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“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

“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

“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

“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

“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)

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]

“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]

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

Largo da Batalha

2017 - Atualmente
Portugal SLAM

Portugal SLAM

Created in 2014, Portugal SLAM is a national platform from Portugal that is dedicated to the dissemination and practice of Poetry Slam, a performative form […]

Portugal SLAM

Portugal SLAM

2014 - Atualmente
“Grinding inequality: gender, race and class in South African street skateboarding (2023)” by Hans Berner | PhD Dissertation

“Grinding inequality: gender, race and class in South African street skateboarding (2023)” by Hans Berner | PhD Dissertation

Abstract: “The dissertation provides an intersectional analysis of South African skateboarding based on 14 months of historiographic and ethnographic fieldwork in Cape Town and Johannesburg […]

Hans Berner

Katharina Schramm

2023
“Stuff in Islam: materialities in everyday life of Muslims in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo (2022)” by Thaís Chaves Ferraz | PhD Dissertation

“Stuff in Islam: materialities in everyday life of Muslims in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo (2022)” by Thaís Chaves Ferraz | PhD Dissertation

Abstract: “This study aims to investigate stuff connected to Islam’s religious perspectives in two Brazilian cities – Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, exploring its […]

Thaís Chaves Ferraz

Gisele Fonseca Chagas

2022
“Feminist Phenomenology and the Film World of Agnès Varda (2013)” by Kate Ince

“Feminist Phenomenology and the Film World of Agnès Varda (2013)” by Kate Ince

Abstract: “Through a discussion of Agnès Varda’s career from 1954 to 2008 that focuses particularly on La Pointe Courte (1954), L’Opéra‐Mouffe (1958), The Gleaners and […]

Kate Ince

Hypatia Journal

2013
“Urban diversity and the production of public space in Budapest (2016)” by Boros et. al. | Article

“Urban diversity and the production of public space in Budapest (2016)” by Boros et. al. | Article

Abstract: “Public spaces are spaces for representation of individuals, social groups, ideologies, values, cultures. At the same time, public spaces are commodified and “disneyfied” in […]

Lajos Boros, Szabolcs Fabula, Dániel Horváth & Zoltán Kovács

Hungarian Geographical Bulletin

2016
“Latino Mural Cityscapes: A Reflection on Public Art, History, and Community in Chicago after World War II (2011)” by Marc Rodríguez

“Latino Mural Cityscapes: A Reflection on Public Art, History, and Community in Chicago after World War II (2011)” by Marc Rodríguez

Abstract: “Chicago is a city known for its longstanding public mural tradition as well as its community murals movement based in the African-American, Mexican-American, and […]

Marc Rodríguez

Martin Butler, Jens Martin Gurr & Olaf Kaltmeier

2011
“Producing Local Color: Art Networks in Ethnic Chicago (2010)” by Diane Grams

“Producing Local Color: Art Networks in Ethnic Chicago (2010)” by Diane Grams

Abstract: “In big cities, major museums and elite galleries tend to dominate our idea of the art world. But beyond the cultural core ruled by […]

Diane Grams

University of Chicago Press

2010
London – The Modern Babylon (2012)

London – The Modern Babylon (2012)

Synopsis: “London: The Modern Babylon is legendary director Julien Temple’s epic time-travelling voyage to the heart of his hometown. From musicians, writers and artists to […]

Julien Temple

Amanda Temple, Stephen Malit, Julian Temple

2012
Jamel Shabazz: Street Photographer (2013)

Jamel Shabazz: Street Photographer (2013)

Synopsis: “In the infancy of hip-hop, Brooklyn-born photographer Jamel Shabazz documented the pioneers of music and style who would launch an enduring worldwide phenomenon. In […]

Charlie Ahearn

Charlie Ahearn

2013
Oficina Arara

Oficina Arara

A collective of artists that defines itself as “based in an alley in Porto, it is a laboratory of psychotropic activity and sonic-visual inflammation, equipped […]

Oficina Arara

Oficina Arara

2024
Coletivo Epifania [Epiphany Collective]

Coletivo Epifania [Epiphany Collective]

A collective formed by a group of Brazilian immigrant artists and creatives living in Porto, who have come together “to promote art and culture in […]

Coletivo Epifania

Coletivo Epifania

2024
“Meanings of diversity in São Paulo and Lisbon: heritage and alterity modes in urban centers (2023)” by Micaela Altamirano | PhD Thesis

“Meanings of diversity in São Paulo and Lisbon: heritage and alterity modes in urban centers (2023)” by Micaela Altamirano | PhD Thesis

Abstract: “The present study delves into the meanings produced by the cultural heritage buildings that make up the urban landscape of central Lisbon and São […]

Micaela Altamirano

Moisés Martins & Ana Claudia Mei Alves de Oliveira

2023
“Skate & create: lines in composition (2024)” by Julio Cesar Stabelini | PhD Thesis

“Skate & create: lines in composition (2024)” by Julio Cesar Stabelini | PhD Thesis

Abstract: “This work explores the implications and correspondences between perceptual skills involved in the relationship between individuals and the environment through skateboarding practice, deepening the […]

Julio Cesar Stabelini

Rose Satiko Gitirana Hikiji

2024
“’Porto is not for sale’: resistance to gentrification through artistic production in the post-austerity period” by Inês Barbosa and João Teixeira Lopes (2020) | Article

“’Porto is not for sale’: resistance to gentrification through artistic production in the post-austerity period” by Inês Barbosa and João Teixeira Lopes (2020) | Article

Abstract: “Exploring the hypothesis that touristification in Portugal has particularities related to the country’s economic crisis and subsequent austerity policies, this article explores artistic activities […]

Inês Barbosa e João Teixeira Lopes

Cadernos de Arte e Antropologia

2020
“Artists and Shanghai’s culture-led urban regeneration” by Sheng Zhong (2016) | Article

“Artists and Shanghai’s culture-led urban regeneration” by Sheng Zhong (2016) | Article

Abstract: “In recent years, Shanghai has seen a surge of culture-led urban regeneration efforts. The paper discusses the differentiated roles of artists in shaping Shanghai’s […]

Sheng Zhong

Elsevier

2016
“Filmes de prédio: espaço, arquitetura e heterotopia em filmes” [Films about buildings: space, architecture and heterotopia in films” by Maria Helena Braga e Vaz da Costa (2021) | Article

“Filmes de prédio: espaço, arquitetura e heterotopia em filmes” [Films about buildings: space, architecture and heterotopia in films” by Maria Helena Braga e Vaz da Costa (2021) | Article

Abstract: “This article proposes to investigate the singularities of representations of the urban space and architectural landscape of the city of Recife in the films […]

Maria Helena Braga e Vaz da Costa

Significação: Revista De Cultura Audiovisual

2021
“‘Eu filmo para guardar uma lembrança’ – Dimensões políticas e coletivas da autobiografia em Nous, de Alice Diop” [“I film to keep a memory” – Political and collective dimensions from Alice Diop’s autobiography in Nous] by Gabriela Almeida & Ana Camila Esteves (2023) | Article

“‘Eu filmo para guardar uma lembrança’ – Dimensões políticas e coletivas da autobiografia em Nous, de Alice Diop” [“I film to keep a memory” – Political and collective dimensions from Alice Diop’s autobiography in Nous] by Gabriela Almeida & Ana Camila Esteves (2023) | Article

Abstract: “This article presents an analysis of the film Nous (2021), by French-Senegalese filmmaker Alice Diop, based on two aesthetic-formal elements: mise en scène and […]

Gabriela Almeida & Ana Camila Esteves

Eco-Pós

2023
“Antropologia urbana: cultura e sociedade no Brasil e em Portugal” [Urban anthropology: culture and society in Brazil and in Portugal] by Gilberto Velho (org.)

“Antropologia urbana: cultura e sociedade no Brasil e em Portugal” [Urban anthropology: culture and society in Brazil and in Portugal] by Gilberto Velho (org.)

Synopsis: “Analyzing everything from the social and urban evolution of Copacabana to the world of fado and rap in Portugal, this volume is the result […]

Gilberto Velho et. al.

Gilberto Velho

1999
“Above sea: Contemporary art, urban culture, and the fashioning of global Shanghai” by Jenny Lin

“Above sea: Contemporary art, urban culture, and the fashioning of global Shanghai” by Jenny Lin

Synopsis: “Shanghai, long known as mainland China’s most cosmopolitan city, is today a global cultural capital. This book offers the first in-depth examination of contemporary […]

Jenny Lin

Manchester University Press

2019
Allégorie citadine [An Urban Allegory] (2024) by Alice Rohrwacher & JR

Allégorie citadine [An Urban Allegory] (2024) by Alice Rohrwacher & JR

Synopsis: “Enchanted by the curious gaze of a child, An Urban Allegory is the essence of Alice Rohrwacher. Together with street artist JR, the filmmaker […]

Alice Rohrwacher & JR

Ad Vitam

2024
How Club Culture Started In 90’s Johannesburg – Rave & Resistance (2019) by Zandi Tisani | Documentary

How Club Culture Started In 90’s Johannesburg – Rave & Resistance (2019) by Zandi Tisani | Documentary

Synopsis: “This documentary takes you on a journey to the origins of the dance music scene in South Africa in the early ’90s. The story […]

Zandi Tisani

Red Bull Music

2019
Tokyo Stories (2023) by David Bickerstaff | Documentary

Tokyo Stories (2023) by David Bickerstaff | Documentary

Synopsis: “A thrilling encounter with one of the world’s great art capitals. Based on a major exhibition at the Ashmolean in Oxford, Tokyo Stories spans […]

David Bickerstaff

Exhibition on Screen

2023
Nous [We] (2021) by Alice Diop | Documentary

Nous [We] (2021) by Alice Diop | Documentary

Synopsis: “A kaleidoscopic portrait of people from the Parisian suburbs, their lives and work connected by the RER B commuter train that cuts through the […]

Alice Diop

TOTEM FILMS

2021
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