad Front primaries, which were to elect the representative of that coalition for the 2017 presidential election in Chile. ^[13] Mayol received support from the New Democracy, ^[14] Allendist Socialism, ^[15] and SOL movements, ^[16] as well as from the Christian Left, ^[17] Equality, Pirate, and Ukamau parties. ^[18] In the election of 2 July of that year, Mayol received 106,265 votes, equivalent to 32% of the votes received by the Broad Front, losing to Beatriz Sánchez.

On 15 August 2017, the Broad Front revoked Mayol's parliamentary candidacy for the 10th district after a polemical audio message sent to the parliamentary candidate of the same district, Natalia Castillo. Mayol allegedly verbally abused Castillo and spoke about a "dirty job" by Democratic Revolution deputy Giorgio Jackson. ^[19] However, days later, his candidacy was confirmed, ^[20] occupying a quota of the Equality Party. Mayol obtained 25,299 votes, equivalent to 5.8%, which were insufficient to be elected.

Media

He has appeared as a panelist on several radio and television programs, such as Patio de Los Naranjos on Mega, ^[21] El semáforo ^[22] and La República de las Letras ^[23] on Radio University of Chile  [ es ], Ciudadanos on CNN Chile, ^[24] Palabras sacan Palabras on Radio Futuro  [ es ], ^[25] and Vía Pública on 24 Horas  [ es ].

His columns have appeared in electronic journals, such as Diario U Chile, ^[26] El Mostrador , ^[27] the "Estadística de Bolsillo" section of the weekly newspaper The Clinic , ^[28] El Dínamo , ^[29] and El Periodista. ^[30]

Written work

His work focuses on issues of social movements, politics, culture, social structure, social unrest, social theory, culture and research methodology. ^[31] He has published the following books:

Mayol with his book Autopsia at FILSA 2017

• 2008: Métodos de investigación social: una aproximación desde las estrategias cuantitativas y cualitativas (Ed. Catholic University of the North). Written with Carlos Calderón Carvajal, Andrés Music Cáceres, and Paulina Salinas Meruane.
• 2012: No al lucro: de la crisis del modelo a la nueva era política (Debate). Analyzes the power structure in Chilean society, the political impact of neoliberalism in terms of depoliticization and the processes of transformation associated with social movements since 2011. ^[32]
• 2013: El derrumbe del modelo: la crisis de la economía de mercado en el Chile contemporáneo (LOM). ^[33] 31 June 2012. Arising from the Vox Popvli... Vox Dei exhibition, presented at a National Meeting of Entrepreneurs in November 2011, where he declares and analyzes the failure of the Chilean economic model. ^[2] The book examines the Chilean model in its economic, political, and cultural dimensions as the origin of the malaise that culminated in the social movements of 2011 and the ensuing crisis. ^[34]
• 2013: El Chile profundo: modelos culturales de la desigualdad y sus resistencias (Liberalia). Written with Carla Azócar Rosenkranz and Carlos Azócar Ortiz. It describes the Chilean cultural model, and analyzes its relationship with the high levels of inequality in this society. ^[5]
• 2015: Economía política del fracaso: la falsa modernización del modelo neoliberal (El Desconcierto). Written with the political scientist José Ahumada. The book proposes to transfer the limit of questioning to the Chilean economic model, starting from the following hypothesis: the Chilean economic model has been widely questioned. The majority of the challenges, however, have avoided crossing a frontier: all recognize in the growth and modernization of their economic structures a positive consequence of their work. ^[35]
• Autopsia: ¿de qué se murió la elite chilena? (in Spanish). Catalonia. 2016.
• El abismo existencial de Occidente (in Spanish). Catalonia. 2023.

References

1. "Académico de la FAE, Alberto Mayol, fue escogido entre los intelectuales públicos más admirados". Facultad de Administración y Economía. Universidad de Santiago. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
2. Sanhueza, Ana María (12 January 2012). "El lado izquierdo de Mayol" [The Left Side of Mayol]. Qué Pasa (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 May 2018.
3. "Jornada Anual de Doctorandos y Doctorandas" [Annual Doctoral Students' Conference](PDF) (in Spanish). Universidad de Alicante.
4. "Equipo" [Team] (in Spanish). Transdisciplinary Laboratory in Social Practices and Subjectivity. 11 March 2013. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
5. Ramírez F, Juan Carlos (5 November 2013). "Alberto Mayol: 'Mi visión de los espacios de lectura es apocalíptica'" [Alberto Mayol: 'My Vision of Reading Spaces is Apocalyptic']. La Segunda (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 May 2018.
6. "El nuevo round de Mayol con la Usach que terminó por destituir al académico de la casa de estudios" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 3 July 2023.
7. Careaga C., Roberto (23 October 2013). "Roberto Merino y Guillermo Calderón reciben premios municipales de literatura" [Roberto Merino and Guillermo Calderón Receive Municipal Literature Awards]. La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2018.
8. Salgado, Mauricio; Placencia, Luis; Casals, Marcelo (23 March 2016). "A. Mayol y la mala ciencia" [A. Mayol and the Bad Science]. El Mostrador (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 May 2018.
9. Maillet, Antoine (18 March 2016). "¿Politización de Fondecyt? Un poco de seriedad por favor" [Politicization of Fondecyt? A Little Seriousness Please]. El Mostrador (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 May 2018.
10. Guzmán-Concha, César (21 March 2016). "Sobre el trasfondo político de los concursos Fondecyt" [On the Political Undertone of the Fondecyt Competitions]. El Mostrador (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 May 2018.
11. Dilla Alfonso, Haroldo (27 March 2016). "Pensando más allá del Fondecyt (A propósito de '¿Tienen los concursos de Fondecyt un trasfondo político?' de Mayol y Araya)" [Thinking Beyond the Fondecyt (On the Subject of 'Do Fondecyt Competitions Have a Political Undertone?' by Mayol and Araya)]. El Desconcierto (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 May 2018.
12. Mayol, Alberto (22 March 2016). "Fondecyt: el fetichismo de la cobardía" [Fondecyt: The Fetishism of Cowardice]. El Mostrador (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 May 2018.
13. "Alberto Mayol se lanza a la carrera presidencial por el Frente Amplio" [Alberto Mayol is Launched Into the Presidential Race By the Broad Front] (in Spanish). Teletrece. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
14. Alarcón, Alejandro (1 March 2017). "Frente Amplio presenta su primer pre candidato presidencial: Alberto Mayol" [Broad Front Presents Its First Presidential Precandidate: Alberto Mayol] (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío . Retrieved 11 May 2018.
15. Giacaman Zaror, Daniel (16 April 2017). "Movimiento al Socialismo Allendista lanzó candidatura de Mayol a La Moneda" [Allendist Socialism Movement Launched Mayol's Candidacy for La Moneda]. La Nación (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
16. "SOL apoyará a Alberto Mayol en las primarias del Frente Amplio" [SOL Will Support Alberto Mayol in the Broad Front Primary] (in Spanish). Movimiento Político Socialismo y Libertad. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
17. "Alberto Mayol fue proclamado candidato presidencial de la Izquierda Cristiana" [Alberto Mayol Proclaimed Presidential Candidate of the Christian Left] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 14 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
18. Aninat, Catalina (31 May 2017). "Partido Igualdad y Partido Pirata deciden apoyar candidatura de Alberto Mayol" [Equality Party and Pirate Party Decide to Support Candidacy of Alberto Mayol]. La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 May 2018.
19. "El audio de Mayol que provocó su veto en el Frente Amplio: 'Si quieren guerra, van a tener guerra'" [Mayol's Audio That Provoked His Veto in the Broad Front: 'If They Want War, They Will Have War'] (in Spanish). Teletrece. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
20. "Finalmente el Frente Amplio permitió la candidatura de Alberto Mayol por el distrito 10" [Finally the Broad Front Permits the Candidacy of Alberto Mayol for District 10] (in Spanish). ADN Radio Chile. 19 August 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
21. "Soledad Onetto estrena nuevo programa de debate" [Soledad Onetto Launches New Debate program] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
22. "Semáforo: Martes 22 octubre 2013" (in Spanish). Radio University of Chile. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
23. "La República de las Letras" (in Spanish). National Reading Plan. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
24. "Alberto Mayol en Ciudadanos: 'Lagos inventó a Cheyre'" [Alberto Mayol on Ciudadanos: 'Lagos Invented Cheyre'] (in Spanish). CNN Chile. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
25. "Palabras Sacan Palabras". Radio Futuro. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
26. "Artículos escritos por: Alberto Mayol" [Articles Written By: Alberto Mayol]. Diario U Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 May 2018.
27. "Alberto Mayol". El Mostrador (in Spanish). 12 March 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
28. Mayol, Alberto (16 January 2012). "La PSU: hija de la desigualdad" [The PSU: Daughter of Inequality] (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 May 2018.
29. Mayol, Alberto (27 April 2012). "Reforma tributaria: la nueva forma de ser miope" [Tax Reform: The New Way of Being Myopic]. El Dínamo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
30. Mayol, Alberto (26 June 2013). "La ciudadanía frente al capital" [Citizenship Versus Capital]. El Periodista (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
31. "Alberto Mayol Miranda" (in Spanish). University of Chile. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
32. Rincón, Rafael (5 April 2013). "No al lucro. De la crisis del modelo a la nueva era política" (in Spanish). Fundación para el Progreso. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
33. "Alberto Mayol" (in Spanish). LOM Ediciones. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
34. "El derrumbe del modelo" (in Spanish). Bibliometro. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
35. "'Economía política del fracaso', de Mayol y Ahumada entre los 10 más leídos del ranking no ficción" ['Economía política del fracaso', by Mayol and Ahumada Among the 10 Most Read Nonfiction Rankings]. El Desconcierto (in Spanish). 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2018.

External links

• Official website