Interview with Laura Rival, distinguished anthropologist and professor at the University of Oxford. A specialist in Waorani culture and Amerindian concepts of nature and society, Rival is noted for her extensive academic career as a member of the Oxford Centre for Tropical Forests (OCTF) and the Oxford Biodiversity Institute (BIO), in addition to her role as editor of Tipití and her participation in the editorial boards of various academic publications.
Her career includes a stay as a Visiting Research Fellow at the prestigious Collège de France, as well as valuable work as a consultant for international development agencies and as an expert reviewer for the French Institute of Biodiversity and the National Museum of Natural History in Paris.