Luís António Umbelino

Umbelino is the Editor-in-Chief of the Revista Filosófica de Coimbra. Luís António Umbelinos philosophical work has mainly been devoted to philosophical approaches to body and space, crossing the fields of Biranism, contemporary phenomenology, and hermeneutics of architecture. His perspective is, in a way, inscribed in the vigorous micro-tradition of topological thought that tries do resist the prevailing devaluation of space regarding time in the history of philosophy. In this context, he has always been interested in the case of the spatial side of memory. In his book Memorabilia. O Lado Espacial da Memória [Memorabilia. The Spatial Side of Memory] (2019) the main features of the elusive phenomena of ¿spatial memory¿ are studied along three main axes: a phenomenological one, dealing with the ¿original pact¿ body and space seem to establish as if they mutually were to take each other in charge; an hermeneutic one, dealing with the repercussions of such a pact in the mediated experience of built human spaces, as human space is only accessed by architecture (playing the same role regarding space, as the one played by narrative regarding time); an ontological one, dealing with theendless description and interpretation of our spatial way of topologically belonging to the Earth. In recent years Umbelino has further elaborated his phenomenological hermeneutic approach to space. He has mainly done so concentrating on two directions: a fundamental one, dealing with the research of the original ¿model¿ of an embodied unveiled space. In this context a return to the works of Maine de Biran is believed to be crucial and, in his book ¿Somatologia Subjetiva. Apercepção de Si e Corpo em Maine de Biran¿ [Subjective Somatology: Apperception of Oneself and Body in Maine de Biran] (2010) that is well demonstrated along a study of affectivity, of the stratification of memory, and of the notion of ¿interior space of the body. A second direction is a ¿concrete¿ one, and currently deals with atmospheres, edges, fireplaces, churches, and burial sites. Luís António Umbelino completed his Doctorate Modern and Contemporary Philosophy in 2008 at the University of Coimbra, the Master in Contemporary Philosophy in 2000 at the University of Coimbra and the Degree in Philosophy in 1994 at the University of Coimbra. He is Professor at the University of Coimbra, Invited Professor at the Universidad de Salamanca and at the Escuela Superior de Arte Dramatico de Castilla Y Leon. he is a Researcher at CECH - FLUC, and at Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain). He is currently the Editor-in-chief of the Revista Filosófica de Coimbra (Director). He has published 34 articles in specialized journals. He has 11 book chapter(s) and 3 book(s). He hosted 28 event(s). He participated in 89 event(s). He supervised 7 PhD thesis(s) and co-supervised 2. Supervised 11 Master's dissertation(s) and co-supervised 2. Received 1 award(s) and an honor distiction. He works in the areas of Humanities with an emphasis on Philosophy arts and architecture. In his professional activities, he interacted with 7 collaborator(s) in co-authorship of scientific works.

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