The first FilmEU Summit was held from 21st to 24th September in Lisbon, Portugal. This is a regular event yearly promoted as an occasion to show progress in the development of the project and share results with the broader academic community of the four HEI that integrate FilmEU. Read more.

CICANT at the 8th ECREA European Communication Conference

In the 8th ECREA European Communication Conference (September 6-9, 2021), CICANT's presence was very noticeable. Besides several presentations of our team members, researcher Sofia Caldeira and PhD student Joana Bicacro were elected to be vice-chairs of the Philosophy of Communication, and Digital Culture and Communication sections (respectively). Read more.

3rd session of the Publics and Audiences WG encounters

The 3rd session of the Publics and Audiences WG  encounters was held this Thursday, September 30, articulating themes associated with the WGs of Visual Culture and Political Communication in intersection with the dimension of Publics and Audiences. Read more.

The project ID-Games held its second transnational project meeting in Lisbon, on the 30th of September and the 1st of October. During this meeting, the final game design adjustments were discussed, as well as playtesting methodology. Read more. 

On the 23rd of September, TESEO project held its final conference "Uscita dal Labirinto", in Salerno. This event served as the milestone of the end of this project in which universities, research institutions, and chambers of commerce came together to address the issues of media literacy, which are increasingly central in a highly digitized society. Read more.

On the 16th and 17th of September 2021, CICANT hosted the first transnational project meeting of TEGA project. During these two days, the researchers were trained in analog games for serious purposes, held showcases, and discussed how the project's game-based methodology will be developed. Read more. 

The “KA2 FSEU” project (2020-3-IT03-KA205-019960) was presented to Department of Communication Sciences students, as part of the student reception activities. CICANT researcher Carla Rodrigues Cardoso presented the strategic lines of the project. Read more. 

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This unit promotes theoretical and applied research on all its subject areas, particularly focusing on knowledge transfer and exchange with industry and similar centres in Portugal and in Europe. CICANT aims to bring together theoretical and applied research on technology, society and contemporary subjectivity. Futher, one of primary goals is to create a common space that can nourish interdisciplinary research between the arts, social sciences and information technologies.

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