luis guillermo natera orozco

LUIS GUILLERMO NATERA OROZCO
[email protected] // @natera
LuisNatera.com // Cambride. MA. USA
SUMMARY:
I study networked communities in internet. My master’s research is about the
construction of communities in the blogosphere, and I also do research about
online social movements.
I am currently at the MIT Media Lab at the Center for Civic Media as a visiting
student from January to June 2015.
EDUCATION
2015 - present
Visiting Student. Center for Civic Media. MIT Media Lab. Cambridge, MA.
USA
2013 - present
Master. Communication of Science and Culture, Western Institute of
Technology and Higher Education. Guadalajara. Mexico
Thesis: The construction of network communities of urban knowledge in the
blogosphere.
Supervisor: M. Eduardo Quijano Tenrreiro
2012 - 2013
Course. Sustainable Urban Mobility in Developing Countries, UNITAR
2008
Academic Stay. Urbanism and Urban Design, University of Valparaiso.
Valparaiso, Chile.
2005 - 2010
Bachelor. Architecture, Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education.
Guadalajara, Mexico.
RESEARCH
2014 - present
Networked social movements.
Objective: Identify and analyze the formation of social movements in internet
and their relations with the physical space. The current research involves the
#YaMeCanse mexican movement and the use of twitter as a communication
tool.
2013 - present
The construction of network communities of urban knowledge in the
blogosphere.
Supervisor: M. Eduardo Quijano Tenrreiro
Objective: Identify the formation of communities of blogs that address issues
of urban knowledge, looking for patterns and topography with the aim to
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analyze their relations and how does they relate to each others and with other
networks.
2012 - 2013
Urban Mobility in Guadalajara, A Case Study.
Objective: Analyze the situation of the urban mobility in Guadalajara
specifically the rise in the ownership of private vehicles and to propose a new
way to get funds to invest in sustainable transportation.
2012
Public Transport in Guadalajara.
Supervisor: Dr. Mario Silva
Objective: Diagnose the situation of public transport in Guadalajara and
propose strategic actions for its improvement addressed to the decision and
policy makers.
2009
Environmental barriers to mitigate pollution in the Santiago riverside.
Supervisor: M. Heliodoro Ochoa
Objective: Analyze the sources of pollution of the river Santiago to propose
mitigation measures of air pollution to the population through the installation of
environmental barriers along the river basin.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2014
Teacher. Design Academy, Western Institute of Technology and Higher
Education. Guadalajara, Mexico.
● Design workshop focused in urban furniture.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014 - present
Social Media Analyst. Socialinks S.C, Guadalajara. Jalisco. Mexico
2014
Special analyst. Institute of Mobility and Transportation, Jalisco State
Government. Guadalajara, Mexico.
● Policy maker and project development for non motorized mobility.
2012 - present
Editor at large. Ciudad Pixel Blog. (http://ciudadpixel.mx)
● Founder and editor at CiudadPixel.mx covering urban and technology
for the spanish speaking world.
2009 - 2014
General Director. Colectivo Triciclo, Guadalajara. Mexico.
● Specialized architecture and urban design office. Working with several
types of clients from NGO’s to public and private clients.
PUBLICATIONS, PEER REVIEWED
Natera, Luis. (2014). Comunicación, Ciudad e Internet: Flujos de información
urbana en entornos digitales. In VI Seminario Internacional de Investigación en
Urbanismo (p. 76).
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PUBLICATIONS, NON PEER REVIEWED
Natera, L. (2013). Movilidad Sustentable en Guadalajara. Veo Verde. Avaliable
at http://www.veoverde.com/2013/04/movilidad-sustentable-en-guadalajara/
Natera, L, & Gandarilla, R. (2013). Transporte Público y Movilidad Sustentable.
In Plataforma Metropolitana para la Sustentabilidad (Ed.), Agenda Ciudadana
para la Movilidad Sustentable (pp. 42–59). Guadalajara, Mexico: Plataforma
Metropolitana para la Sustentabilidad.
Natera, L. (2012). Smart cities / smart citizens. Pasiaje Transversal. Available at
http://www.paisajetransversal.org/2012/04/delg-smart-cities-smartcitizens.html
Natera, L, Gandarilla, R., Salcedo, A., & Ríos, M. (2010). Manual de Barreras
Ambientales. ITESO.
PRESENTATIONS
Natera, Luis. (2014). Comunicación, Ciudad e Internet: Flujos de información
urbana en entornos digitales. In VI Seminario Internacional de Investigación en
Urbanismo. Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá, Colombia.
Natera, L. (2013). Ciudad Pixel, digital media for urban transformation.
Presented at Pechakucha Guadalajara.
Natera, L. (2013). Quiosco Libre, Reading network in the public space.
Presented at the Future of Places Conference. Stockholm.
Natera, L. (2013). Quiosco Libre, Red de lectura en el espacio público.
Presented at TEDx Guadalajara.
LANGUAGES
Native spanish
Fluent in english (spoken and written)
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