APPLICATION FOR ECREA 2019 SUMMER SCHOOL GRANT

Name Laryssa Tarachucky

Address and current country of Rua Richart Piske, 357, Jaraguá do Sul, Santa
residence Catarina, Brazil

E-mail address laryssa.tarachucky@gmail.com

University Federal University of Santa Catarina

Title of the paper/dissertation to A framework for map-based urban interaction

be presented at the Summer design
School

1. Are you funded during your PhD, ☐Yes ☒No

either through a monthly stipend,
employment or similar?
2. If yes, what is the time frame of
your funding? Provide a start-date and
end-date of your funding or provide
further comments if necessary.
☐ Only partially funded
Start date Click or tap here to enter text.
End date Click or tap here to enter text.
Comments
No funding received. Question 3: below 500€
means 0€

3. How high is your monthly fund? ☒ Below 500€ ☐ Below 1.000€

Please check the appropriate box.
☐ Below 1.500€ ☐ Above 1.500€
4. Do you have a yearly travel ☐Yes ☐No
allowance from your home university? Amount 636€
If yes, please specify.
Can you apply for funding at your home ☐Yes ☒No
university to attend the Summer
School?
5. Can you apply for funding from other ☐Yes ☒No
sources, for example from a national
funding institution, to attend the
Summer School?
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6. How long have you been enrolled 3 years and 1 month.

as a PhD student?
7. Do you have access to regular ☒Yes ☐No
feedback sessions on your PhD at your
home university, for example in a
regular PhD seminar or colloquium?
8. Have you ever attended a national ☒Yes ☐No
conference or PhD workshop?
9. Have you ever attended an ☒Yes ☐No
international conference or PhD
workshop during your PhD education?
10. Have you ever attended an ECREA ☐Yes ☒No
ECC conference?

11. Are you a member of ECREA? ☐Individual member

☐Member through institution
☒ I am not an ECREA member*
12. Are you a member of YECREA? ☐Yes ☒No
13. Are you active/have been active in ☐Yes ☒No
the past as YECREA representative in
any of ECREA Sections or Temporary
Working Groups?
14. Are you a member of any other ☐Yes ☒No
research association? If yes, please
specify which. Click or tap here to enter text.

* Only ECREA members are eligible to receive Summer School grants. Candidates can apply
for grants even if they are not ECREA members, but must become ECREA members by 1 May
2019 if they are selected to receive the grant. Not being an ECREA member will not affect the
evaluation for the grant.
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15. Please provide a brief statement of purpose (max. 500 words), specifying your
personal situation and reasons for applying to for the Summer School grant.
My name is Laryssa Tarachucky and I'm a PhD student from Federal University of Santa
Catarina, Brazil (Knowledge Engeneering and Management Department). I hold a bachelor
degree in architecture and urban planning and a master degree also from Federal University
of Santa Catarina, where I was a member of the research group of design programme.
I've been working on a research about urban media for the past three years and I am
interested in how the increasing use of mobile phones has made it possible new ways of
mapping urban issues (such as citizen science and participatory sensing), enabling richer
perspectives on the urban fabric and on community needs. My PhD research involves
designing a conceptual framework aiming to foster citizen involvement in urban interaction
design in small cities from Brazil by focusing on participatory practices for the development
of location-based applications oriented to tackle urban issues.
I am in my final year of studies and I believe that attending the summer school will help me
to improve the material developed so far, as well as perceive possible improvement needs
and any gaps. Moreover, although my skills are concentrated in the abovementioned areas,
my curiosity is not limited to these topics. I hope this experience can help me to develop
expertise in other related areas, such as the research topics discussed inside ECREA “Media
& The City” Temporary Working Group, and the topics related to Digital Culture and
Communication Thematic Section as well as Communication and Democracy Thematic
Section.
After years of investing in education, research funding opportunities in Brazil have fallen
dramatically in the past two years. My program, for example, offers a very limited amount
of money for participation in events that, in addition to the other limitations to the research
itself, undermines the necessary exchanges to the evolution of knowledge. No funding is
offered to summer school events or doctoral colloquium format.
Finally, considering the travel costs from Brazil to Estonia and the limited conditions and
opportunities my course offers to participate in this kind of events, I aim to gain the ECREA
Summer School Grant as this is the only manner I can attend to it. I also hope I can make a
significant and purposeful contribution to the summer school community.

I certify that the information provided on this application is accurate. I understand that
withholding of information or giving false information will result in a refusal to be eligible for
funding.

The information provided in this form will be treated confidentially and in accordance with
Belgian legislation and EU privacy protection regulation. The application forms will be stored
by ECREA until 1 January 2020, after which date they will be deleted.
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Signature Date and place March 14th, 2019, Jaraguá do Sul.