patyt

Patricia D. Reyes Benavides
PhD researcher
patyt@tutamail.com

academic appointments

• PhD Candidate (Sep 2020 — Present) University of Twente (Philosophy Section, BMS Faculty)
  As a part of the Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies (Esdit) research consortium, I research the technopolitics of the climate movement by examining the use of the Internet by and for the climate movement.
  
• Researcher (Feb — August 2019) University of Twente (Philosophy Section, BMS Faculty)
  History and Philosophy of Human-Technology relations focused on the technopolitics of climate activism.

working experience

• Mechatronics Consultant (Feb 2020 — Aug 2020) ALTEN Nederland.
  My consulting assignment was at ASML in Veldhoven, Nederland. I developed a design strategy for training hardware to handle EUV lithography machines.
  
• Columnist and Contributing Writer (2017 — 2018) U-Today. (University of Twente).
  News articles, interviews, and a biweekly column.
  
• Senior Design Engineer (2016) Industrias John Deere, México.
  Project management; supervision of product’s assembly and testing. Junior members’ training.
  
• Design Engineer (2013—2016) Industrias John Deere, México. Design and routing of electrical harnesses for Harvester Combines.
  
• Automation Engineer (2012—2013) INESFA.
  Design and integration of automated systems. PLC programming for SCADA (telemetry and remote control).

education

• Research Honours Programme (June 2019). Twente Graduate School, University of Twente, The Netherlands.
  
• MSc Philosophy of Science, Technology and Society (2016—2018) Honors: cum laude. University of Twente, The Netherlands. Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences. (Thesis)
  
• BSc Mechatronics Engineering (2008—2012) Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, México. Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica.

community work

• TETEM
  • Member of the Supervisory Board / Raad van Toezicht (May 2021 – Present)
• Tankstation Cultureel Vulpunt
  • Chair of Board / Voorzitter (October 2021 – December 2023)
  • Crew member (August 2018 – Present)

grants & awards

• TGS Award (September 2019)
  Awarded by the Twente Graduate School (University of Twente) for the research proposal ‘Global Networks of Climate Action: Exploring how the Internet mediates the international response to climate change.’ (Press release | Video)
  
• Stipendium for Art Initiatives – Mondriaan Fonds (March 2019)
  Awarded by Mondriaan Fonds to invest in the foundation TANKSTATION Cultureel Vulpunt. Patricia was a co-solicitant with the foundation’s director, Iranian artist Yasaman Owrang.
  
• TGS Bridging Grant 2019 (October 2018)
  Grant awarded by the Twente Graduate School (University of Twente) for the elaboration of a PhD research proposal.
  
• Holland Scholarship (2016—2017)
  Scholarship awarded by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science from The Netherlands in collaboration with the University of Twente.

public speaking

1. “The Truth About Climate Change,” Panel at Dutch Innovation Days (May 2023)
2. “Recalibrating Reality” Opening speech at Gogbot Festival (September 2021)
3. “India’s arrest of activist tied to Greta Thunberg’s movement sparks outrage,” Interview in In Focus (South Asia). (February 2021)
4. “Loading New Worlds,” Symposium at The Overkill Festival Online Edition. (December 2020) [Link to livestream]
5. “Global Networks of Climate Activism,” Presentation at Cinema Obscura/Sickhouse, (March 2020)

conferences & symposia

1. “Art as an Epistemic Practice,” Panel presentation at ESDiT/4TU ‘Rethinking Ethics – Reimagining Technology’ conference (October 2024)
2. “Critical raw materials, decolonial options and possibilities, and philosophy of technology,” Panel presentation at ESDiT/4TU ‘Rethinking Ethics – Reimagining Technology’ conference (October 2024)
3. “Reflections from Interculturality and Pluriversality on the Climate Movement,” South African Society of Environmental Philosophy (SASEP) Conference (March 2024)
4. “Groundwork for an Environmental Philosophy of Technology,” Panel at Society for Philosophy and Technology (SPT) Biannual Conference (June 2023)
5. “Towards a Critical Use of Internet Platforms in the Climate Movement,” 4S/ESOCITE 2022 (December 2022)
6. “Towards a Critical Use of Internet Platforms in the Climate Movement,” ESDiT Conference 2022 (October 2022)
7. “Internet-enabled Climate Activism Networks, Ontological Conflicts, and the Prospects of a Pluriverse,” Intercultural Ethics & Technology. (January 2022)
8. “Reconceptualizing ‘Politics’ through Indigenous Philosophies,” It’s Alive!, 4TU.Ethics Biannual Conference (October 2021)
9. “Walk the talk – A keynote on Action Research and Intersectionality,” Sustainability Transformation Symposium organized by the University of Twente’s Green Hub (October 2021)
10. “Loading New Worlds – Creative uses of digital media to conceive post-anthropocentric societies,” Technological Imaginaries, Society for Philosophy and Technology Biannual Conference (June 2021)
11. “The Post-anthropocentric social and its contracts: Indigenous Place-thought meets digitally mediated climate activism,” Politics of Nature 2021 Conference of the Society for Intercultural Philosophy. (June 2021)
12. Rethinking the technological mediation of climate action through post-anthropocentric politics,” Philosophy of Human-Technology Relations Conference (November 2020).

creative work

1. “Mediated Encounters with Nature,” Wheatpaste poster wall, ‘Rethinking Ethics, Reimagining Technology: Artistic Explorations,’ art exhibition at the ESDiT/4TU.Ethics conference (2024)
2. “Nature Matter(s),” Collaborative Exhibition at Vrijhof, University of Twente (2023)
3. “The platform of Truth,” Installation at GOGBOT Festival in collaboration with This Ain’t Rock N’ Roll and Clare Farrell (Extinction Rebellion) (2021)
4. “International Pi Day,” Photocall. (2019)
5. “Community,” Photo Exhibition with Martin Klein Schaarsberg at TANKSTATION. Enschede, The Netherlands. (2018)