Education

Since 08/2024	Master’s student in Latin-Americans Studies in the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City.
08/2018 – 06/2022	Bachelor in Latin-Americans Studies in the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City.
06/2022 - 02/2024	Diploma in Educational Technologies, General Directorate of Computing and Information and Communication Technologies at National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City.
08/2022- 08/2024	Program of Update and Overcoming Teaching, General Directorate of Academic Personnel at National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City.
05/2024 - 08/2024	Diploma in Teaching Innovation: Skills, Strategies, and Resources, General Directorate of Academic Personnel at National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City.

Work experience

Since 05/2025	Researcher, International Research Training Group ‘Temporalities of Future’, Berlin
03/2021 – 02/2022	Researcher at “America and the Foundations of Early Modernity” project, in the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City.
03/2022 - 02/2024	Researcher at “America and the Foundations of Early Modernity (16th and 17th centuries)” seminar, in the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City.
08/2022 -06/2024	Teaching assistant of Aesthetics and Art history in Latin America contemporary era, in the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at National Autonomous University of Mexico, Ciudad de México.
06/2022 - 02/2024	Intern of Information and Communication Technologies for Education, in the General Directorate of Computing and Information and Communication Technologies at National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City.
02/2022 - 08/2022	Researcher at National Institute of Indigenous Peoples, Government of Mexico, Mexico City.

Project: "Feelthink philosophy of p’urhé education. An aesthetic of sési irékua in P’urhépecherio"

This research project tackled the feelthink philosophy of p'urhé education and the aesthetic conformation of the sési irékua (know-good living) in P'urhépecherio (the p'urhé nation). It delves into the Jánhaskakua (wisdom) of the p'urhépecha to know the system of thought of the indigenous communities living in the current state of Michoacán in Mexican Republic. The focus lies not only on describing p'urhé philosophy but also on how communities have transmitted their knowledge throughout history. It also confronts two different visions of educational models: the hegemonic model of the Mexican nation-state and the pedagogical alter-native of the p'urhépecha. By assimilating this particularity, it contributes to the changes that national education must inherently have; making known how other forms of education are possible. Maybe like this, little by little, educational models can be transformed in the future, and the wisdom of indigenous communities can be better integrated into the national model.

Publications

Flores Zavala, Kevin (2022): A new fire, a new cycle, Government of Mexico: National Institute of Indigenous Peoples.

Flores Zavala, Kevin (2022): Xiuhpohualli. The Mexica annual cycle, Government of Mexico: National Institute of Indigenous Peoples.

Flores Zavala, Kevin (2022): A journey to the past through the relatinship of Michmacuán. Part 1: Knowing P‘urhé Antiquity, Government of Mexico: National Institute of Indigenous Peoples.

Flores Zavala, Kevin (2022): A journey to the past through the relationship of Michoacan. Part 2: The government of the cazonci, Government of Mexico: National Institute of Indigenous Peoples.

Flores Zavala, Kevin (2022): Afro-descendants in Michmacuán, Government of Mexico: National Institute of Indigenous Peoples.

Flores Zavala, Kevin (2023): Michmacuán and the foundations of utopian philosophy. From Antiquity to Early Modernity, National Autonomous University of Mexico: Faculty of Philosophy and Letters.

 

Lectures

Flores Zavala, Kevin (2019): “The Mapuche people fighting for their territory, through time”, in: Internal Colloquium Ancient America Today: Challenges and Perspectives for its Analysis, National Autonomous University of Mexico: Faculty of Philosophy and Letters.

 Flores Zavala, Kevin (2021): “The Tata Quiroga and the p’urhépecha people. Sacrifices of Justice in Michmacuán”, in: Colloquium: America and the Foundations of Early Modernity, National Autonomous University of Mexico: Faculty of Philosophy and Letters.

 Flores Zavala, Kevin (2023): “Eréndira Ikikunari: anti-colonialist woman, princess of the P’urhépecha”, in: Colloquium Critical Thought of Early Modernity from Latin America, National Autonomous University of Mexico: Faculty of Philosophy and Letters.

Flores Zavala, Kevin (2024): “The afro-muslim roots of fandangos and mariachi in Jalmich”, in: II Colloquium on Critical Thought of Early Modernity from Latin America, National Autonomous University of Mexico: Faculty of Philosophy and Letters.

Flores Zavala, Kevin (2024): “Philosophy, aesthetics and p‘urhé education”, in: Student Colloquium of the Master's Program in Latin-Americans Studies, National Autonomous University of Mexico: Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Sciences and Humanities.

Flores Zavala, Kevin (2025): “Filomímixekua. A Latin-Americanist divulgation project,” in: Latin-Americanist Looks: First Student Academic Meeting of the PPEL, National Autonomous University of Mexico: Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Sciences and Humanities.

Flores Zavala, Kevin (2025): “The Latinamerican Bronx. How Hip-Hop Transforms Spaces,” in: III International Congress on Latin American Cities. Reflections from the Perspective of Art, National Autonomous University of Mexico: Center for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean.