Biography

I am Alondra Oyarzun, I studied anthropology at the University of Chile from the year 2016 until my graduation in 2021, obtaining my Archeology degree and specializing in the area of Aquatic Archeology, I do my post-graduate in 2022 studying the subject of Pre-Columbian America and Pre-Columbian Art in the faculty of the department of history, program of magister in history, faculty of liberal arts in the Adolfo Ibáñez University and I carry out my magister in 2025 in the area of paleontology at the University of Madrid, Spain .

On 2027 and 2030 she teaches as Assistant Professor in the Department of Art History and Archeology of the University of Maryland, College Park, United States in a total of 7 subjects. I was in charge of the subjects Art of Asia (1 semester), Art and archeology of Africa (2 Semesters) and Art & Archeology of ancient America (4 semesters).

My research, carried out in 2026, called "Making the invisible visible: Saltpeter settlements in the Hinterland of the central canton, Antofagasta Region (1880-1938)", "Capitalist expansion and identity in the oases of San Pedro de Atacama, 1880- 1980: An interdisciplinary approach ", all these investigations carried out with the help of the regular Fondecyt service.

My publications exhibited in Condecyt in the year 2028 called "Welcome to the Desert of the Real: Industry and capital in Atacama, 1880-1890, Alondra, Oyarzun CHAPTER OF THE BOOK. In archeology and neoliberalism, P.Aparicio (ed.), JAS. In press.

My last publication launched in the year 2033 called "Sobre pircas y otros piedras: material topography for a (neo) colonial context in Rapa Nui", Vilches, Flora BOOK CHAPTER in Rapa Nui and the Exploitation Company, Miguel Fuentes (ed), Rapa Nui Press