Event 4
Martin Von Hildebrand in conversation with David Escobar
Stories from the rainforest
Teatro Santamaría
The ethnologist and anthropologist Martin von Hildebrand (Colombia) is a key figure in indigenous people’s struggle for territorial rights and the protection of the Amazon rainforest. Winner of many awards, including the Right Livelihood Award, known as the Alternative Nobel, his book of memoir, El llamado del jaguar. Mi vida en el Amazonas, is a look at his link with Amazonia. In it, he tells of his experiences visiting the rainforest region since the 1970s, when he witnessed the remains of the old rubber works, as well as the evangelical missions. The book is a manifesto to the importance of this extraordinary natural reserve, which covers half of our country, and which is the home to ancient cultures that have been left on the margins of history. In conversation with David Escobar.
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