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Seminar moots the critical and empirical approach of digital culture

by Richard Meckien - published Jun 03, 2013 11:10 AM - - last modified Jun 05, 2013 03:53 PM

The possibilities of cross between critical theory and empirical research in the study of digital culture will be addressed at the seminar 'teoria crítica, cultura digital, cinema eXpandido', that IEA will hold on June 7 at 3 pm in IEA's Event Room.

The possibilities of cross between critical theory and empirical research in the study of digital culture will be addressed at the seminar teoria crítica, cultura digital, cinema eXpandido (critical theory, digital culture, expanded cinema), that IEA will hold on June 7 at 3 pm in IEA's Event Room.

Coordinated by Massimo Canevacci, visiting Professor at IEA, the event will focus on the theoretical and methodological innovations that arise from this intersection with the cinema as the axis of discussion. Exhibitors will be Marília Mello Pisani, Professor at the Center for Natural Sciences and Humanities of the Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC), and Pedro Paulo Rocha, filmmaker and one of the founders of Rede Tranzmidias.

Pisani will exposure 'Cinema and Digital Culture: Considerations on Empirical Research in Critical Theory'. Building on the ideas of the philosophers Adorno, Benjamin, Kracauer and Marcuse (all members of the Frankfurt School) about cinema, the teacher will propose a combination of empirical research and critical theory to investigate subjectivity, art and politics in the context of digital culture.

Rocha will talk about 'Tranzcinemas and poetic flow'. In addition to displaying the work of his own on the subject, the filmmaker will discuss the new territories of art and new forms of subjectivity that emerge in network environments. The goal is to promote a reflection on critical theory in the digital era from the debate about cinema and about contemporary artistic performances.

Participants

Pisani is a Philosophy Professor at the Center for Natural Sciences and Humanities of UFABC. Master and PhD in Philosophy and Methodology of Science from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), the researcher is engaged in the study of the work of Herbert Marcuse (1989-1979), the critical theory of society, technique and technology of philosophy, philosophy of psychoanalysis and teaching philosophy.

Rocha is a filmmaker, multimedia artist and researcher of transmedia and collaborative art. His works include video art, installations, sound art, sound design and assembly of films. He has established and participated in several artist collectives, among which the 'Rede Tranzmidias', which brings together artists from diverse backgrounds in order to explore the possibilities of transmedia communication through projects of art and culture.

Canevacci is Professor of Cultural Anthropology and of Digital Art and Culture at Università Degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza', Italy. His studies focus on ethnography, visual communication, art, and digital culture. The research he has been developing at IEA, situated among these themes, includes four main conceptual frameworks: self-representation, ubiquity, visual fetishism, and critical and experimental theory.