Rodrigo Aravena Alvarado
is a former curator of the Paulo Freire heritage in Chile hosted at the José María Arguedas Fund at Chile’s National Library (DIBAM). Journalist and Librarian, holds a Master Degree in Libraries and Documentary Heritage. Has completed Postgraduate Studies in Management of Intangible Cultural Heritage (CRESPIAL-Universidad de Córdoba) and Community-Based Cultural Policies (FLACSO). Member of the Global Network of Facilitators for the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural heritage, he continues to be part of DIBAM’s Intangible Heritage policies and practices.
Federico Brugaletta
earned a PhD in Educational Sciences and Master of Arts in History and Memory from the Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP) in Argentina. Assistant professor in History of General Education at the UNLP and Associate professor of Educational Policy at Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos (UADER). CONICET’s Post-doctoral Award to research on the edition of Paulo Freire work in Latin-America recent history based at the Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales in La Plata, was also awarded a grant as a visiting scholar at the Universidad Estadual de Sao Paulo (2018) and Universidad Autónoma de México (October 2022–February 2023). Has published extensively on Paulo Freire and his legacy in Latin America and participated in regional and national workshops and conferences.
José Díaz Diego
holds a BA degree in Education, Social and Cultural Anthropology, a Master’s degree in Social Anthropology, Sociology and Geography and a PhD in Local Development Studies. A scholar and researcher in Spain and Chile has worked as an Associate Professor of Social Anthropology at Pablo de Olavide University (Seville, Spain) and has been an Associate Professor at Universidad de la Frontera, in Chile. His areas of research are focused on the domains of Historical and Contemporary rurality in Europe and Latin America.
L. Marcela Gajardo Jiménez
is a graduate in Educational Sciences at the Catholic University, Chile. M.A. in Sociology from Essex University, England. Co-founder and former director of the Partnership for Educational Revitalization in the Americas (PREAL, 1995–2014). Visiting Scholar at Harvard University (DRCLAS, 2015–2016) and former
Daniela Elisa Zubicueta L
holds a graduate degree in History from the Universidad de Chile and a Master’s Degree in History from Universidad de Santiago de Chile. With a Diploma in Archives and Documentary Cinema her special areas of action-research focus on Memory and Oral History, people’s movement education and education for human rights. A practitioner in adult and popular education is an experienced cultural agent working in design and execution of cultural projects with local communities and social movements. Member of social networks and women’s organizations in Chile some of her publications include articles on Chile’s transition to democracy during the nineties and inspired in Freire’s pedagogy articles on Generative Words and Peasant’s Concientization (2023).