de Souza e Silva, A. (2022, June 7th). Creativity as Survival: Crowdsourcing unexpected ways we use technology. NCSU News Blog.
Recent Scholarship
Making the COVID-19 Pandemic Visible
de Souza e Silva, A. (2022). Making the COVID-19 Pandemic Visible: The power of grass-roots mapping initiatives. International Journal of Communication, 16, 3988-4007.
Comunicação Móvel, Mobilidade Urbana e Práticas Criativas
de Souza e Silva, A. (2021). Communicação Móvel, Mobilidade Urbana e Práticas Criativas (Mobile Communication, Urban Mobility, and Creative Practices). SPMob 2021, Terceira Escola de Ciência Avançada em Mobilidades (3rd School of Advanced Methods in Mobilities). São Paulo University (USP). SP, Brazil (via Zoom). October 4. [Video]
Hybrid Spaces 2.0: Connecting networked urbanism, creativity and big data in a (post) pandemic world
de Souza e Silva, A. (2022). Hybrid Spaces 2.0: Connecting networked urbanism, creativity and big data in a (post) pandemic world. A Matrix of Challenges Conference. Boston University College of Communication, Division of Emerging Media Studies. Boston, MA. April 4. [Video]
Mobile Networked Creativity Repository
To explore the idea of creativity as a collective and networked process that involves people and technologies, we created an online resource to crowdsource examples of “Mobile Networked Creativity” from around the world. Our goal is to decolonize traditional ideas of creativity, by building a crowdsourced repository of creative practices that emerge from a process of survival.
We developed the repository’s format to accomplish four main goals:
(1) explain Mobile Networked Creativity for a broad audience;
(2) share existing research and materials about this topic;
(3) ask the audience to contribute to the collection; and
(4) display the crowdsourced examples we get from the public.
What the U.S. Can Learn from Brazil’s Successful COVID Vaccination Campaign
de Souza e Silva, A., & Araujo, C. (2022, May 18th). Opinion: What the US Can Learn from Brazil’s Successful COVID Vaccination Campaign. Scientific American. December 8th, 2021.
Mapping the COVID-19 Pandemic with Mobile Devices
de Souza e Silva, A. (2022). Mapping the COVID-19 Pandemic with Mobile Devices: Grass-roots networked initiates in the Rio de Janeiro favelas. International Communication Association (ICA) conference, Mobile Communication Interest Group. Paris, France: May 30th.
Evolving Geographies of Mobile Communication
Glover-Rijkse, R., & de Souza e Silva, A. (2022). Evolving Geographies of Mobile Communication. In P. Adams & B. Warf (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Media Geographies (pp. 161-171). New York: Routledge.
Rethinking Micromobility as Mobilities Justice
de Souza e Silva, A., & Glover-Rijkse, R. (2022). Rethinking Micromobility as Mobilities Justice: Location-based traffic apps in Rio de Janeiro. In B. Kredell, G. Halegoua, & E. Stein (Eds.) The Routledge Companion to Media and the City (pp. 354-365). New York: Routledge
Challenging Communication Students to Design the Library of the Future
Rogers, A., Burke, A., de Souza e Silva, A., & Nickels, C. (2018). Challenging Communication Students to Design the Library of the Future. Teaching and Learning Symposium: Inspiring Student Success. NC State University, McKimmon Center. Raleigh, NC. February 22.