CMUS principal investigator Andrea Chamorro took part in the 3rd International Congress of Anthropology of the South 2026, titled “Anthropologies of the South in the Face of a World in Conflict: Epistemological, Ethical, and Political Remains,” held at the Federal University of Latin American Integration (UNILA) in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. On Thursday, November 5, she presented, together with Dr. Daniela Tonelli Manica (Unicamp, Brazil), the paper “The Wind as a Character: Soundscape, Listening, and the Presence of Non-Human Entities in the Podcast Mundaréu en Chile.”

The paper reflects on the experience of producing Mundaréu en Chile, a series of the podcast Mundaréu (Labjor/Unicamp) recorded in Chile in 2026. Drawing especially on episode 4, “Activating Territories in the Andean Foothills,” recorded in the Parinacota region, the authors reflect on what happens when the wind asserts its presence in a sound recording: from being an element that is usually avoided or eliminated, it takes the place of a character and, in doing so, invites us to think about listening and the presence of non-human entities in the soundscape.