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ATOPOS

 

ATOPOS is an international research network composed of researchers located in different countries, representing a variety of academic background, who investigate the impact of digital technologies on several spheres of society.
Founded in 2005, within the School of Communications and Arts at the University of São Paulo (ECA-USP), it aims to produce innovative and interdisciplinary knowledge, assuming the obligations to coach researchers, producing publications and to extend and share the results of investigations through a dialogue with various sectors of society.

ATOPOS rely on researchers at undergraduate and postgraduate studies, coming from Social Sciences, Communications, History, Architecture, Biology, Philosophy, Physics, Literature and Education.

 

 

OUR PARTNERS

 

University of Toronto– Prof. Derrick De Kerckhove

University of Ottawa– Prof. Pierre Lévy

University Paris V- Descartes (Sorbonne) – Prof. Michel Maffesoli – Ceaq

University of Languages & Communication, Milan (IULM) – Prof. Alberto Abruzzese

University of Rome “Tor Vergata” – Prof. Mario Perniola

Roma Tre University – Prof. Mario Pireddu

University Nova de Lisboa – Prof. José Bragança de Miranda

 

 

RESEARCH AREAS

 

Atopos research activities are concentrated around four areas of expertise: ECHOSOPHY, AION, DIANOÍA and EUTELÉIA. Each of them develops research in digital networks approaching different subjects such as sustainability, environment, net-activism, educational practices, collaborative economy, promoting events, courses and publications.

 

ECHOSOPHY

Research (concluded): Digital Social Networks and Sustainability: interaction with the environment in digital contexts. Master Sponsor: Petrobras
Specialization course – Lato Sensu: Digital Networks, Third Sector and Sustainability
Publications: Echosophy Series (Publisher: Annablume)
Annual Meeting: Echosophy Symposium

 

AION

Ongoing Research: Net-activism – collaborative actions on digital networks – exploratory international research which includes a comparative study that aims to analyze the forms of leadership and citizenship that are being developed in digital networks and identify key characteristics of social and political meanings of such actions developed through interactions with digital communicative technology. Promotion: Foundation for Research Support ofSão Paulo (FAPESP).

Native media (in partnership with LEER – Laboratory Studies of Ethnicity and Racism – FFLCH – USP). The cornerstone of this project is that the appropriation of new communication technologies by social minorities opens up an original age of its direct action in Brazilian society, marked by the electronic self-representation. The project is constituted of three main activities currently being presented: Indigenous Chair, Permanent Observatory of Native Media and Native Media Seminars.

Project (concluded): Academic “Slab” - approved and funded by the Extension and Culture Department at USP – This project aimed to connect knowledge – local and academic knowledge – expanding discussions about digital contemporaneity to the “slabs” in São Paulo suburbs, by promoting meetings between representatives of suburbs and researchers of digital subject.

 

DIANOÍA

Main Goals of the Area: study and application of learning processes in digital and reticular contexts.

Application: Continuing Education and Other Educational Activities, including Distance Education and Special Education.
Event: USP 2.0 Seminar

 

EUTELÉIA

Objective: The focus of this research area is the collaborative practices in the market economy mediated by reticular architecture.

Research Project: Crowdsourcing in the market economy – a study of collaborative networks in the Brazilian private sector.

Sponsors: Google, Magazine Luiza, Grupo Abril, Banco Itaú, Construtora Tecnisa, Serasa Experian e TetraPak.

 

 

RESEARCHERS

 

Coordinator
Prof. Dr. Massimo Di Felice (lattes)

Deputy Coordinator
Prof. Dr. Waldenyr Caldas

Researchers

Pesquisadores
Adriana Anunciação Ramos – Ongoing Doctorate (lattes)
Alexandre Hannud Abdo – PhD (lattes)
Andre Figueiredo Stangl – Ongoing Doctorate (lattes)
Beatriz Vera Pozzi Redko – Ongoing Doctorate (lattes)
Carlos Eduardo Souza Aguiar – Ongoing Doctorate (lattes)
Dora Kaufman – Ongoing Doctorate (lattes)
Eli Ridolfi Jr. – Ongoing Master´s degree (lattes)
Eliete da Silva Pereira – Ongoing Doctorate (lattes)
Erick Andre Roza – Ongoing Master´s degree (lattes)
Fábio Alessandro Munhoz (lattes)
Fernanda Moreira – Ongoing Master´s degree – (lattes)
Iara Cordeiro de Melo Franco – Ongoing Doctorate (lattes)
Julliana Cutolo Torres – Ongoing Doctorate (lattes)
Leandro Key Higuchi Yanaze – Ongoing Doctorate (lattes)
Mariana de Toledo Marchesi – Ongoing Master´s degree (lattes)
Marcella Schneider Faria – Master  (lattes)
Mesac Roberto Silveira Jr. – PhD (lattes)

 

 

STUDY GROUPS

 

The study groups at Atopos Research Center aim to expand theoretical reflections on topics related to cognitive architectures proposed by the development of digital networks, studying the selected bibliography in a more interactive and collaborative way.
All groups are open to interested participants.
Location: ECA-USP – Dept. Advertising, Public Relations and Tourism (CRP). Room number. 1A. Research Center ATOPOS.

 

 

Collaborative Economy and Digital Networks -
Coordinator: Dora Kaufman

Brief description: aims to study the phenomenon of collaborative culture as well as its impact on communication and economy; the creation of the ‘value’ concept as a result of collaborative relationships; think the economy as a collaborative and networking process; how the improvement of connections between individuals impacted the structure of economic production.
Email Contact: dkaufman@usp.br
Frequency and time: Thursdays, biweekly, at 8:00 pm.

Soundscape
Coordinator: Roberto Silveira Júnior Mesac
Brief Description: The objective is the study of digital from a perspective of trans-media audiovisual productions related to the remix culture and the learning digital circuits. The studies in 2012 will begin by addressing the concept of a-topia (Massimo Di Felice) and technological nomadism (Gisele Beiguelman).
Email Contact: mesacmusic@gmail.com
contact for date confirmation – cel. 9539 6626
Blog: http://www.transmidiatica.blogspot.com/
Frequency and time: Wednesdays, weekly from 7:30 pm to 10:00pm.

 

Net-activism – collaborative actions and new forms of participation on digital networks
Coordinator: Erick Roza
Email Contact: netativismo@gmail.com
Blog: www.netativismo.wordpress.com
Bibliography: See blog.
Brief description: The study group discusses the theoretical aspects of social action in digital networks – actions developed through interactions with communicative technologies- aiming to reflect about this concept and map out the main theoretical propositions around the cyber-activism.
Frequency, time: Tuesdays, biweekly, at 5:30 pm.

 

McFlu – Suspended, reopening soon
Coordinator: Andre Stangl
Detailed study of Marshall McLuhan and Villen Flusser works.
Email Contact: astangl@gmail.com
Blog: http://mcluhanflusser.wordpress.com/
Return due to: second semester 2012

SPECIALIZATION COURSE

Lato Sensu course: Digital Networks, Third Sector and Sustainability

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Atopos Collection (Series)– Publisher: Annablume

 

2011

 

Body and Image (Brazilian edition – Corpo e Imagem)  - José Bragança de Miranda

 

Crisis in the castle of culture (Brazilian edition – Crise no castelo da cultura)
Moisés de Lemos Martins

 

 

2009

 

Post-urban landscapes – the end of the urban experience and the communicative forms of dwelling (Paisagens pós-urbanas – o fim da experiência urbana e as formas comunicativas do habitar)
Massimo Di Felice
- Work nominated for Jabuti Award in 2010 – Translated into Italian and Spanish

The Skin of Culture (A Pele da Cultura)
Derrick de Kerckhove

 

 

Echosophy series

Digital Networks and Sustainability: interactions with the environment in the information age – (Redes Digitais e Sustentabilidade: as interações com o meio ambiente na era da informação)

Massimo Di Felice, Julliana Cutolo e Leandro Yanaze – 2012

 

Soon:

 

Galileo Series – Atopos Collection

 

Cyborgs ‘indígen@s.br’ : Native presence in cyberspace – Eliete Pereira

(Ciborgues indígen@s.br: a presença nativa no ciberespaço) – Eliete Pereira

 

Techno-pedagogy (Tecnopedagogia) – Leandro Yanaze

 

 


Digital Age Collection

(Publisher: Difusão)

 

Post-humanism – the relationship between man and technology in the network society (Pós-humanismo – as relações entre o homem e a técnica na sociedade das redes)

Organizers: Massimo Di Felice e Mario Pireddu – 2010

 

From Public to the Networks – digital communication and new forms of social participation” (Do Público para as Redes – a comunicação digital e as novas formas de participação social)

org. Massimo Di Felice e Mario Pireddu – 2008

 

Others

 

Sex Appeal of the Inorganic

Mario Perniola

Publisher: Studio Nobel

 

 

EVENTS

 

2012

USP 2.0 – continuação do Ciclo de Conferências Sobre a Aprendizagem em Ambientes Virtuais, a Produção do Conhecimento e o Papel Social da Universidade na Época das Redes Digitais 

II Simpósio Ecosofia – Ecologia, redes digitais e sustentabilidade

Colóquio Ecosofia – Edição Paris – 5 e 6 de abril de 2012 – Université Paris V / Sorbonne (site)


I Simpósio Ecosofia – Ecologia, redes digitais e sustentabilidade - 26 e 27 de abril de 2011.  Patrocínio Master: Petrobras. Apoios: Klabin SA, Aberje, ECA-USP, Aliança Francesa, Secretaria do Verde e do Meio Ambiente de SP.  Certificados disponíveis para retirada> ver site do evento

O Século McLuhan (site)
02 e 03 de maio de 2011 – em comemoração ao centenário do nascimento de Marshall McLuhan. Parceria: Atopos, PPGCOM ECA/USP, Aberje. Apoios: Vivo, Consulado do Canadá, Media Lab/ESPM

Ciclo de Conferências Era Digital – de agosto a dezembro de 2009.

Teve como objetivo reunir os principais estudiosos da Itália, França, Espanha, Canadá e Brasil, para apresentar e debater com profissionais, acadêmicos, pesquisadores, executivos, lideranças sociais e indígenas e com o público em geral, de forma interativa e acessível, as profundas mudanças sociais que estão ocorrendo em consequência da difusão das novas tecnologias comunicativas digitais. (veja a tag)


Conferência Da democracia para a ciberdemocracia – ministrada por Derrick De Kerckhove – Livraria Cultura/São Paulo – Lançamento do livro “Do Público para as Redes” (20/08/08).


Conferência Mente, Tecnologia Digital e Conectividade – ministrada por Derrick De Kerckhove – (9/11/2007). local: ECA/USP.


Conferência As linguagens do conflito: 40 anos do movimento de 68.Gianni Vattimo, Massimo Di Felice, Yakuy Tupinambá, Andrea Lombardi (25/04/08). Academia Brasileira de Letras (RJ).


II Seminário Midias Nativas – Produções midiáticas indígenas e da periferia e narrativas eletrônicas . USP / Centro Cultural SP (de 25 a 27/03/2008). (veja o site do evento)


Curso de Pós-graduação “A Natureza do Mundo na época pós-humana” – ministrado pelo Prof. Alberto Abruzzese (IULM/Milão). De 13 a 28 de Agosto de 2007. ECA/USP.


II Aula Inaugural do CRP: “Dos públicos para as redes” - Evento comemorativo dos 40 anos do Curso de Relações Públicas da ECA/USP. Participantes: Massimo Di Felice (ECA/USP), Nello Barile (IULM-Milão), Andrea Miconi (IULM-MiIão), Mitsuru Yanaze (ECA/USP), Paulo Nassar (ECA/USP). (mar/2007)


Ciclo de Conferências ATOPOS – Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) – realizadas mensalmente entre 2005 e 2006. Conferencistas: Mario Perniola (Tor Vegata di Roma), Alberto Abruzzese (IULM), Aldo Colonetti (IED-Milano), Gilbertto Prado (ECA/USP), Lucia Santaella (PUC/SP), Ciro Marcondes Filho (ECA/USP), entre outros.


I Seminário Mídias Nativas – Produções midiáticas e narrativas eletrônicas indígenas. USP / SESC Paulista (17 a 19 de outubro de 2006).


I Aula Inaugural do CRP: “Do analógico para o digital – novas perspectivas do comunicar” ministrada por Alberto Abruzzese (mar/2006)


Curso “Realidades digitais, tecnologias comunicativas, mundo do trabalho: mudanças e novas oportunidades” (ECA/USP). Ministrantes: pesquisadores ATOPOS. (nov-dez/2005)


Mini-curso “COMUNIC-AÇÃO e o Sex Appeal do Inorgânico” – ministrado por Mario Perniola (jun/2005)

 

 

CONTACT

Address:
Av. Lucio Martins Rodrigues, 443
CRP Block, Room 01-A / Post Code 05508-900
Cidade Universitária – São Paulo – SP (map)
E-mail: grupo.atopos@gmail.com