PPGAS News
Published on July 4, 2025, in the Official Gazette of the State of São Paulo, the corrigenda to the PPGAS 2025 selection notices for Master’s, Doctoral, and Direct-Doctoral admission in 2026 were published.
Below are links to the Gazette pages. The corrected selection notices, in PDF format and bearing the PPGAS letterhead, are attached.
1) Corrigendum to the 2025/2026 Selection Notice for Open Competition and General Applicants
2) Corrigendum to the 2025/2026 Selection Notice for Indigenous Applicants
Originally published on June 25, 2025, in the Official Gazette of the State of São Paulo, were the selection notices for PPGAS … Read more
On June 25, 2025, researcher Lourival Aguiar Teixeira Custodio, of the Department of Anthropology at the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters, and Human Sciences (FFLCH) of the University of São Paulo (USP), was honored with an honorable mention in the 14th edition of the USP Outstanding Thesis Award; supervised by Professor João Felipe Ferreira Gonçalves, his work “Habaneros Negros: Racial Relations, Stigmatization, and Afro‑Cubanidad in a Havana Neighborhood” was recognized in the broad area of Social and Cultural Inclusion and Reduction of Inequalities. Another FFLCH student also received an honorable mention, and two others were awarded prizes in their respective fields. According to Professor Murilo Romero, general coordinator of the award, the ceremony recognizes and rewards the most outstanding theses across the various disciplines of the University.
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The recording with the coordinator of LISA and director of “São Palco - Cidade Afropolitana”, Rose Satiko Hikiji, the protagonist Shambuyi Wetu and the editor Ricardo Dionísio, on the podcast Intérpretes do Brasil Contemporâneo was featured in Folha de S. Paulo.
The article highlights the power of ethnographic films in transmitting knowledge and discusses the work of African artists who arrive in Brazil “with their stories, knowledge and creative practices”, face barriers and “create stages of resistance”.
The podcast Intérpretes do Brasil Contemporâneo is a production of the School of Philosophy, Letters and Human Sciences (FFLCH) at USP. Coordinated by Júlio César Suzuki, a professor in the Geography department, the program is the result of an agreement between the School and the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo.
Check out the full article in Folha:
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"São Palco - Afropolitan City" received the audience award for feature film in the Territories and Memory Competition of the 14th Mostra Ecofalante, the most important South American event for audiovisual production linked to socio-environmental issues. The award ceremony took place on the evening of June 8, 2025, at Reserva Cultural in São Paulo
The trophy presented by Hermano Penna, the filmmaker honored at the 14th Mostra, was circulated among the protagonists present at the event: Shambuyi Wetu, Sassou Espoir, Edoh Fihon, Yannick Delass and Rose Satiko Hikiji, co-director of the film and professor at the Department of Anthropology at USP. Afro-diasporic art gains another stage, this time in the cinema.
Produced by the Laboratory of Image and Sound in Anthropology (LISA-USP), the… Read more
"São Palco - Cidade Afropolitana" is among those selected for the “Territories and Memory Competition” at the 14th Ecofalante Film Festival. The competition is aimed at Brazilian productions or co-productions that deal with issues related to one or more territories in the country or that address themes linked to individual or collective memories.
Considered the most important South American event for audiovisual production related to socio-environmental issues, the Ecofalante Film Festival has free admission to all its activities and will take place from May 28 to June 11, 2025.
Produced by LISA and directed by Jasper Chalcraft and Rose Satiko Gitirana Hikiji, the film features Shambuyi Wetu, Yannick Delass, Lenna Bahule, Edoh Amassize and other Afropolitan artists who occupy Sampa (and the world) with their diasporic creativity. "São Palco - Cidade Afropolitana" will be shown in the following cinemas:
Reserva Cultural, room 03 - Avenida Paulista 900, Paraíso
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Listen to the interview - "City, graffiti and anthropology" - at: https://open.spotify.com/
Applications will be open from March 20 to April 4, 2025, to participate in the Preparatory Workshops for admission to the USP Graduate Program in Social Anthropology.
The course will consist of two stages:
I – General Workshops (in 2025/01);
II – Project Tutoring Cycle (in 2025/02);
The Preparatory Workshop Cycle is organized by an independent group of students from the Program and aims to increase the participation of black people, indigenous people, quilombolas, people who belong to traditional peoples or communities, people with disabilities and trans people in graduate studies, especially in Social Anthropology courses.
Up to 100 places will be offered to people belonging to these groups.
The activities will be held on Saturdays, remotely and completely free of charge.
Registration can be done through the link: https://forms.gle/wx6QMnmwYGzZPdSp9
If you have any questions, please contact us:
Enrico Spaggiari discussed topics from his doctoral thesis and the co-organization of the collection 'Popular Football' (published with support from the National Institute of Science and Technology, INCT) in the aforementioned article (1/3/25): https://revistapesquisa.
