Eduardo Restrepo is a Colombian anthropologist graduated from the University of Antioquia (Medellin. 1996), with master´s degree and doctoral studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hills. His research stands out studies on Afro-Colombian populations, with a specific interest in the Colombian Pacific region. The processes of ethnicization and racialization, as well as politics of representation and black political subjectivities, are some of the issues addressed in his publications.

Leandro Losada, holds a bachelor’s degree and a PhD in History (National University of the Center of the Buenos Aires Province). He is specialist in Atlantic and Connected history, history of elites, political history, and history of political thought. Currently he is an independent researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Associate Professor at the School of Politics and Government of the National University of San Martín (UNSAM) and Director of the Institute for Political Research (CONICET/UNSAM).

Aaron Schneider is Professor of International Studies at the University of Denver. His work focuses on the intersection of wealth and power, and he has conducted research in Latin America, India, and Sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, he emphasizes the study of public finance as a window into the political economy of development and democracy. The way governments secure contributions from key social groups and how states decide what to do with the money tells a story about the nature of national political communities – who is in, who is out, and who will enjoy what benefits of membership.