About

I am Lecturer in Brazilian Studies at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland. My main research interests are in digital culture and the texts and practices of urban representation in Brazil. A central thematic and methodological concern in my work is the idea of circulation.

My doctoral research, completed at the University of Liverpool in 2011, examined the use of blogs and other internet platforms by Brazilian favela residents. Since then, I have worked on Brazilian webdocumentaries relating to urban change in Rio de Janeiro, in the context of the city’s recent hosting of global sporting mega-events, and am currently researching data activism relating to armed violence and public security in Brazil.

A further area of interest is Brazilian documentary and audiovisual production.

I take an interdisciplinary approach in my work, combining approaches from literary and cultural studies and the social sciences, and have broader interests in digital ethnography, and ethical and methodological issues in interdisciplinary research.