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OPORTO ORDONEZ, Luis. TRIBUTE TO THE GERMAN ANTHROPOLOGIST JÜRGEN RIESTER (1941-2019) AND THE DOCUMENTARY OF BENI RODOLFO PINTO PARADA (1940-2019). Rev. Fuent. Cong. [online]. 2020, vol.14, n.64, pp. 74-79. ISSN 1997-4485.

Portraits of two recently deceased intellectuals. The German anthropologist Jürgen Riester (1941-2019), pioneer of scientific anthropological work among the indigenous peoples of the lowlands of eastern Bolivia, at a time characterized by intolerance, which decreed their expulsion from the region as a subverter and communist. In the development of his work he collected rites, traditions and customs, transmitted orally. This work, as a whole, constitutes his legacy. Rodolfo Pinto Parada (1940-2019), studied civil engineering at the Technical University of Oruro (UTO), excelled in the study of culture, history, anthropology and archeology and cultivated Beni literature and formed a very complete library of Beni.

Palavras-chave : Jürgen Riester; Bernd Fisherman; Anthropology; Indigenous peoples of the Bolivian East; Santa Cruz; Rodolfo Pinto Parada; Benian Literature; Civil engineering; Benian library.