I am Fernando A. Valenzuela, Associate Professor and Director of the Sociology Program at Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile. I hold a PhD in Sociology from the University of Lucerne, Switzerland, as well as Licenciatura and MA degrees in Sociology from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

My current research examines the sociocultural aspects of knowledge infrastructures, with a particular focus on the "choreographies" that databases impose on humans. I examine how the apparent solidity of digital infrastructures often conceals precarious arrangements of human labor, making visible universal processes of technological dependency through detailed ethnographic analysis.

Currently, I serve as Principal Investigator on the ANID Fondecyt project "The Hidden Life of Databases" (2025-2029), which examines how databases influence organizational practices across various sectors in Chile. My recent work has appeared in Science, Technology & Human Values, Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology, and Society, and other international journals.

My research trajectory spans from colonial art history to contemporary digital sociology, always focusing on how material practices and symbolic systems intersect. I have mentored seven doctoral dissertations to completion since 2015, contributing to the development of the next generation of scholars in sociology and critical theory.

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