PPGAS News
Yara de Cássia Alves, a graduate of the Postgraduate Program in Social Anthropology at the University of São Paulo (PPGAS/USP), received the Lélia Gonzalez Award for the best doctoral thesis defended in the area of Social Anthropology in the years 2022-2023.
The award ceremony took place during the 34th Brazilian Anthropology Meeting, from July 23 to 26, in Belo Horizonte, at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). The thesis entitled “In the tracks of the past: seams of time in the construction of kinship and sociality among quilombolas in the Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais” has as its central objective to explore the notion of “trace,” which broadly seeks to revive the past in the present, expressing itself in different ways in spaces, festivals, bodies, etc.
“The thesis has an ethnographic approach and was written after approximately six months of fieldwork, divided into different stays that were related to specific events that take place in the local calendar, such as the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary of the Black Men, the time of… Read more
Vagner Gonçalves da Silva launches on the USP Open Books Portal a work in which he records collective experiences of listing terreiros in São Paulo https://www.livrosabertos.
TRAINING PROGRAM IN ACADEMIC MANAGEMENT OF RESEARCH PROJECTS – 2/2024.
"Training Program in Academic Management of Research Projects" 2/2024 from PRPI - USP Pro-Rectory of Research and Innovation.
Scholarship to work on the thematic projects “From the heart of wars to the poetics of plasticity: creation and engagement in artistic thought in African contexts from the 1980s to the present day” (FAPESP 22/05923-9) and “Arts and semantics of creation and memory” (FAPESP 20/07886-8).
The scholarship holder must mainly: Participate in training activities, collaborate in the management of project activities such as implementation of tools, organization of meetings, logistical support for events and management financial.
REQUIREMENTS:
1. Hold a PhD from any institution, national or foreign.
2. Not be a beneficiary of a scholarship from other programs or other funding agencies.
3. Not have an employment relationship.
4. Have experience in the area of knowledge of the projects.
5. Professors,… Read more
Luiz Paulo Ferreira Santiago discussed topics from his master's thesis (defended in May/24) about funk dances in S. Paulo, in an interview with Rádio USP (7/17/24): https://jornal.usp.br/radio-
For other details, see also (26/6/24): https://www.fflch.usp.br/
Registration is open for PPGAS students/graduates to participate as a volunteer in the Prepara PPGAS extension course: Workshops for Entrance Selection in 2024/25.
The workshop is aimed at people applying for the program's selection process and the activities will include tutorials on research projects in a virtual format.
Registration: 3 to 7 July 2024.
Link:https://forms.gle/3sFw2L26DPQqvyAR7
Project presentation meeting: 10/7/2024 at 7pm.
This is also an initiative of CoPAF – Permanent Affirmative Action Commission of PPGAS-USP.
Participate!
If you have any questions, send an email to colectivopreparappgas.usp@gmail.com
USP newspaper publishes an article announcing the premiere of the film "São Palco - Cidade Afropolitana", by directors Jasper Chalcraft and Rose Satiko Gitirana Hikiji. The article features interviews with the directors and protagonists, presenting the idea behind the film's conception. The exhibition will take place on 04/25, at 4:30 pm, in the Carlos Reichenbach room at Centro Universitário Maria Antonia - Rua Maria Antônia, 294. Free entry! Link to the article: https://jornal.usp.br/
The publication addresses the dilemmas between motherhood and work, presenting the story of Sylvia who, to reconcile both, chose to take her daughters to carry out her field research among the Bororo.
The article also tells about her career as a researcher and teacher, in addition to presenting LISA and its history.
Access the article in this link.
Photo: Zanone Fraissat/Folhapress
This is the fifth edition of the award that highlights women scientists dedicated to national researchers who have made relevant contributions to science and scientific management, in addition to having carried out actions in favor of national science and technology.
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