Author Biography

𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗷𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝘀 (La Paz, Bolivia, 1979): Anthropologist and screenwriter. Holds a Master's degree in Amerindian Studies from the Complutense University of Madrid and is a scholarship recipient from the Carolina Foundation. Inspired by myths from the Amazon and Chaco regions, he has written the children's play "A Secret Beneath the Wings," presented at FITAZ 2013. He is a professor in the Film and Audiovisual Production Program at the University Mayor de San Andrés, where he teaches Sociology of Image, Visual Anthropology, and Psychology of Cinema. In 2021, he won the National Eduardo Abaroa Award in the chronicle category. Currently, he is responsible for the Laboratory of Ontological and Multi-species Studies.

𝗝𝗼𝗮𝗾𝘂í𝗻 𝗖𝘂𝗲𝘃𝗮𝘀 (La Paz, Bolivia, 1980): Illustrator and bookseller. He has been publishing comics since 2004 and creating animated drawings since 2006. He has participated in award-winning animated short films such as "Abuela Grillo" and "Pallay," contributed to various Latin American comic anthologies, and has been invited to exhibitions, film festivals, art biennales, and comic events in 8 countries. He is currently a co-owner of the specialized comic bookstore La Viñeteca and teaches in the Graphic Design programs of two prominent Bolivian universities.