Biography

David dos Santos is a PhD candidate in Philosophy of Science, Technology, Art and Society [University of Lisbon], Holds an MA in Multimedia Culture and Art [FEUP|U.T. Austin] and a BA in Theatre Studies [ESMAE]. In scientific research, he was an FCT doctoral grantee and a collaborator/researcher of the international projects Blackbox: Arts & Cognition and TKB; Organizer of Nova University of Lisbon’s TKB and PAI international conferences. Taught at various institutions and is currently a Professor at Lusófona University. He worked in direction and performed in several Performing Arts productions in Portugal and Germany. His latest endeavours include completing the Social Presencing Theater Practitioner Development Program at the Presencing Institute (MIT) and his doctoral dissertation in the Emergence of Embodied Creativity. He is currently at the Interactive Technologies Institute working on the MODINA – Movement, Digital Intelligence and Interactive Audience international project.

Supervisor: Diogo Cabral