Carmen Silva (full name: Carmen Lucia Souza da Silva) is an associate professor and researcher at the Federal University of Pará, Brazil. She has a post-doctorate from the University of Aveiro (Portugal). She has a PhD in Communication Sciences from Unisinos, RS, Brazil, (2012). She has a master’s degree in Information and Communication Sciences from Lyon 2 University, France (1999). She has a specialist degreee in Visual Poetics: Engraving, Photography and Digital Imaging from Feevale University, RS, Brazil (2011). She teaches on the undergraduate course in Museology and of the master in Cultural Heritage Sciences. She engages in interdisciplinary studies on the application of digital technologies to the fields of museology and cultural heritage. Her research encompasses the expansion of memory and collections, as well as the virtualization of heritage. Currently, she investigates the Artificial Intelligence in the connection between Cultural Heritage and Photography. Her main scientific interest is in Communication, Museology, Cultural Heritage and Arts, with emphasis on digital culture, image and photography, diversity and inclusion.