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VICTOR HUGO PACHAS is a Doctor in Social Anthropology awarded by the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. His professional portfolio encompasses advisory services to the extractive sector and sustainable natural resource management. He has demonstrated extensive multinational involvement, and assumed leadership positions in Peru, while working with counterparts across South America, North America, and Europe. His experience ranges from grounding international agreements in through the design of specific programs, to work with indigenous people, governments and small-scale businessmen. He has engaged in diverse roles within the private sector and international cooperation, which he seamlessly integrates with his responsibilities in undergraduate and postgraduate university instruction. These dimensions have played a pivotal role in shaping his identity as a researcher and author, focusing his work on articles and books that highlight the cultural perspectives associated with the uses of natural resources, particularly in the context of small-scale extractive activities and indigenous communities. His research often explores the dynamic interplay of recurrent exchanges and migratory patterns among indigenous populations in the Andes and the Amazon regions of South American countries.
Education
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DOCTOR IN SOCIAL SCIENCES WITH A SPECIALIZATION IN ANTHROPOLOGY, conferred by Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos on March 13, 2020. For his doctoral thesis, he received grants from the «Conflicts in Gold Mining in the Amazon – GOMIAM» (a program funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research NOW – WOTRO); and the Programme Conflict and Cooperation over Natural Resources in Developing Countries – CoCooN (2011-2015).
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MASTER´S DEGREE IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION, obtained from Universidad San Martín de Porres on October, 2023
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MASTER´S DEGREE IN ANTHROPOLOGY, obtained from Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos on January 27, 2012. These postgraduate studies were funded by a scholarship from the “Regional Scholarship Program for Postgraduate Studies” by the Belgian Embassy in Peru (2007-2008). For his Master´s thesis, he received grants from the «Young Researcher Scholarship 2007» from the Permanent Seminar on Agrarian Research – SEPIA XII; the «Researcher Scholarship in Artisanal Mining and Information and Communication Technology (2007),» awarded by SEPIA and the Environmental Management Project for Artisanal Mining – GAMA.
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BACHELOR´S DEGREE IN ANTHROPOLOGY, awarded by Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal on December 21, 2005.
Research interests:
- ANDEAN ECONOMY AND SMALL-SCALE EXTRACTIVE ACTIVITIES. Investigates the cost-benefit characteristics of mining operations as part of their supply chains, primarily for copper, gold, mercury, tin, and zinc. These Andean economies are practiced by indigenous populations in the Andes and the Amazon of South America.
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RELIGIOUS AND SECULARIZATION. Studies the processes of re-adaptation of Andean culture to the small-scale mining environment, particularly religious processes in Andean and Amazonian populations in South America.
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POLITICS, VIOLENCE, AND UNCERTAINTY. Investigates conflict processes between indigenous populations in the Andes and the Amazon who engage in small-scale activities and the state, within the framework of the debate over what is legal and illegal.
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CULTURAL HISTORY OF METALS. Study colonial chronicles and documents to understand Andean culture and the anthropocentrism of metals such as gold, copper, tin, zinc, and mercury.
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ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS. Analyzes ethical proposals regarding the relationships between humans and their environment from a philosophical perspective.
Professional experience linked to the Sustainable Development Goals
