Passeio

Connecting Commutes: The Matter of Listening | Book presentation

Resume: “Based on the premise that ‘everything floats in the air’, this collection of essays explores listening as an essential practice for understanding and inhabiting […]

André Perim, Angelos Kottas, Arjan Onderdendwijngaard, Cláudio Bezz , Frederico Pessoa, Karina Sletten, Khristina Otts, Laetitia Kozlova, Marcelino Ferreira, Nigel Bristow, Paul Devens, Ralph Hoyte, Ricardo Silvestre, Susana Vieira, Teresa Lima e Vanya Nesterets

Luís Pinto

2025

Notas do Quotidiano 5 [Daily Notes 5] – Fragmentos do urbano [Fragments of the urban]

In the fifth volume of the “Notas do Quotidiano” [Daily Notes] series, Passeio presents “Fragmentos do urbano” [Framents of the urban], a book that brings […]

Helena Pires & Zara Pinto-Coelho

2025

“Transglobal Sounds: Music, Youth and Migration (2016)” by João Sardinha & Ricardo Campos (Eds.) | Book

Abstract: “Through a transnational, comparative and multi-level approach to the relationship between youth, migration, and music, the aesthetic intersections between the local and the global, […]

João Sardinha & Ricardo Campos

2016

“Racionais McS’: Sobrevivendo No Inferno – 33 1/3 (2021)” by Derek Pardue | Book

Abstract: “In 1997 the rap group Racionais MCs (the ‘Rational’ MCs) recorded the album Sobrevivendo no Inferno (Surviving in Hell), subsequently changing the hip-hop scene in São […]

Derek Pardue

Jason Stanyek

2021

“São Paulo, fora de alcance (2018)” [São Paulo, out of reach] by Mauro Restiffe | Book

Abstract: “The publication is part of the São Paulo, fora de alcance [São Paulo, out of reach] project, an exhibition on display at IMS Rio […]

Mauro Restiffe

IMS (Instituto Moreira Salles)

2018

Dust to dust – a book to be savoured

“Dirty Narciso loved his cock he’d stroke it 5 times at 5 o’clock while having builders tea jam scones and jizz in the wide open […]

Ana Janeiro / Teresa Lima

Officium Lectionis

2025

“Subway Art (1984/2016)” by Martha Cooper & Henry Chalfant | Book

Abstract: “In 1984 the groundbreaking Subway Art brought graffiti to the world, presenting stunning photographic documentation of the burgeoning movement in New York. Thirty years later, this […]

Martha Cooper & Henry Chalfant

Thames & Hudson

1984/2016

“Whiteness and nostalgia: Twenty-First-Century German representations of Techno’s beginnings in Berlin and Detroit (2021)” by Tom Smith | Book Chapter

Abstract: “This chapter investigates nostalgia for the 1990s as a cultural practice of whiteness in Germany’s techno scene. While scholarship on Detroit techno focuses on […]

Tom Smith

Uwe Schütte

2021

“Heavy Metal, guitarras em fúria (1997)” [Heavy Metal, guitars on fire] by Tom Leão | Book

Abstract: “Heavy Metal, guitarras em fúria [Heavy metal, guitars on fire] by Tom Leão is a must-read for every self-respecting headbanger. It all starts with […]

Tom Leão

Editora 34

1997

“The Berlin Techno Myth and Issues of Diversity (2020)” by Bianca Ludewig | Book Chapter

Abstract: “In this chapter I will give an overview of diversity issues within the field of electronic (dance) music and Berlin club cultures. This perspective […]

Bianca Ludewig

Springer Nature

2020

“O Sítio das Drogas: Etnografia das Drogas numa Periferia Urbana (2021)” [The Place of Drugs: Ethnography of Drugs in an Urban Periphery] by Luís Fernandes | Book

Synopsis: “There are social worlds which, due to the secrecy of their practices, are simultaneously the target of great fascination and attention and of great […]

Luís Fernandes

Etnográfica Press

2021

“Onde a Festa (quase) Nunca Acabava: A História (inesquecível) do Espaço Retrô (2024)” [Where the Party (Almost) Never Ended: The (Unforgettable) History of Espaço Retrô] by Humberto Finatti | Book

Synopsis: “São Paulo’s alternative scene relives its memories with the launch of ‘ONDE A FESTA (QUASE) NUNCA ACABA: A HISTÓRIA (INESQUECÍVEL) DO ESPAÇO RETRÔ [WHERE […]

Humberto Finatti

Terreno Estranho

2024

“Rap Capital: An Atlanta Story (2022)” by Joe Coscarelli | Book

Synopsis: “A modern epic about the most consequential music culture today, Atlanta rap—a masterful, street-level story of art, money, race, class, and salvation from acclaimed New York […]

Joe Coscarelli

Simon & Schuster

2022

“Child of the dark: the diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus (1962)” by Carolina Maria de Jesus | Book

Synopsis: “The daily life of the favela has already been told by various authors in different ways. In this book, the perspective is different: it […]

Carolina Maria de Jesus

Editora Ática

1960

“Amnesiopolis: Modernity, Space, and Memory in East Germany (2016)” by Eli Rubin | Book

Abstract: “This book explores the construction of Marzahn, the largest prefabricated housing project in East Germany, built on the outskirts of East Berlin in the […]

Eli Rubin

Oxford Academic

2016

“Alternative Tourism In Budapest Class, Culture, And Identity In A Postsocialist City (2017)” by Susan E. Hill | Book

Synopsis: “Alternative Tourism in Budapest: Class, Culture, and Identity in a Postsocialist City analyzes the particular imaginaries of Hungarian culture that are produced and circulated […]

Susan E. Hill

Bloomsbury

2017

“Outras Revoluções, cinema (2025)” [Other Revolutions, cinema] by Edmundo Cordeiro (org.) | Book

Abstract: “There is a dimension of public celebration in every revolution. As Rousseau wrote, it is a time when “the spectators are the spectacle, when […]

Edmundo Cordeiro

2025

“Film and the City: The Urban Imaginary in Canadian Cinema (2014)” by George Melnyk | Book

Abstract: “Most Canadians are city dwellers, a fact often unacknowledged by twentieth-century Canadian films, with their preference for themes of wilderness survival or rural life. […]

George Melnyk

AU Press

2014

“Hip Hop Tuga – Quatro Décadas de RAP em Portugal (2023)” [Portuguese Hip-Hop – Four decades of RAP in Portugal] by Ricardo Farinha | Book

Abstract: “Johnny Def, General D, Black Company, Da Weasel, Mind da Gap, Djamal, Boss AC, Dealema, Sam The Kid, Valete, Força Suprema, Chullage, Regula, Allen […]

Ricardo Farinha

Iguana

2023

“Translating Human Inner Life In and Between the Arts: A Semiotic Approach to the Emotions and the Process of Translation (2025)” by Malgorzata Gamrat (Ed.) | Book

Synopsis: “The book examines how so-called human inner life – feelings, emotions, sentiments and self-reflection – permeates different forms of art. The methodological perspective is […]

Malgorzata Gamrat (Ed.) | Helena Pires & Rui Sousa-Silva

Malgorzata Gamrat

2025

“Arte, comunicação e (trans)política: A potência dos femininos nas cidades (2021)” [Art, communication and (trans)politics: The power of women in cities] by Cíntia Sanmartin Fernandes, Jess Reia & Patricia Gomes (Orgs.) | Book

Synopsis: “With the aim of bringing together experiences of femininities in cities, the Communication, Art and the City (CAC) research group, linked to the Postgraduate […]

Cíntia Sanmartin Fernandes, Jess Reia & Patricia Gomes (Orgs.)

PPGCOM/UFMG

2021

“Mercado do Bolhão (2024)” [Bolhão Market] by Nuno Valentim | Book

Synopsis: “This book is a memoir of the rehabilitation and modernization of the Bolhão Market. Joana Couceiro writes about the history of the building, Luís […]

Nuno Valentim

Nuno Miguel Borges

2024

“Etnografias urbanas: quando o campo é a cidade (2023)” [Urban ethnographies: when the field is the city] by José Guilherme Magnani et al. | Book

Abstract: “What is ethnography and how do you do urban ethnography? What are the research strategies “when the field is the city” and how is […]

José Guilherme Magnani et al.

Vozes

2023

“Blowin’ the Blues Away: Performance and Meaning on the New York Jazz Scene (2012)” by Travis A. Jackson | Book

Abstract: “New York City has always been a mecca in the history of jazz, and in many ways the city’s jazz scene is more important […]

Travis A. Jackson

University of California Press

2012

“Sampling the Sense of Place in Baile Funk Music (2015)” by Sandra D’Angelo | Book Chapter

Abstract: “Baile funk is the first manifestation of Brazilian electronic dance music (Palombini 2010: 103; Sá 2007) to emerge from the slums area of Rio […]

Sandra D'Angelo

Springer

2015

“Street Lit: Representing the Urban Landscape” by Keenan Norris (Ed.) | Book

Abstract: “Over the last few decades, the genre of urban fiction—or street lit—has become increasingly popular as more novels secure a place on bestseller lists […]

Keenan Norris

2013

“Ar de Rock: O Boom do Rock em Portugal no Início da Década de 1980 (2023)” [Air of Rock: The Rock Boom in Portugal at the beginning of the 1980s] by Ricardo Andrade | Book

Abstract: “Songs like Chico Fininho, by Rui Veloso and the Banda Sonora, and Cavalos de Corrida, by the group UHF, were the first hits of […]

Ricardo Andrade

Imprensa de História Contemporânea

2023

Notas do Quotidiano 4 [Daily Notes 4] – A praça de Braga: Desvelar o lugar [Braga’s market square: Unveiling the place]

In the 4th volume of the “Notas do Quotidiano” [Daily Notes] series, Passeio presents “A praça de Braga: Desvelar o lugar” [Braga’s market square: Unveiling […]

Zara Pinto-Coelho & Helena Pires

2025

“Designing Transformation: Jews and Cultural Identity in Central European Modernism (2021)” by Elana Shapira (Ed.)

Abstract: “Jewish designers and architects played a key role in shaping the interwar architecture of Central Europe, and in the respective countries where they settled […]

Elana Shapira

2021

“Baghdad: An Urban History through the Lens of Literature (2018)” by Iman Al-Attar

Abstract: “In recent years, Baghdad has been viewed as a battleground for political conflicts; this interpretation has heavily influenced writings on the city. This book […]

Iman Al-Attar

Taylor & Francis

2018

Mediateca

Sources of information and researchs

Connecting Commutes: The Matter of Listening | Book presentation

Notas do Quotidiano 5 [Daily Notes 5] – Fragmentos do urbano [Fragments of the urban]

“Transglobal Sounds: Music, Youth and Migration (2016)” by João Sardinha & Ricardo Campos (Eds.) | Book

“Racionais McS’: Sobrevivendo No Inferno – 33 1/3 (2021)” by Derek Pardue | Book

“São Paulo, fora de alcance (2018)” [São Paulo, out of reach] by Mauro Restiffe | Book

Dust to dust – a book to be savoured

“Subway Art (1984/2016)” by Martha Cooper & Henry Chalfant | Book

“Whiteness and nostalgia: Twenty-First-Century German representations of Techno’s beginnings in Berlin and Detroit (2021)” by Tom Smith | Book Chapter

“Heavy Metal, guitarras em fúria (1997)” [Heavy Metal, guitars on fire] by Tom Leão | Book

“The Berlin Techno Myth and Issues of Diversity (2020)” by Bianca Ludewig | Book Chapter

“O Sítio das Drogas: Etnografia das Drogas numa Periferia Urbana (2021)” [The Place of Drugs: Ethnography of Drugs in an Urban Periphery] by Luís Fernandes | Book

“Onde a Festa (quase) Nunca Acabava: A História (inesquecível) do Espaço Retrô (2024)” [Where the Party (Almost) Never Ended: The (Unforgettable) History of Espaço Retrô] by Humberto Finatti | Book

“Rap Capital: An Atlanta Story (2022)” by Joe Coscarelli | Book

“Child of the dark: the diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus (1962)” by Carolina Maria de Jesus | Book

“Amnesiopolis: Modernity, Space, and Memory in East Germany (2016)” by Eli Rubin | Book

“Alternative Tourism In Budapest Class, Culture, And Identity In A Postsocialist City (2017)” by Susan E. Hill | Book

“Outras Revoluções, cinema (2025)” [Other Revolutions, cinema] by Edmundo Cordeiro (org.) | Book

“Film and the City: The Urban Imaginary in Canadian Cinema (2014)” by George Melnyk | Book

“Hip Hop Tuga – Quatro Décadas de RAP em Portugal (2023)” [Portuguese Hip-Hop – Four decades of RAP in Portugal] by Ricardo Farinha | Book

“Translating Human Inner Life In and Between the Arts: A Semiotic Approach to the Emotions and the Process of Translation (2025)” by Malgorzata Gamrat (Ed.) | Book

“Arte, comunicação e (trans)política: A potência dos femininos nas cidades (2021)” [Art, communication and (trans)politics: The power of women in cities] by Cíntia Sanmartin Fernandes, Jess Reia & Patricia Gomes (Orgs.) | Book

“Mercado do Bolhão (2024)” [Bolhão Market] by Nuno Valentim | Book

“Etnografias urbanas: quando o campo é a cidade (2023)” [Urban ethnographies: when the field is the city] by José Guilherme Magnani et al. | Book

“Blowin’ the Blues Away: Performance and Meaning on the New York Jazz Scene (2012)” by Travis A. Jackson | Book

“Sampling the Sense of Place in Baile Funk Music (2015)” by Sandra D’Angelo | Book Chapter

“Street Lit: Representing the Urban Landscape” by Keenan Norris (Ed.) | Book

“Ar de Rock: O Boom do Rock em Portugal no Início da Década de 1980 (2023)” [Air of Rock: The Rock Boom in Portugal at the beginning of the 1980s] by Ricardo Andrade | Book

Notas do Quotidiano 4 [Daily Notes 4] – A praça de Braga: Desvelar o lugar [Braga’s market square: Unveiling the place]

“Designing Transformation: Jews and Cultural Identity in Central European Modernism (2021)” by Elana Shapira (Ed.)

“Baghdad: An Urban History through the Lens of Literature (2018)” by Iman Al-Attar