Edgar Gómez-Cruz

Edgar Gómez-Cruz is an Associate Professor at the School of Information, University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses on digital culture, material visual practices, digital ethnography, and critical approaches to digital technologies, particularly in the Global South. He has published extensively, including the book Vital Technologies: Thinking Digital Cultures from Latin America (2022) and co-edited volumes such as Digital Photography and Everyday Life (2016) and Refiguring Techniques in Visual Digital Research (2017). His current research examines the datafication of everyday life in the Global South.

His teaching includes courses like Technologies and Information in the Global South (taught in Spring 2025) and Ethnography and Socio-Technical Futures, which he has offered since 2022. He also supervises teaching in Information Studies through courses like INF 398T.

Edgar's work bridges digital culture studies, ethnography, and critical technology analysis. He explores how digital technologies shape everyday life, with a focus on Latin America and the Global South, addressing material visual practices and the ethical dimensions of datafication.

No scientific awards or grant information are mentioned in the provided text. His contact details include the email edgar.gomezcruz@ischool.utexas.edu and his campus location at UTA, 1616 Guadalupe St, Suite #5.202, Austin, Texas 78701-1213.