Dr. Sebastián Eduardo Dávila

Sebastián Eduardo Dávila’s current research focuses on the relation between syncretism and contemporary art throughout the Americas. His dissertation deals with art practices from postwar Guatemala with a focus on materiality, on the basis of which he is currently preparing his book "Making and Unmaking the Cosmos. The Practice of Art in Postwar Guatemala". His publications include questions of materiality, topography, Indigeneity, and violence. He studied art history and film studies in Jena, Berlin, and Mexico City, and formed part of the research training group “Cultures of Critique” at the Leuphana University (Lüneburg). In 2023, he was a Visiting Student Researcher at Stanford University, and is currently a fellow at the research network “Cambridge Visual Culture”. He is part of the political group “VOCES de Guatemala en Berlín”.