British academics specialized in Latin America are in mourning. On April 9, when Bolivia celebrated the 57th anniversary of the 1952 revolution, cancer killed one of European social scientists that most knew that Republic. Olivia was a passionate by Bolivia. She became one of the main European anthropologists thanks to their experience of living with communities quechuas and aymaras. Despite come from a family linked to the Anglican elite, she lived and raised llamas as a humble peasant.
His modesty and simplicity were enormous. I met her when she approached me after that gave a lecture at the LSE (London School of Economics). She, who looked like a student who I dealt with questions, was that he was a renowned teacher who recently came to the University which was to become head of one of its main departments. Olivia wrote dozens of works that addressed topics such as gender, feminism, laws, work, money, death, and time. For her there conquest but invasion Spanish to the Andes and she was revealed as a vast and deep pre-Columbian Andean mentality had survived. I attended his funeral Tuesday 28 at the Cathedral in Southwark where were dismissed with the song Gracias a la vida that has given me so much. However, is thanks to his life is that the Andean anthropology has won both. Isaac Bigio is an international analyst.
Write to dozens of media on 5 continents. He received degrees and postgraduate courses in history and economic policy at the London School of Economics & Political Sciences. In this one, considered the leading international university specializing in social sciences, he has also taught political science and public administration.