Laymert Garcia dos Santos

Laymert-Fausto-Chermont-72.jpg Garcia dos Santos is an essayist and university lecturer (retired) in the field of the sociology of technology at the University of Campinas, São Paulo. He lived in Paris in the 1970s and gained a PhD in information technology at the University of Paris 7. Between 1992 and 1993, he was Visiting Professor at St. Antony's College, Oxford University. He has published on the topics of art, culture, and technology and has written a number of books, among which are "Tempo de Ensaio" [Essay Time] and "Politizar as novas tecnologias" [Politicizing New Technologies]. He published several essays on contemporary art in magazines as well as for many catalogues.