Research areas

The medial conditioning of culture

How do mediation processes determine our culture? Analysis of the structures of mediality, intermediality and remediation processes.

The medial production of experiences and subjectivities

How do the media generate specific types of experience and modes of subjectivity? Studies on the role of the media and mediality in the genesis of identities and diversities.

The technical and material dimension of media

How do materiality and technicality overlap in media processes and devices? Analysis of procedures and materialities from the medial approach.

Medial trajectories: circulation, reception and consumption

What are the dynamics of reception, circulation and consumption of cultural products, and how are these dynamics structured? Case studies, with an emphasis on Latin America.

The epistemological consequences of the medial approach: critical review of Arts and Humanities

What are the consequences of Media Studies with respect to the “Arts and Humanities” program? Debates about Trans- and Posthumanities.