Passeio

“Corpo, identidade e técnica – Etnografando o jeito e o gesto em um ginásio de Lisboa (2018)” [Body, identity and technique – Ethnographing the way and the gesture in a Lisbon gym] by Caio Novaes | PhD Dissertation

Abstract: “The purpose of this thesis is to present an interdisciplinary perspective on the body and embodiment through an ethnography of the daily life of […]

Caio Novaes

Maria Filomena Silvano & Miguel Vale de Almeida

2018

“Socio-territorial movements and gender: emergent feminisms in the outskirts of São Paulo and Buenos Aires from the MTST and FPDS performances (2023)” by Helena Sabino Rodrigues Cunha | Master’s Thesis

Abstract: “This dissertation aims to analyse the models of social organisation of Latin American urban peripheral populations, comparing women’s political performances and the organisation of […]

Helena Sabino Rodrigues Cunha

Vivian Grace Fernandez Davila Urqidi

2023

Parque de Cultura Urbana (PARCUR) [Urban Culture Park] | Mexico City

The Parque de Cultura Urbana (PARCUR) [Urban Culture Park], located in Mexico City, covers an area of 20,832.5 square meters, on the site where the […]

Parque de Cultura Urbana (PARCUR)

2022

Terra Kulture Arts and Studios Limited

“Terra Kulture Arts and Studios Limited (formerly Terra Kulture Limited – The Nigerian Cultural Centre) is an educational and recreational organization set up in 2003 […]

Terra Kulture Arts and Studios Limited

2003 - Atualmente

“Estilos de vida e imaginarios urbanos en nuevos residentes de Lastarria y Bellas Artes: el barrio patrimonial como escenario de diversidad, distinción y movilidad” (2017) [Lifestyles and urban imaginaries in new residents of Lastarria and Bellas Artes: the heritage neighborhood as a scenario of diversity, distinction and mobility] by Christian Matus | Article

Abstract: “The process of transformation experienced during the last decade in the Lastarria neighborhood seems to illustrate how the new generations of residents in urban […]

Christian Matus

EURE (Santiago)

2017

“Street food and the art of survival: migrants and places in Delhi, India (2021)” by Amita Baviskar | Article

Abstract: “The modernist conception of urban order is predicated on state regulation of city spaces and social practices. Street food vending disrupts this idealized order […]

Amita Baviskar

Taylor & Francis

2021

“Antropología de lo urbano: Raíces y proyecciones de la ciudad como objeto de estudio (2023)” [Anthropology of the Urban: Roots and Projections of the City as an Object of Study] by Ariel Gravano

Abstract: “This book approaches a broad and deep understanding of the urban from an anthropological perspective, prioritizing the voice of the actors who daily build […]

2023

“Planning for a City of Culture: Creative Urbanism in Toronto and New York (2017)” by Shoshanah Goldberg-Miller

Abstract: “Planning for a City of Culture gives us a new way to understand how cities use arts and culture in planning, fostering livable communities and […]

Shoshanah Goldberg-Miller

Routledge | Taylor & Francis

2017

Chile Estyle | Documentary

Synopsis: “The first documentary on Chilean Street Art. The past and present of a unique mural painting tradition in the world.” The movie was […]

Pablo Aravena

2023

The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos (2024)

Synopsis: “A young mother from a waterfront slum in Lagos stumbles upon a horde of corrupt blood money.” In this film, directed by the […]

Agbajowo Collective

2024

“Level Up: Live Performance and Collective Creativity in Grime Music (2020)” by Alex de Lacey | PhD Dissertation

Abstract: “Grime music has been central to British youth culture since the beginning of the 21st century. It is an Afrodiasporic form that developed on […]

Alex de Lacey

Tom Perchard & Keith Negus

2020

City Mural Collective – Seoul

The City Mural Collective is an artistic collective that revitalizes the city of Seoul, South Korea, through urban art, painting abandoned areas and walls.

City Mural Collective

2024

“The City and Its Ways of Life: Local Influences on Middle-Income Milieus in Nairobi (2018)” by Florian Stoll

Abstract: “How is it possible to study the ‘cityness’ of cities, their particular character and the locally specific actions of their residents? One crucial aspect […]

Florian Stoll

International Development Policy Journal

2018

“Rainhas da noite: As travestis que tinham São Paulo a seus pés (2022)” [Queens of the night: The transvestites who had São Paulo at their feet] by Chico Felitti

Synopsis: “Between the 1970s and 2010s, Jacqueline Welch, Andréa de Mayo and Cristiane Jordan ruled São Paulo’s city center. Three T people who went through […]

Chico Felitti

Companhia das Letras

2022

Hip-Hop Evolution (2016 – 2020)

Hip-Hop Evolution is a documentary series, where through a series of interviews with DJ, MCs and producers, the rapper Shad presents us an overview of […]

Darby Wheeler & Rodrigo Bascunan

2016 - 2020

“A Philosophy of Walking (2008)” by Frédéric Gros

By walking, you escape from the very idea of identity, the temptation to be someone, to have a name and a history … The freedom […]

Fréderic Gros

2008

“The Grind (2025)” by Steve Madden

Abstract: “The photographs in The Grind by Steve Madden show the strange beauty of anonymous commuters behind the misty windows of the London bus network. The images […]

Steve Madden

Gost Books

2025

“The New Urban Aesthetic: Digital Experiences of Urban Change (2022)” by Mónica Montserrat Degen & Gillian Rose

Abstract: “The New Urban Aesthetic explores how cities worldwide are being transformed and reconfigured by the twin forces of digital technologies and ‘urban branding’ in the […]

Mónica Montserrat Degen & Gillian Rose

Bloomsbury

2022

“Seeing the City Digitally: Processing Urban Space and Time (2022)” by Gillian Rose (Ed.)

Abstract: “This book explores what’s happening to ways of seeing urban spaces in the contemporary moment, when so many of the technologies through which cities […]

Gillian Rose

2022

M.U.S.A.S. – Museu de Street Art de Salvador [Salvador’s Street Art Museum]

Summary: “Our collective uses graffiti as a tool to transform communities. Through impactful paintings, we seek to create a better world and inspire reflection. We […]

M.U.S.A.S.

2012 - Atualmente

City Lore

Summary: “Founded in 1985, City Lore’s mission is to foster New York City – and America’s – living cultural heritage through education and public programs […]

City Lore

1985 - Atualmente

“Grand Paris and Electronic Dance Music: Nightlife Policies, Neoliberal Urban Planning, and the Gentrification of the Banlieues” by Samuel Lamontagne & Moses Iten | Article

Abstract: “Originally published in 2020 in the French journal Jef Klak: Revue de Critique Sociale et d’Expérience Littéraire as “‘Banlieue is the New Cool’: Grand Paris et […]

Samuel Lamontagne & Moses Iten

dancecult

2021

“A cidade pelo estrangeiro: Projetos, práticas e narrativas urbanas de comerciantes imigrantes no Porto, Portugal (2022)” [The city by the abroad: Projects, practices and urban narratives of immigrant merchants in Porto, Portugal] by Priscilla Santos | Article

Abstract: “In this article I intend to analyze the life projects, practices and urban narratives of small immigrant merchants in Bonfim, eastern Porto, Portugal. The […]

Priscilla Santos

Revista Iluminuras

2022

“Hip-hop com sotaque do Porto: Vozes de ativismo e de intervenção social (2021)” [Hip-hop with a Porto accent: Voices of activism and social intervention” by Sérgio Valdemar da Silva Ribeiro | Master’s Thesis

Abstract: “In the last decade, hip-hop has established itself as the most listened to music genre in the world. As na artistic-cultural movement, especially attractive […]

Sérgio Valdemar da Silva Ribeiro

Paula Guerra

2021

“Migrações, Cosmopolitismos e Produção de Cidade: Uma Etnografia dos Pequenos Comerciantes no Bonfim (2021)” [Migrations, Cosmopolitanisms and the Production of the City: An Ethnography of Small Businesses and Merchants in Bonfim] by Priscilla Santos | Master’s Thesis

Abstract: “This study analyzed how European and non-European immigrant’s businesses – such as cafes, restaurants, bars and art galleries – in the Bonfim region, Porto […]

Priscilla Santos

Lígia Ferro

2021

“The Making of Grand Paris: Metropolitan Urbanism in the Twenty-First Century (2016)” by Theresa Enright

Abstract: “A critical examination of metropolitan planning in Paris—the “Grand Paris” initiative—and the building of today’s networked global city. In 2007 the French government announced the […]

Theresa Enright

MIT Press

2016

“Creativity in Tokyo: Revitalizing a Mature City (2020)” by Matjaz Ursic & Heide Imai

Abstract: “This book focuses on overlooked contextual factors that constitute the urban creative climate or innovative urban milieu in contemporary cities. Filled with reflections based […]

Matjaz Ursic & Heide Imai

Springer Nature

2020

Mane (2020)

Synopsis: “A rapper in Dakar and a wrestler in southern Senegal: Toussa and Emodj. They both strive for victory and recognition in male-dominated spheres and […]

Sandra Krampelhuber

Karam Jakob Al-Ghossein

2020

“Au cimetière de la pellicule (2019)” [The Cemetery of Cinema]

Synopsis: “The 1953 film Mouramani by Mamadou Touré is believed to be the first film ever made in Guinea. Interested in the conditions of its production – […]

Thierno Souleymane Diallo

Aurélie Jourdan, Marianne Haroche

2019

Largo da Batalha SP [Rap Battle Square SP]

Cultural collective that promotes rap battles every wednesday, around 19h, at Largo da Batata in Pinheiros, São Paulo. For further information, you can visit […]

Largo da Batalha

2017 - Atualmente

Mediateca

Sources of information and research

“Corpo, identidade e técnica – Etnografando o jeito e o gesto em um ginásio de Lisboa (2018)” [Body, identity and technique – Ethnographing the way and the gesture in a Lisbon gym] by Caio Novaes | PhD Dissertation

“Socio-territorial movements and gender: emergent feminisms in the outskirts of São Paulo and Buenos Aires from the MTST and FPDS performances (2023)” by Helena Sabino Rodrigues Cunha | Master’s Thesis

Parque de Cultura Urbana (PARCUR) [Urban Culture Park] | Mexico City

Terra Kulture Arts and Studios Limited

“Street food and the art of survival: migrants and places in Delhi, India (2021)” by Amita Baviskar | Article

“Antropología de lo urbano: Raíces y proyecciones de la ciudad como objeto de estudio (2023)” [Anthropology of the Urban: Roots and Projections of the City as an Object of Study] by Ariel Gravano

“Planning for a City of Culture: Creative Urbanism in Toronto and New York (2017)” by Shoshanah Goldberg-Miller

Chile Estyle | Documentary

The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos (2024)

“Level Up: Live Performance and Collective Creativity in Grime Music (2020)” by Alex de Lacey | PhD Dissertation

City Mural Collective – Seoul

“The City and Its Ways of Life: Local Influences on Middle-Income Milieus in Nairobi (2018)” by Florian Stoll

“Rainhas da noite: As travestis que tinham São Paulo a seus pés (2022)” [Queens of the night: The transvestites who had São Paulo at their feet] by Chico Felitti

Hip-Hop Evolution (2016 – 2020)

“A Philosophy of Walking (2008)” by Frédéric Gros

“The Grind (2025)” by Steve Madden

“The New Urban Aesthetic: Digital Experiences of Urban Change (2022)” by Mónica Montserrat Degen & Gillian Rose

“Seeing the City Digitally: Processing Urban Space and Time (2022)” by Gillian Rose (Ed.)

M.U.S.A.S. – Museu de Street Art de Salvador [Salvador’s Street Art Museum]

City Lore

“Grand Paris and Electronic Dance Music: Nightlife Policies, Neoliberal Urban Planning, and the Gentrification of the Banlieues” by Samuel Lamontagne & Moses Iten | Article

“A cidade pelo estrangeiro: Projetos, práticas e narrativas urbanas de comerciantes imigrantes no Porto, Portugal (2022)” [The city by the abroad: Projects, practices and urban narratives of immigrant merchants in Porto, Portugal] by Priscilla Santos | Article

“Hip-hop com sotaque do Porto: Vozes de ativismo e de intervenção social (2021)” [Hip-hop with a Porto accent: Voices of activism and social intervention” by Sérgio Valdemar da Silva Ribeiro | Master’s Thesis

“Migrações, Cosmopolitismos e Produção de Cidade: Uma Etnografia dos Pequenos Comerciantes no Bonfim (2021)” [Migrations, Cosmopolitanisms and the Production of the City: An Ethnography of Small Businesses and Merchants in Bonfim] by Priscilla Santos | Master’s Thesis

“The Making of Grand Paris: Metropolitan Urbanism in the Twenty-First Century (2016)” by Theresa Enright

“Creativity in Tokyo: Revitalizing a Mature City (2020)” by Matjaz Ursic & Heide Imai

Mane (2020)

“Au cimetière de la pellicule (2019)” [The Cemetery of Cinema]

Largo da Batalha SP [Rap Battle Square SP]