Austerity History through Sociological Comics: A guide to social media and networks against Austeritocracy for use by all generations (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781522934554)

Pedro Andrade is a sociologist, Researcher and Professor at Communication and Society Research Centre, University of Minho, Portugal. He Coordinated international research projects/teams such as: Scientific-Technological Literacy and Public Opinion: the Case of Science Museums; and Public Communication of Art: the Case of Local and Global Art Museums, both funded by Foundation for Science and Technology, Lisbon, Portugal. Member of project Manifesto on Art and Social Inclusion in Urban Communities, coordinated by Mel Jordan and including: UK: University of Loughborough, King's College, Chelsea School Arts, Univ. of Plymouth; Belgium: U. Leuven; Holland: Utrech, U. Gronigen; Portugal: U. Minho. His works have been published in major international/national journals with peer review, some with high impact factor in their areas and indexed in prestigious scientific bibliographic databases, e.g. Web-of-Science and Scopus. Director of 2 book collections (Communication and Cultural Studies; Experimental Books) at Caleidoscópio Publications. Activities in fine arts, experimental cinema, hybrimedia, digital games include: as member of Paris Film Coop: Film Saboté Spatial n°1 (1975) and Body Cinema (images and music based on humidity and temperature of the body, 1976). first Portuguese cultural webpage (1995). Hybrilog (hybrid blog, 2006). Sociological Games (made in Flash and Action Script, 2006). GeoNeoLogic Novel (plot based on GPS, 2009). Social Semantic Sites (in Web 2.0/3.0, 2011).