Book of Abstracts: International Conference InterGedi2021

Communication of research and dissemination of knowledge is changing and expanding –possibly faster than ever– towards international and digital environments. The increasing demands of this highly competitive scenario situate researchers and their work in a new global, multimodal dimension, where a number of emerging trends can be perceived. Thus, in this glocalized context, the emphasis is laid on:

● international collaboration, leading to a growing participatory culture, but also fostering each scholar’s individual role and the need to forge their personal and professional identities;

● a movement towards open science with demands for greater transparency of processes and availability of tools and resources. In this area, the use of social media and multimodal communication has brought about an unprecedented visibility of the researcher and a wider dissemination of results but also the appearance of challenges in the traditional copyright or peer-review systems;

● the reformulation/reconceptualization of scientific research through popularization practices, aimed at a more heterogeneous audience, but often coexisting with the rapid dissemination of vulgarized science or non-validated knowledge through the same channels.

Increasingly, scholars and researchers must acquire and maximize developing professional and discursive practices in relation to these emerging forms of digital communication. This process generally involves a number of adaptations, such as a more active and personal role of the researchers in the process of communication of results, their current aim to reach multiple audiences and the need to master the genres, uses and conventions associated with specific platforms and online environments.

The InterGedi2021 Conference would like to trace and analyse these trends related to the digital communication of science and explore their areas of confluence. More specifically, it is our aim to gather current research on the practices related to the construction of digital identity and visibility, the emerging conflicts related to the public availability and appropriation of scientific culture and the ways of validating and disseminating scientific knowledge in this new context.