Received Sylff fellowship in 2017
Academic Supervisor: Dr. Agustín Acevedo
Current affiliation: PhD Program in Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities and Letters –
University of Buenos Aires
Rolando González holds a BA in Archaeology and a Master's degree in Archaeology from the University of Chile. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Archaeology at the Faculty of Humanities and Letters – University of Buenos Aires (UBA). His research examines social dynamics in the prehistoric and historic periods of Chile, with a special focus on body studies in the past. His doctoral research centers on the analysis of bodily representations depicted on historical portable art media during the saltpeter mining era in northern Chile.
He also has extensive experience working with museum collections, as well as in education and mediation within museum contexts, with a particular interest in public archaeology, archaeology of the body, and heritage studies and management.
Since 2019, he has worked at the Technical Secretariat of the National Monuments Council (CMN) of Chile.
In parallel, he has built an academic career as a university lecturer, teaching courses such as Ethics and Heritage Legislation, Archaeology of the Semi-Arid North, and Archaeological Theory, the key areas where he concentrates his academic and professional specialization.
