About

I am a researcher, designer, and educator living in Bogota, Colombia, and working at the intersection of youth, technology,  learning, and media ecosystems. In 2019 I joined the Department of Communication at Universidad Javeriana as a professor/researcher, after spending three years and half at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society  as a postdoc fellow. Previously I finished a PhD in Media Studies at UT-Austin, and defended my dissertation on Latino/Hispanic immigrant youths digital media practices and assimilation into the U.S. I also completed an MSc in Comparative Media Studies at MIT  and majored with Literature and Political Science BAs from the Universidad de los Andes.

I study how young people use technology for learning, creating, and participating in culture/society/economy, and the environments, communities, and market places where they interact. I am particularly interested in researching digital inequalities, citizenship, ICT (data, platforms, AI) policy/governance, media ecosystems, and mis/disinformation. My approach is interdisciplinary and collaborative, mixing qualitative, quantitative and computational methods, and applying co-design and research-creation.  I teach methodology courses at undergrad and graduate levels on discourse and content analysis, social network analysis, ethnography, and digital methods.

I design media and learning experiences. The past 20 years I have collaborated in the co-design of educational materials for youth, teachers, and librarians, including games, videos, curricula, and learning playlists. These tools are open access and freely available on the Digital Citizenship Resource Platform, LRNG, the Project New Media Literacies and DigiMente. I also make sound, visual, text, and other kinds of media art. My artwork has been exhibited internationally in museums and galleries such as the International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA) in Manizales, the Italo-Latin American Institute in Rome, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Art Gallery in Washington D.C, and the Humboldt Forum and Ethnological Museum in Berlin.

Besides being an assistant professor at Universidad Javeriana,  I am faculty associate at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, and a research associate with the Centro ISUR. In addition to my academic work, I serve as a consultant to international organizations and NGOs in projects related to digital inclusion, education, and youth. I am also part of Clubes de Ciencia Colombia, ScienteLab, a member of the Tierra Común network, Global Voices, and a regular contributor to the English and Spanish Wikipedias, the Wikicommons, and OpenStreetMap.

You can contact me via email at lombana[at]alum.mit.edu. I am open to discuss and collaborate in research and creative projects, and exchange ideas and gifts. My academic CV is available at Colombian Minister of Science platform CvLAC.

Sobre vVvA en Español

Andrés Lombana-Bermudez (aka vVvA) es un investigador, diseñador,  y educador que trabaja en la intersección entre jóvenes, tecnología, ciudadanía, y educación. Andrés se unió al departamento de comunicación de la Universidad Javeriana como profesor/investigador en 2019. Anteriormente él terminó un PhD en Estudios de Medios de Comunicación en la Universidad de Texas-Austin y  fué postdoc fellow en el Centro Berkman Klein para la Internet y la Sociedad de la Universidad de Harvard.  Andrés también realizó una maestría en estudios comparados de medios en el Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts y estudió pregados de Literatura y Ciencia política en la Universidad de los Andes.

Actualmente Andrés es profesor asistente en la Universidad Javeriana,  faculty associate en el Centro Berkman Klein para la Internet y la Sociedad de la Universidad de Harvard, e investigador asociado al Centro ISUR. Adicionalmente a su trabajo académico, Andrés es consultor para organizaciones internacionales y ONGs en proyectos relacionados con inclusión digital, jóvenes y educación. El es también miembro de Clubes de Ciencia Colombia, ScienteLab, la red Tierra Común,   Global Voices, y regularmente contribuye a las Wikipedias en Español y en Inglés, los Wikicommons, y a OpenStreetMap.

Puedes contactar a vVvA  enviando un email a lombana[at]alum.mit.edu. Su CV académico está disponible en la plataforma CvLAC del Ministerio de Ciencias colombiano.

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