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Martin Sorondo
PHD Philosopher
Uruguay.
Philosopher and researcher working on the intersections between science, technology, politics, and contemporary forms of knowledge. His research focuses on temporalities in modern and postmodern thought, drawing on Gilles Deleuze and Michel Foucault to examine how regimes of power and knowledge shape collective life, historical interpretation, and processes of social memory.
In his doctoral work, he studied the genealogy of a contemporary episteme structured by cybernetics, its links to post-humanist thought, and its relation to managerial and technical forms of political rationality. This research engages classical and modern philosophy through concepts such as power, virtuality, differentiation, and individuation, offering tools to critically understand how contemporary systems of governance and subjectivity are produced.
He also has a strong background in Latin American studies, focusing on the construction of national imaginaries in South America through political, legal, and literary discourses. Literature, central to his studies in Uruguay, remains an ongoing area of reflection at the intersection of philosophy, history, and cultural analysis, particularly regarding narrative and representation. He is also co-founder of Casa de la Filosofía in Uruguay, an independent platform dedicated to critical thought, collective inquiry, and interdisciplinary dialogue across philosophy, the arts, humanities, and social movements.
He has extensive teaching experience in philosophy, Latin American civilization, and languages across secondary education, universities, and professional schools. He has also organised international conferences fostering dialogue between Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
His work provides a critical perspective on how historical narratives are constructed and institutionalised, making it particularly relevant to cultural institutions such as museums. This includes reflection on how histories of slavery, colonialism, and memory are represented, interpreted, and made visible in contemporary public spaces.