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Patricia D. Reyes
PhD candidate in Philosophy of Technology
p.d.reyes@utwente.nl

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

PhD Candidate (Sep 2020 — Present) University of Twente. (Department of Philosophy)
As a part of the Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies (ESDT) programme, I advance a political philosophy of technology to research the influence of digital technologies on climate activism.
Researcher (Feb — August 2019) University of Twente (Department of Philosophy)
History and Philosophy of Human-Technology relations focused on the technopolitics of climate activism.

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).

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.

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.

“Loading New Worlds – Creative uses of digital media to conceive post-anthropocentric societies,” Technological Imaginaries, Society for Philosophy and Technology Biannual Conference (June 2021)
“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)
“India’s arrest of activist tied to Greta Thunberg’s movement sparks outrage,” Interview in In Focus (South Asia). (February 2021).
“Loading New Worlds,” Symposium at The Overkill Festival Online Edition. (December 2020) [Link to livestream].
“Rethinking the technological mediation of climate action through post-anthropocentric politics,” Philosophy of Human-Technology Relations Conference (November 2020).
“Global Networks of Climate Activism,” Presentation at Cinema Obscura/Sickhouse, (March 2020).

“International Pi Day,” Photocall. (2019)
“Community,” Photo Exhibition with Martin Klein Schaarsberg at TANKSTATION. Enschede, The Netherlands. (2018)
“Maldita Vida” E.P. with Progress is Easy (2016)
“The Hard Times” E.P. with Progress is Easy (2010)

Last Updated July 4, 2021