Alfonso Gumucio

Alfonso Gumucio is a development communication specialist, filmmaker, and writer from Bolivia, with working experience in Africa, Asia, South Pacific, Latin America and The Caribbean. He is the author of various studies on film and communication, as Making Waves: Stories of Participatory Communication for Social Change (2001) and most recently the Anthology: Communication for Social Change Anthology (2006). He worked for three decades as development communication advisor and international consultant for the United, bilateral organisations, international NGOs and foundations, and has been the Managing Director for Programmes at the Communication for Social Change Consortium (2004-2009). Between 2006 and 2012 he coordinated the Communication and Social Change thematic group at the Latin American Association for Communication Research (ALAIC).