Armando Silva

Armando Silva (born August 19, 1948) is a Colombian philosopher, semiotician, and writer. He is renowned for his work on Urban Imaginaries, which has been implemented in various cities across Latin America, Spain, the United States, and Europe. Silva holds a PhD in Philosophy and Comparative Literature from the University of California, Irvine, where he also completed a post-doctorate in Critical Theory under Jacques Derrida's supervision. He further studied philosophy, aesthetics, and semiotics in Italy and France, under the guidance of prominent scholars such as Emilio Garroni, Umberto Eco, and Christian Metz.More