Theories, practices and ontologies: the actor in the media

  • Pedro Guimarães Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Departamento de Cinema, Instituto de Artes, 13083-854, Campinas.
  • Teresa Fradique CRIA (Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia) and ESAD.CR, 2500 - 321, Caldas da Rainha.
Keywords: Actor, Media, Theory, Practice, Ontology

Abstract

Introduction to Aniki's Special Issue Theories, practices and ontologies: the actor in the media.

Author Biographies

Pedro Guimarães, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Departamento de Cinema, Instituto de Artes, 13083-854, Campinas.

Pedro Guimarães is a lecturer at the Film Department and at the Post-Graduate Program in Media Studies at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Brazil). He co-ordinates GEAs (Grupo de Estudos sobre o Ator no Cinema), a study group devoted to the role of the actor in film (GEAs). Guimarães has published on this topic as well as Cinematic Genres and Film Theory.

Teresa Fradique, CRIA (Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia) and ESAD.CR, 2500 - 321, Caldas da Rainha.

Teresa Fradique is an Adjunct Professor at Escola de Artes e Design de Caldas da Rainha – IPLeiria (Portugal) and a researcher at the Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia (CRIA - Centre for Research in Anthropology). She is currently part of the coordinating team of Núcleo de Antropologia Visual e Arte (Visual Anthropology and Arts Laboratory). Fradique has published and actively participated in the areas of performance and visual culture.

Published
2019-08-20