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GUEST SPEAKERS
Prof. Dr. Gunter Kreutz
He studied in Marburg, Berlin and San Franciso, received his doctorate at the University of Bremen, received his habilitation at the Goethe University in Frankfurt and has been teaching systematic musicology at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg since 2008. Psychological, physical and social meanings of music-making, singing and dancing among amateurs are at the forefront of his research interests. He is the author and editor of numerous specialist publications as well as two non-fiction books. Finally, he is a member of various associations, e.g. B. German Society for Music Psychology (DGM), European Society for Music Perception and Cognition (ESCOM), reviewer for numerous specialist journals and founding editor of the online journal Music Performance Research. His research was funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9586-241X
Music, health and wellbeing
Over previous decades, musical activities such as singing, playing musical instruments, dancing, and listening to music, all have been ascribed potential to enhance wellbeing and quality of life across the life span. One important implication of this notion is that beneficial effects of music engagement is not restricted to traditional music therapy. This means that trained music therapists are not always required to achieve measurable health effects. Moreover, beneficial effects of music engagement can go beyond adjuvant psychotherapy. In other words, musical activities appear to have health potentials at physical, psychological, and social levels. In this lecture, we will consider examples of recent empirical research based on experimental and large-scale panel studies. The dynamics in these strands of work suggests that medical research has begun to adapt the notion of health effects of music engagement, which begins to transform music therapy and music as medicine. This means also to recognize both the potentials and limitations of music activities for wellbeing and health.
Dr. Luc Delannoy
Postdoctoral training in Neuropsychology and cognition in aging. Columbia University Medical Center. New York; Biology of aging in Gerontological Research. University of Washington, Seattle; applied neuroscience training; rhe Neurosciences Institute, Rockefeller University. New York. Place and date of birth: Etterbeek, Belgium. 08/16/1955. Resident in Tallinn, Estonia. Lecturer. Mental health consultant. Writer, honorary Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Valparaíso, Chile. Award-winning author and philosopher, Luc Delannoy has published books in Belgium, France, Canada, the United States, Mexico and Chile. In the last 30 years he has written more than 200 articles for European newspapers and magazines. In 2003 he founded the Institute of Neuroarts, an institute that researches the relationships between the arts, creativity, the mind and mental health. The institute offers academic programs, as well as prevention and therapy programs focused on mental health. In 2012, the Institute of Neuroarts, in collaboration with the Mexican government, launched a social program for older people with dementia. In 2018, the Neuroartes Chile Foundation was inaugurated, based in Valparaíso. He is currently Director of the Institute of Neuroarts. Member of the American Philosophical Association, of the New York Academy of Sciences, member of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, member of the Society for Comparative Studies of Chinese and Western Philosophies. Neuroartes https://neuroartes.com
MA. Josep Jofré i Fradera
Professor at the University of Guanajuato (DEMAE and Master of Arts), the Music Conservatory of Celaya and the Conservatory of Las Rosas (Morelia). Member of the Board of Directors of the Mexican Association of Music Psychology (AMEPSIM). Graduated in flute from the Conservatory of the Liceu (Barcelona), he furthered his studies in Paris (Vicens Prats, soloist of the Paris Orchestra) and took courses with Pierre-Yves Artaud and Alain Marion. Master in Music Therapy (University of Barcelona). Doctoral studies at the Autonomous University of Madrid and the University of Guanajuato (graduation process in progress). Musical studies in theoretical areas and composition. He teaches courses and lectures on music, pedagogy, musicology and music therapy at universities in Mexico, Spain and France. He participates as a speaker in conferences and colloquia. EDAUTEMUS – FaM-UNAM, Secretariat of Education of Guanajuato: International Congress of Educational Leaders, Forum Zone 6 Special Education, National Congress on Musical Education – FORMEDEM, International Forum of Musical Education Veracruz (Veracruzana University), International Congress of Higher Musical Education (CIEMNS) (Autonomous University of Aguascalientes), International Meeting of Musical Education: Paradigms and New Challenges (BUAP-Benemérita Autonomous University of Puebla). He writes programs in Spain and Mexico. Responsible for the Editing of Programs for the Symphony Orchestra of the University of Guanajuato. Books: Musical Language. Keys to understanding and using the spelling and grammar of music (2003); The Practice of Musical Language. The Hierarchy of Sounds. Fundamentals, techniques and systems of organization in Western music (2005); The Practice of Music Therapy (in preparation), all commissioned by the publishing house Robinbook (Ma Non Troppo), Barcelona.
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Dr. Irma Susana Carbajal Vaca
Aguascalientes, Mexico. She studied Music, Communication Sciences and awarded a Master and Ph.D. in Education. She has been a professor at the University of Guadalajara, the dual university Cooperative State University of Baden-Württemberg (Germany), the Tecnológico de Monterrey, the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo and since 2016 is a research professor at Autonomous University of Aguascalientes where she represents the research group UAA-CA-117, Education and Knowledge of Music, whose members coordinate, for more than a decade, the International Colloquium on Higher Level Music Education, the Permanent Seminar of the Department of Music and the Radio "Ventana al Sonido" program. She has completed several academic stays in Germany (Scholarship Goethe Institute, Berlin 1994; Philipps Universität Marburg 1998-1999; Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Mannheim 2001-2003; Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg 2010 and 2017). She has been recognized in Mexico as a National Investigator (SNI I) by the National Council of Science and Technology and is a member of the National Council of Educational Research. ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1575-605X
Dr. Carmen María Méndez Navas
San José, Costa Rica. Musical educator. Interdisciplinary Doctorate in Letters and Arts in Central America, with a mention in Artistic Culture, National University (2002-2009) Summa Cum Laude. Master's degrees in Rhythmic and Preschool Musical Initiation from the University of Music in Freiburg, Germany with a scholarship from the DAAD (1976-1980). Graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Piano (1965-1976), Bachelor's degree in Music, and a Teaching degree in Music Education from the University of Costa Rica. One of the four founders of the Latin American Forum of Music Education (FLADEM). Director of the ACUA Academy Foundation for Learning and Artistic Culture. Former General Director of the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica and its Programs. Professor at the National University (1982-2017), where she held positions as Director of the School of Music on three occasions, Vice Dean and Dean of CIDEA, Academic Representative to the University Council (2005-2010). Teacher at the School of Musical Arts, the Faculty of Education, and the Western Campus of the University of Costa Rica. First and second places in the Jorge Volio Awards in Arts from the College of Graduates and Teachers for her works "Musical Experiences through Rhythm" and "Gestures of Rupture in Central American Contemporary Music".
MA. Mario Alfaro Güell
San José, Costa Rica. Mario Alfagüell, composer (Costa Rica, 1948). University of Costa Rica: History, Theater, and Music, specifically in Piano and Composition. University of Music in Freiburg, Germany: Master’s degree in musical composition. Works -The raw material of his music comes from indigenous, black, and Central Valley traditions of Costa Rica, as well as from Latin American literature from various historical periods. He has an extensive catalog exceeding Opus 600. Among his compositions are numerous sonatas, symphonies, operas, oratorios, cantatas, "hablatas" which is a genre of his invention, two books for organ, abundant vocal and instrumental chamber music, with an exhaustive repertoire for piano standing out. Of these, the composition for left-hand solo has placed him at the forefront globally for his prolific output. -His compositions have been performed in Europe, America, Africa, and Asia. Distinctions: DAAD re-invitations: guest professor in Freiburg and Stuttgart -Thrice National Prize in Musical Composition -Áncora Prize -Twice Prize from the College of Graduates and Teachers. -Work selected among the top 10 in the Musical Tribune of Latin America and the Caribbean, UNESCO, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -Originality Prize in the Universal Marimba Contest, Belgium -Distinction from the City Council of Martorell, Catalonia -Ones Prize "Mediterranean Seal" from the City Council of Tarragona.
Dr. Fuensanta Fernández de Velazco
Puebla, Mexico. Ph.D. in Music with a specialization in Music Education from UNAM. Recognized as a National Researcher Level I. Completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Music Studies and Musicological Research at the Center for Studies and Research for Teacher Development A.C (Cenid). Holds a Master's degree in Lifelong Learning from the International Center for Prospective and Advanced Studies (CIPAE), Puebla; a Master's degree in Music Pedagogy from the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, Germany; a Master's degree in Piano, also from the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, Germany, under the guidance of Professor Kalus Schilde; and a Master's degree in Rhythmic Music Education from the National Academy of Trossingen, Germany, with Professor Brita Glathe. Conducted specialized studies in Rhythmic Music Education at the University of Music Freiburg, Germany, with Professor Martina Jacobi, and in Rhythmic Music Education at the Jaques-Dalcroze Institute in Geneva, Switzerland, under the direction of Professor Malou HattArnol. Contributed to the development of the Master of Arts in Inter- and Transdisciplinarity, of which she was Coordinator from 2016 to 2022. Currently works as a pianist, full-time professor, and researcher at the Faculty of Arts of BUAP, and serves as Coordinator of Planning. Goole Academico: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xds3yKIAAAAJ&hl=en
Dr. Gloria Ito Sugiyama
Mexico City. Gloria Josephine Hiroko Ito Sugiyama has a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Leipzig, Germany (cum laude). She completed Master's studies at the Asia and Africa Center of the College of Mexico, a bachelor's degree in German Linguistics and Literature at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), with honorable mention. She is a tenured professor in the Department of Humanities of the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM-Azcapotzalco). She is a teacher at the Foreign Language Center. She works in education and has research projects in Interculturality, Hermeneutics and Comparative Literature. She is a member of the National System of Researchers SNI (1) of the National Council of Humanities, Science and Technology (CONAHCyT) and the Program for Teacher Professional Development (PRODEP). She has written various articles and essays, mainly in magazines: Theme and Variations of Literature and Humanistic Sources. She has published in Linguistic Studies of the Foreign Language Center of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Magazine of the Association of Foreign Language Teachers, in publications of the Council of Science and Technology of the State of Guanajuato (Concyteg) and in the electronic journal Re-lingüística of the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM-Azcapotzalco). She also participated in publications from the National Pedagogical University (UPN) and the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN).
Dr. Juan Carlos Mansur Garda
Mexico City. Full-time research professor at ITAM. Bachelor's degree in Philosophy (UIA), Master's degree in Philosophy (UNAM), Doctorate in Philosophy (UNAV) all of them with thesis in philosophy of beauty and art. He is a member of the National System of Researchers (SNI level 2). He has carried out research stays at the University of Toronto, Canada, University of Navarra, Spain, University of Santa Croce, Rome, University of Bonn and University of Tübingen, Germany. He is the founding director of ITAMúsica which hosts seven music, drawing and painting workshops at ITAM. His specialty is the field of philosophy of beauty and art, the philosophy of living, and the thought of María Montessori.
Mtra. Ericka Toledo Zurita
She is the Project Leader at the Water Center of Tecnológico de Monterrey, with +15 years of international experience in managing development diplomacy projects. She holds a master’s degree in Environmental Governance from Albert-Ludwig Universität Freiburg, Germany, and has completed high-level training programs in integrated management systems, leadership, and global governance, supported by the German federal government. She is a professional practitioner of ecosystemic leadership and Theory U for systemic transformations. Ericka has completed internships at the Environmental Law Centre of IUCN in Bonn, Germany, and at the Environmental Research Center at Bharati Vidyapeeth University in India. She is the founder of The Sustainability Atelier, a think tank focused on international cooperation and sustainability education. She has advised international organizations such as UNESCO, UNDESA, GIZ, and Fraunhofer, and has facilitated global events like the launch of the Global Sustainable Development Report 2019 for Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by UNDESA and GIZ. Her expertise spans in topics like urban innovation labs, nature-based solutions, and water governance, with experience in Mexico, Germany, India, and South Africa. Ericka also led the City Lab in the Morgenstadt: Global Smart Cities Initiative by the University of Stuttgart and the Fraunhofer Institute, and served as Deputy Director of Environment for the Municipality of Saltillo, Coahuila.
MA. María Elena Vargas Magaña
Tamaulipas, Mexico. Professionally, she is a Ph.D. student in Environmental Science and Engineering (The University of Texas at San Antonio), holds a B.Sc. in Geophysics (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León/Georg-August-Universität Göttingen), and a B.A. in Languages. Concurrently, she evolves as an artist, exploring and creating art, which she shares with the public on social media platforms. Her paintings follow the currents of abstract and figurative expressionism. In photography, she focuses on portraits and urban spaces. Recently, she virtually presented her first photography exhibition created with Artificial Intelligence. Throughout Mexico and abroad, she has actively participated in more than 50 art exhibitions, including the notable "Artifacts of Human Trafficking," which received an acknowledgment from the State of Texas. In 2023, she published her first digital art book which inspired the exhibition titled “Stories from my Studio,” held from February 22 to April 20, 2024, at the Reynosa Institute for Culture and Arts. During the exhibition, she welcomed more than 300 students, to whom she gave guided tours and created artistic activities to foster their creativity. Both abstract and figurative expressionism are movements she identifies with most clearly, and it is through these movements that she creates her pieces. It is evident in her paintings that German culture has deeply influenced her work, blending with the colorful influence of her Mexican culture.
MA. Julieta Varanasi González García
Veracruz, Mexico. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Arts with a Piano option, a Bachelor's degree in Pedagogy, and a Master's degree in Music: Musicology from the Universidad Veracruzana, with postgraduate studies in Piano at the Brabant Conservatory, Tilburg, Netherlands. Currently, she works as a full-time professor at the Faculty of Music of the Universidad Veracruzana and is a member of the CA Formation and Research in Musical Education (UV-CA-514). Her research interests focus on Mexican music and musical education themes, in which she has various publications and has participated as a conference performer or speaker. Likewise, she has supervised undergraduate and master's theses in both areas. Between 2017 and 2018, she attended the International Deans' Course Latin America as part of the Dialogue on Innovative Strategies for Higher Education (DIES), held at the University of Saarland, Germany, and the University of Alicante, Spain. Previously, she has served at UV as the Head of Library of the Arts Unit, Secretary, and Director of the Faculty of Music. She has collaborated in the management and organization of academic and musical events, such as forums, meetings, and concert series, which offer artistic and musical activities to the public while providing spaces for expression for musicians.
MA. Salvador Plancarte Hernández
Aguascalientes, Mexico. Master's degree in Film Studies (UdeG). Fine Arts Studies (San Carlos-Valencia, Spain). Research stay and scriptwriter (Univ. Bielefeld, Germany). Training EGEDA-LATC technical seminars for Audiovisual Producers. • ARTISTIC PRODUCTION: Selection for Talent Campus FICG-BERLINALE. (Branch: Film Script) Selection for Iberoamerican Films Crossing Borders-Fundación AUTOR. Script incentives (IMCINE/COMEFILM). Short film production incentive (IMCINE) Finalist of the Sundance Institute in script mode, realization of fiction scripts and project development for feature films: Songs of a Blue Heart, February 29, He and She, and Hidden. These projects have received various national and international support and have been presented in pitch rounds. • ACADEMIA: Academic Leader at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM-Ags-Slp-Mty) and various postgraduate programs. Full-time research professor A at the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes (UAA), Desirable Profile PRODEP, +50 national and international conferences in forums such as; TVAzteca, IPEFH, ITESM, National Cinematheque, In Favor of the Best… Contributor to the books; Notes on Art (UdeG), Transmedia: Storytelling of the 21st Century (Univ. Communication), Shock, Contemplation, and Mutation (UAA). Course designer at the national level for the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM-FIT), Research lines: Out of Frame, New Models of Institutional Representation, Transmedia/Storytelling, and alternative production schemes. Cinephile, Music Lover, Happy.
Dr. Melissa Schumacher
Puebla, Mexico. She holds a Ph.D. in Engineering with a specialization in Territorial Management from the Technical University of Munich. She also holds a Master's degree in Urbanism from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and a Bachelor's degree in Architecture from the University of the Americas Puebla. Her work has been published in Latin America and Europe. She is a founding member of the inLAB working group: territory and urban artifact where she has developed multidisciplinary urban planning workshops and community workshops. In parallel, she participates in the creation of the collaborative workshop Tlalli Amealco and is a member of AURA Latin American Network of Urban Agriculture and a member of the Mexican Association of Arboriculture. Her work focuses on territorial planning, ecosystemic urbanism, regenerative development, ruralism, and social design. She was a Conacyt-DAAD scholar and has worked with German cooperation through project financing with the Dual Year Germany Mexico, DAAD, and the German Ministry of Education and Research. She is a candidate level member of the National System of Researchers (SNI). She is also studying for a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology at UDLAP. Through teaching, she educates new generations of architects to be committed to their country and community. She considers herself a "barefoot" architect who enjoys taking learning outside the classroom and connecting with the land. Since 2016, she has been a full-time professor and researcher in the Department of Architecture at the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of the Americas Puebla.
Dipl. Ing. Pablo Luengas Ruiz
Jalisco, Mexico. Biomedical Engineer from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in Mexico City, and completed a diploma in Electrical Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe. Graduated from the Diploma in Managerial Skills program at the Kübler Foundation in Germany, and Microteaching at ITESO in Guadalajara, Jalisco. In 2008, certified as a Coach at the Leadership and Coaching Institute of Puerto Rico. In October 1993, joined FranklinCovey Mexico as a consultant and client partner, successfully developing the market in Guadalajara and solidifying his consulting career by obtaining certifications in the programs detailed in the left-hand column. Has been a guest speaker for various organizations and multiple universities, including the American Chamber of Commerce in Guadalajara, Aeromexico, the Government of Chihuahua, the Government of Jalisco, PEMEX, among many others. His interest in philanthropy and social action led him to actively participate in organizations such as Scouts de México A.C. and Risaterapia A.C., where he served as a facilitator and counselor until 2015. Since February 2015, he has been a certified facilitator in LEGO Serious Play, applying it in coaching, training, and follow-ups, as well as team integration experiences and identity creation, project visualization, and strategies, among others. His coaching career has allowed him to work closely with executives in key positions across various industries such as tequila, steel, insurance, independent entrepreneurs, foundations, and many more. With over 500 hours of coaching, it is currently one of his most sought-after activities by his clients. In 2018, he was certified under the N.E.W.S. Navigation methodology in the N.E.W.S. Executive Coaching process, with which he continues to work successfully to this day.
Dr. José Ignacio Barradas Bribiesca
Guanajuato, Mexico. Senior Researcher. Mathematician from UNAM, where he continued with his master's studies in mathematics. He continued with doctoral studies in Heidelberg, Germany, where he graduated in Mathematics and Biology. He returned to UNAM as a professor, but moved in 1986 to the Mathematics Research Center, CIMAT, where in addition to being a tenured researcher, he has served as director of the Faculty of Mathematics and as director of Academic Affairs at the University of Guanajuato. He has participated in the organization of the Mathematics Olympiad since 1986, has written 8 books and is a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences and the National System of Researchers, SNI. His areas of interest are mathematics education, differential equations, modeling in biology, as well as the use of science in magic.
Dr. María del Carmen Espejel del Moral - She is Associate Professor of Animal Pathology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Faculty of Higher Studies Cuautitlan (FESC), where she teaches veterinary students (pre- and post-graduates). She is interested in studying pathology of reproduction, especially endometrial diseases, that affect cows' milk production. She graduated as a Veterinary Zootechnician from National Autonomous University of Mexico. Subsequently, she obtained a master’s degree in Animal Science at the same institution, and a Doctorate in Medicinae Veterinariae at Leipzig University, Germany.
MA. Octavio Arévalo Cejudo
He was born in Mexico City, where he began his singing studies with the Mezzosopran Belén Amparán. Parallel to singing, he had stage direction studies at the University Center of Theater (CUT) of The National University of México. He continued his singing studies at the Muenchener Musikhochschule, Germany, in Professor Ernst Haefliger´s class and the Bayerischesingschule with the Tenor James King. Later he was a member of the Studio of the State Opera of Vienna. He was a stable member of the Lucerne Theater in Switzerland. With an extensive repertoire, Octavio Arévalo has sung on the most important Opera Stages of the five continents. Octavio Arévalo has worked with internationally renowned conductors, such as Claudio Abbado, Richard Bonynge, Daniel Oren, Nello Santi, Pinchas Steinberg, Yehudi Menuhin, Carlo Rizzi, Marcello Viotti, Evelino Pidó, Maurizio Beninni, Bruno Campanella, and Vladimir Fedoseyev between others, and Directors such as Franco Zefirelli, Guenter Kraemer, Goetz Fridrich, Pier Luigi Pier Alli, Brigitte Fassbaender, Harry Kupfer and Pier Luigi Pizzi. He sang at Teather an der Wien (Vienna/Austria) in the first opera directed by Lord Yehudi Menuhin. Among the recordings (CDs) made are the Rossini operas: “Il Signore Bruschino” and “La Semiramide” for Deutsche Grammophone, “La Vida Breve” by Manuel de Falla for the label Harmonia Mundi, “Le Rois Arthus” By Ernst Chausson to the ORF, “María di Rohán” and “María Stuarda” by Donizetti, for the label Nightingale and “Adelia” by Donizetti for BMG-Riccordi. Prof. Arévalo is a Full-time professor and Foreign Expert at the College of Music in The College of Chinese & ASEAN Arts (CCAA), Chengdú University, Popular Republic of China.
Dr. Sonia Alejandra Torres Sánchez
San Luis Potosi, Mexico. PhD in Geosciences, and a B.Sc. in Geology and Mineralogy (University of Nuevo Leon). Full-time Professor-Researcher in the B.Sc. Geology and MSc Applied Geology programs at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of San Luis Potosí. Leader of the outreach group "Ingeniosos" of the Faculty of Engineering. Member of the Technical Council of the Faculty of Engineering of the UASLP. Member of the University Rights Unit of the Faculty of Engineering. Member of the National System of Researchers since 2016; the San Luis Potosi Researchers System; San Luis Potosi Women Scientists, and of the Recreation network. Recipient of distinctions such as the award for promising researcher of the Faculty of Engineering of the UASLP, award for the best undergraduate thesis in the area of Natural Sciences by the UANL. Academic stays at the University of Jena, Germany, and the University of Arizona. Coordination of the KOSPIE-DAAD-UASLP Program Ambassador and former scholarship holder of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Conahcyt. Certification in Sustainable Education; STEAM Education (in course); Leadership; Yoga Ashtanga basic and intermediate series and well-being; Yoga for people with limited mobility; Ayurveda lifestyle, and Temazcal, cultural practices and ancestral knowledge (in course). Author of more than 20 publications in national and international indexed journals, participation in conferences, courses, workshops and activities to promote and disseminate science at national and international level. Lines of research: 1. Petrology of igneous and metamorphic rocks, 2. Provenance analysis in metasedimentary rocks, 4. Microanalysis in soils for its application in the search for contaminants, 5. Dissemination of Earth Sciences.
M.B.A. Laura Durdana Prado Álvarez
International Cooperation professional, 2030 Agenda/SDGs advocate, and Social Innovation/Social & Sustainable Entrepreneurship enthusiast, with solid experience as project manager, area coordinator, and consultant in different sectors namely public administration, CSOs, private sector and academia, having worked in Mexico, Germany and the United States of America. From 2014 onwards, the study of social innovation ecosystems and social & sustainable entrepreneurship initiatives in Mexico and Latin America became an exciting field of research and action. Civil servant currently working towards the internationalization of the ecosystem of Higher Education, Innovation, Science and Technology in Jalisco, Mexico.
Dr. José Marcos Partida Valdivia
Nayarit, Mexico. Degree in Psychology and Master in Education from the Autonomous University of Nayarit, Doctor in Music from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (music education). He has made two research stays, in the Department of Didactics and Organization of the University of Seville, Spain (2015) and in the Sozialwissenschaftliches Archiv of the University of Konstanz, Germany (DAAD 2021). As a speaker he has participated in working tables of different national and international forums with topics related to music education. A self-taught musician who for 14 years has been part of different musical projects in Nayarit, Mexico, as a guitarist. He has published academic articles on music education in children and rock music culture. His research interests are focused on phenomenology and music education in preschool.
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Dr. Juan Pablo Correa Ortega
Aguascalientes, Mexico. He is a full-time professor at the Music Department of Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes and coordinates the Master of Arts at the same institution. He holds a Bachelor of Music from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana of Bogotá, Colombia; a Master of Arts in Contemporary Music from the University of York, UK; a specialization diploma in higher education from York College; and Doctor in Art and Culture from the University of Guadalajara. His academic interests are music perception, cognition and well-being, contemporary music analysis and tertiary music education. He has published articles, chapters and books on these topics. He has participated in forums such as the Commission for the Education of the Professional Musician of the ISME, the Conference of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, and the Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music.
Dr. Raquel Mercado Salas
Bachelor of Philosophy from the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Master in Philosophy and History of Ideas from the Autonomous University of Zacatecas, Doctor of Philosophy, in the area of Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics at the University of Guanajuato, specialist in Classical Culture and translation of Latin and Greek by AZECME. I have been a fellow in the Mexico-France program (2005-2006), AZECME Fellow for translation of the catalog from Latin to Spanish of the 16th century (2008) of the Elías Amador Library at the Pedro Coronel Museum. Full-time professor at the Center for Arts and Culture of the UAA in the Bachelor of Art Studies and Cultural Management and Master of Art, with specific dedication in Classical Art, Art Theory, Feminisms and Theories and Discourses of Contemporary Art . Member of the Basic Academic Nucleus of the Master's Degree in Art of which she has been Technical Secretary. He has worked on the edition of the magazine Sombraluz, and the compilations of Reflection, Art and Education derived from the International Seminar on Artistic Education. She is founder of the Zacatecan Studies Association of Classical and Medieval Studies and the Association of Ethical and Philosophical Studies of Aguascalientes. She is currently coordinator of the Academic Body of Studies and Production of Art, Image and Sound (UAA-CA-120), in addition to being the GENERAL editor of the journal Arte, Imagen y Sonido (https://revistas.uaa.mx/index .php/ais/issue/view/374) from the UAA. She is coordinator of the Art, Memory and Feminism Seminar. Profile PRODEP since 2013 and has been a speaker at the national and international level, among which "Documenta, flow and archeology" stands out at the Mexico Institute in Spain (2013) and "Melancholy and artistic practices in Mexico" at the University of Cairo (2016), Egypt, Contemporary Art Seminar IV, University of Santa María, Brazil (2023). SNI I, 2023-2027
Dr. Blanca Sanz Martin
She was graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Hispanic literature and language, a master’s degree in Hispanic Linguistics and a Ph.D. in Linguistics, all of them with honors at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Since 2009, she joined the Letters Departament in Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes (UAA) as a teacher-researcher, a position she holds until this day. At this time, she holds the level I at the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI) in Mexico, which she obtained since 2010. As a researcher, her principal areas of interest are Hispanic syntax and semantics, botch in the synchronic and diachronic perspectives. In addition, she’s member of the editorial committee of the journal Anuario de Letras, which is a renowned publication in the field of Linguistics in Mexico. Currently, she serves as the dean of Arts and Culture Academic Center, where she has also been research secretary and head of department in the Letters Department.
Dr. Armando Andrade Zamarripa
(Aguascalientes, México, 1980) is a filmmaker, media artist, and educator. He holds a Ph.D. in Cinematography, a Master's degree in Documentary Film, and a Bachelor's degree in Mass Media Communication. He is a candidate of the National System of Researchers of CONACYT. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Arte, Imagen y Sonido (ISSN: 2954-4017). At the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, he is a professor-researcher in the Department of Performing Arts and Audiovisuals and Secretary of Research and Graduate Studies at the Center for Arts and Culture. He is the founder and head of the Academic Body of Study and Production of Art, Image, and Sound (UAA-CA-120).. He is a member of the Mexican Association of Film Theory and Analysis, the Network of Studies of Visual Culture Abya Yala, and the REDICPPA (Network of Research, Conservation, and Production of Audiovisual Heritage). As a researcher, he has coordinated and authored books, chapters, and academic articles. His notable books include "Conmoción, Contemplación y Mutación: Tiempo y Narración en el Cine Contemporáneo" (UAA, 2018), "Narrativas virtuales del arte y la cultura en confinamiento" (UAA, 2020), "Cartografías teóricas-metodológicas en el arte y la cultura" (UAA, 2021), and "Implementaciones artísticas interdisciplinarias en cartografías sociales" (UAAA, 2022). His research interests include the archaeology of cinema, theoretical problems of documentary film, on-screen performance, as well as intermediality and audiovisual performativity from ecocritical analysis and critical theory.
Dr. Cristina Eslava Heredia
She studied Hispanic Literature and Language and was awarded a Master's degree in Hispanic Linguistics and a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Since 2010, she has been a professor in the Letters Department of the Center for Arts and Culture at the Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, México. Her research interest is in the historical development of the Spanish language and its vocabulary. She holds a Level I position in the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI) in Mexico.
Dr. Luis Humberto Rodríguez-Silva
He is a teacher-researcher at Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes. He holds a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics with a specialization in cognitive individual differences in learning difficulty in instructed adults’ explicit and implicit knowledge of selected L2 grammar points. His research interests include grammar, academic writing, processing instruction, learning difficulty, language learning aptitude, working memory, and implicit and explicit knowledge.
Dr. Ximena Gómez Goyzueta
Full-time professor-researcher of the Department. of Literature from the UAA since 2017. Doctor in Hispanic Literature from the UNAM, Master in Medieval, Golden, Renaissance and Virreinal Philology and Graduate in Hispanic Literature from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa. Research lines: late medieval Spanish literature, Spanish and New Spain theater of the Golden Ages, Mexican theater and prose of the 20th century, theatrical theory, and rhetoric, performative studies, relationships between orality and writing in literature. My current research project is “On women's dialogues about violence in three Ibero-American dramaturgies: Yerma by Federico García Lorca, Andarse por las ramas by Elena Garro and El despojamiento by Griselda Gambaro. I belong to the academic nuclei of the Master's Degree in Art and the Interinstitutional Doctorate in Art and Culture of the central western region. Member of the Academic Body of Linguistic and Literary Studies and collaborator of the Academic Body of Art, Image and Sound of the UAA, Member of the National System of Researchers in Mexico (SNI), level I.
Dr. Luis Álvarez Azcárraga
Puebla, Mexico. Professor-researcher in the Bachelor's Degree in Estudios del Arte y Gestión Cultural at the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes (UAA). He teaches in the Bachelor's Degree in Visual Arts and the Master's Degree in Contemporary Art at the University of the Arts, Instituto Cultural de Aguscalientes. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociocultural Studies from UAA, a Master's degree in Aesthetics and Art from BUAP, and a Bachelor's degree in Communication Sciences from BUAP. He is part of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadoras e Investigadores (SNII) as a candidate. His areas of study goes from commons in art and culture, the dissemination and communication of cultural heritage through open and free media, copyright and the public domain, collaborative artistic communities, the production of sound art and soundscapes, as well as publications in open access and open science. He has been a member of Wikimedia Mexico since 2014, where he has been vice president since 2021. He was also a member of Creative Commons Mexico (2020-2024). Author of the book "La Construcción Colaborativa de Wikipedia en español" (UAA, 2022), as well as numerous articles and book chapters.
Dr. María Eugenia Perea Velázquez
Full-Time Professor-Researcher at the UAA. Graduate in Social Work from the National School of Social Work of UNAM. Master in Population from the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes. Doctor in Social Sciences and Humanities from the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes. Candidate to the National System of Researchers, CONACYT. It has 15 publications between articles and chapters. Participation as a speaker in different Congresses, national and international Research Seminars. Participation in 10 investigations. Participation in different thesis tutorial committees of the Master's Degree in Social Development and the Doctorates in Interinstitutional Social and Solidarity Economy and Cultural Studies. International Collegiate Participation with colleagues from the Dominican University (DU) of Chicago, the State University of Milagro (UNEMI) of Ecuador and the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes (UAA) of Mexico, in the design of the curriculum of the master's degree in Social Work for the UNEMI in 2017. Participation in the drafting of a Bill for the creation of the Aguasnivelense Women's Institute in 2002. Participation in “Evaluation of labor insertion programs for migrants in Mexico”, convened by the International Organization for Migration of the UN, National Migration Institute. June-July 2021. Participation in the preparation of the Palo Alto proposal as a Geosite, in the “Water Routes” Geopark of Aguascalientes, convened by UNESCO and the Cultural Institute of Aguascalientes in 2021. Coordinator of environmental projects with the Participation of Ministry of the Environment and the Aguascalientes Water Institute. Coordination of the Annual afforestation project in South Campus. Transdisciplinary coordination June-December 2022 and January 2023 in the preparation of the proposal for the Interinstitutional Environmental Sustainability Project of the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes. Responsible for the Beekeeping Project in the municipality of Llano from 2018 to date. Responsible for the Social Solidarity Economy Project with Indigenous coffee growers of Huitzilán, Puebla, from 2018 to date.
Dr. Brenda María Antonieta Rodríguez Rodríguez
Zacatecas, México. Brenda María Antonieta Rodríguez Rrodríguez is a filmmaker and professor living and working in Aguascalientes, México. She holds a Doctorate degree in Cinematography, a masters degree in Philosophy and History of Ideas, and a DEA (Diplôme des Ètudes Approfondie) du Cinema, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France. She is a full-time research professor at the Center for Arts and Culture of the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes in the Department of Performing Arts and Audiovisuals. Profile PRODEP. She also is a candidate level member of the National System of Researchers (SNI), member of the Basic Academic Nucleus of the Master's Degree in Art, a member of the Academic Body of Studies and Production of Art, Image and Sound (UAA-CA-120), a member of the Editorial Board of the digital journal Arte, Imagen y Sonido (ISSN: 2954-4017), member of the Art, Memory and Feminism Seminar and the REDICPPA (Network of Research, Conservation, and Production of Audiovisual Heritage). Her current research interests are film theory and analysis: reel families, amateur film, experimental cinema, first´s cinema women and women filmmakers. She has published articles, chapters and books on these topics. Her current cinematography work explores the interconnection between memory, time, archives and reel families through documentary and experimental film practice.
Dr. María Isabel Cabrera Manuel
Aguascalientes, México, 1983. Feminist. Graduated in Philosophy from the Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes (UAA), Master and Doctor in Philosophy from the Universidad de Guanajuato (UG). She researches and writes about subjectivities, contemporary art, feminism and violence. Author of the book Teresa Margolles. A biopolitical study, edited by the UG in 2021. Co-author of Art, memory and feminism. Another history of art in Aguascalientes, edited by the Instituto Cultural de Aguascalientes (ICA) in 2023. Candidate of the National System of Researchers (SNII). Teacher and researcher with more than fifteen years of experience at the UAA, where she is a member of the aesthetics area. Researcher in the Research Department of the Universidad de la Artes (UA ICA). She is part of the Academic Body in Art, Image and Sound Studies (UAA-CA-120), currently in consolidation, as well as the permanent seminar on Art, memory and feminism and the Feminist Philosophy Seminar. She is an activist for women's rights. She is trained as a first contact to care for women victims of violence. She was an advisor and First Contact of the Gender Committee of the UA ICA from 2019 to 2023. Member of the feminist Eco-network La Lechuza Buza. Substitute for the Honor and Justice Commission of the UAA.
MA. Hugo David Tiscareño Talavera
Native of the city of Aguascalientes, he began his musical studies in guitar under the tutelage of Rogelio Bernal, later joining the Aguascalientes Youth Orchestra as a violinist. His passion for progressive rock and genres like jazz led him to pursue a degree in contemporary composition with a focus on electric guitar as his main instrument in Mexico City. He then returned to Aguascalientes, where he completed a bachelor's degree in music under the guidance of violin professors Pedro Ramírez and Gohar Zakarian at the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes. Shortly after, he undertook a master's degree in art, focusing on extended techniques in jazz violin, which opened the opportunity to study with popular music masters like Felipe Karam, with whom he deepened his knowledge of jazz and Brazilian music. He is currently engaged in doctoral studies in art and culture at the DIAC - Autonomous University of Aguascalientes and works as a guitar, violin, and piano teacher.
MA. Karla Jacqueline Silva Doray Ledezma
Radio host, communicator, researcher, producer and sound explorer. Karla Ledezma has created a career in the media within Aguascalientes, where she has worked as an announcer and producer of various spaces, highlighting the Aguascalientes program on National Time. Actually producing the broadcast show Ventana al Sonido.
With professional training as a Communicologist, she has explored her training interests in radio production at the Training Institute of the Radio and Television Industry (ICIRT by its acronym in Spanish) and doing stays at the Onda Campus radio station of the University of Extremadura; In the academic field, she achieved a Master's degree in Art from the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes (UAA) and a diploma in "El Giro Sonoro" in Social Sciences from the Iberoamerican University.
She has written science dissemination articles in the Viceversa magazine and in the book Art, Culture and Society: Provocations, Interventions and Investigations. She has taught at the Commercial Banking School (EBC) and the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes (UAA). As an independent producer, she has been the winner of the Program to Stimulate Artistic Creation and Development (PECDA) in 2021 with her research on the sounds of the Mercado Terán that resulted in the podcast Cantaritos de Mercado.
She currently works as a research technician in the PIE22-1 project “This is how the trees of my region sing”, along with her performance as a scholarship recipient of the National Quality Postgraduate Program (PNPC) of the National Council of Humanities, Science and Technology (CONAHCYT) as student of the Interinstitutional Doctorate in Art and Culture (DIAC) with the Universities of Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Guadalajara and Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo.
Ana Alejandra Celaya Marín
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Student at the Bachelor of Music, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes.
Mérida Marisol Escobar Ledezma
Translator, interpreter and designer, Mérida Escobar has performed activities related to languages and art within Aguascalientes. With the professional training in digital design and translation and interpretation; she has explored her acquired abilities working as an interpreter for the heat treatment company Neturen México S.A. of C.V. and as a Japanese teacher at the UTR language center. Recently, she has taken the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT), successfully passing level N4 of the certification. At the moment, she is continuing her studies of the English and Japanese language along with her undergraduate at the Valencia International University (VIU).
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