Maria Cortez Salviano is a PhD Candidate in Social Sciences at University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil, with a 6-month research period at Virginia Tech, United States. Her doctoral research explores relationships between art, AI technology and politics, and is financed with CNPq and CAPES scholarships, issued by the Brazilian government. She has a Master’s Degree in Scientific and Cultural Communication at University of Campinas, and a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism at Casper Libero Faculty. Recent academic interests and professional activities include areas such as computational propaganda, digital activism, artificial intelligence social studies, technoaesthetics, and philosophy of technology.
