David Foitzick Reyes is Professor of Spanish Language and Communication, Bachelor of Education, Master of Science in Education with a major in Educational Management and Administration from the Universidad Mayor de Santiago de Chile, and PhD in Romance Philology from the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany, with a thesis on poetry of southern Chile. He has participated as a speaker at various international conferences and has published books, articles in joint editions and in university journals.

Patricio Besana has a degree in Sociology and a PhD in Political Science. He is an Assistant Researcher at CONICET based at the Instituto de Investigaciones Políticas. He is general coordinator of the Environment and Politics Area and teaches at the School of Politics and Government of the Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Much of his work deals with participation, environment and access to public services, with emphasis on contexts of urban poverty. He is currently researching on Anthropocene and anti-speciesist identities and demands in Latin American countries.