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Hector Adolfo Bernal Sandoval

Hector Adolfo Bernal Sandoval

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    Overview

    Personal profile

    Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary researcher with a special focus on transmedia narratives, worldbuilding, and social design. His academic career is based on the intersection between digital technologies, peacebuilding, and territorial resistance, developing conceptual frameworks to understand contemporary sociocultural dynamics in Colombia. In the field of communication for peace, he has conducted research on the narratives of the Truth Commission, exploring the relationships between emotions, transmedia strategies, and the construction of historical memory. With the classroom project "Colombia 2030 from the Truth Commission," he established prospective methodologies for social transformation based on historical memory documents. He is an active member of the Design Researchers Network at the Universidad de Palermo and participates in formative research meetings and specialized conferences on communication, design, and cultural studies. He works on a path that covers communication and visual culture: complexity, mediations, and experiences.

    Education

    Magíster en Comunicación Digital, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

    Award Date: 24 Jun 2024

    Magíster en Producción Audiovisual Creativa, Universidad del Magdalena

    Award Date: 22 Dec 2023

    Bachelor, Diseñador Gráfico, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    Award Date: 26 Mar 2009

    Keywords

    • N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR
    • NC Drawing Design Illustration
    • TT Handicrafts Arts and crafts
    • L Education (General)

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    1. SDG 4 - Quality Education
      SDG 4 Quality Education
    2. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
      SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
    3. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
      SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
    4. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
      SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions