Jose Antonio Gordillo Martorell

Mr. Jose Antonio Gordillo Martorell, Ph.D. is the Founder and CEO of Cultural Inquiry, a micellium company located in Switzerland that operates internationally. He is a professional with 26 years of experience in education, collective creativity, content co-creation, change-driven strategy, participation and community weaving with a passion for the democratization of minoritized and unrepresented cultural voices in the cultural arena. He founded Children’s Boards in different Museums of the world like the City of Arts and Sciences, Norrbottens Museums, HOTA-House of the Arts, and more recently Historisches Museum Saar, Museo of Solutions in Mumbai, Museum of Communication Bern, or Swiss National Museum-Château des Prangins. As a participant in the 4th Edition of Catalyst Lab of Collaboratio Helvetica, he is a community weaver, agent of change, and catalyzer of disruptive social and cultural projects, an author, futurist, and playful expert. Jose is passionate about building new children and nature-centered narratives as strategic tools for organizations. His main work areas are children's participation in democratizing organizations, Ge-AI design thinking civic participation of Indigenous people, elderly, and children (capacity building), care for Museum's creation and implementation, new community-based fundraising formulas, and “soft” playfull organization skills acquisition and training. He is a member and advisor of the Diversity and Inclusion Task Force and Climate Action Community Task Force Member in the Europeana Foundation, one of the most comprehensive cultural platforms in Europe. Jose advises leading social and cultural organizations and institutions, such as Haus der Bewegungen in Bern, MuseoSpace Foundation, or EIT Culture & Creativity as an external evaluator. Martorell loves to contribute by offering mentoring support to social and cultural professionals who are thriving in the new-gen AI hype by acquiring children-centered skills. He has been involved in capacity-building programs such as the 7th cohort of the Museum Education Mentorship program (EdMEM) of the American Alliance of Museums. Currently, he is part of important learning communities like the Learning Community of Impact Hub Zürich or AI for Kids UX. He currently offers an out-of-the-box digital workshop program led by children on the platform My Creative Networks in cooperation with some international prestige experts like Polina Lulu, Sonia Tiwari, Marie Williams, Pip Kennedy, and Mitra Martin. Jose is the author of 22 articles in peer-reviewed International Journals. He publishes articles regularly in peer-reviewed international journals such as the Journal of Museum Education, Culture Caleidoscoop, or in digital platforms such as Medium or LinkedIn. Currently, he is involved in some main editorial projects as his book with Routledge & Taylor Francis Children's Boards in Museums to The Children's Board: A New Way to Work with Children in Museums to be published in the first half of 2025. He penning the chapter, “Students as Museum Creators” for Barbara Smith’s Coordinate book Urgen Care for Schools. Situating Responsability as an Engaging Way for Students to Transform Schools Cultures publish by Brill in January 2025. He is preparing a new book called “50 Micelium Words for Museum Lovers. Sparks to Ignite a Love Story with Your Museum“. He is invited as a keynote speaker at international forums, conferences and summits such as Museums & Change, MuseumExpert, MusemNext, FabCafe Kyoto, Independent Museum Professionals, as well as on podcasts such as the Museum Human, Plan Dulce, The Business Narrative or Cooperate Culture. He is External Evaluator and member of the Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues (ELSI) Board of EIT Culture & Creativity.He is member of The European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) Special Interest Group (SIG), Young Children’s Arts and Cultural Experiences.