Transposing the Galves-Löcherbach model to journalistic language: a semiotic translation work

• Grant number: 21/08620-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Journalism
• Start date: September 01, 2021
• End date: March 31, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Communications - Journalism and Publishing
• Principal Investigator: Fernando Jorge da Paixão Filho
• Grantee: Monique Ribeiro Polera Sampaio
• Host Institution: Instituto de Matemática e Estatística (IME). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Grupo de Usuários Wikimedia no Brasil, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 13/07699-0 - Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center for Neuromathematics - NeuroMat, AP.CEPID

Abstract

This project intends to produce a scientific journalism text based on the article "Infinite systems of interacting chains with memory of variable length - a stochastic model for biological neural nets" by Antonio Galves and Eva Locherbach, CEPID NeuroMat researchers, which was published in 2013. The main purpose is to transpose the contribution of research to a journalistic language, acting, therefore, in the scope of scientific divulgation. For basing this project, concepts from semiotics (Saussure) and scientific culture (Vogt) were used. (AU)