Juan Fabbri

Short presentation

My name is Juan Fabbri. I studied my BA in Anthropology at Universidad Mayor de San Andrés in Bolivia and I am currently a teacher and researcher at the Anthropology Research Institute at this University. I have a Master degree in Visual Anthropology from the Latin American Faculty of Social Science in Ecuador. I also have a background in the visual arts. I was the curator of the Bolivian Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennial, and curator and chief of the National Museum of Art of Bolivia.

Keywords

• climate change
• migration
• latinamerica
• visual anthropology
• bolivia

Research

My dissertation research aims to understand how indigenous communities in Bolivia cope with migration and climate change. The Bolivian Highlands, the so called altiplano, is among the areas that has been most affected by climate change in this country, pushing people to migrate due to water scarcity, drought, land erosion, biodiversity loss and increased fragility of ecosystems. The project investigates the identity dynamics of the indigenous population in their communities of origin and in their migrant destinations. I will apply ethnographic and visual methodologies in my fieldwork.

Media

“Vivir bien” (suma qamaña / sumaq kawsay) in Bolivia: an idealised paradise, not so very ‘Andean’

The concept of “vivir bien” or “well living” and its possible meanings have generated heated debates in Bolivia and the rest of Latin America. This paper, based on a series of interviews

https://doaj.org/article/d747493fa25844b6931f76d9f8ace0f9

Emerging utopias: dialogues between art, anthropology and curatorship

This publication, edited by Juan Fabbri and Gabriela Zamorano, brings together different perspectives on the intersection between art, anthropology and curatorship in Latin America. It allows us to ex

https://repositorio.puce.edu.ec/handle/123456789/44226

Indigenous pluriverses and exercises in resistance. Journal Post(s). 6

This edition brings together authors from the Shuar, Mapuche, Aymara, Quechua, Tzotzil, Kichwa, Yorta-Yorta, Guaraní, Cherokee, Tlingit, and mestizo/campuria/creole/racialised communities.

https://revistas.usfq.edu.ec/index.php/posts/issue/view/106

Wayumi: Fictions of The Other

The article problematizes indigenous peoples representation through the name that the New Tribes Missions give them such as “unreached ethnic groups”.

https://www.antropologiavisual.cl/sites/default/files/rav_2020_art_11_fabbri_1.pdf