Presentation at the Launching of the Digaai Platform at the MIT Center for Civic Media - December, 2012

1. digaai.com
Alvaro Lima
MIT Center for Civic Media
December 2012

2. Digaaí -
[dig-ă-ēē ]
To give your opinion; popular Brazilian expression
used as a greeting such as “What’s up?” or “How are
you doing?”
di-ga [verb] – to say; to express; to enunciate; to
present an idea or opinion; to inform or affirm
a-í [adverb] – here; in this place; close to the person
you’re speaking with

3. What is
Digaai?
A web-based platform to
aggregate and curate the
cultural production of Brazilian
immigrants and transnationals
around the world

4. Why
Digaai?
To help Brazilian immigrants
and transnationals to circulate
ideas, symbols and data, and to
facilitate the construction of a
shared narrative

5. Immigrants?
Transnationals?
What we still narrate in the
language of immigration, is
actually a series of processes
whereby global elements are
localized

6. We are Here
and There

7. New Notions of
Community
This new reality creates new
forms of citizen action, civic
engagement and community
life in the countries of origin and
in the countries of destination

8. Transnational
Brazilians & Digaai
Digaai Transnational
United States Platform
(PHASE I)
SEARCH AGGREGATE ARCHIVE CURATE
DATAVERSE SLIDESHARE
Portugal
… …
Spain
Brazil
capture social capture economic
practices activity
Japan capture everyday life practices
Paraguay
PHASE II
Angola

9. Digaai Transnational
Platform
(PHASE I)
SEARCH AGGREGATE ARCHIVE CURATE
WIKI DATAHUB DATAVERSE SLIDESHARE
… … … …
Brazilian
Transnational
Community
capture social practices capture economic activity
everyday
Digaai Platform
life
practices
capture everyday life practices
social economic
activity activity
(PHASE II)
MASHUPS JOURNALING TAGGING ETC…

10. Digaai.com Platform

11. DigaaiSLIDESHARE (I)

12. DigaaiSLIDESHARE (II)

13. DigaaiWIKI (I)

14. DigaaiWIKI (II)

15. DigaaDATAHUB (I)

16. DigaaDATAHUB (II)

17. DigaaDATAHUB (III)

18. DigaaDATAHUB (IV)

19. DigaaDATAVERSE (I)

20. DigaaDATAVERSE (II)

21. Our Collaborators
to Date…

22. You can become a
colaborator by
signing up…