???global.info.a_carregar???
Rodrigo Correia de Almeida e Sousa. Doctor in Audiovisual Communication (2015) by the Complutense University of Madrid (Program: Techniques and Processes in the Creation of Images / Department of Audiovisual Communication and Advertisement II / Faculty of Information Sciences), for which he was distinguished with the UCM Outstanding Doctorate Award 2015-16. Also, he has completed a Master of Advanced Studies in Applied Creativity (2009) at the Autonomous University of Madrid, a Master of Arts in Literary Theory (2003) at the University of Lisbon and a Licenciate Degree in Philosophy (1998) at the Catholic University of Portugal. As a Writer/Screenwriter, he has authored successful children's books (e.g. My School Would Make a Movie, 2011; Louie The Cootie, 2013) and award-winning short and full-length movie scripts (e.g. Gesto, A. B. Correia, 2011; Cova, L. Alves, 2011)
Read full resume ↓
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rodrigo Correia de Almeida e Sousa

Citation names

  • Sousa, R. A.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0015-9D94-79F8
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1219-612X

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
  • Social Sciences - Media and Communications

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1)
Latin Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Greek Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2015/11/18
Concluded
 PhD in Audiovisual Communication (Program: Techniques and Processes in the Creation of Images) (Doctor)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid Facultad de Ciencias de la Información, Spain
"Paradigms of Inspiration in Plato’s Ion: Its Causes and Consequences in the Image and Communication of the Artist" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 A+ Cum Laude
2009/10/15
Concluded
 Master of Advanced Studies in Applied Creativity (Diploma de Estudios Avanzados) (DEA)
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Facultad de Psicología, Spain
 A+
2003/03/31
Concluded
 Master of Arts in Literary Theory (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
"Ion, Socrates and the Mysteries from Beyond" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 B+
1998/09/09
Concluded
 Licenciate Degree in Philosophy (Licenciatura)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Faculdade de Ciências Humanas, Portugal
"G.W. Leibniz’s Monadology" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020 - Current Research Fellow European Institute of Cultural Sciences - Father Manuel Antunes, Portugal
2017 - Current Research Member Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação Transdisciplinar Cultura Espaço e Memória, Portugal
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Sousa, R. A.. Paradigmas de Inspiración en el Ion de Platón: Sus Causas y Consecuencias en la Imagen y Comunicación del Artista [Paradigms of Inspiration in Plato's Ion: Its Causes and Consequences in the Image and Communication of the Artist] (PhD Thesis). Madrid, Spain: Icono 14. 2019.
    Published
Book review
  1. Sousa, R. A.. "Louis C.K. 2016. Horace and Pete.". 8, (2016): https://formadevida.org/recensoes/81-louis-ck-2016-horace-and-pete-rodrigo-almeida-e-sousa.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Sousa, R. A.. "Sócrates e a Verdade Criativa da Cidade Digital [Socrates and the Creative Truth of the Digital City]". Paper presented in 5th International Congress on Creative Cities, 2017.
    Published
  2. Sousa, R. A.. "La Gentrificación como Condenación Existencial: El Caso ‘Horace and Pete’, de Louis C.K [Gentrification as an Existential Damnation: The case of ‘Horace and Pete’, Louis C.K.]". Paper presented in 1st International Congress on Cinema and Scientific Images, Málaga, 2016.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Sousa, R. A.. "Gotham y la Trilogía del Caballero Oscuro: Imágenes de un Mundo Posfáctico [Gotham and The Dark Knight Trilogy: Images of a Postfactual World]". Revista Cine, Imagen, Ciencia 3 (2021): http://revista.revistacineimagenciencia.es/#numero3.
    Open access • In press
  2. Sousa, R.A.. "Story-Building for Revolution: Post-Marxist and Neo-Nationalist Perspectives on the Yellow Vests Movement". Perspectivas - Journal of Political Science 20 (2019): 9-21. https://doi.org/10.21814/perspectivas.329.
    Open access • Published • 10.21814/perspectivas.329
  3. Almeida, Sousa. "Freudian narcissism in cross-media storytelling: The curious case of Nujeen Mustafa". Politeia 9 18 (2019): 11-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/politeia0-24203.
    Open access • 10.5937/politeia0-24203
  4. Sousa, R.A.. "Me and You, We Could be Something for Real: Creating Authenticity since the First Hipster Generation". International Journal of Culture and History (EJournal) 2 3 (2016): 99-105. http://dx.doi.org/10.18178/ijch.2016.2.3.046.
    Open access • Published • 10.18178/ijch.2016.2.3.046
  5. Sousa, R. A.. "El Virus del Talento en la Era Digital: Narrativas Implícitas entre Películas y Videos [Viral Talent in the Digital Age: Implicit Narratives in Movies and Videos]". Creatividad y Sociedad 25 (2016): 383-416. https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=5959457.
    Open access • Published
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Sousa, R. A.. "Paradigmas de Inspiración en el Ion de Platón: Sus Causas y Consecuencias en la Imagen y Comunicación del Artista [Paradigms of Inspiration in Plato's Ion: Its Causes and Consequences in the Image and Communication of the Artist]". PhD, Complutense University of Madrid Bibliotecas, 2015. https://eprints.ucm.es/42163/.
  2. Sousa, R. A.. "Ion, Sócrates, e os Mistérios do Além [Ion, Socrates, and the Mysteries from Beyond]". Master, 2003. https://www.letras.ulisboa.pt/images/areas-unidades/literaturas-artes-culturas/programa-teoria-literatura/documentos/sousar1.pdf.

Artistic / Performance

Script
  1. Sousa, R. A.. GESTO [Sign] Full-length fictional documentary. Directed by António Borges Correia. Sponsored by: UNICEF, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Producer: Zulfilmes. Prizes: 1º Prize II Inclusion Gala 2012 (IPL/Leiria City Counsel); Official Selection: Curitiba International Festival 2012; DocLisboa 2011. 2011.
  2. Sousa, R. A.. A COVA [The Grave]. Short film directed by Luís Alves. With Ivo Canelas, Afonso Pimentel and Augusto Portela. Producer: LA Filmes. Prizes: Jury Special Prize for Best Portuguese Short Film - Portugal Underground Film Festival; First Prize Shortcutz 2011; Nominated for Best Movie, Best Actor, Best Short Film - Shortcutz Lisboa April 2011; 2º prize – Faro Short Film Festival 2011. 2011.
  3. Sousa, R. A.. ALEX & LILIANE. Short film directed by Fernando Centeio, with Beatriz Batarda and Pedro Giestas. Financed by ICA. Producer: Bollywood Pictures. Prizes: “Caminhos do Cinema Português” Official Selection, Coimbra 2014. 2010.
Theatre play
  1. 2009. Antonio Carlos, A Three Act Tragedy [Represented at Clube Fenianos (Porto) and S. Mamede de Infesta Theatre (Porto)].

Other

Other output
  1. Os Mais Fixes de Portugal [The Coolest Portuguese (Animals, Sportsman, Artists, Writers, etc.)]. Book Collection for Children. Publisher: Aletheia/Pingo Doce. 2015. Sousa, R.A. (JR. Rodry).
  2. Aprende com o Luís Piolho [Learning with Louie the Cootie]. Children's Book. Publisher: Imagine Words. Copies sold: 4500 to 7000. 2013. Sousa, R.A. (JR. Rodry).
  3. A Minha Escola Dava um Filme [My School Would Make a Movie]. Children's Book. Publisher: Girassol. Copies sold: 13.000 to 19.000. 2011. Sousa, R.A. (JR. Rodry).
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2019/10/26 A Morte como Metamorfose Revolucionária: Uma Revisitação de Testsuo: The Iron Man (1989). [Death as Revolutionary Metamorphosis: Revisiting Testsuo: The Iron Man (1989)] Jornadas Educar para a Morte
IAEC-GO Instituto de Estudos Avançados em Catolicismo e Globalização (Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa) (Viseu, Portugal)
2019/02/22 Identidade e Desintegração no ‘Storytelling Audiovisual’ da Pós-Verdade [Identity and Disintegration in Post-Truth Audiovisual Storytelling] - Keynote Speaker 1st International Congress ‘Death: Readings of the Human Condition
IEAC-GO Instituto de Estudos Avançados em Catolicismo e Globalização (Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa) (Guimarães, Portugal)
2017/01/26 Sócrates e a Verdade Criativa da Cidade Digital [Socrates and the Creative Truth of the Digital City] 5th International Congress on Creative Cities
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto / Asociación Científica Icono 14 (Porto, Portugal)
2016/11/30 La Gentrificación como Condenación Existencial: El caso ‘Horace and Pete’, de Louis C.K. [Gentrification as an Existential Damnation: The case of ‘Horace and Pete’, Louis C.K.] 1st International Congress on Cinema and Scientific Images
ASECIC - Asociación Española de Cine e Imágenes Científicos (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos) (Málaga, Spain)
2016/11/08 Narcissism of Small Similarities: Freud and the Amazing Case of Noujain Mustaffa Prague Media Point: Media and Migration
TOL Education / KEYNOTE / European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) (Prague, Czech Republic)

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2016 - Current Asociación Científica Icono 14

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2019/02/21 - 2019/02/24 1st International Congress ‘Death: Readings of the Human Condition' IAEC-GO Instituto de Estudos Avançados em Catolicismo e Globalização (Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa)

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2020/01/17 - 2020/01/17 Jury Member at Gala Orbis 2020 - Digital Innovation Projects in Marketing, Advertising and Business (Undergraduate) Instituto Politécnico de Santarém, Portugal
2014/05/05 - 2014/05/05 Jury Member at the National Reading Contest - Viseu Ministério da Educação, Portugal

Ministério da Cultura, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2017 OUTSTANDING DOCTORATE AWARD 2015-2016
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
2008 Special Prize for Microliterature - Garzón-Céspedez
CIINOE Cátedra Iberoamericana Itinerante de Narración Oral Escénica, Mexico
1998 1st Prize Al Berto (young poets)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
1996 1st Prize Ruy Belo/Ruy Cinatti (young poets)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal