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Métis Newsletter 2/2026 is now available!
The Métis Team launches Newsletter 2/2026 (March/April 2026)
The team of the FAPESP Métis Thematic Project (Arts and Semantics of Creation and Memory, No. 2020/07886-8) presents the Métis Newsletter 2/2026, covering the activities carried out by its members during March/April 2026!
The sections "Work Presentation," "Publications," "Defenses," and "Meetings" detail the activities, information, and collective and/or individual products of the Research Groups, Researchers, and Fellows.
Access the Newsletter at this link.
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Email: metis@usp.br
The PPGAS invites you to the launch of the book "De Maloca em Maloca" by Leandro Carneiro, a doctoral candidate in Anthropology.
Moderation: Prof. José Guilherme C. Magnani.
Researchers, artists, and filmmakers interested in submitting films, curatorial proposals, or photo essays that engage with the social sciences and their multiple forms of expression. The initiative seeks to highlight works that explore image and sound as forms of thought, research, and aesthetic experimentation.
📌 Submission deadline: June 15
Check out the Call for Submissions: https://www.encontro2026.anpocs.org.br/conteudo/view?ID_CONTEUDO=1025
The book “Local Music Making – Trails for Musical Studies,” the result of 6 years of research supported by FAPESP, bringing together more than 50 researchers to explore the relationship between ethnography and music, is now available for purchase.
Organized by Suzel Reily, Flávia Toni, and Rose Satiko Gitirana Hikiji.
Learn more: https://loja.editoraunicamp.com.br/Categoria/musicar-local-trilhas-para-estudos-musicais-782/p
According to the ranking, 11 USP (University of São Paulo) courses are among the 50 best in the world. And Anthropology is one of them.
History of Art, Dentistry, Mining Engineering, Anthropology, Library Science, Petroleum Engineering, Agriculture, Medicine, Pharmacy, Architecture, and Sociology are among the 50 best in the QS ranking.
[link to the article - 11 USP courses are among the 50 best in the world, according to ranking – USP Journal]
Anthropologist was the first PhD in his field at USP (University of São Paulo)
João Baptista Borges Pereira studied racial issues, immigration, and religiosity
https://revistapesquisa.
In its seventh episode, the Métis Dialogues program welcomes Sara Munhoz (Unicamp/Geict) and Tone Walford (University College London). The conversation stems from their respective research: the digital tools of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) and new forms of data policy in international observational science, aimed at measuring, archiving, and managing the planet—the so-called Big Data science. The episode was recorded during the II International Métis Symposium in June 2025.
Professor Guilherme Moura Fagundes (Department of Anthropology – FFLCH/USP) is the guest on the Café da Manhã podcast (Folha de S.Paulo), in an episode about the Sanctuary on the Moon project. This initiative brings together researchers and artists to decide which knowledge and records of life on Earth should comprise an analog library, recorded on 24 microscopic sapphire discs and destined to remain deposited on the Moon. In the conversation, Fagundes presents the workings of the project's interdisciplinary workshops and reflects on the meaning of choosing what "deserves to be saved," the limits of any universal archive, and the consequences of building a sanctuary of knowledge in times of crisis.
Professor Guilherme Moura Fagundes (Department of Anthropology/FFLCH-USP) participated in an international workshop of the Sanctuary on the Moon project, an initiative sponsored by NASA and UNESCO aimed at creating a long-term archive to be deposited on the Moon, composed of 24 sapphire discs containing information about humanity's scientific and cultural heritage.
As a result of this participation, the professor published the essay "Archiving Life in the Age of Collapse" in piauí magazine, presenting the behind-the-scenes aspects of the project and discussing the anthropological and political implications of archiving "memories of Earth" on a more-than-terrestrial scale.
Read the article: https://piaui.folha.uol.com.
The Laboratory of Image and Sound in Anthropology (Lisa) at USP has a collection of approximately 2,000 films, 25,000 photographs, and 700 hours of sound recordings.
It functions as a support and promotion center for research, preservation of collections, dissemination, and training in Anthropology.
Share the video with those who need to know about this incredible work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itpQhblmrq8
Access the post on the @usp.oficial Instagram profile: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRsJz3Nkckz/