Research Centers and Groups
The ECA's research output is produced by a wide range of research groups, centers, and laboratories across various subject areas and disciplines.
Consult the research centers and groups affiliated with ECA, certified by the USP's Office of Research and by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq):
- Performing Arts
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Research groups distinguished by their investigation into the history, practice, and theory of theater, always in tune with the contemporary theatrical scene.
Poetics of Staging: Modes, Processes, Practices and Learning
Research group leaders: Antônio Carlos de Araújo Silva e Cibele Forjaz SimõesCEPECA - Actor’s Scenic Experimentation Research Center
Research group leader: Eduardo Tessari CoutinhoLIM CAC - CAC Information and Memory Laboratory
Research group leaders: Elizabeth Ferreira Cardoso Ribeiro Azevedo e Ferdinando MartinsCostume, Clothing and Technology Center
Research group leader: Fausto Roberto Poço VianaThe Circle - Hybrid Studies Group of the Performing Arts
Research group leader: Felisberto Sabino da CostaLadcor - Body Dramaturgy Laboratory
Research group leader: Maria Helena Franco de Araujo BastosResearch Group on Pedagogy of the Performing Arts
Research group leaders: Maria Lucia de Souza Barros Pupo e Verônica Gonçalves VelosoLAPETT - Research and Studies Laboratory in Tanz Theatralidades
Research group leader: Sayonara Sousa Pereira - Visual Arts
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Study groups whose work encompasses both research development concerning artistic processes and the study of art theory, history, critique, and artistic learning.
Poetics of Multiplicity: Contemporary Modes of Production and Multiplication of Poetic Images
Research group leaders: Branca Coutinho de Oliveira e Amilcar Zani NettoArt&Photography Study Group
Research group leader: Domingos Tadeu ChiarelliGrupo de Estudos Cromáticos
Research group leaders: Paloma Oliveira de Carvalho Santos e Marco Garaude GiannottiAfter the End of Art
Research group leader: Dora Longo BahiaWord and Image
Research group leader: Geraldo de Souza Dias FilhoDigital Poetics
Research group leader: Gilberto dos Santos PradoPhotographic Prints Research Group
Research group leaders: João Luiz Musa e Marco Francesco ButiRoutes of Drawing
Research group leader: Luiz Claudio MubaracStereophonic
Research group leaders: Mario Celso Ramiro de Andrade e Dora Longo BahiaArt, Design and Digital Media Research Group
Research group leader: Monica Baptista Sampaio TavaresRealities - From Tangible Reality to Ontological Reality
Research group leader: Silvia Regina Ferreira de LaurentizMultidisciplinary Study and Research Group in Art and Education
Research group leader: Sumaya Mattar - Cinema, Radio, and Television
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Groups dedicated to studies on audiovisual theory and history, sound media, and digital media, among others.
LabArteMidia - Laboratory of Art, Media and Digital Technologies
Research group leader: Almir Antonio RosaBrazilian Observatory of Digital Television and Technological Convergence - OBTED
Research group leader: Almir Antonio RosaMIDIASON - Study and Production Group in Sound Media
Research group leader: Eduardo VicenteHistory and Audiovisual: Circularities and Forms of Communication
Research group leader: Eduardo Victorio MorettinLAICA - Laboratory for Audiovisual Research and Criticism
Research group leaders: Esther Império Hamburger e Cecília Antakly de MelloZOOTROPO - Study Group in Animation and Motion Graphics
Research group leader: Joao Paulo Amaral Schlittler Silva - Communications and Arts
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Groups dedicated to studies in different fields of study – namely Performing Arts, Communication Sciences, Aesthetics and History of Art, Integration of Latin America, and Audiovisual Means and Processes.
MECOM - Educommunicative Mediations
Research group leader: Adilson Odair CitelliEpistemology of Educommunication: Fundamentals, Methodology and Intervention Areas
Research group leaders: Claudemir Edson Viana e Ismar de Oliveira SoaresAlterity, Subjectivities, Gender Studies and Performances in Communications and Arts
Research group leaders: Cláudia Lago e Dayana Karla Melo da SilvaOBCOM - Observatory of Communication, Freedom of Expression, and Censorship
Research group leader: Daniela Osvald RamosCommunication Semiotics Research Group
Research group leaders: Irene de Araújo Machado e Daniela Osvald RamosSemiotic Esthesias: Black Studies in Communication and the Arts
Research group leader: Irene de Araújo MachadoAesthetic Acceptance and Art Criticism
Research group leader: Lisbeth Ruth Rebollo GoncalvesPedagogical Cybernetics - Digital Languages Laboratory
Research group leader: Lucilene CuryEconomic & Migratory Movements
Research group leader: Lucilene CuryGELiDis - Languages and Discourses in the Media
Research group leader: Maria Cristina Palma MungioliSoap Opera Studies Center
Research group leader: Maria Immacolata Vassallo de LopesCommunication and Work Research Center
Research group leader: Roseli Aparecida Figaro Paulino - Information and Culture
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Groups dedicated to the theoretical investigation of Information Science and Culture, and its practical application.
Smart Media and Users Research Group
Research group leader: Alan César Belo AngeluciObservatory of the Labor Market for Information Professionals in the Digital Age
Research group leaders: Francisco Carlos Paletta e Fernando ModestoInterOrganoDoc: Interdisciplinarity in Document Knowledge Organization
Research group leader: Giovana Deliberali MaimoneResearch Group on Biblioeducation
Research group leaders: Ivete Pieruccini e Edmir PerrottiColabCult: Research Group on Cultural Policy and Action
Research group leader: Lúcia Maciel Barbosa de OliveiraLaboratory of Culture, Information, and Society
Research group leaders: Luiz Augusto Milanesi e Eugênio BucciLaboratory of Epistemological and Methodological Studies in Information Science
Research group leaders: Marivalde Moacir Francelin e Fabio Assis PinhoCiMetrias - Science and Technology Metrics Research Group
Research group leaders: Rogerio Mugnaini e Fernando ModestoObservatory of Comic Book Stories
Research group leader: Waldomiro de Castro Santos Vergueiro - Journalism and Publishing
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Research groups focused on studying how journalism works in society, its different areas, language, and freedom of speech.
Curta Ciência! - Scientific Journalism, Science Outreach, and Communication in the Contemporary Context
Research group leader: André Chaves de Melo SilvaEpistemology of Social Dialogue
Research group leader: Cremilda Celeste de Araújo MedinaCELACC - Center for Latin American Studies on Communication and Culture
Research group leader: Dennis de OliveiraCom+ -Communication, Journalism and Digital Media Research Group
Research group leaders: Elizabeth Nicolau Saad Corrêa e Rodrigo Pelegrini RatierResearch Group on Image Policies
Research group leaders: Luciano Guimarães e Wagner Souza e SilvaPopular and Alternative Journalism (ALTERJOR)
Research group leaders: Luciano Victor Barros Maluly e Dennis de OliveiraBook Research Center (NUPEL)
Research group leaders: Marisa Midori Deaecto e Hugo de Carvalho QuintaMedia Criticism and Cultural Practices
Research group leader: Rosana de Lima SoaresMidiAto - Language Study Group: Media Practices
Research group leaders: Rosana de Lima Soares e Mayra Rodrigues GomesJournalism, Law and Freedom
Research group leader: Vitor Souza Lima BlottaJournalism in Organizational Communication (JORCOM)
Research group leader: Wilson da Costa BuenoJORNESP - Research Group in Specialized Journalism
Research group leader: Wilson da Costa Bueno - Music
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Groups focused on studying the theory, analysis, and critique of music, as well as the processes of musical creation.
TRAMA - Theory and Music Analysis
Research group leader: Adriana Lopes da Cunha MoreiraLaboratory of Orchestral Studies - LEO
Research group leader: Fabio CuryNuSom - Sonology Research Support Center
Research group leader: Fernando Henrique de Oliveira IazzettaPAMVILLA - Analytical Perspectives of Villa-Lobos’ Music
Research group leader: Paulo de Tarso Camargo Cambraia SallesGEPEMAC - Group for Multidisciplinary Studies and Research in the Arts of Singing
Research group leader: Susana Cecília Almeida Igayara de Souza - Public Relations, Advertising, and Tourism
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Groups dedicated to a wide variety of subjects, including communication, consumption, cognitive sciences, semiotics, marketing, visual communication, and organizational communication, among others.
Altercience and Intercommunication
Research group leader: Artur MatuckInflucom - Communication, Influence and Visibility in the Age of Digital Social Platforms
Research group leader: Carolina Frazon TerraInnovation and Market Travel and Tourism
Research group leader: Debora Cordeiro BragaIMAGINATUR - Nature Images
Research group leader: Hugo Fernando Salinas Fortes JúniorCETES - Center for Tourism and Social Development
Research group leaders: Karina Toledo Solha e Debora Cordeiro Braga4C - Center for Communication and Cognitive Sciences
Research group leader: Leandro Leonardo BatistaARC2 - Anti-racist Studies in Communication and Consumption
Research group leader: Leandro Leonardo BatistaCECORP – Center for the Study of Organizational Communication and Public Relations
Research group leaders: Margarida Maria Krohling Kunsch e Luiz Alberto de FariasGESC3 - Semiotic Studies Group in Communication, Culture and Consumption
Research group leaders: Maria Clotilde Perez Rodrigues e Eneus Trindade Barreto FilhoAtopos International Research Center
Research group leader: Massimo Di FeliceCRIARCOMC - Creativity, Innovation, Communication and Marketing with Emphasis on Cities
Research group leader: Mitsuru Higuchi YanazeManagement, Strategy, and Innovation in Creative Activities
Research group leaders: Paulo Henrique Assis Feitosa e Benny Kramer CostaStudy Group on New Narratives
Research group leaders: Paulo Roberto Nassar de Oliveira e João Luís Anzanello CarrascozaUrban Tourism and Environment
Research group leaders: Reinaldo Miranda de Sá Teles e Debora Cordeiro Braga
