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Papers by Rafael Evangelista
Vibrant: Virtual Brazilian Anthropology, 2024
We understand Singularism, a stream of transhumanist thought, to be an ideology associated with S... more We understand Singularism, a stream of transhumanist thought, to be an ideology associated with Silicon Valley and the political right-wing (Hughes 2002). Taking this as our object of study, the present article conducts an anthropological discussion around the concepts of culture, ideology, and cosmology as proposed by Eric Wolf (1999). Cosmology provides a basis for ideology so as to offer elements for criteria such as truth and the inevitability of a given project for power. We point out how cybernetics works as a cosmology for Singularism and we explore political and philosophical differences between exponents of Singularism, which -- to a large extent - express different appropriations of cybernetics in their construction of the concept of Singularity.
Aurora, 2023
O objetivo deste artigo é empregar conceitos derivados de diversas tradições teóricas para enfati... more O objetivo deste artigo é empregar conceitos derivados de diversas
tradições teóricas para enfatizar a inextricável interrelação entre as ideias que
circundam a inteligência artificial e seus efeitos tangíveis na construção material
e na organização social do mundo contemporâneo. A partir da etnografia da
cultura e do poder de Eric Wolf damos relevo ao que seria o poder estrutural e
o poder organizacional no contexto do capitalismo de vigilância. Aprofundamos
as discussões sobre poder nas relações Norte-Sul a partir de referências do que
alguns autores chamam de virada decolonial nos estudos sobre a digitalização
contemporânea do mundo. Propomos uma etnografia que observe as assimetrias
de poder entre Norte e Sul, manifestadas tanto no domínio tecnológico quanto
em contextos históricos de dominação. A etnografia proposta deve considerar essas
desigualdades, observando como tecnologias e práticas do Norte influenciam e
são adotadas no Sul, e como elites do Sul, alinhadas ao Norte, medeiam e se
beneficiam dessas relações.
Ciência e Cultura, Dec 1, 2005
Sínteses: Revista Eletrônica do SIMTEC, Sep 12, 2016
Uma pesquisa de percepcao publica da ciencia e da tecnologia foi realizada pelo Laboratorio de Es... more Uma pesquisa de percepcao publica da ciencia e da tecnologia foi realizada pelo Laboratorio de Estudos Avancados em Jornalismo (Labjor), em novembro de 2007, com 1.825 pessoas, de idade entre 16 e 49 anos, em 37 municipios do estado de Sao Paulo. Os resultados foram algumas impressoes sobre o que a populacao paulista pensa sobre ciencia e tecnologia. Algumas das questoes que chamam a atencao e serao destacadas nesta apresentacao sao: o nivel de interesse sobre alguns assuntos ligados a CT a confianca nos cientistas como autoridades para opinarem a respeito de decisoes importantes para a sociedade; a percepcao em relacao a riscos e beneficios advindos de resultados de pesquisa e desenvolvimento tecnologico, entre outros. Esta apresentacao tem o objetivo de apresentar parte dessas impressoes e algumas conclusoes obtidas pelo grupo.
Aula na Escola de Governança da Internet - 2023
Survey on the use of information and communication technologies in Brazilian schools : ICT in Education 2021 : COVID-19 edition : adapted methodology, 2022
Public and academic debates about the concepts of digital inclusion and digital literacy have his... more Public and academic debates about the concepts of digital inclusion and digital literacy have historically emerged reactively, associated with solutions that need to be immediate to problems that are urgent at that moment. In the 1990s, there was a fear that the announced “information age” would lead to the loss of job opportunities, especially for the most vulnerable populations (generally in the Global South), in view of the increasing digitalization of the world of work. The second half of the 2010s
witnessed an epidemic of misinformation, in part derived from fragmentation of the information ecosystem. This would demand efforts to promote digital literacy that would instill in citizens a rationale to make them immune to manipulation.
This article examines the emergence of both digital inclusion instrumentalized for sub-alternative insertion in the labor market, and digital literacy as a palliative agent against the misinformation epidemic. In parallel, there are debates around an amplified concept of digital inclusion – which reflects the importance of going beyond computer education policies for the use of specific software, including education for the autonomy of individuals and the appropriation of technologies (Evangelista, 2014, 2018). In addition, the idea of digital literacy should not be restricted to teaching users to make consistent searches on the Internet or to individually protect their privacy, but also to move toward a broad understanding of the role of algorithms and software architectures in the production and reproduction of behaviors.
Education and digital technologies: challenges and strategies for the continuity of learning in times of COVID-19, 2022
Journal of Science Communication, 2004
The scientific institution in Brazil is marching to a good rhythm. Despite problems in funding (a... more The scientific institution in Brazil is marching to a good rhythm. Despite problems in funding (and in the very irregular distribution of such funds), universities and private research centers changed and grew over the last few years. In 1999, Brazil (whose external debt is over 50% of GDP), invested 0.87% of GDP in Research & Development: a percentage comparable to that of several Mediterranean countries.
Journal of Science Communication, 2004
If there is a peculiarity in the way of doing science and in the way of communicating science in ... more If there is a peculiarity in the way of doing science and in the way of communicating science in Brazil, it is in the use of the idea of…
Inovacao Uniemp, Dec 1, 2006
Durante a década de 1980 a Novell foi a mais importante empresa no mercado de redes de computador... more Durante a década de 1980 a Novell foi a mais importante empresa no mercado de redes de computadores, graças principalmente ao seu sistema operacional, o Novell NetWare, que utilizava um padrão de comunicação entre os computadores (protocolo) desenvolvido pela ...
Surveillance & Society, Mar 31, 2019
Journal of Science Communication
This article will discuss and comment some of the results obtained by the application of the ques... more This article will discuss and comment some of the results obtained by the application of the questionnaire "Public perception of Science and…
Surveillance & Society, 2019
Brazilian Journalism Research
Literary journalists and anthropologists conduct their fieldwork with similar tools and goals. Bo... more Literary journalists and anthropologists conduct their fieldwork with similar tools and goals. Both use listening and observation to establish contact with the Other - the group being studied - and therefore identify, understand and interpret daily interactions and scenes. In spite of the similarities, their conduct in the field suffers interference due to the certain particularities of each one of them: production conditions, professional relations, social roles, methodological principles, professional ethics and the commitment to the final product – scientific research or literary reporting. In this article, we put forth a theoretical reflection about the similarities and contrasts between the fieldwork of literary journalists and anthropologists. At the same time, we reflect on what characterizes each of these professional researchers and their respective disciplines. For this purpose, we explore authors such as Harrington (2003), Martinez (2008; 2017), Lago (2010), Brandão (2007...
Liinc em Revista, 2016
RESUMO Na sociedade contemporânea, as câmeras de vigilância são tecnologias de uso rápido e cresc... more RESUMO Na sociedade contemporânea, as câmeras de vigilância são tecnologias de uso rápido e crescente. As razões dadas para essa proliferação estão principalmente relacionadas a preocupações com segurança. Nos países pobres, a ênfase está no controle da criminalidade urbana. Nos países ricos, elas são justificadas também pela ameaça do terrorismo. DIO é um jogo para celulares, ainda em desenvolvimento, que tematiza a proliferação das câmeras em áreas urbanas, promovendo um mapeamento colaborativo de sua localização geográfica. Os jogadores escolhem uma de duas equipes a quem se associam e desenvolvem as seguintes tarefas: 1) geolocalizar e fotografar câmeras de vigilância distribuídas pelas ruas; 2) competem com o outro time pelo controle das câmeras. As câmeras cadastradas então se transformam em pontos geolocalizados com os quais os jogadores interagem, com as câmeras sendo “capturadas” quando o jogador está fisicamente próximo a elas. Este artigo apresenta o enredo básico do jogo...
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000
Vibrant: Virtual Brazilian Anthropology, 2024
We understand Singularism, a stream of transhumanist thought, to be an ideology associated with S... more We understand Singularism, a stream of transhumanist thought, to be an ideology associated with Silicon Valley and the political right-wing (Hughes 2002). Taking this as our object of study, the present article conducts an anthropological discussion around the concepts of culture, ideology, and cosmology as proposed by Eric Wolf (1999). Cosmology provides a basis for ideology so as to offer elements for criteria such as truth and the inevitability of a given project for power. We point out how cybernetics works as a cosmology for Singularism and we explore political and philosophical differences between exponents of Singularism, which -- to a large extent - express different appropriations of cybernetics in their construction of the concept of Singularity.
Aurora, 2023
O objetivo deste artigo é empregar conceitos derivados de diversas tradições teóricas para enfati... more O objetivo deste artigo é empregar conceitos derivados de diversas
tradições teóricas para enfatizar a inextricável interrelação entre as ideias que
circundam a inteligência artificial e seus efeitos tangíveis na construção material
e na organização social do mundo contemporâneo. A partir da etnografia da
cultura e do poder de Eric Wolf damos relevo ao que seria o poder estrutural e
o poder organizacional no contexto do capitalismo de vigilância. Aprofundamos
as discussões sobre poder nas relações Norte-Sul a partir de referências do que
alguns autores chamam de virada decolonial nos estudos sobre a digitalização
contemporânea do mundo. Propomos uma etnografia que observe as assimetrias
de poder entre Norte e Sul, manifestadas tanto no domínio tecnológico quanto
em contextos históricos de dominação. A etnografia proposta deve considerar essas
desigualdades, observando como tecnologias e práticas do Norte influenciam e
são adotadas no Sul, e como elites do Sul, alinhadas ao Norte, medeiam e se
beneficiam dessas relações.
Ciência e Cultura, Dec 1, 2005
Sínteses: Revista Eletrônica do SIMTEC, Sep 12, 2016
Uma pesquisa de percepcao publica da ciencia e da tecnologia foi realizada pelo Laboratorio de Es... more Uma pesquisa de percepcao publica da ciencia e da tecnologia foi realizada pelo Laboratorio de Estudos Avancados em Jornalismo (Labjor), em novembro de 2007, com 1.825 pessoas, de idade entre 16 e 49 anos, em 37 municipios do estado de Sao Paulo. Os resultados foram algumas impressoes sobre o que a populacao paulista pensa sobre ciencia e tecnologia. Algumas das questoes que chamam a atencao e serao destacadas nesta apresentacao sao: o nivel de interesse sobre alguns assuntos ligados a CT a confianca nos cientistas como autoridades para opinarem a respeito de decisoes importantes para a sociedade; a percepcao em relacao a riscos e beneficios advindos de resultados de pesquisa e desenvolvimento tecnologico, entre outros. Esta apresentacao tem o objetivo de apresentar parte dessas impressoes e algumas conclusoes obtidas pelo grupo.
Aula na Escola de Governança da Internet - 2023
Survey on the use of information and communication technologies in Brazilian schools : ICT in Education 2021 : COVID-19 edition : adapted methodology, 2022
Public and academic debates about the concepts of digital inclusion and digital literacy have his... more Public and academic debates about the concepts of digital inclusion and digital literacy have historically emerged reactively, associated with solutions that need to be immediate to problems that are urgent at that moment. In the 1990s, there was a fear that the announced “information age” would lead to the loss of job opportunities, especially for the most vulnerable populations (generally in the Global South), in view of the increasing digitalization of the world of work. The second half of the 2010s
witnessed an epidemic of misinformation, in part derived from fragmentation of the information ecosystem. This would demand efforts to promote digital literacy that would instill in citizens a rationale to make them immune to manipulation.
This article examines the emergence of both digital inclusion instrumentalized for sub-alternative insertion in the labor market, and digital literacy as a palliative agent against the misinformation epidemic. In parallel, there are debates around an amplified concept of digital inclusion – which reflects the importance of going beyond computer education policies for the use of specific software, including education for the autonomy of individuals and the appropriation of technologies (Evangelista, 2014, 2018). In addition, the idea of digital literacy should not be restricted to teaching users to make consistent searches on the Internet or to individually protect their privacy, but also to move toward a broad understanding of the role of algorithms and software architectures in the production and reproduction of behaviors.
Education and digital technologies: challenges and strategies for the continuity of learning in times of COVID-19, 2022
Journal of Science Communication, 2004
The scientific institution in Brazil is marching to a good rhythm. Despite problems in funding (a... more The scientific institution in Brazil is marching to a good rhythm. Despite problems in funding (and in the very irregular distribution of such funds), universities and private research centers changed and grew over the last few years. In 1999, Brazil (whose external debt is over 50% of GDP), invested 0.87% of GDP in Research & Development: a percentage comparable to that of several Mediterranean countries.
Journal of Science Communication, 2004
If there is a peculiarity in the way of doing science and in the way of communicating science in ... more If there is a peculiarity in the way of doing science and in the way of communicating science in Brazil, it is in the use of the idea of…
Inovacao Uniemp, Dec 1, 2006
Durante a década de 1980 a Novell foi a mais importante empresa no mercado de redes de computador... more Durante a década de 1980 a Novell foi a mais importante empresa no mercado de redes de computadores, graças principalmente ao seu sistema operacional, o Novell NetWare, que utilizava um padrão de comunicação entre os computadores (protocolo) desenvolvido pela ...
Surveillance & Society, Mar 31, 2019
Journal of Science Communication
This article will discuss and comment some of the results obtained by the application of the ques... more This article will discuss and comment some of the results obtained by the application of the questionnaire "Public perception of Science and…
Surveillance & Society, 2019
Brazilian Journalism Research
Literary journalists and anthropologists conduct their fieldwork with similar tools and goals. Bo... more Literary journalists and anthropologists conduct their fieldwork with similar tools and goals. Both use listening and observation to establish contact with the Other - the group being studied - and therefore identify, understand and interpret daily interactions and scenes. In spite of the similarities, their conduct in the field suffers interference due to the certain particularities of each one of them: production conditions, professional relations, social roles, methodological principles, professional ethics and the commitment to the final product – scientific research or literary reporting. In this article, we put forth a theoretical reflection about the similarities and contrasts between the fieldwork of literary journalists and anthropologists. At the same time, we reflect on what characterizes each of these professional researchers and their respective disciplines. For this purpose, we explore authors such as Harrington (2003), Martinez (2008; 2017), Lago (2010), Brandão (2007...
Liinc em Revista, 2016
RESUMO Na sociedade contemporânea, as câmeras de vigilância são tecnologias de uso rápido e cresc... more RESUMO Na sociedade contemporânea, as câmeras de vigilância são tecnologias de uso rápido e crescente. As razões dadas para essa proliferação estão principalmente relacionadas a preocupações com segurança. Nos países pobres, a ênfase está no controle da criminalidade urbana. Nos países ricos, elas são justificadas também pela ameaça do terrorismo. DIO é um jogo para celulares, ainda em desenvolvimento, que tematiza a proliferação das câmeras em áreas urbanas, promovendo um mapeamento colaborativo de sua localização geográfica. Os jogadores escolhem uma de duas equipes a quem se associam e desenvolvem as seguintes tarefas: 1) geolocalizar e fotografar câmeras de vigilância distribuídas pelas ruas; 2) competem com o outro time pelo controle das câmeras. As câmeras cadastradas então se transformam em pontos geolocalizados com os quais os jogadores interagem, com as câmeras sendo “capturadas” quando o jogador está fisicamente próximo a elas. Este artigo apresenta o enredo básico do jogo...
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000
In a non distant future, governments of the world's richest countries launched a project, open to... more In a non distant future, governments of the world's richest countries launched a project, open to companies and global organizations, to establish an open standard for communication and integration of all the world's surveillance cameras. The idea was to build a global network of surveillance cameras, which serve as an additional security tool to fight terrorism. Despite the harsh criticism, the initiative was carried out for a few months, having received several contributions. Not informing the reasons or if the system ever came into operation, the governments quietly canceled the project. Groups of hackers around the world, however, discovered the truth. An artificial intelligence called DIO (Damocles Information Operative) was built. It's a distributed, integrated, self-regenerative system, able to control all cameras of the globe. Resistance to DIO was divided into two groups: blind, dedicated to disable the cameras, blinding them; and lens, dedicated to restore control of the cameras to their original owners, removing the cameras from DIO's network.
Using a software for mobile phones, the teams fight DIO in accordance with their philosophies. The player chooses which group they will join and have the following tasks: geo-locate and photograph the surveillance cameras scattered in the street; compete with the other team for the control of cameras. Transformed into geolocated points with which the player interacts, cameras can only be taken with the player being physically present at a close distance to them.
The game is under construction.
RESISTING BORDERS AND TECHNOLOGIES OF VIOLENCE, 2023
Quem controla a mídia? Dos velhos oligopólios aos monopólios digitais, 2021
Glosario de Filosofía de la Técnica, 2022
Educação e tecnologias digitais [livro eletrônico] : desafios e estratégias para a continuidade da aprendizagem em tempos de COVID-19, 2021
