At no time during the registration for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy has the author been registered for any other University award without pri

In memory of my parents, Rogério Jacques de Moraes and Maria Léa Ferreira de Moraes

First and foremost, I want to thank Professor Roy Ascott for his visions of technoetic

This copy of the thesis has been supplied on condition that anyone who consults it is understood to recognize that its copyright rests with its aut

Claudia Ferreira Jacques de Moraes Cardoso