Raul Hernandez Astorga Email & Phone Number

Professor and Researcher for more than 20 years at the Faculty of Art of the University of Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela. Founding member of the research group Approaches to Methodologies of Art and Design GAMAD (for the acronyms in Spanish). Professor in the areas of Photography, Audiovisual Media and Research Methodologies in Art and Design. BFA Interdisciplinary Mayor Concentration: Photography and Cinema (Emerson College and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, Mass, USA). Master´s degree studies on Philosophy at the University of Los Andes. Certification in Design Thinking For Innovation by University of Virginia. Technical and Scientific Translator in English-Spanish Certified by Berlitz School of Interpreters. Caracas, Venezuela. Adviser for research projects in the areas of Design, Art and Photography. Teacher and adviser for the English language. Research Areas: Photography. Epistemology in Design and Art Methodologies. Design Thinking, Practice Based Research and integrated thinking processes for solving problems. Research paper: "The Photographic Act as an Interdisciplinary Action Space" Published at the Number 23 (2015) of magazine “Estética” .Centro de Investigaciones Estéticas"(Esthetic Research Center). University of Los Andes. Research Paper now In Process: “Philosophical contributions to design research methodologies”.

Listed skills include Adobe Photoshop.