Amanda Quitério de Gois
Amanda Quitério de Gois is a Communications and Research Officer, under Communications and the Technology and Democracy Program, at Data-Pop Alliance.
She holds an MA in Literature Studies from Universidade Estadual Paulista ‘Júlio de Mesquita Filho’ (UNESP), a public university in Brazil, where she was awarded a CAPES scholarship (2021–2023) for outstanding academic performance. Her master’s thesis focused on A Noite Escura e Mais Eu (1995), a book by the brazilian author Lygia Fagundes Telles, examining how the themes of some short stories from the book relate to the development of the female protagonists. The thesis connects these literary themes to issues of gender, drawing on Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex to explore whether the characters can overcome societal norms imposed on women. Amanda also has a degree in Grammar, Education, and Literature (Portuguese and English) from the same University. During her undergraduate studies, she conducted two Scientific Research projects: one analyzing violence in short stories by the brazilian author Rubem Fonseca, and another critically examining Feminist Thought: Fundamental Concepts, a book that compiles texts by feminist writers/activists such as Donna Haraway, Gayatri Spivak, Lélia Gonzalez, and Sueli Carneiro, edited by Heloísa Buarque de Holanda.
Before joining Data-Pop Alliance, Amanda worked at Eureka, a social-network-learning platform, as the Partnership and Development Leader. She was involved in platform development, partnerships, podcast scripts, and social media promotion strategies, especially as the platform began engaging with Brazilian audiences. She also co-hosted the Banheira de Arquimedes podcast, which discussed books and movies in the context of political, technological, and gender issues. Amanda has also been an English teacher for approximately five years and contributed to various volunteer projects, including work as a translator, transcriber, literature teacher, and mentor at a university-run preparatory course.
Her main interests lie in communication strategies, gender and sexuality studies, the impact of technologies such as deepfakes, mis/disinformation, and the broader implications of these areas on society and democracy.
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Español Portugues Beginning on May 13th and ending on August 31st, DPA, the Data Feminism Network (DFN) and Eureka facilitated the Book Club “Counting Feminicide with Catherine D’Ignazio”. This free-of-charge initiative attracted over 600 English, Spanish and Portuguese speaking participants...