Diego Villar

Diego Villar is a Researcher at the Department of Humanities of Ca' Foscari University of Venice, specializing in South American indigenous cultures through ethnographic and ethnohistorical approaches. His work focuses on material culture, historical anthropology, and cultural documentation of lowland societies.

• Geographical expertise: Latin America (Bolivian Amazon, Chaco region), Europe
• Research keywords: Cultural anthropology, Social anthropology, Ethnography, Ethnohistory

Recent publications analyze Amazonian technology, myth reconstruction, and historical figures like Dr. Vellard and Nicolás Armentia. His 2025 book Antropología en singular explores minor histories of South American lowlands.

Current projects examine cultural transformation in horticultural societies (2013 study) and material culture's role in indigenous identity formation.