Victor Vimos is a PhD candidate in the Latin American Literary and Cultural Studies program. His fields of specialization are culture and literature in Latin America in the 21st century, and rituals and violence in the Andean region. His main research interests include the interdisciplinary approach between anthropology and literature to conduct research on ritual activity in indigenous communities. Specifically, he investigates how ritual mediates interaction between humans and nonhumans. His academic interests also include poetic language at the intersection of race and class.