Event organised by Janna Joceli Omena and Thais Lobo
31 January 2025 – 14:00 to 16:15 GMT
In-person, at Franklin-Wilkins Building, London + Online, via Microsoft Teams
To register for the event, please visit King’s official webpage
Join us for this hybrid roundtable that will discuss the current status of digital methods research in Brazil and what one can understand as “methods” when advancing research with the web as a methodological landscape. We seek to celebrate emerging research practices and kick off a Global South network, situating them within a transitional methodological moment in which digital methods and methodologies have been built with, in and about AI, web platforms and data visualisation.
What to expect
Rather than defining an exhaustive landscape of the practice, it aims to open up discussions about the role of digital methods in humanities and social sciences and their broad societal impact from a Brazilian perspective. In this celebrative encounter, panellists will discuss: a mapping of initiatives and labs across five Brazilian regions within this context, the convergences and possibilities of connecting digital methods with traditional (Digital) Media and Communication Studies schools, and the history of software development for digital methods research in Brazil and its challenges.
Programme
14:00 – 14:15. Welcome & What digital methods are we talking about?
Janna Joceli Omena (in person)
14:15 – 14:30. Mapping research groups and labs developing digital methods across five Brazilian Regions: North, Northeast, Central-West, Southeast, South.
Alan Angeluci (in person)
14:30 – 14:45. Digital Methods and Schools of (Digital) Media and Communication Studies: Convergencies and Possibilities in Brazil.
Elias Bitencourt (online)
14:45 – 15:00. A brief history of software development for digital methods research in Brazil.
Giulia Tucci (online)
15:00 – 15:15. Tea break
15:15 – 15:30. Critical commentary and insights.
Richard Rogers (in person)
15:30 – 15:40. Q&A Panellists
15:40 – 16:15. Collective Discussion.
Thais Lobo, Janna Joceli Omena (in person)
For any inquiries or further information, please contact J.J.Omena@kcl.ac.uk or thais.matias@kcl.ac.uk