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The film São Palco - Cidade Afropolitana, directed by Rose Satiko Gitirana Hikiji and Jasper Chalcraft, and produced in conjunction with the Laboratory of Image and Sound in Anthropology (LISA-USP), received the Ana Maria Galano Award for Best Feature Film during the awards ceremony of the 49th Annual Meeting of ANPOCS.
The film São Palco - Cidade Afropolitana, directed by Rose Satiko Gitirana Hikiji and Jasper Chalcraft, and produced in collaboration with the Laboratory of Image and Sound in Anthropology (LISA-USP), received the Ana Maria Galano Award for Best Feature Film during the awards ceremony of the 49th Annual Meeting of ANPOCS. The film will be available for one month on the event's website:
https://www.encontro2025.anpocs.org.br/conteudo/view?ID_CONTEUDO=1719
São Palco - Cidade Afropolitana is the fourth film resulting from anthropologists' research with African artists who arrived in Brazil… Read more
The initiative received a special video recording produced by Sesc São Paulo, available at this link.
Held in the Bela Vista district, in the Bixiga territory, the walk proposes an immersion in the territory based on its Afro-religious memory, connecting temporalities at points such as the Saracura/Vai-Vai Archaeological Site and the Ilê Asé Iyá Osun temple, founded over 40 years ago.
To access photos: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Ewk7zKMpdv_rmNpFPazUlCFmGR6Fso3e
Call for papers for a conference organized by the Urban Transitions Hub (UTH), Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon and the Center for Research and Studies in Sociology of Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, which will feature Professor Heitor Frúgoli Jr. as one of the keynote speakers.
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"The main challenge of this essential book, now in the hands of readers, is the task of reimagining the city, that is, of thinking of it not as an objective and definitive fact resulting from the application of “technical” and “neutral” knowledge, as dominant fictions assume, but as a signifier permanently in dispute. In other words, all the chapters that make up this thought-provoking collection begin with the shared commitment to destabilize the appearance of “truth” and “objectivity” underlying hegemonic representations of the city, with the aim of demonstrating how apparently “technical” aspects associated with urban planning correspond, in practice, to the concrete… Read more
Professor Lilia Moritz Schwarcz, a member of our department, was awarded the 2025 Jabuti Academic Prize for her book “Imagens da Branquitude. A presença da ausência” (Images of Whiteness: The Presence of Absence).
In this book, the author analyzes whiteness and racism based on iconographic and symbolic manifestations, such as maps and photographs produced since the 16th century. Check out the article at https://www.fflch.usp.br/
The book "Filming Music - Essays on Shared Anthropology," by Rose Satiko Gitirana Hikiji, a tenured professor in the Department of Anthropology and coordinator of LISA-USP, has just been published on the Open Books Portal of the University of São Paulo (USP), where it is available for download.
The book presents various musical endeavors in the city of São Paulo, which the author and her research partners approach with cameras and recorders in hand. These actions are led by young participants in a social music education project, by artists from the hip-hop and funk scene in Cidade Tiradentes, and by African musicians recently arrived in this megalopolis. Filming music involves transforming research into composition, which is achieved through collaborative processes. In this way, the author rehearses, in good company, Rouchi's dream of sharing anthropology. "Filming or Musicing - Essays on Shared… Read more
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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