Juan Francisco Salazar

Juan Francisco Salazar B. 1971 is a Chilean anthropologist and videographer. He has lived in Sydney, Australia since 1998. He holds a PhD in Communication from the University of Western Sydney where he is a lecturer in media studies and a researcher at the Centre for Cultural Research (CCR) [cite web|title = CCR|url = http://www.uws.edu.au/ccr] [cite web|title = USW Page|url = http://www.uws.edu.au/research/researchcentres/ccr/ccrpeople/salazar|accessdate = 2007-10-25] . He has worked extensively in a wide range of cross-disciplinary research projects including consultancies for government and international non-governmental organizations. He has written several journal articles and book chapters on media anthropology and more recently indigenous media in Latin America and is involved with several transnational advocacy groups such as [http://www.ourmedianet.org OURMedia Network] and [http://www.clacpi.org CLACPI] , the Coordinadora Latino Americana de Comunicacion de los Pueblos Indigenas. He has produced and directed several documentaries, experimental films and video installations exhibited internationally.

Other Major Works

* [http://www.nativenetworks.si.edu/eng/rose/salazar_jf.htm De la Tierra a la Pantalla/From Land to Screen] (2004), produced in collaboration with Jeannette Paillan; a video about Mapuche communication rights activists.

Exhibited at

*8th CLACPI Film Festival (Chile, June, 2004), Museo de las Americas, Denver, USA (September 2005)

13th NMAI Film festival (New York, December 2006)

Latin American Environmental Media Festival (New Orleans, April 2007)

17th Presence Autochtone Film Festival (Montreal, June 2007)

* [http://www.macvaldivia.uach.cl/exhib19.htm Anatomia Monumental] (1999) / with Ismael Frigerio and Felipe Zavala. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile. Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Valdivia, Chile.

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