This webianr was held on July 25th, 2018 and was delivered by Francisco Bustamante Professor of Literary Theory at Instituto de Profesores Artigas -Teachers Training Institute- and Latin-American Literature at the Faculty of Humanities and Sciences of Education, University of the Republic of Uruguay).
The presentation was entitled “Human and non-human animals in the jungle, the river, culture and climate change”. You may watch the recorded online seminar here:

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Professor of Latin-American Literature at the Faculty of Humanities and Sciences of Education, University of the Republic (Uruguay) and professor of Literary Theory at Instituto de Profesores Artigas (Teachers Training Institute, Uruguay). He holds a PhD and a MA from the University of Florida (Gainesville, FL). His research is focused on the representation of nature and the links between humans and the non-human animals in latin-american narrative with a human-rights perspective. At present, his focus of interest is on topics related to oceans, rivers and coasts. Some of his publications include “Uruguay never more: a report on the violation of Human Rights (1972-1985)”, in which he acted as a writer and coordinator; and “Human Rights in the classroom reflections and didactic experiences for mid-level teaching”, in which he acted as a co-author.