JUAN ROBERTO VILLAVICENCIO Munizaga
Anthropologist (1934-1996) Juan
I studied at Liceo de Aplicación, where he graduated in 1952. then entered medical school at the University of Chile, passion for anthropology, which would be one of the pioneers in Chile.
work yesterday a memory of John Munizaga, Professor Eugenio Aspillada in the Revista Chilena Anthropology in his No. 13 (1995 - 1996) of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Chile, which were then transcribed.
Less than a year after the official creation of the Center for Anthropological Studies at the University of Chile, in 1953, when he joined that group of pioneers of the National Anthropology, a young medical student with little more than nineteen . With his passion for a discipline little known in our continent, managed to take a place in the fledgling institution and from there develop to their consolidation in academic circles of our country. That passion for Anthropology Physics, in all its expressions, Don Juan Munizaga characterized his entire life, passed several of his students, and escorted him to the time when he left, quietly, as he always was.
His early works not only allowed him to secure its inclusion in the university environment, but also external recognition, which was confirmed by a predoctoral Guggenheim Fellowship (1961 - 1962) that allowed him to continue their education in Physical Anthropology, under the custody of Thomas D. Stewart, at the Smithsonian Institution of the United States. During this period was linked to other renowned anthropologists such as Betty Meggers, Clifford Evans, Douglas Ubelaker, and developed important work, like his classic paper: "Skeletal Remains from sites of Valdivia and Machalilla Phases." Later, return to the Smithsonian Institution (1973-1974) with a postdoctoral fellowship, which provide in-depth topics such as Human Paleontology Paleopathology and also to develop a teaching strategy in physical anthropology and the training of specialists in this field, to implement in our country. Its passage by the Smithsonian, more than any other activity performed by John Munizaga abroad, left a deep imprint on him as a scientist and also in other aspects of person.
I find it difficult to detail all that we owe to Professor Munizaga, and do not just mean the huge debt of gratitude is a disciple to his teacher, who generously gave him the tools to function in a discipline and showed him a road where directed. This also emphasized the role played and will continue his work in Chilean and American anthropology, as were many issues addressed in the research, both in the field of theory and in the generation or evaluation of methods and techniques. Covered fields as varied as those for the studies on the origin and evolution of human populations the continent and especially our country, Paleopathology, intentional alteration of the human body or forensic physical anthropology. He made important contributions to each of these themes, and some of its innovative approaches, such as dealing with the problems of paleopathology from an epidemiological perspective.
His work extended beyond the scientific level, understanding both the extent and university teaching. The latter was one of the richest aspects of "Don Juan" as his students used to call, since she put her knowledge as a scientist with ease and simplicity, making efforts so that the contents of Anthropology Physics reach all students. Several generations of social anthropologists and archaeologists from the University of Chile and other universities, received his teachings directly or through their disciples, several of which were determined to continue its work. Professor Juan
Munizaga intensely lived the adventure of opening the field for the full exercise of a little-known discipline in our country and in much of America and the world, with its actions as prolific, not only what we remember as the "father of physical anthropology chilena", but as a great teacher and human being. Who had the privilege of being his disciples We owe a huge recognition, gratitude and a deep commitment to continue and enhance their work. EUGENE
Aspillaga
Department of Anthropology Faculty of Social Sciences University of Chile
http://www.facso.uchile.cl/publicaciones/antropologia/13/docs/antropologia_13.pdf
Anthropologist (1934-1996) Juan
I studied at Liceo de Aplicación, where he graduated in 1952. then entered medical school at the University of Chile, passion for anthropology, which would be one of the pioneers in Chile.
work yesterday a memory of John Munizaga, Professor Eugenio Aspillada in the Revista Chilena Anthropology in his No. 13 (1995 - 1996) of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Chile, which were then transcribed.
Less than a year after the official creation of the Center for Anthropological Studies at the University of Chile, in 1953, when he joined that group of pioneers of the National Anthropology, a young medical student with little more than nineteen . With his passion for a discipline little known in our continent, managed to take a place in the fledgling institution and from there develop to their consolidation in academic circles of our country. That passion for Anthropology Physics, in all its expressions, Don Juan Munizaga characterized his entire life, passed several of his students, and escorted him to the time when he left, quietly, as he always was.
His early works not only allowed him to secure its inclusion in the university environment, but also external recognition, which was confirmed by a predoctoral Guggenheim Fellowship (1961 - 1962) that allowed him to continue their education in Physical Anthropology, under the custody of Thomas D. Stewart, at the Smithsonian Institution of the United States. During this period was linked to other renowned anthropologists such as Betty Meggers, Clifford Evans, Douglas Ubelaker, and developed important work, like his classic paper: "Skeletal Remains from sites of Valdivia and Machalilla Phases." Later, return to the Smithsonian Institution (1973-1974) with a postdoctoral fellowship, which provide in-depth topics such as Human Paleontology Paleopathology and also to develop a teaching strategy in physical anthropology and the training of specialists in this field, to implement in our country. Its passage by the Smithsonian, more than any other activity performed by John Munizaga abroad, left a deep imprint on him as a scientist and also in other aspects of person.
I find it difficult to detail all that we owe to Professor Munizaga, and do not just mean the huge debt of gratitude is a disciple to his teacher, who generously gave him the tools to function in a discipline and showed him a road where directed. This also emphasized the role played and will continue his work in Chilean and American anthropology, as were many issues addressed in the research, both in the field of theory and in the generation or evaluation of methods and techniques. Covered fields as varied as those for the studies on the origin and evolution of human populations the continent and especially our country, Paleopathology, intentional alteration of the human body or forensic physical anthropology. He made important contributions to each of these themes, and some of its innovative approaches, such as dealing with the problems of paleopathology from an epidemiological perspective.
His work extended beyond the scientific level, understanding both the extent and university teaching. The latter was one of the richest aspects of "Don Juan" as his students used to call, since she put her knowledge as a scientist with ease and simplicity, making efforts so that the contents of Anthropology Physics reach all students. Several generations of social anthropologists and archaeologists from the University of Chile and other universities, received his teachings directly or through their disciples, several of which were determined to continue its work. Professor Juan
Munizaga intensely lived the adventure of opening the field for the full exercise of a little-known discipline in our country and in much of America and the world, with its actions as prolific, not only what we remember as the "father of physical anthropology chilena", but as a great teacher and human being. Who had the privilege of being his disciples We owe a huge recognition, gratitude and a deep commitment to continue and enhance their work. EUGENE
Aspillaga
Department of Anthropology Faculty of Social Sciences University of Chile
http://www.facso.uchile.cl/publicaciones/antropologia/13/docs/antropologia_13.pdf
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