The Salvadoran Association of Sociology and its relationship with Academic Sociology

Abstract

The reader is presented with an overview of the sociological work in El Salvador from two aspects, the first on the relevant studies in the history of sociology in this Central American country, which can serve as inputs for future regional studies on the subject. The second aspect takes a tour of the unionizing action that has brought together sociology professionals for decades, through the Salvadoran Association of Sociology, in which efforts have been made from the academic field to analyze, explain and disseminate knowledge and sociological visions. Likewise, a social memory exercise is carried out in the sense of recognizing and recovering the actors who contributed to the development of the achievement of the objectives of this civil society organization. Furthermore, in this line, the socializing actions of which the exposed themes have been documented and recovered in which the Salvadoran sociologists have carried out their intellectual work, which they have exposed at the local, national and Central American level.