Dr. Abdel Hernández San Juan

Biography

American Thinker, theoretician, author of books of philosophy, linguistic theory, semiotic theory, sociology, cultural theory, cultural anthropology such as The World Correlate: interpretant and structure in posmodern cultural theory, Thinking Science: New Phenomenological avenues between philosophy and sociology, The Enigmas of the ground, The Museum Metonims, The Intramundane Horizont: hermeneutic and phenomenology of the quotidian, Self and acervo, Rethinking Intertextuality, The Semantique Elucidation, Being and Monad, The Given and the Ungiven, The Presentational Linguistic, The Subject in Creativity, Border and overflows of art, between others, know by his innovation, originality and explorations of interdisciplinary research between classical philosophy, phenomenological sociology and posmodern anthropology, specially pionner in developing the new field of research between art and anthropology, a new revival in an impetus of simbolic interactionism and ethnometodology from Texas since 1997 started by Abdel Hernández San Juan, Stephen A Tyler, Quetzil Eugenio Castaneda, Surpik Angelini, between others Focussed in hermeneutic, phenomenology and semiotic theory, emigrated to the united states during 1998, living since 1997, Guest Scholard of the Departament of Classical and Hispanic Studies at Rice University, Guest scholard of the Department of anthropology at Rice University and the transart foundation of Houston, Complementary Reserch Asociate of the Departament of anthropology at Rice University, artistic director of the transart foundation of houston for research of art and anthropology, guest scholard of the departament of sociology and anthropology of the Lake Forest College, and lecturer at the panels of congress of ethnometodology, the university of houston, AAA national congress of anthropology of chicago and LASA Florida, is the author too of several compendiums of his writings on art, Born 1968, of cuban origin. Know by his "The Marker thesis" a series of projects of cultural theory philosophizing culture based in participant observation in urban and rural sociology evolving conceptual art medias such as installations in projects of sociology and anthropology, "Hacer"and "Pilón" projects, curator and presenter of seven exhibits at rice university exploring the relation between art and anthropology during the spring of 1997, co/curated with Surpik Angelini, cofounder with Angelini of the transart foundation of houston. Previouslly to Houston, texas, he stablished many years living in Caracas, Venezuela, 1991-1996, curator of venezuelan art and the issue of the urban popular markets and museum theory at the alejandro otero museo of visual art, and research profesor at CID, University of visual art Armando Reveron, he is currently living in Caracas, Venezuela. During the eighties he was one of the main theoreticians and intelectuals of the visual cuban avantgard and art critic and as conceptualist

Research Fields

Epistemology, Philosophy
Phenomenology, Sociology
Hermeneutic, Anthropology
Linguistic and semiotic theory

Education Qualification

Jan, 1988 - Dec, 1992 |Doctorate

Spciology, Instituto of Semiotic Theory and Sociology, havana, Cuba

Jan, 1983 - Dec, 1987 |Bachelor

Art Theory, Fine Art Academy of San Alejandro, havana, Cuba

Jan, 1980 - Dec, 1983

Art Theory, Experimental School of art, havana, Cuba

Previous Work Experience

Sep, 1999 - |Lecturer

Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Lake Forest College, Houston, United States

Jan, 1998 - 1999 |Professor

Collage of Fine Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States

Jan, 1998 - Jan, 1999 |Lecturer

Philosophy, The Institute of Hispanic Culture, Houston, United States

1998 - Dec, 2000 |Researcher

Art, Sicardy Sanders, Houston, United States

1998 - Jan, 1999 |Lecturer

Art, The Museum of Fine Art of Houston, Houston, United States

Jan, 1997 - Apr, 1997 |Lecturer

Rice Media Center, Rice University, Houston, United States

Jan, 1997 - Jun, 2002 |Researcher

Art, Anthropology, Architecture, Rice Media Center, Transart foundation of houston, Houston, United States

Jan, 1997 - Jun, 2003 |Research Associate

Anthropology, Rice University, Houston, United States

May, 1996 - |Lecturer

Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, United States

Mar, 1996 - |Professor

Department of Classic and hispanic studies, Rice University, Houston, United States

Professor

Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo, Instituto Superior Universitario de Artes Plásticas Armando Reveron, Caracas, Venezuela

Researcher

Art, Alejandro Otero Museum of Visual Art, Caracas, Venezuela

Journal Roles

Guest Editor

artlies magazine

2000 - 2000

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