Gerardo Lopez-Amaro

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Un and Learning Journeys Program Coordinator @ Enlivened Cooperative
Lisbon, PT
Gerardo Lopez-Amaro's Location
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, Portugal
About Gerardo Lopez-Amaro

An intuition about the one and the many, or what we could call the pluriverse, has been present in my life, both in my work as a social anthropologist, as educator, as facilitator, as activist and as a traveler. For me, the anthropological question is how do we become human. This is an interrogation of the relationship between nature and culture. When we can peer through the openings to the different -either in a page, a canvas, a song, a story, a ceremony or a conversation, just to name a few-, we can discover a sense of possibility, a deepening of the imagination, an expansion of sensibilities. We become active participants in world-making practices, and we can reduce the harm of unjust, unbalanced, ways of being, knowing and relating. This question, this desire, this possibility is what has guided my career. How to unlearn oppression and violence so that the abundant creativity of the one-and-the-many can emerge? This requires a reinvention of the relationship to self, to others, and to Earth. To understand our place in an evolving pluriverse that is not 'outside there' but that is constitutive and foundational, profoundly interwoven. I am currently focusing on creating, designing, and hosting un/learning spaces for individuals, collectives and organizations that wish to tap with curiosity in the possibility of weaving together an emergent, flexible, localized, innovative culture. Through the development of journeys, workshops, seminars and courses, and through the interpersonal weaving of networks and platforms of encounter and reflection where ethical collaborations can arise and where participants can get in touch with their creative source and be the change we want to see in the world.

Gerardo Lopez-Amaro's Current Company Details
Enlivened Cooperative

Enlivened Cooperative

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Un and Learning Journeys Program Coordinator
Lisbon, PT
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5
Gerardo Lopez-Amaro Work Experience Details
  • Enlivened Cooperative
    Un And Learning Journeys Program Coordinator
    Enlivened Cooperative
    Lisbon, Pt
  • Enlivened Cooperative
    Un/Learning Journeys Program Coordinator
    Enlivened Cooperative May 2021 - Present
    Hilo, Hawai, Estados Unidos
    Design, organization, hosting and facilitation of un/learning journeys in Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Morocco and India. The 2-week journeys provide an immersive, experiential space about regenerative leadership practices with a bioregional, relational, localized and embodied approach. Reclaiming travel as a sort of pedagogical pilgrimage, the program invites participants to not only learn new information but also on unlearning old, obsolete patterns and narratives focusing as well on an inner journey transformative of their relationship to self, others and the Earth.As the founder and coordinator of this program, I have been in charge of developing the concept and the pedagogical approach, establishing the connections with the local organizations, managing the project, weaving the team and hosting the journeys.
  • Enlivened Cooperative
    Co-Founder
    Enlivened Cooperative Jan 2021 - Present
    Along with a growing collective of diverse and highly experienced learning practitioners who have been actively engaged in the field of education as teachers, professors, researchers, activists, leaders, artists, filmmakers, programers, and learners, in the Enlivened Cooperative we are deeply committed to addressing the structural challenges of education (and beyond) through our way of organizing, leading and facilitating learning. As educator-activists, we intervene within the pedagogical, epistemological, leadership and economic aspects of education, to provide a model of how learning can be carried out in service of our ecologies, economies, communities, cultures, cosmovisions and life within our planetary home. We also want to make learning more relevant, meaningful and accessible to people that historically have not had access to higher and further education and are actively engaging in transforming their communities and ecologies.As a co-founder of the Cooperative, I have focused on the design of seminars and programs, both online and in person, as well as co-weaving the relational foundations of our work as a space to reimagine learning in support of people, grassroots communities and organizations with tools, practices and sensibilities to co-construct inter-cultural and ecological worlds.
  • Deeptime Network
    Adjunct Faculty And Tech Host
    Deeptime Network Aug 2020 - Present
    Maine, Estados Unidos
    Adjunct Faculty and Tech Host in the Deep Time Leadership and Wellness Program. This is a 9-month course where we explore an approach to leadership that stems from loving and understanding our spectacular, emergent and creative universe. The program gives support to leaders giving birth to a new culture in which humans come into a mutually beneficial relationship with the Earth and each other.As tech host for the program, I am in charge of managing the digital infrastructure for the meeting sessions on Zoom, ensuring an appropriate flow of the class and supporting participants and faculty. As adjunct faculty, I facilitate reflections on an ethnographic approach to deep time or how insights from different cultures -including each one's culture- enrich our understanding of an evolving universe, or rather a pluriverse.
  • Río Secreto | Reserva Natural
    Nature And Culture Tour Guide
    Río Secreto | Reserva Natural Apr 2022 - Mar 2023
    Playa Del Carmen, Quintana Roo, México
    Trilingual(English, French and Spanish) guided tours on a nature reserve in the jungle. Through the tour on a semi-flooded cave , explorers experience the beauty and complexity of the underground ecosystem of the peninsula of Yucatan, while also learning about its cultural and ecological relevance.
  • Ecoversities Alliance
    Steering Committee Member
    Ecoversities Alliance Jan 2018 - May 2022
    Design of emergent, relational, decentralized practices and strategies of collaboration in a global network. The Ecoversities Alliance is present in more than 45 countries with over 400 projects. The Alliance supports learners and communities around the world to reclaim their own processes of un/learning, knowledge co-creation and sharing, and community building. As a member of the Steering Committee, I participated in the co-creation of the programs and the strategy of the network, organizing global and regional gatherings, facilitating workshops and seminars, developing participatory research, monitoring and evaluation of the different lines of action.
  • Articulação Sul
    Consultant In International Cooperation And Development
    Articulação Sul Jan 2021 - Jan 2022
    São Paulo Y Alrededores
    Consultant in the project "Learning Flexibility. Pathways to urban transformation". This study, involving selected case studies, gives insights to practitioners and stakeholders about how cities, among fragility, crisis and vulnerability can be innovation sites for policies, practices and physical interventions. Throughout the study, we reflected about how flexibility, innovation and learning can foster prosperous communities and sustainable cities.
  • California Institute Of Integral Studies
    Research Assistant
    California Institute Of Integral Studies Jan 2021 - May 2021
    San Francisco, California, Estados Unidos
    Research focusing on pathways to autonomy in the grassroots movement of Zapatismo in the Bay Area, led by Targol Mesbah, Ph.D.
  • School For International Training
    Adjunct Faculty
    School For International Training Jan 2020 - May 2020
    Teacher of "Development and Resistance in Latin America" in the Masters program in Sustainable Development. Classes were held online and in a 1-week residency in Oaxaca, Mexico.
  • California Institute Of Integral Studies
    Office Administrative Assistant
    California Institute Of Integral Studies May 2019 - Aug 2019
    San Francisco, California, Estados Unidos
    Supporting the operations of the reception area at the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine at the California Institute of Integral Studies.
  • California Institute Of Integral Studies
    Operations Administrative Assistant
    California Institute Of Integral Studies May 2019 - Aug 2019
    San Francisco, California, Estados Unidos
    Support in the daily logistic and operations at the California Institute of Integral Studies.
  • Ciesas Occidente
    Associate Researcher
    Ciesas Occidente Nov 2018 - Mar 2019
    Zapopan, Jalisco, México
    Participatory Action Research and Community Outreach in an innovative, recently created research center. I explored connections and possibilities of collaboration with local actors in the neighborhood.
  • California Institute Of Integral Studies
    Public Programs And Performances Assistant
    California Institute Of Integral Studies Jan 2016 - Jun 2018
    San Francisco, California, Estados Unidos
    Support in the production of cultural, artistic and scholar events at the Public Programs and Performances area at CIIS. Customer service and sales.
  • California Institute Of Integral Studies
    Graduate Student Research Assistant
    California Institute Of Integral Studies Aug 2016 - Dec 2016
    Participated in the research project "Innovative learning experiences for social change", led by professor Targol Mesbah, Ph.D.
  • California Institute Of Integral Studies
    Integral Teaching Fellow
    California Institute Of Integral Studies May 2016 - Aug 2016
    San Francisco, California, Estados Unidos
    Recipient of the Integral Teaching Fellowship at the Bachelor's Completion Degree at CIIS. The core curriculum focuses on social justice, personal growth, and transformation.
  • The University Of British Columbia
    Graduate Student Research Assistant
    The University Of British Columbia Oct 2017 - Mar 2018
    Vancouver, Columbia Británica, Canadá
    Research in the project "Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures" led by professor Vanessa Andreotti, Ph.D.
  • California Institute Of Integral Studies
    Graduate Student Research Assistant
    California Institute Of Integral Studies Aug 2015 - Dec 2015
    Research project "Grassroots resistance to mining in Chiapas, Mexico", led by professor Targol Mesbah, Ph.D.
  • California Institute Of Integral Studies
    Cafeteria Server
    California Institute Of Integral Studies Sep 2014 - Dec 2015
    San Francisco, California, Estados Unidos
    Student worker at the CIIS Cafe, preparing food, supporting in the everyday operations of the cafe, and providing customer service.
  • Río Secreto | Reserva Natural
    Tour Guide
    Río Secreto | Reserva Natural Jan 2014 - Apr 2014
    Playa Del Carmen, Quintana Roo, México
    Archaeological, nature and adventure tour guide in English, French and Spanish.
  • Internat D'Excellence De Montpellier
    Spanish Teaching Assistant
    Internat D'Excellence De Montpellier Aug 2012 - Apr 2013
    Montpellier, Occitània, Francia
    Teaching Assistant of Spanish as Foreign Language at the Internat d'Excellence de Montpellier, an innovative pedagogical project in middle and high school.
  • Respuesta Alternativa, A.C.
    Human Rights Defender
    Respuesta Alternativa, A.C. Apr 2006 - Dec 2012
    San Luis Potosí, México
    Accompaniment of cases of violations to human rights in the state of San Luis Potosi, primarily in the region of the Altiplano. We worked with women, children and elders of rural and urban settings, promoting and advocating for environmental and social justice.
  • Universidad Del Valle De México
    Teacher
    Universidad Del Valle De México Aug 2010 - Dec 2011
    San Luis Potosí Y Alrededores, México
    Faculty in the Bicultural High School at the Universidad del Valle de Mexico, teaching the following courses:Human RightsMulticulturalismWorld StudiesHistoria de MéxicoSociologíaHistoria Universal Contemporánea
  • Educación Y Ciudadania, A.C.
    Program Facilitator
    Educación Y Ciudadania, A.C. Aug 2009 - Aug 2011
    San Luis Potosí, México
    Facilitator of the ConstruyeT program, aimed at youth in middle school. The program focused on developing a series of contents, workshops, and trainings to staff, faculty, parents and students to support youth in preventing psychosocial risks and developing their life project. I was in charge of following up in 8 different schools in the state of San Luis Potosi.
  • Educación Y Ciudadania, A.C.
    Research Study Assistant
    Educación Y Ciudadania, A.C. Aug 2010 - Jul 2011
    San Luis Potosí, México
    Design, planning, systematization and analysis of the study Diagnóstico Estatal de Derechos Juveniles, focusing on monitoring the effective implementation of human rights policies regarding youth in the state of San Luis Potosi.I also participated in the research and analysis of the Diagnóstico de la Comisión Estatal de Derechos Humanos, a study about the performance of the State Commission of Human Rights, based on surveys and interviews to victims of human rights violations.
  • Alliance Francaise De San Luis Potosí
    French Language Teacher
    Alliance Francaise De San Luis Potosí Sep 2008 - Mar 2009
    San Luis Potosí, México
    Teacher of French as Foreign Language.
  • Instituto Salesiano Carlos Gomez
    English Second Language Teacher
    Instituto Salesiano Carlos Gomez Jun 2004 - Jun 2005
    San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
    High school teacher of English as Foreign Language.
  • Instituto Potosino Marista
    Anthropology Teacher
    Instituto Potosino Marista Jun 2003 - Jun 2004
    San Luis Potosí, México
    High school teacher of Anthropology, developing a new curriculum and creating learning experiences for youth to exercise critical thinking and team work.
  • Alliance Francaise San Luis Potosi
    French Language Teacher
    Alliance Francaise San Luis Potosi Jan 2002 - Feb 2003
    San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
    Teacher of French as Foreign Language at the Alliance Francaise.

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Gerardo Lopez-Amaro works for Enlivened Cooperative

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Gerardo Lopez-Amaro's current role is Un and Learning Journeys Program Coordinator.

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Gerardo Lopez-Amaro attended California Institute Of Integral Studies, El Colegio De San Luis, A.c., Universidad Autónoma De San Luis Potosí, Yoga Tree, Escuela Española De Desarrollo Transpersonal.

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