<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dear colleagues, how are you doing?</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I am Gustavo Saldanha, researcher of the <a href="http://www.ibict.br/">IBICT</a>
(Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology). From dialogues with Pedro Marijuan, we would like to present the proposal to create a IS4SI & FIS Chapter in Brasil from the representation of IBICT. Our institute is the first centre of informational theoretical studies and information philosophy in Latin America. In 1970 we created the first <a href="http://www.ppgci.ufrj.br/pt/" target="_blank">postgraduate program in Information Science</a> and the first research domain in information philosophy in Latin America.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">The initial names are:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br>Lena Vania Ribeiro Pinheiro (PhD in Communication and Culture - IBICT researcher) - <a href="mailto:lenavania@ibict.br" target="_blank">lenavania@ibict.br</a><br>Moisés André Nisenbaum (PhD in Information Science - IFRJ Professor) - <a href="mailto:moises.nisenbaum@ifrj.edu.br" target="_blank">moises.nisenbaum@ifrj.edu.br</a><br>Gustavo Saldanha (PhD in Information Science - IBICT Researcher) - <a href="mailto:saldanhaquim@gmail.com" target="_blank">saldanhaquim@gmail.com</a></div><div>Ricardo Medeiros Pimenta (PhD in Social Memory - IBICT Researcher) - <a href="mailto:ricardo.pimenta@gmail.com" target="_blank">ricardo.pimenta@gmail.com</a></div><div>Marco Schneider (PhD in Communication - IBICT Researcher) - <a href="mailto:art68schneider@gmail.com" target="_blank">art68schneider@gmail.com</a></div><div>Arthur Coelho Bezerra (PhD in Social Sciences - IBICT Researcher) - <a href="mailto:absurdosturos@gmail.com" target="_blank">absurdosturos@gmail.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>We have other colleagues in Latin America (Argentina, Mexico, Cuba and Colombia) and we can invite them. </div><div><br></div><div>Our main thematic axes already developed at IBICT are:</div><div dir="ltr"><br><ul><li>Philosophy of Information; Epistemology of Information Science; Scientific communication in informational studies; Information Ethics; Digital Humanities; Critical theory of information; Informational mediation; Knowledge organization.</li></ul></div><div dir="ltr">We are also available to hold an edition of the scientific event in Brazil. We can to realize a shorter scientific conference in Rio de Janeiro in 2020. For us would be very important. We are in a difficult political and economic context, but we are available to add efforts to an event. Throughout 2020 we will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Information Science in Brazil and Latin America. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">What do you think about an event in July 2020? Some colleagues could come to Rio de Janeiro in this meeting to talk about IS4IS and we would launch the Brazil chapter.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">We await your evaluation and suggestions.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Best regards,</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Gustavo Saldanha</b><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><span style="font-size:x-small">Pesquisador adjunto - IBICT/MCTIC </span><br><span style="font-size:x-small">Professor adjunto - Unirio</span><br><span style="font-size:x-small">Rua Lauro Muller, 455, 4o andar, sala 401 </span><br><span style="font-size:x-small">Botafogo - Rio de Janeiro - RJ - 22.290-160 </span><br><span style="font-size:x-small">Tel: 21 3873-9458 - Fax: 21 3873-9450</span><br><span style="font-size:x-small">Endereço eletrônico: </span><a href="mailto:gustavosaldanha@ibict.br" style="font-size:x-small" target="_blank">gustavosaldanha@ibict.br</a><span style="font-size:x-small"> </span><br><span style="font-size:x-small">Endereço alternativo: </span><a href="mailto:saldanhaquim@gmail.com" style="font-size:x-small" target="_blank">saldanhaquim@gmail.com</a><br><div><div><div><div><div><div><font size="1">Grupo de pesquisa: <a href="https://www.ecceliber.org/" target="_blank">Ecce Liber</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>