David Galeano Olivera
David Abdón Galeano Olivera is a Paraguayan linguist, anthropologist, philologist, translator, and educator. He is also the president and founder of the Guarani Language and Culture Athenaeum, and one of the initiators of the Guarani version of Wikipedia. In 2017, he ventured into science communication as a columnist for the portal Ciencia del Sur.
Background
Dr. Olivera studied at Gral. Bernardino Caballero College in Asunción in 1979. He received his bachelor's degree in Guarani at the Universidad Nacional de Asunción in 1985. He earned doctorates in the following specialties: Linguistics and Philology of Guarani, Methodology of Research, University Didactics, and Common Linguistics. At Ntra. Sra. de la Asunción Catholic University he became a Doctor of Anthropology and International Anthropology and Ethnology.
Work at university
Dr. Olivera is a professor at Universidad Nacional de Asunción and teaches Philosophy, Medicine, Poli-technology, Nature, and Exact Sciences. He is the head of the Anthropology, Research Methodology, Sociology and Spanish department.
Dr. Olivera founded the Lyceum of Guarani Language and Culture in 1985 and has been its president since then. He is also a Grammar, Literature, Didactics and Culture professor at the lyceum. Dr. Olivera is an activist for the propagation of the Guarani language and culture, and he organizes various cultural events, conferences, seminars, and forums about Guarani in Paraguay. He is a member of various government and UN commissions on Paraguayan culture. Dr. Olivera is also the author of numerous books on Guarani and Paraguayan culture. Dr. Olivera has won various national and international prizes as a result of his work.
Family
Mr. David Galeano Olivera lives in Capiatá, Central department with his wife Sabina and his four children Edgar, Norma, Jorge and Anai.