Vallejo-Novoa, Leopoldo Arturo

Doctoral candidate in Philosophy of Science in the Philosophical and Social Studies of Science and Technology track with a visual ethnography (video and photo) project to study the participation of amateurs in the production of scientific knowledge through birding and biodiversity monitoring. I have about 10 years of teaching experience in institutions such as Tec de Monterrey and UNAM. I am currently a professor in the Humanistic Studies and Media and Digital Culture Departments at Tec de Monterrey. In Tec I have taught the Film, Literature, and Culture course and Contemporary Film and 21st Century Narratives. At ENAC, I have taught Hermeneutics and Heuristics of Documentary Film, Scientific Documentary Film, Cinema and Literature, and Screenwriting. I am also registered as a tutor for the postgraduate program in Documentary Film and I am a member of the editorial committee of the ENAC. I specialize in film, literature & media studies in STS. My research uses a visual qualitative method (mainly video) approach to study citizen science, public engagement with science and the pajarero (or birder) communities in Mexico. As a creator, I am the author of the novels No tengo tiempo (2008) and Última vez en Pluto (2016), both published by the Alfaguara label. My most recent book, Te vas a morir (Secretariat of Culture, 2017), is an essay on cinema, science, and literature concerning the technologies to extend life. For my trajectory as a creator, I have been awarded awards such as the Caza de Letras award for a short novel, the Miguel Covarrubias of INAH in 2007 as part of the MIDE team and in 2011 and I was a FONCA-CONACYT Artistic Residency Program recipient at the Banff Center for the Arts, in Alberta, Canada. Professionally, I have recently developed audiovisual materials with the Cocolab Multimedia Studio for the Citibanamex Valparaiso museum. Previously I held the position of Director of Content and Experience Design at the MIDE, the Interactive Museum of Economics. As the museum's content director, I wrote and produced more than 20 documentary pieces. During this period I also specialized in the design and development of educational communication and scientific communication products in written, audiovisual and digital formats. I have published articles on museums, scientific communication, audiovisual media, and the social role of science. Teaching fields: Film Studies Media Studies & STS