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“(Re)Adapting to Resist: The Case of Brazil’s Urban Quilombo Aparelha Luzia (2022)” by Lucas Novais | Master Thesis

“(Re)Adapting to Resist: The Case of Brazil’s Urban Quilombo Aparelha Luzia (2022)” by Lucas Novais | Master Thesis

Abstract: “The following master thesis discusses a contemporary phenomena in Brazil: the creation of self-titled urban quilombos. If in the past, the quilombos were created […]

Lucas Novais

Prof. Dr. Amélia Polónia & Prof. Miguel Filipe Silva

2022
“A Ira da Medusa: Resistências feministas na música de Capicua (2025)” [The Wrath of Medusa: Feminist acts of resistance in Capicua’s music] by Lara Piedade Barbosa Gonçalves | Master Thesis

“A Ira da Medusa: Resistências feministas na música de Capicua (2025)” [The Wrath of Medusa: Feminist acts of resistance in Capicua’s music] by Lara Piedade Barbosa Gonçalves | Master Thesis

Abstract: “Societies, both current and extinct, operate based on the historical condition of subordination and oppression of the female gender. Patriarchy is a system that […]

Lara Piedade Barbosa Gonçalves

Prof. Dr. Paula Guerra

2025
“Transit between closets: encounters between activism, HIV and art in Brazil (2023)” by Salvador Pereira Campos Corrêa Junior | PhD Dissertation

“Transit between closets: encounters between activism, HIV and art in Brazil (2023)” by Salvador Pereira Campos Corrêa Junior | PhD Dissertation

Abstract: “This thesis results from an investigation with the general objective of understanding the transits between art, activism, and health in the life narratives of […]

Salvador Pereira Campos Corrêa Junior

Prof. Dr. Marcos Antônio Ferreira do Nascimento

2023
“From maloca to maloca: the making family and making politics in the streets of São Bernardo do Campo (2024)” by Leandro Carneiro de Souza | Masters Thesis

“From maloca to maloca: the making family and making politics in the streets of São Bernardo do Campo (2024)” by Leandro Carneiro de Souza | Masters Thesis

Abstract: “This dissertation analyzes the relationships and practices within the everyday context of the street population in São Bernardo do Campo. The text demonstrates how […]

Leandro Carneiro de Souza

Prof. Dr. José Guilherme Cantor Magnani

2024
“Ethnographic stories in the midnight: the esthetic universe of the gothic people in the city of São Paulo (2006)” by Wilma Regina Alves da Silva | Masters Thesis

“Ethnographic stories in the midnight: the esthetic universe of the gothic people in the city of São Paulo (2006)” by Wilma Regina Alves da Silva | Masters Thesis

Abstract: “The metropolis youth nowadays has showed itself as one of the main unknown members for those who live in the cities. Though enchanting us, […]

Wilma Regina Alves da Silva

Prof. Dr. Márcia Regina da Costa

2006
“Signal to Noise: Music and the Eclipse of Modernism (2013)” by Matthew Friedman | PhD Thesis

“Signal to Noise: Music and the Eclipse of Modernism (2013)” by Matthew Friedman | PhD Thesis

Abstract: “There was danger in the modern American soundscape; the danger of interruption and disorder. The rhetoric of postwar aural culture was preoccupied with containing […]

Matthew Friedman

Prof. Dr. T.J. Jackson Lears

2013
“Get Crunk! The Performative Resistance of Atlanta Hip-Hop Party Music (2018)” by Kevin C. Holt | PhD Thesis

“Get Crunk! The Performative Resistance of Atlanta Hip-Hop Party Music (2018)” by Kevin C. Holt | PhD Thesis

Abstract: “This dissertation offers an aesthetic and historical overview of crunk, a hip- hop subgenre that took form in Atlanta, Georgia during the late 1990s. […]

Kevin C. Holt

Prof. Dr. Kevin Fellezs

2018
“Bespoke: an ethnography of tailoring practice (2018)” by Valéria Oliveira Santos | PhD Thesis

“Bespoke: an ethnography of tailoring practice (2018)” by Valéria Oliveira Santos | PhD Thesis

Abstract: “Based on ethnographic research data from Curitiba’s tailors, this work explores the skills and techniques associated with the tailoring process, with the goal of […]

Valéria Oliveira Santos

José Guilherme Cantor Magnani

2018
“Forró and Rap Guarani: partnerships and knowledge in the flow of parties (2018)” by Klaus Wernet | PhD Thesis

“Forró and Rap Guarani: partnerships and knowledge in the flow of parties (2018)” by Klaus Wernet | PhD Thesis

Abstract: “Based on fieldwork, especially with the bands of rap and forró formed by indigenous Guarani, the research investment was to understand the networks of […]

Klaus Wernet

Rose Satiko Gitirana Hikiji

2018
“‘Hipsterization’ in central São Paulo: consumption, work and city-making (2019)” by Mauricio Fernandes de Alcântara | PhD Thesis

“‘Hipsterization’ in central São Paulo: consumption, work and city-making (2019)” by Mauricio Fernandes de Alcântara | PhD Thesis

Abstract: “This work is about the recent establishment of a “hipster scene” in Vila Buarque neighborhood, in the central area of São Paulo. This phenomenon, […]

Mauricio Fernandes de Alcântara

Dr. Heitor Frúgoli Junior

2019
“What I Do When I Dance: Foregrounding Female Agency in the Dance Culture in Nigeria (2021)” by Oladoyin Olubukola Abiona | Masters Thesis

“What I Do When I Dance: Foregrounding Female Agency in the Dance Culture in Nigeria (2021)” by Oladoyin Olubukola Abiona | Masters Thesis

Abstract: “Scholarship on female representations in hip hop has been predominantly premised on the sexualization of the female body. By focusing mainly on this singular […]

Oladoyin Olubukola Abiona

Dr. Angela Nelson

2021
“‘Cycling is a political act’: controversies surrounding São Paulo’s bike lanes (2021)” by Lucas Lopes de Moraes | PhD Thesis

“‘Cycling is a political act’: controversies surrounding São Paulo’s bike lanes (2021)” by Lucas Lopes de Moraes | PhD Thesis

Abstract: “Started in 2016, this research aimed to observe and describe the disputes surrounding the implementation of a Cycling System in the city of São […]

Lucas Lopes de Moraes

Prof. Dr. José Guilherme Magnani

2021
“Baile da Gaiola: representation of Rio funk between 2018 and 2021 (2024)” by Maria Alice Arrais Pereira | Masters Thesis

“Baile da Gaiola: representation of Rio funk between 2018 and 2021 (2024)” by Maria Alice Arrais Pereira | Masters Thesis

Abstract: “This dissertation work has as its object the Baile da Gaiola, between the years 2018 and 2021, betwenn its peak and persecution by State […]

Maria Alice Arrais Pereira

Prof. Dr. Joana D’arc do Valle Bahia

2024
“Urbanidade experiencial: situações e interações no cotidiano de Paraisópolis, São Paulo (2019)” [Experiential urbanity: situations and interactions in the daily life of Paraisópolis, São Paulo] by Wagner de Souza Rezende | PhD Thesis

“Urbanidade experiencial: situações e interações no cotidiano de Paraisópolis, São Paulo (2019)” [Experiential urbanity: situations and interactions in the daily life of Paraisópolis, São Paulo] by Wagner de Souza Rezende | PhD Thesis

Abstract: “This research contributes to the reflection on the influences of the appropriation of favelas’ public spaces in the emergence of an Experiential Urbanity, as […]

Wagner de Souza Rezende

Prof. Dra. Angélica Aparecida Tanus Benatti Alvim

2019
“The Vacant City: An Ethnography of Alternative Spatial Cultures in Post-growth Tokyo (2017)” by Sam Holden | Master Thesis

“The Vacant City: An Ethnography of Alternative Spatial Cultures in Post-growth Tokyo (2017)” by Sam Holden | Master Thesis

Abstract: “This research investigates recently emerging spatial cultures that seek to re-make vacant spaces in post-growth Tokyo as sites of alternative social relations. The burst […]

Samuel Holden

Yoshimi Shunya

2017
“Corpo, discurso e território: a cidade em disputa nas dobras da narrativa de Carolina Maria de Jesus (2015)” [Body, discourse and territory: the city in dispute in the narrative folds of Carolina Maria de Jesus] by Gabriela Leandro Pereira | PhD Thesis

“Corpo, discurso e território: a cidade em disputa nas dobras da narrativa de Carolina Maria de Jesus (2015)” [Body, discourse and territory: the city in dispute in the narrative folds of Carolina Maria de Jesus] by Gabriela Leandro Pereira | PhD Thesis

Abstract: “This thesis proposes to navigate through the narrative written by the Brazilian writer Carolina de Jesus (1914-1977) and its folds, tightening places of dispute, […]

Gabriela Leandro Pereira

Prof. Dra. Ana Maria Fernandes

2015
“O Instagram como espaço de construção de cidades imaginadas: uma ponte Rio de Janeiro – Lisboa (2019)” [Instagram as a space for building imagined cities: a Rio de Janeiro – Lisbon bridge] by Bruna Riboldi | PhD Thesis

“O Instagram como espaço de construção de cidades imaginadas: uma ponte Rio de Janeiro – Lisboa (2019)” [Instagram as a space for building imagined cities: a Rio de Janeiro – Lisbon bridge] by Bruna Riboldi | PhD Thesis

Abstract: “With the protagonism of social networks in our lives (and, consequently, our lives representation on social networks), the expression of the identity and the […]

Bruna Riboldi

Albertino Gonçalves & Erick Felinto

2019
“Os cerimoniais público(-privados) e as solenidades da Semana Santa de Braga (2019)” [The public(-privates) ceremonials and the solemnities of Holy Week in Braga] by Rui Manoel Gomes Ferreira | PhD Thesis

“Os cerimoniais público(-privados) e as solenidades da Semana Santa de Braga (2019)” [The public(-privates) ceremonials and the solemnities of Holy Week in Braga] by Rui Manoel Gomes Ferreira | PhD Thesis

Abstract: “The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ constitute perhaps the most publicized narrative in the history of mankind. Grounding for artistic achievements and devotional […]

Rui Manoel Gomes Ferreira

Miguel Sopas Bandeira & Moisés Martins

2019
“Habitar Buenos Aires : el derecho de ciudad ante la actual forma política urbana (2021)” [Inhabiting Buenos Aires: The Right to the City in the Face of the Current Urban Political Form] by Betina Andrea Guindi | PhD Dissertation

“Habitar Buenos Aires : el derecho de ciudad ante la actual forma política urbana (2021)” [Inhabiting Buenos Aires: The Right to the City in the Face of the Current Urban Political Form] by Betina Andrea Guindi | PhD Dissertation

Abstract: “This investigation addresses the category of citizenship and inquiries about its validity in the current democracy conditions. Given the centrality that the urban issue […]

Betina Andrea Guindi

María Gabriela D'Odorico & Felisa Santos

2021
“Comércio informal e cidade: estudo de caso das zungueiras em Luanda, Angola (2022)” [Informal trading and the city: a case study of the zungueiras in Luanda, Angola] by Áurea Bianca Vasconcelos André | Master Thesis

“Comércio informal e cidade: estudo de caso das zungueiras em Luanda, Angola (2022)” [Informal trading and the city: a case study of the zungueiras in Luanda, Angola] by Áurea Bianca Vasconcelos André | Master Thesis

Abstract: “This dissertation aims to investigate the informal trade of zungueiras in Luanda, Angola, considered from its colonial roots, in the contemporary context, in which […]

Áurea Bianca Vasconcelos André

Vera Santana Luz

2022
“A habitação popular nos musseques de Luanda: transformação e urbanização – Ensaios para uma intervenção sustentável (2021)” [Popular housing in the musseques of Luanda: transformation and urbanization – Essays for a sustainable intervention] by Tânia Rosário | Master Thesis

“A habitação popular nos musseques de Luanda: transformação e urbanização – Ensaios para uma intervenção sustentável (2021)” [Popular housing in the musseques of Luanda: transformation and urbanization – Essays for a sustainable intervention] by Tânia Rosário | Master Thesis

Abstract: “The musseques of accompanied the city’s growth, reflecting the different seasons of its history and expressing racial and social segregation from the first colonial […]

Tânia Rosário

Isabel Raposo

2021
“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

“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

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

“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
“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
“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
“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
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