Pedro Albornoz Camacho
Academic studies
* Major in Journalism and Social Communications (Universidad del Valle, Cochabamba, Bolivia), (1994)
* Master's Degree in Training for Educators and Educational Innovation (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain), (2008)
* Currently in Master`s Program in University Education, Postgraduate Studies Department of the Faculty of Law, Universidad Mayor de San Simón
Professional Teaching Experience
* Over ten years of experience teaching in higher education institutions (Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo, Instituto Normal Superior Católico Sedes Sapientae, Universidad Mayor de San Simón). Has also been a consultant hired by the US Peace Corps to lecture on Bolivian Politics, Culture and History.
Courses taught include:
1. Social Sciences: World History, Geography, Geopolitics
2. Literature: Comparative Literature, Alternative Literatures, Latin American and Bolivian Literature; Film, Television and Literature; Culture and Artistic Expression
3. Education: Information and Communications Technology applied to Teaching
4. ESL: Conversational English Laboratory
Professional Experience in Translations and Interpretation (Spanish-English)
• Has worked over ten years as an independent translator-interpreter, certified by Centro Boliviano Americano
• Has worked over ten years as translator-interpreter for Agroecología Cochabamba (Center of Excellence of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Universidad Mayor de San Simón), during which he has translated more than a dozen magazines (COMPAS Magazine; Endogenous Development Magazine; diverse institutional documents; scripts for documentary videos) and books (Spanish translations of Moving Worldviews, Endogenous Development and biocultural Diversity, Ancient Roots, New Shoots, Food for Thought; these books and magazines can be freely downloaded from www.compasnet.org and www.agruco.org).
• Mr. Albornoz provided simultaneous interpretation services for many international events, such as Workshop for Endogenous Development and Biocultural Diversity (Lesjask, Poland, 2006); International Conference for Endogenous Development and Biocultural Diversity (Geneva, Switzerland, 2006)
• Has translated many editions of inflight magazines for TAM Mercosur and Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano.
Experience in the field of Journalism and Academic Research
• Freelance writer for the Bolivian Times Newspaper (August 2000- January 2001) (Eg. The photography of René Magritte, Bolivian Times vol VIII, N.37. September 14, 2000)
• Published diverse articles in Bolivian newspapers focused on Gender Studies, Literary analysis and analysis and art criticism.
• Published diverse art critiques for the catalogs of renown Bolivian artists, including Fernando Rodríguez Casas, Alejandra Dorado, Martha Cajías, Angelika Heckl, Ramiro Garavito.
• Currently writing an in-depth study of the work of Alejandra Dorado for a retrospective catalog to be published in 2010.
Published works include:
Diverse newspaper and magazine articles, and contributions to books (Archivo Nacional Histórico, Revista del Colegio de Abogados, Revista Oh )
1. Entries on Bolivian art and film for the Routledge International Encyclopedia for Queer Studies (Ed. David Gerstner) (Routledge, 2006)
2. El pincel y la pluma, José García Mesa, artista y periodista entre dos mundos in La Pintura Boliviana del Siglo 19 (1825-1925) (Fundación Cultural del Banco Central de Bolivia, 2004)
3. La Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica de la Mujer Religiosa, research commissioned and published as a book by Conferencia Boliviana de Religiosas y Religiosos, Cochabamba, January 14, 2000
4. La Lengua del Descaro (Identidad Masculina y la Performatividad en el Fisicoculturismo), in El cuerpo en los imaginarios (Espacio Patiño, La Paz, 2003)
5. Erotismo en el Arte Contemporáneo Boliviano, in Catálogo Salón Internacional de Arte Siart, La Paz, 2002
Art exhibits and Awards
Installations
• IN-MACULADO (with Alejandra Dorado), (Espacio Patiño, Santa Cruz, March 2009; Centro Pedagógico y Cultural, May 2009)
• Le Même Mot (with Valia Carvalho) (Museo Nacional de Arte, La Paz, 2007)
• OLIGARGA-ORIGINARIO (With Valia Carvalho) (Kiosko Art Gallery, Santa Cruz, 2006)
Awards
• First Prize in Photography, Quinto Salón Mercosur Premio Juanito Laguna, Argentina 2000.
• Second Prize in Photography, "Faces and Places", Fifth National Art Biennial FEBIART, Bolivia, 2001
• Honorable mention in art critique, XLVIII Annual Art Competition of Fine Arts Pedro Domingo Murillo, La Paz, 2001
• Honorable Mention, Photography Contest "Urban and Rural Historical - Architectural Heritage of Cochabamba"
