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Mauricio Delfín

Domain of Expertise: Cultural policy, Digital
Nationality: Peru
UN Working Languages:
English, Spanish
Résumé
Mauricio Delfín is a cultural manager and social researcher specialized in cultural governance and civic technologies. Mauricio has extensive experience in arts management and in information system design for cultural projects. He is interested in the relationship between civic engagement and cultural policymaking and in the evolving notion of cultural democracy in initiatives that promote the participation of civil society in cultural policy design, implementation and evaluation. He holds a Joint Honors in Anthropology and International Development Studies from McGill University (Canada) and an MA in Media, Culture, and Communication from New York University. He is the founder and director of Realidad Visual (2001-2010), the Peruvian National Summit of Culture (2011-2014) and Culturaperu.org (2009-2015), a cultural information system (CIS) designed and maintained by civil society. Mauricio has worked as a research associate for Tandem, a cultural policy think-tank, and R&D; Strategist for La Factura, a civic software company. He currently serves as technical secretary to the Peruvian Alliance of Cultural Organizations (APOC) and works as director of Asociación Civil Solar, a non-profit organization that promotes open government principles and practices in cultural sectors. He is a doctoral candidate in Communication Studies at McGill University.