KIKK Festival

Mélanie Bourdaa is a professor at the University of Bordeaux Montaigne in Communication and Information Sciences. She is also a researcher in Transmedia Storytelling and fan studies, and has created GREF, a research group gathering scholars working in the field of Fan Studies as well as co-created CATS, a consortium gathering researchers and professionals in Transmedia Storytelling. In short, she's an authority on the matter. Stéphanie Cardoso is a professor in interaction design and service Design, a researcher at the laboratory Media, Information and Communication and Arts (MICA) and the head of professional Master in Design: Interaction, Innovation, Service at the University of́ Bordeaux Montaigne. Her research works deal with the notions of identity and meaning in companionship robots.