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St Andrews, Scotland, GB

St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom

Co-leading an interdisciplinary project on how communication technologies and languages played a role in the way political and scientific knowledge are/were produced and circulate/d between the early twentieth century and the early twenty-first century. I am also a member of the School Research Ethics Committee, as well as responsible for examining and.

Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Responsible for the selection of affiliated researchers, liaison with members of the Advisory Board, leading the foundation's public relations strategy, allocation of research funds, and organisation of academic and outreach events on language politics and intercultural communication. Member of the editorial board of the journals Language Problems and.

Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

Hired to research and assess the significance of the archives held by the university’s collections on post-colonial debates, internationalism, and the political tensions within the US Esperanto movement in the Cold War period.

Brasília, Federal District, Brazil

Designed and convened Digital Anthropology & Digital Humanities (final-year optional undergraduate module) and convened Anthropological Theory I (first-year compulsory undergraduate module). Also responsible for supervising and examining BA dissertations.

Marília, São Paulo, Brazil

Designed and convened Digital Anthropology, an optional module for final-year undergraduate students. This module aimed to introduce students to Digital Anthropology and Digital Humanities theories and methods, preparing them to carry out online research at a time when the pandemic restrained the feasibility of face-to-face field research

Manchester, United Kingdom

Modules taught: Key Ideas in Social Anthropology I and II (2017/2018), Anthropological Theory (2018/2019), Power and Culture (2019/2020), and Introduction to Ethnographic Reading (2020). From 09/2019 to 09/2020, I was also the Teaching Assistant Representative within the School of Social Sciences.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Conducted a literature review and a pilot study, as well as identified stakeholders (mostly academics, NGOs and governmental bodies) to develop a collaborative, applied project on urban marginalisation, alienation, and social inequality in Paris and its surroundings

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Assisted in the establishment of this newly-founded consultancy business, delineating the scope of contribution of ethnography and qualitative research methods to industry. This also involved preparing a video advertising (available on YouTube) and liaising with fellow academics and consultants

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

In collaboration with linguists and literature scholars, developed a project on online language learning platforms, analysing the impact of digital technologies on communities of speakers of minority languages in France.

Cidade De Nova Iorque E Região, Estados Unidos

Was awarded the Wadsworth International Fellowship. However, I could not continue with this affiliation, due to the impossibility of being fully funded simultaneously by both this foundation and the University of Manchester

Copenhagen E Região Da Capital, Dinamarca

Identified field sites, conducted fieldwork and interviews, analysed the collected data and participated in meetings with fellow researchers in the project ‘The Dynamics of Ritual. An anthropological Study of Subjectivity, Security and Sociality in Brazil’

Rio De Janeiro Area, Brazil

Editor of Revista Habitus, the Journal of Social Sciences from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Aside from planning journal issues, coordinating the peer-review process, and directing the Editorial Board, I also headed three judging commissions responsible for appointing new editors to the journal

Rio De Janeiro E Região, Brasil

Conducted long-term fieldwork and interviews among healthcare professionals and patients from a favela in Rio de Janeiro, looking at access to the public healthcare system, in collaboration with Medical Anthropology researchers and medical practitioners

Rio De Janeiro E Região, Brasil

Modules taught: Research Methodology in Social Sciences (qualitative and quantitative research methods) and the practical modules Laboratory of Bibliographic Research and Laboratory of Monographic Writing

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Social Anthropology

Master Of Arts - Ma, Social Anthropology, National Museum, Distinction

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Social Sciences, Magna Cum Laude ('With Great Distinction')