José-Carlos Mariátegui
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José-Carlos Mariátegui is a scientist, writer, curator and scholar on culture, new media and technology. He explores the intersection of culture and technology, history of cybernetics, media archeology, digitization, video archives, and the impact of technology on memory institutions.[1] Born in 1975, he is the son of Peruvian psychiatrist Javier Mariategui and the grandson of Jose Carlos Mariategui, the most influential Latin American Marxist thinker of the 20th century. He studied Mathematics and Biology at Cayetano Heredia University in Lima, Perú and did both Masters and Doctoral degrees in Information Systems and Innovation from the London School of Economics and Political Science – LSE (London). His PhD, dated 2013, was titled "Image, information and changing work practices: the case of the BBC’s Digital Media Initiative".[2] Has been involved in teaching and research activities, as well as published a variety of articles on art, science, technology, society and development. He founded Alta Tecnología Andina (ATA), non-profit organization dedicated to the development and research of artistic and scientific theories in Latin America.[3][better source needed] Founder of the International Festival of Video and Electronic Art in Lima (1998–2003). Founding Director of the Museum of José Carlos Mariátegui of the Ministry of Culture in Peru.[4][5] He is currently a Lecturer at LUISS (Rome),[6] a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Media and Communications at the LSE,[7] a Board Member of Future Everything (UK) [8] and Editorial Board member for the Leonardo Book Series at MIT Press.[9]
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Alma mater | Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, B.Sc. London School of Economics and Political Science, M.Sc. London School of Economics and Political Science, Ph.D. |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Organizational Studies and Technology Media Theory and History Media Art in Latin America |
Institutions | University of the Pacific (Peru) London School of Economics and Political Science |
Thesis | Image, information and changing work practices: the case of the BBC’s Digital Media Initiative (2013) |
Doctoral advisor | Jannis Kallinikos |
For many years he worked with Gianni Toti and collaborated in Tupac Amauta, Toti's last series of works while being both residents at the CICV Centre de Recherche Pierre Schaeffer Montbéliard Belfort (France, 1997–2002). While studying in Lima, he was a member of the Scientific Thought and Philosophy of Science Program, Cayetano Heredia University (Lima, 1995–2001). Teaches the course: “The virtual museum” at Ricardo Palma University Postgraduate Museology Program.[10][better source needed] Member of the National Commission of Culture, a High Level dependency of the President that proposed the cultural and scientific policy in Peru (2001–2002).
Along with geneticist and art critic Jorge Villacorta started Escuelab, an advanced research center for research and innovation for Latin America.[11][12] He was a member of the Advisory Council of Third Text (2007–2012). He was also a Network Committee member of the Prince Claus Fund (The Netherlands).[13]
In 2010 he co-founded the first Diploma of Digital Strategies on Marketing in Perú, at the Postgraduate School of the Universidad del Pacífico in Lima (Estrategias Digitales para la Gestión del Marketing).[14][better source needed] At the LSE Department of Management's Information Systems and Innovation Group[15][better source needed] he conducted original research on the implementation of BBC's Digital Media Initiative (DMI) by studying digital video as an image-based artefact in both news and long-form productions, working with Prof. Jannis Kallinikos.[16][17][18] Lives in London and Lima.