Pilar Egüez Guevara, PhD is an Ecuadorian cultural anthropologist, writer and award-winning filmmaker. Over the past 20 years she has lived, worked and carried out research and community-based projects in and about Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil, Cuba and the United States. She is co-founder and director of Comidas que Curan (Foods that Heal), an independent food education and media company dedicated to researching and promoting traditional foods and knowledge through ethnographic research and film. Her award-winning documentaries have been screened in three different languages across North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. Through her research, public speaking and films, she amplifies the voices of older men and women who are the bearers of traditional knowledge about food and medicine in Latin America. She has brought this work to communities in Ecuador through filmmaking and research education projects, as well as to US college students in the United States through film screenings and lectures. She is a published author and speaks internationally on topics ranging from cultural history, food heritage, health, nutrition and conflict transformation. She is currently Visiting Assistant Professor in Latinx Studies at Mt. Holyoke College. Learn more about her work at www.comidasquecuran.org.
Areas of Expertise
Food anthropology, intangible cultural heritage, visual anthropology, ethnographic documentary and community-based collaborative and action research.
Education
- PhD, University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
- MA, University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
- MA, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales Flacso-Ecuador
- BA, Wellesley College