PhD in Audiovisual Media and Processes

The Graduate Program in Audiovisual Media and Processes (PPGMPA) is dedicated to examining the field of moving images and its legacy in the constitution of contemporary audiovisual culture. The emphasis on research in the area of ​​cinema dialogues with the study of other media, tuning its purposes around approaches that privilege, from different theoretical perspectives, the sensitive dimension of images and/or sounds. For this, the program is dedicated to the study of cinema, video, television, radio, electronic-digital media and performances that take place as a film production, spectacle or event. The program consists of three lines of research:

1. History, Theory and Criticism, which brings together researchers dedicated to studying the forms and themes of audiovisual media as it is organized in its various genres and supports;
2. Poetics and Techniques, dedicated to theoretical and practical studies of the production processes of audiovisual works;
3. and Audiovisual Culture and Communication, dedicated to mediations and interactions in communication processes, language systems, media practices in public space and social networks.