Human Connection Project 2018, Third Edition, is an interdisciplinary project, which stems from the research of Collaborating Researcher Ph. D. Cecília Noriko Ito Saito at CTR/ECA/USP, under the supervision of Ph. D. Almir Almas, and brings together researchers from several Brazilian universities in partnership with Ph.D Shigehisa Kuriyama, from Harvard University in the United States. The project seeks to reflect on the numerous themes linked to new technological media, which promotes new ways of reading, studying and dealing with knowledge. Its meant to produce reflection on the usage of technological resources to link complex subjects that establish connections between various areas of knowledge. The theme of the 2018 edition of Human Connection is Multiscreens and Multiplatforms.

The third edition of HCP took place on May 21, 2019 at the Department of Cinema, Radio and TV at ECA-USP, in partnership with LabArteMídia.

Frame from the video presented by the USP group at the third edition of the Human Connection Project

The following universities from Brazil are taking part:
1. USP – University of São Paulo (São Paulo, SP), Prof. Dr. Almir Almas – Head of the Department of Cinema, Radio and Television, ECA USP and Prof. Dr. Cecilia Noriko Ito Saito, collaborating researcher at CTR ECA USP.
2. PUC-SP – Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (São Paulo, SP), Prof. Dr. Marco André Vinhas de Souza and Prof. Dr. Célia Maki Tomimatsu, Prof. Dr. Misaki Tanaka – Center for Oriental Studies, PUC-SP.
3. UCS – Universidade Caxias do Sul (Caxias do Sul, RS), Prof. Dr. Magda Amabile Biazus Carpeggiani Bellini – Researcher at NP Ciências e Artes do Movimento Humano.
4. UFAM – Federal University of Amazonas (Manaus, AM), Prof. Dr. Ítala Clay de Oliveira Freitas – Postgraduate Program in Communication Sciences
5. UFBA – Federal University of Bahia (Salvador, BA), Prof. Dr. Gilsamara Moura – Graduate Program in Dance
6. UFG – Federal University of Goiás (Goiânia, GO), Prof. Dr. Rogéria Eler Silva Souza and Prof. Dr. Sainy Veloso – School of Visual Arts
7. UFSC – Federal University of Santa Catarina (Florianópolis, SC), Prof. Dr. Clélia Mello, Prof. Dr. José Cláudio Siqueira Castanheira, Prof. Dr. Márcio Markendorf – Department of Arts – Cinema
8. UFSCAR – Federal University of São Carlos (Sorocaba, SP), Prof. Dr. Hylio Laganá Fernandes – Department of Human Sciences and Education/ Center for Human and Biological Sciences Unit
9. UFU – Universidade Ferderal de Uberlândia (Uberlândia, MG), Prof. Dr. Daniela Franco Carvalho – Institute of Biology – Postgraduate Program in Education
10. UNESP – Universidade Estadual Paulista (Rio Claro, SP), Prof. Dr. Carlos José Martins – Department of Physical Education/Institute of Biosciences
11. UNISO – Sorocaba University (Sorocaba, SP). – Prof. Dr. Alda Romaguera – Postgraduate Program in Education