Map of the Political Memesphere and Humorous Digital Activism in Brazil

The Map of the Political Memesphere and Humorous Digital Activism in Brazil is a mapping project of the main actors and collectives engaged in performing playful interventions, producing satirical pieces and mobilizing supporters for good-humored and provocative collective actions. Humorists, digital influencers, activist collectives and meme makers are included in the prospective survey carried out. The main goal of the project is to present a report with the state of the art, interviews and a dataset on activist groups that use humor to carry out their actions.

SUMMARY The project systematizes a broad survey of actors, collectives and pages that use humor as a tool of political intervention in the Brazilian digital environment, producing a state-of-the-art report based on interviews and data collected from these groups.