Coordination

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Julia Carneiro Abrahão de Souza

Bachelor of Arts - Portuguese and English from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Email: juliakabrahao@gmail.com
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/5519488849102105

Current research and topics of interest: Canon, Archetypes and tropes, Tags and fandom terminology

Julia, 22, is a talented and dedicated professional with a strong focus on literary analysis and research in contemporary literature. She stands out for her ability to work in a team, take initiative, and be proactive in a variety of situations. With admirable availability and leadership skills, Julia is sociable and excellent at creating presentations and public speaking. Her experience includes participation in seminars and conferences at UFRJ, where she demonstrated her knowledge and competence in academic and professional environments. Assistant coordinator and founder of the Center for Fan and Fanfic Studies and Research (NEPF²), she works in the area of people management and administration of the Center and conducts academic research in the area of fanfic, contemporary literature, and youth literature.

Letícia Fernandes Pimenta

Bachelor's Degree in Literature - Portuguese and English from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Email: leticiapimenta@letras.ufrj.br
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/8578526680984642

Current research and topics of interest: Hallyu Wave and its influence on fanfics; K-pop and music fandoms; fanzines.

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Letícia, 26, is an engaged and creative researcher focusing on contemporary topics related to pop culture and fan fiction. Her current research addresses the Hallyu Wave and its influence on fan fiction, also exploring the worlds of K-pop fandoms and fanzines, with a keen eye on the cultural and affective practices that emerge in these spaces. With solid experience in seminars and conferences promoted by UFRJ, Letícia demonstrates academic mastery and a professional attitude in different contexts. She works as an assistant coordinator, editor, and designer/social media manager at the Center for Fan and Fanfic Studies and Research (NEPF²), where she performs duties ranging from content review to the creation and management of the group's visual identity and communication. Dedicated, proactive, and versatile, Letícia combines technical skills and aesthetic sensitivity to contribute significantly to collective projects. Her ability to articulate, lead, and think critically make her a key player in organizing and promoting the Center's activities.

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Ticiane Pilar Café

Bachelor's Degree in Letters - Portuguese and Latin from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Email: ticianepilar@letras.ufrj.com
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/7210159315516103

Current research and topics of interest: Participatory culture and the different approaches to a character (original work vs. fanfic); fanfiction as an incentive to writing.

Ticiane, 25, is a dedicated researcher focusing on contemporary topics related to pop culture, fan narratives, and how these two topics can be combined with education. With solid experience in the field of education, she stands out for conducting workshops and training projects. She has recognized skills in conflict mediation and articulating ideas, which makes her an excellent speaker. She has a great intellectual curiosity that also contributes to her consistent performance as a researcher, always committed to collective development and the construction of more dialogical and welcoming educational environments.

Natalia Tavares Seixas

Bachelor's Degree in History and Bachelor's Degree in Literature - Portuguese and English from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Email: natytseixas@gmail.com
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/6359607481646700

Current research and topics of interest: The construction of alpha male masculinities in Omegaverse fics.

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Natalia has a degree in History and Portuguese-English Language and Literature from UFRJ, working as a private English teacher and independent researcher. Within the center, in addition to being coordinator, she is also responsible for the Fan Studies and Fanfiction Study Group and the NEPF² editing and translation group, Beta Collective. Her interests within the field of Fan Studies include the history of fanfiction and fandom, fanfiction as literary text, characterization in fanfics, slash, omegaverse, and Boys Love—specifically Thai fandom and its ship-fixing culture. Her first academic research in the field was her final thesis, which consisted of an autoethnography of the process of writing fanfiction for the Thai series KinnPorsche fandom. She is currently developing research on the figure of alphas in the omegaverse. Her life as a fan began early, in 2005 when she was 14, and remains strong and steady. She is an avid reader of fanfiction, but only writes when inspiration strikes her everywhere. She is currently active in the KinnPorsche series fandom (reading only Kimchay ship fics), Bridgerton (completely obsessed with Polin), and the fandoms of GMMTV series, especially the works of the GeminiFourth, PerthSanta, and OffGun ships. She is also an avid fan of EXO, Suho (to the point of collecting his photocards) and Jeff Satur, but is not as active in the online fandom of these artists.

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Adriana da Rosa Amaral

She completed a postdoctoral degree in Media, Culture, and Youth at the University of Surrey (UK). She holds a PhD, master's, and bachelor's degree in Social Communication from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), with a doctoral internship at Boston College (USA). She is currently a professor in the Department of Cultural and Media Studies and the Graduate Program in Social Communication at UFF (UFF), and a researcher at CNPq (National Council for the Study of Pop Culture, Communication, and Technologies). She also coordinates CULTPOP—the Pop Culture, Communication, and Technology Research Laboratory—and is the founder of FSN-Latina, the Latin American Fan Studies Network.

Email: adriana_amaral@id.uff.br
Lattes: https://www.escavador.com/sobre/1733659/adriana-da-rosa-amaral
Current research and topics of interest: pop culture, digital communication theories, fan studies

My academic research focuses on theories and objects of pop culture in the context of digital environments and creative/cultural industries. In this sense, I am interested in phenomena that mobilize audiences and fans based on cultural recombinations of pop in its various interpretations and that impact the different ways in which digital communication is present in various instances of social life and how these phenomena constitute flows that are sometimes niche and sometimes massive and impact everyday transformations. Thus, fan mobilizations, the relationships between subcultures and the mainstream, memes, fanfics, pop music, comics, audiovisual media, etc., in their circulation and remixing on digital platforms interest me as a research subject and are amenable to theorization based on cultural categories such as gender, race, nation, age group, among others. I chose to be the teacher responsible for NEPF² because the importance of what the project has been doing is enormous in the contemporary context of research on fans and fan fiction, in addition to having an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary characteristic that involves everything from pedagogical aspects to the social impact of the uses of digital media for an understanding of the world based on different narratives. The work carried out by NEPF has an impact on research and outreach that aims to strengthen the local, regional, and national community. I strongly believe in the potential and connections of the center, and I believe that UFF is the ideal place for creative experimentation.