Jorge Budrovich Sáez
Full Professor – Institute of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities and Education, University of Valparaíso.
SIA Project (ANID), Code 85250025, “Strengthening Research and Teaching in Aesthetics and Philosophy of Culture and Social Interaction.” (Grant for the Establishment of Researchers in Academia).
Research areas: Culture and economy; art and social criticism; Latin American critical thought; environmental aesthetics; digital cultures; critical logistics studies.
My research focuses on the exploration, analysis, reflection, and critical interpretation of the logistical transformation of urban environments and its sociocultural impacts, a field of study that has come to be known as Critical Logistics Studies. I have participated in research projects addressing the neoliberal restructuring of the production and transportation of goods, articulating different scales of analysis and examining its sociotechnical, infrastructural, socioeconomic, and cultural impacts. I have also worked on the analysis and reflection of problems concerning social criticism, considering their contexts, forms, and traditions, as well as their aesthetic, social, and political dimensions.
Education
Secondary School Teacher of Philosophy, BA in Philosophy, BA in Education, MA in Philosophy with a specialization in Contemporary Thought, PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies on Thought, Culture, and Society.
Research Projects and Memberships
Researcher, 2025 Call for Proposals, Grant for the Establishment of Researchers in Academia, Project No. 85250025, entitled “Strengthening Research and Teaching in Aesthetics and Philosophy of Culture and Social Interaction.”
Co-Investigator, Fondecyt Regular Project No. 1231710, “Transformations of Logistics Chains and the Labor Process in the Neoliberal Restructuring of Ports and Territories in Central-Southern Chile (1970–2022).”
Researcher, ANID FOVI Project 210070, “International Network for Social and Public Innovation for the Governance and Sustainability of Port Cities and Emerging Challenges (Pandemic, Climate Change, Economic and Social Crisis).”
Researcher, Fondecyt Regular Project 1150788, “New Studies on Citizenship in Chile: History, Transformations, and Space.”
Researcher, “Logistics as Global Governance: Labour, Software and Infrastructure along the New Silk Road,” Australian Research Council Discovery Project, 2013–2017, under the direction of Professors Brett Neilson and Ned Rossiter, Institute for Culture and Society, University of Western Sydney (2015–2017).
Publications
Book Chapters
Budrovich Sáez, Jorge (2014). “Following the Path to the Source of Latin American Marxism: A Reading of José Carlos Mariátegui’s In Defense of Marxism.” In Patricio Gutiérrez (ed.), A Marxism for Latin America: Essays on José Carlos Mariátegui. Valparaíso: Institute of History and Social Sciences, University of Valparaíso – Published.
Budrovich Sáez, Jorge (2015). “From the Outcry of Reality to Heroic Creation: Notes for a ‘Dangerous Marxism.’” In Osvaldo Fernández et al. (eds.), José Carlos Mariátegui: In Defense of Marxism. An Annotated Edition. Valparaíso: Institute of Philosophy, University of Valparaíso – Published.
Budrovich Sáez, Jorge (2015). “‘Spirit,’ Spirit, Spirits: Jacques Derrida as a Reader of Paul Valéry.” In Rodrigo López and Jorge Budrovich (eds.), Studies and Preludes: Contributions to Philosophy from Valparaíso. Valparaíso: Institute of Philosophy, University of Valparaíso – Published.
Budrovich Sáez, Jorge and Udo Jacobsen (2018). “The Museum’s New Clothes: Reflections on Digital Interference at the Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Santiago, Chile.” In Adolfo Vera and Sergio Navarro (eds.), Bifurcations of the Sensible: Film, Art, and New Media. Santiago: Ril – Published.
Budrovich Sáez, Jorge and Hernán Cuevas (2018). “Contested Logistics? Neoliberal Modernization and Resistance in the Port City of Valparaíso.” In Jake Alimahomed-Wilson and Immanuel Ness (eds.), Choke Points: Logistics Workers Disrupting the Global Supply Chain. Chicago: Pluto Press – Published.
Cuevas V., Hernán, Jorge Budrovich Sáez and Mabel Alarcón R. (2019). “Neoliberalization, Extraction, and Logistics: Limits of Neoliberal Modernization in Valparaíso.” In S. Schmalz and M. Ramírez (eds.), The End of the Boom? Entrances, Exits, and Crossroads of Extractivism. Buenos Aires: Editorial Biblos – Published.
Cuevas, Hernán and Jorge Budrovich Sáez (2019). “The Infrastructure of Extractivism: The Port of Valparaíso.” In M. Ramírez and S. Schmalz (eds.), Extractivism: Latin America after the End of the Commodity Boom. Munich: Oekom – Published.
Cuevas, Hernán and Jorge Budrovich Sáez (2021). “How to Explain Chile’s Red October of 2019: Crisis, ‘Social Uprising,’ or the Awakening of a People?” In Fabián Almonacid and Yanira Zúñiga (eds.), The Rebellion against the Order: October 2019–Present. Santiago: LOM – Published.
Cuevas, Hernán; Budrovich Sáez, Jorge and Óscar Menares (2022). “Labor Precarity and Trade Union Resistance in Chilean Ports: The Trade Union Practice of ‘La Nombrada’ as an Ambivalent Strategy.” In Dasten Julián-Véjar and Ximena Valdés (eds.), Precarious Society: Rumors, Heartbeats, Demonstrations, and Places. Santiago: LOM – Published.
Budrovich Sáez, Jorge, Claudia Cerda Becker and Hernán Cuevas Valenzuela (2024). “Lights and Shadows of the Logistical Transformation of the Port of Valparaíso and Its Agricultural Hinterland.” In Into The Black Box, Alessandro Peregalli et al. (eds.), Logistics and Latin America. Buenos Aires: Red Editorial – Published.
Budrovich Sáez, Jorge and Juan Redmond (2024). “Philosophical Approaches to Digital Literacy.” In Curriculum Management and Faculty Development Unit (eds.), 10th Curriculum Innovation and Good Teaching Practices Conference. Valparaíso: Curriculum Management and Faculty Development Unit, Academic Vice-Rectorate, University of Valparaíso – Published.
Research Articles in Journals
Budrovich Sáez, Jorge (2015). “After Marxism, After Anarchism: Laín Diez and Non-Dogmatic Social Criticism.” Revista Pleyade, 15: 157–178. Latindex Catalogue and Directory, Dialnet, CLASE, Actualidad Iberoamericana, Bibliat, Redib, SciELO.
Budrovich Sáez, Jorge (2019). “The Plot and the Celebration on the Path toward Social Transformation: A ‘Comrade from Chile’ in the Prelude to May 1968.” Revista Actuel Marx/Intervenciones, 25, second semester 2018, LOM Ediciones: 55–77. Latindex Directory.
Cuevas, Hernán and Jorge Budrovich Sáez (2019). “What the ‘Social Uprising’ Conceals: An Event in Search of a Name and a Protagonist.” Revista Pleyade, special issue: Uprisings in Chile. Latindex Catalogue and Directory, Dialnet, CLASE, Actualidad Iberoamericana, Bibliat, Redib, SciELO.
Budrovich Sáez, Jorge (2020). “Who Sets the Limits in the Port Logistics World? Logistics Revolution and the Production of Limits through the Port Workers of Valparaíso.” Revista Izquierdas, 49: 3261–3285. Scopus, Web of Science ESCI, Revues.org, DOAJ, RedALyC, Latindex Catalogue, SciELO, ERIH Plus.
Cuevas, Hernán and Jorge Budrovich Sáez (2020). “The Neoliberalization of Ports in Chile: The Case of the Port City of Valparaíso.” Revista Austral de Ciencias Sociales, 38: 337–363. Scopus, ERIH Plus, Redalyc, Latindex, EBSCO, Dialnet, REDIB, MIAR.
Cuevas, Hernán and Jorge Budrovich Sáez (2020). “Revolution, Revolt, the Awakening of a People, or ‘Social Uprising’? One Year after the October 2019 Crisis in Chile.” Revista F@ro, 2(32): 175–197. Latindex, EBSCO, Dialnet, CLASE.
Budrovich Sáez, Jorge (2021). “Mitigating Biases? A Methodological Reflection on the Study of the Logistics Modernization Process of the Port of Valparaíso.” REMS – Revista de Estudios Marítimos y Sociales, 19. ERIH Plus, Latindex, Dialnet, REDIB, MIAR, LatinRev, CLASE, EuroPub, Actualidad Iberoamericana.
Budrovich Sáez, Jorge (2021). “Back to the Source: Some Common Notions for Reading José Carlos Mariátegui’s In Defense of Marxism.” Cátedra Mariátegui, Lima, Year X, No. 66, March–April 2021.
Budrovich Sáez, Jorge and Hernán Cuevas (2021). “Categorical Disruptions: Reflection and Social Uprising in Chile.” Revista de Humanidades de Valparaíso, (17), 7–8. Special issue on the social uprising in Chile. SCOPUS, Philosopher’s Index, SciELO, ERIH-PLUS, DOAJ, REDIB, DIALNET, MIAR.
Cuevas Valenzuela, H., Budrovich Sáez, J., & Cerda Becker, C. (2021). “Neoliberal Economic, Social, and Spatial Restructuring: Valparaíso and Its Agricultural Hinterland.” Urban Planning, 6(3), 69–89. Web of Science (ESCI), SCOPUS.
Budrovich Sáez, Jorge (2021). “Measurement, Labor, and Digitalization: Prolegomena to a Logistical World.” La Antorcha Magacín, 3.
Budrovich Sáez, Jorge (2021). “Can I See My Port? Logistical Transformation and the Production of Cognitive Boundaries in the Port of Valparaíso.” ArtefaCToS. Revista de Estudios sobre la Ciencia y la Tecnología, 10(2), 202–233. DOAJ, ERIH-PLUS, REDIB, DIALNET, ProQuest, MIAR, Aerospace Database, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts and Metadex.
Budrovich Sáez, Jorge and Hernán Cuevas (2022). “Tourism of Abandonment or Tourists in Abandonment?” La Antorcha Magacín, 7.
Cuevas Valenzuela, H., Torres-Salinas, R., Grosser, G., Félez-Bernal, J., Budrovich, J. (2022). “Port-City Symbiosis and Uneven Development: A Critical Essay on Forestry Exports and Maritime Trade from Coronel, Chile.” Maritime Economics & Logistics.
Cuevas Valenzuela, H. & Budrovich Sáez, J. (2022). “The Need to Decenter the Dominant Discourse on Port Cities.” Revista Iberoamericana de Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad – CTS, 17(50), 257–265.
Budrovich Sáez, Jorge (2023). “What Is ‘Radical Political Thought’? Some Executive Considerations.” La Antorcha Magacín, 17.
Budrovich Sáez, Jorge (2024). “On Guido Flores Santander’s Protection of the Race: Histories of Eugenics and Social Prophylaxis in Chile.” La Antorcha Magacín, 20.
Budrovich Sáez, Jorge and Hernán Cuevas (2025). “Key Concepts for Thinking about New Scenarios in Chile’s Port Logistics Industry.” Policy Brief 7. Centro de Política Exterior Progresista.
Budrovich Sáez, Jorge and Hernán Cuevas (2025). “The Port Narrative in Chile: Faust or Prometheus?” El Mostrador, November 5.
Books
Jorge Budrovich Sáez and Rodrigo López (eds.). Studies and Preludes: Contributions to Philosophy from Valparaíso. Valparaíso: Institute of Philosophy, University of Valparaíso. Text Selection Series, Volume 5 – 2015. ISBN 978-956-358-726-5 – Published.
Juan Redmond, Rodrigo López Orellana, Jorge Budrovich Sáez (eds.). On the Way to Philosophy: On Learning Philosophy through Writing. Valparaíso: Institute of Philosophy, University of Valparaíso. Text Selection Series, Volume 6 – 2016. ISBN 978-956-368-139-0 – Published.
Jorge Budrovich Sáez and Hernán Cuevas (forthcoming). Valparaíso in Dispute: Port City, Global Logistics, and Territorial Neoliberalization. Valparaíso: Ril Editores.