Emília Simão

Emília Simão is a university professor and researcher, PhD in Information and Communication in Digital Platforms, Master in Multimedia, Master in Arts and Degree in Communication. The main research themes are immersive environments, digital culture, media and digital arts, art and technology, human-computer interaction, electronic dance music cultures, retrofuturism and neotribalism vs post-modern aesthetics. Professor in several areas such as new media aesthetics, semiotics, emerging arts practices, virtual languages, human-computer interaction and multimedia, at Escola Superior Gallaecia University (ESG); Polytechnic Institute Cavado e Ave (IPCA) and Catholic Portuguese University (UCP), Portugal. Coordinates ObEmMa - Scientific Observatory of Electronic Music and Media Art - UP (Porto University) and member of CiESG-Arts and Multimedia Research Center (ESG) / CITCEM-Digital Culture Research Department (UP). Published the book Exploring Psychedelic Trance and Electronic Dance Music in Modern Culture.

Publications

Trends, Experiences, and Perspectives in Immersive Multimedia and Augmented Reality
Trends, Experiences, and Perspectives in Immersive Multimedia and Augmented Reality
Emília Simão, Celia Soares. © 2019. 277 pages.
The concept of immersive multimedia, which is closely related to concepts of augmented reality, brings opportunities in art, education, entertainment, and technology. As such, it...
Thinking Art in the Technological World: An Approach to Digital Media Art Creation
Thinking Art in the Technological World: An Approach to Digital Media Art Creation
Henrique Silva, Emília Simão. © 2019. 20 pages.
In this chapter, the authors discuss the use of digital media in the creation of digital art, questioning the evolution of the relationship between technology and concept in...
Immersive Multimedia in Information Revolution
Immersive Multimedia in Information Revolution
Celia Soares, Emília Simão. © 2019. 19 pages.
This chapter describes the immersive multimedia's role in our lives, educational activities, and business, and social media benefits from the growth of this emerging reality....
Psychedelic Trance on the Web: Exploring Digital Parties at Second Life
Psychedelic Trance on the Web: Exploring Digital Parties at Second Life
Emília Simão, Sérgio Tenreiro de Magalhães, Armando Malheiro da Silva. © 2018. 18 pages.
This chapter proposes an approach about Psychedelic Trance tribe behaviours and manifestations in digital environments, and cyber ritual dynamics beyond the virtual parties in...
Exploring Psychedelic Trance and Electronic Dance Music in Modern Culture
Exploring Psychedelic Trance and Electronic Dance Music in Modern Culture
Emília Simão, Armando Malheiro da Silva, Sérgio Tenreiro de Magalhães. © 2015. 379 pages.
The popularization and cult-like following of electronic music has provoked new relations between men and machines, art and technology, and modern shamans and disc jockeys. New...
Psychedelic Trance and Multimedia Neo-Rituals: The Modern Shamanic Tools?
Psychedelic Trance and Multimedia Neo-Rituals: The Modern Shamanic Tools?
Emília Simão, Sérgio Tenreiro de Magalhães. © 2015. 22 pages.
This chapter examines the relevance of multimedia technologies in Psychedelic Trance gatherings, exploring its technical, sensory and spiritual convergence. Technology devices...
Psychedelic Trance on the Web: Exploring Digital Parties at Second Life
Psychedelic Trance on the Web: Exploring Digital Parties at Second Life
Emília Simão, Sérgio Tenreiro de Magalhães, Armando Malheiro da Silva. © 2015. 23 pages.
This chapter proposes an approach about Psychedelic Trance tribe behaviours and manifestations in digital environments, and cyber ritual dynamics beyond the virtual parties in...
The Paradox of Self in the Imagination of Goa Trance: The Dance-Floor
The Paradox of Self in the Imagination of Goa Trance: The Dance-Floor
Sara Constança, Emília Simão. © 2015. 26 pages.
This chapter deals with the second part of the investigation concerning the experience of self in the Goa Trance dance-floor. The authors present and develop the presentation of...