The Witness — Cerro Rico

Region

Bolivia

Researcher

Víctor Mazón Gardoqui

Project

Investigating the impact of mining in Bolivia

Source

Sonandes

Formats

Archive of the future

Essay

Field research

Transdisciplinary research

Disciplines

Anthropology

Politics

Social studies

Spirituality

Themes

Colonialism

Exploitation

Extractivism

Human footprint

Worldviews

An audiovisual essay with Heinz Basagoitia about the history of Cerro Rico, a mountain in the Andes near the city of Potosí with the world's largest silver deposit, and the influence of the arts as a tool of evangelism