Silvia Frota holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from the Cásper Líbero School of Social Communication (1994) and in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (2003). She also has a Master's degree (2012) and a PhD (2016) in Culture and Communication from the Faculty of Arts, University of Lisbon (FLUL). Silvia Frota currently teaches in the Culture and Communication program at FLUL. She is a member of the Center for Comparative Studies at FLUL (CEComp), where she participates in the project “Constellations of Memory: A Multidirectional Study of Migration and Post-colonial Memory,” funded by FCT (CEECIND/03592/2018). She is the coordinator of the research line Citizenship, Media, and Cultural Production and develops the project Digital Media Nation: Nationalism, Identity, and Citizenship in the Digital Age. Her main research interests include Communication and Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Nationalisms, and Critical Discourse Studies.
Areas of Research
Communication and Media Studies
Cultural Studies
Nationalisms and Critical Discourse Studies
Selected Publications
Frota, S. V. (2019). Eliete cai na rede: a arte de reinventar a vida cotidiana na era das mídias sociais. Navegações, V.12, N.2 (Jul-Dez).
Frota, S. (2018). "Lost in the Multicultural Maze – Ideology, Utopia, Identities" (pp. 95-104). In Morais, A. B., Sousa, C. S. e Alves, F. M. (eds.) Nas Dobras do Real. Farmalição: Húmus.
Frota, S., & Barrios, M. (Eds.) (2016). Identity: Representations and Practices. Lisbon, Portugal: CELGA-ILTEC.
Frota, S. (2016). "Os transparentes: identidades nacionais em exibição na Angola de Ondjaki." Letras de Hoje, 51(4), 543–554.
Frota, S. (2015). Antinacionalismos. REVEC - Revista de Estudos de Cultura, N.2 (Mai-Ago), 111-117.
