Curriculum Vitae
Raquel Maria Mendes Pereira
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Raquel Maria Mendes Pereira
- Date of birth
- 1982/04/27
- Gender
- Female
Citation names
- Mendes Pereira, Raquel Maria
- Pereira, Raquel Maria Mendes
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 1A1C-A245-AA20
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-3778-9458
Email addresses
- raquelpereira@fcsh.unl.pt (Professional)
- raquelmmp@gmail.com (Personal)
Websites
- https://fcsh-pt.academia.edu/RaquelMendesPereira (Scholar)
Knowledge fields
- Social Sciences - Sociology - Anthropology
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
| Spanish; Castilian | Elementary (A2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Beginner (A1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | |
| Hindi | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | |
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| Konkani (generic) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2015/09/01 - 2022/07/06
Concluded
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PhD FCT Programme in Anthropology: Policies and Images of Culture and Museology (ISCTE-IUL; NOVA FCSH; CRIA) (Doutoramento)
ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon , Portugal
NOVA FCSH - NOVA University of Lisbon, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Portugal "An ethnography on the margins: environmental conservation, artisanal fisheries and tourism in Goa, India (title translated
by the author)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Approved, Very Good, by unanimity (maximum grade given by ISCTE-IUL) |
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2010/09/01 - 2012/11/30
Concluded
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MSc in Anthropology: Globalization, Migration and Multiculturalism (Mestrado)
ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon , Portugal
"Music and narratives of multiculturality in an orchestra of "all" (18 values, by unanimity) (title translated by the author)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18 |
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2007/09/01 - 2010/06/30
Concluded
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Anthropology (Licenciatura)
ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon , Portugal
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16 |
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2007 - 2007
Concluded
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Pedagogical Training Course for Trainers (Outros)
NHK, Training and new technologies center, Portugal
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2005 - 2006
Concluded
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Multimedia Course (Outros)
CENJOR - Professional Training Center for Journalists, Portugal
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2001 - 2005
Concluded
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Full Program in Photography (Photography 1 and 2, two-year course) + Advanced Course in Photography and Individual Project
(two-year program). (Outros)
Ar.Co - Centre of Art and Visual Communication , Portugal
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2013 - Current | Researcher (Research) | CRIA - Center for Research Network in Anthropology | Since 2023 CRIA-NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST FULL MEMBER through Portuguese institution contract (ESCS-IPL) | Research Group: Environment, Sustainability and Ethnography, Portugal |
| 2021/02 - 2021/11 | Researcher (Research) | NOVA FCSH - NOVA University of Lisbon, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Portugal |
| Research Fellow - HTC - History of Territories and Communities (NOVA FCSH) and CEF - Center for Functional Ecology, Science for People and the Planet (University of Coimbra), Portugal | ||
| 2015/10 - 2019/10 | Researcher (Research) | Foundation for Science and Technology , Portugal |
| FCT PhD Fellow - Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA), Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2022/10 - 2025/10 | Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) | School of Communication and Media Studies, Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon, Portugal, Portugal |
| 2024/09/01 - 2025/02/28 | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | NOVA University of Lisbon – School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA FCSH), Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2003 - Current | Photographer, Designer and Visual Arts Trainer (with CAP/Certificate of Pedagogical Aptitude) | Freelancer (Gold Consulting; CRIA; CENEA; Do-iT Workshops, Professional Training Schools; other clients and/or collaborations), Portugal |
| 2014 - 2015 | Outreach Worker. Researcher. | APDES – Piaget Agency for Development (NGDO), Portugal |
| 2013 - 2014 | Project V2V | Amnesty International Portugal, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2015 - 2019 | An ethnography on the margins: environmental conservation, artisanal fisheries and tourism in Goa, India (title translated
by the author)
SFRH / BD / 113913/ 2015
PhD Student Fellow
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Foundation for Science and Technology
Concluded
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2021/02 - 2021/11 | Biosphere Reserves: sustainable territories, resilient communities
Research Fellow
HTC - History of Territories and Communities (NOVA FCSH) and CEF - Center for Functional Ecology, Science for People and the
Planet (University of Coimbra), Portugal
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EEA Grants
Concluded
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| 2014 - 2015 | CHECK!N Lisbon - Risk reduction project
LVT/LX/076/01
Outreach worker/Researcher
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SICAD - General Directorate for Intervention on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies
Concluded
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| 2014 - 2015 | NPS in Europe - New Psychoactive Substances among People Who Use Drugs Heavily
JUST/2013/DPIP 4000004774
Researcher
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European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
Concluded
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| 2014 - 2015 | LOCAL PASS - A local approach toward the reduction of psychoactive substance use
Project JUST/2012/DPIP/AG/3600
Researcher
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Drug Prevention and Information Programme-DPIP
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Book chapter |
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| Journal article |
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| Thesis / Dissertation |
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Artistic / Performance
| Artistic exhibition |
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| Visual artwork |
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Other
| Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2025/07/16 | "Lives between water-worlds" , Panel 063 - Abiotic Connections. Thinking about the World through creative ways of doing a more-than-human anthropology (transl.) (upcoming) | 9th Congress of the Portuguese Anthropological Association (APA)
Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo (Viana do Castelo, Portugal)
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| 2023/11 | "Before there was nothing": pursuing a good life on the coast of south Goa (India) | 2023 AAA - American Anthropological Association/CASCA - Canadian Anthropological Association Annual Meeting
Metro Toronto Convention Centre (Toronto, Canada)
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| 2022/09 | "Where is your husband?": the role of husbands in the field social dynamics, Panel P035 - "Lonely ethnographers? Mediation and balance of family relationships in the field". | 8th Congress of the Portuguese Anthropological Association (APA)
University of Évora (Évora, Portugal)
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| 2020/07 | "What I like more in tourism are fish trips. I'm a fisherman, no?!": sealives reconfigurations between Pagi fishermen in Goa, India, Painel 050 - Rising Sea Politics: Governance, Communities, Commons. | EASA 2020 Congress: New anthropological horizons in and beyond Europe
Virtual Lisbon conference ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon and ICS-Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2019/06 | "Tourism is not good. It is very good!": Environmental conservation, fishing and tourism among a population of artisanal fishermen in South Goa (India)" (transl.), Panel 063 - Anthropology and (our) environmental challenges (transl.) | 7th Congress of the Portuguese Anthropological Association (APA)
NOVA University of Lisbon – School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA FCSH) (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2019/04 | "Listen to the field: when silence leads the way to the most important things in people´s lives", Painel - When reality challenges our expectations: Trajectories and transformations in ethnographic research, conservation and heritage ethnographies. | SIEF2019 14th Congress: Track Changes: Reflecting on a Transforming World
University of Santiago (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
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| 2018/11 | Communication by invitation | "Fishermen, tourism and environmental conservation in Goa (India): what is the place of social change in heritage processes?" (transl.) | Round table "Between Nature and Culture". 3rd Meeting of the Research Group on Cultural Practices and Policies (CRIA), European
Year of Cultural Heritage
ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2018/09 | Sexismo e assédio sexual em ambientes recreativos noturnos | 2nd International Conference on Woman XXI and Gender Universes
Fundação Dr. António Cupertino de Miranda (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2018/05 | Communication by invitation | "Environmental conservation, fishermen and tourism in Goa" (transl.) , Workshop "Goa: new debates" (transl.), Panel - Goa: social and ritual structures (transl.), Coord. by Professor Rosa Maria Perez, GI Circulation and Production of Places | Workshop "Goa: new debates (transl.)
ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2016/06 | Communication by invitation | "Orchestrating essentialisms, mobilities and transnational capitals in an Orchestra [that one wants] of "All"" (transl.) Panel - Nationality, creoleness, interculturalism: metaphoric action in progress, International Conference. Music and Human Mobility. Redefining Community in Intercultural Context. | International Conference. Music and Human Mobility. Redefining Community in Intercultural Context.
NOVA University of Lisbon – School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA FCSH) (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2025/02 - 2025/12 | 2025 Member of the Organizing Committee. "LAE meetings: interdisciplinary experiences and dialogues." Lisbon, (annual sessions). LAE - Environmental Anthropology and Behavioural Ecology Laboratory. ____________________________________________ SESSION 1 > 07/04/2025 FCSH NOVA "Genetics and Human Diversity" | SESSION 2 > 16/05/2025 ISCTE-IUL "Ethnography and Fiction Writing" | SESSION 3 > 6/06/2025 FCSH NOVA "Clay Soil" ____________________________________________ (September to December - upcoming) (transl.) (2025/02 - 2025/12) | CRIA - Center for Research Network in Anthropology. Environmental Anthropology and Behavioural Ecology Laboratory (LAE)., Portugal |
| 2025/05/23 - 2025/06/01 | Seminar Territories and Resistances: IV Political Ecology meeting (transl.) (2025/05/23 - 2025/06/01)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
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CRIA-ISCTE-IUL; CRIA-NOVA FCSH/IN2PAST; ICS; CES-UC, Portugal, Portugal |
| 2024/04/11 - 2024/04/19 | Seminar Commons: III Political Ecology meeting (transl.) (2024/04/11 - 2024/04/19)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
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CRIA-ISCTE-IUL; CRIA-NOVA FCSH/IN2PAST; ICS; CES-UC, Portugal |
| 2023 - 2023 | Seminar "in/justices: II meeting of political ecology" (transl.) (2023 - 2023)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Center for Research Network in Anthropology (CRIA), Portugal |
| 2015 - 2015 | Seminar "New global consumption, new local approaches. New psychoactive substances – from research to action" (transl.) (2015 - 2015)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
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CHECK!N Lisbon - Risk reduction project, APDES , Portugal |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2025/05/30 - 2025/05/30 | Panel Moderation (Discussant) "Extractivism and Ruins"
Seminar
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Seminar Territories and Resistances: IV Political Ecology meeting (transl.)
CRIA-ISCTE-IUL; CRIA-NOVA FCSH/IN2PAST; ICS; CES-UC, Portugal, Portugal
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| 2024/04/11 - 2024/04/11 | Panel Moderation (Discussant) "Governance, Planning and Public Policies"
Seminar
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Seminar Territories and Resistances: IV Political Ecology meeting (transl.)
CRIA-ISCTE-IUL; CRIA-NOVA FCSH/IN2PAST; ICS; CES-UC, Portugal, Portugal
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| 2022/09 - 2022/09 | Panel Organization | Co-Convenor with Rita Reis (Ciência ID 8B17-68DE-942B) - Panel P035 - "Lonely ethnographers: Mediation
and balance of family relationships in the field".
Congress
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8th Congress of the Portuguese Anthropological Association (APA), Évora, Portugal. |
| 2021/06 - 2021/06 | Panel Organization | Co-Convenor with Rita Reis (Ciência ID 8B17-68DE-942B) - Panel Int05 - "Marriage in the Global South:
youth between love, rules, and desires" ; with Inês Lourenço (Ciência ID 5C19-84D6-3B4D) as discussant.
Congress
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SIEF 2021 Breaking the rules? Power, participation and transgression, Helsinki, Finland (virtual). |
| 2019/05 - 2019/05 | Research presentation and talk with students
Other
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"Anthropology in secondary education" (transl.).
Center for Research Network in Anthropology (CRIA), Portugal
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Ad Hoc journal article review
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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| 2022/08/01 - 2022/08/22 | Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave Macmillan |
Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2024 - Current | Political Ecology Network | |
| 2022 - Current | American Anthropological Association (AAA) | |
| 2020 - Current | European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) | |
| 2019 - Current | Red Antropología Ambiental (Spain) | |
| 2013 - Current | Portuguese Anthropological Association (APA) |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2024/10/03 - 2025/10/03 | Invited Adjunct Professor (annual contract) | 1. Curriculum Unit - Intercultural Communication (Professor in the 1st semester, Degree in Journalism, Mandatory UC | Professor and Head of the UC in the 2nd semester, Degree in Public Relations and Business Communication, Optional UC) / 2. Curriculum Unit - Social Analysis (Professor of the UC in the 2nd semester, Degree in Public Relations and Business Communication, Mandatory UC) | 1. Journalism (UC Intercultural Communication) | 2. Public Relations and Business Communication (UC Intercultural Communication; UC Social Analysis) | Undergraduate Degrees | School of Communication and Media Studies (ESCS), Lisbon Polytechnic Institute (IPL), Portugal |
| 2025/05/22 - 2025/05/22 | Class taught to anthropology students ("Environmental Anthropology" curriculum unit, transl.), per invitation of Professor Amélia Frazão Moreira. | Anthropology (Master) (Mestrado) | NOVA University of Lisbon – School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA FCSH), Portugal |
| 2024/09/01 - 2025/02/28 | Invited Assistant Professor | Anthropology of Tourism. (with Marta Prista, Ciência ID 2617-9B93-37B8) (transl.) | Master in Anthropology (Mestrado) | NOVA University of Lisbon – School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA FCSH), Portugal |
| 2024/12 - 2024/12 | Instructor (Formadora) | Multimedia Course (Photography and Video) | Multimedia (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) | Gold Consulting International, Portugal |
| 2024/11 - 2024/11 | Instructor (Formadora) | MBA in Developing Skills in Artificial Intelligence for Design and Art | Artificial Intelligence for Design and Art (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) | Gold Consulting International, Portugal |
| 2023/10/03 - 2024/10/03 | Invited Adjunct Professor (annual contract) | 1. Curriculum Unit - Intercultural Communication (Professor in the 1st semester, Degree in Journalism, Mandatory UC | Professor and Head of the UC in the 2nd semester, Degree in Public Relations and Business Communication, Optional UC) / 2. Curriculum Unit - Social Analysis (Professor and Head of the UC in the 2nd semester, Degree in Public Relations and Business Communication, Mandatory UC) | 1. Journalism (UC Intercultural Communication) | 2. Public Relations and Business Communication (UC Intercultural Communication; UC Social Analysis) | Undergraduate Degrees | School of Communication and Media Studies, Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon, Portugal, Portugal |
| 2023/11 - 2023/11 | Instructor (Formadora) | Heritage Classification, Applications and Safeguarding Plans Course. Module "Natural heritage". (transl.) | Heritage Classification, Applications and Safeguarding Plans. NOVA FCSH courses, created within the scope of the Recovery and Resilience Plan. (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) | NOVA FCSH - NOVA University of Lisbon, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Portugal |
| 2022/10/03 - 2023/10/03 | Invited Adjunct Professor (annual contract) | Curriculum Unit - Intercultural Communication (Professor in the 1st semester, Degree in Journalism, Mandatory UC | Professor and Head of the UC in the 2nd semester, Degree in Public Relations and Business Communication, Optional UC) | 1. Journalism (UC Intercultural Communication) | 2. Public Relations and Business Communication (UC Intercultural Communication) | Undergraduate Degrees (Licenciatura) | School of Communication and Media Studies, Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2022/12 - 2022/12 | Instructor (Formadora) | Comunication and Image Course. Image, Video and Design. | Comunication and Image (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) | Gold Consulting International, Portugal |
| 2022/10 - 2022/10 | In-class research presentation and debate with students of Anthropology ("Anthropology and Heritage" curriculum unit, transl.), per invitation of Professor Marta Prista. | Anthropology (Undergraduate) (Licenciatura) | NOVA FCSH - NOVA University of Lisbon, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Portugal |
| 2020/01 - 2020 | Instructor (Formadora) | CRIA Intangible Cultural Heritage Course. Module "From the World Heritage Convention to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (transl.)". Co-teaching with Professor Marta Prista. | CRIA Intangible Cultural Heritage Course - Technological Specialization Course (transl.) (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) | Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA), Portugal |
| 2017 - 2017 | Class taught to anthropology students ("Environmental Anthropology" curriculum unit, transl.), per invitation of Professor Amélia Frazão Moreira. | Anthropology (Master) (Mestrado) | NOVA FCSH - NOVA University of Lisbon, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Portugal |
| 2007 - 2015 | Instructor (Formadora) | Visual Communication. Photography, Video and Design (web, graphic, and publishing). Conceptual Photography. | Planning, development and evaluation of formal and informal training activities. (Outros) | Freelancer , Portugal |
| 2014 - 2014 | In-class research presentation to anthropology students, per invitation of Professor Miguel Vale de Almeida. | Anthropology (Undergraduate) (Licenciatura) | ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon , Portugal |
| 2013 - 2013 | In-class research presentation and debate with students, per invitation of Professor Nélia Dias and Professor Jorge Freitas Branco. | Soft Skills Lab, Multiculturalism (curricular unit) (Outros) | ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon , Portugal |
| 2008 - 2008 | Instructor (Formadora) | Administrative Professionals Course for Young Adults. Module "Web and websites construction" | Notions of Secretariat II. Web and webdesign. (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) | EIPDA - Intercultural School of Professions and Sports, Portugal |
| 2007 - 2008 | Instructor (Formadora) | Tourism Techniques Professional Course. Modules "Audiovisual Communication" | "Conception of Tourist Itineraries" | "Monitoring of Projects". | Tourism Techniques (Ensino secundário) | Gustave Eiffel Professional School. Costa de Caparica POLIS program. Training and Adult Education Courses., Portugal |
Distinctions
Award
| 2023 | 2023 AAA Anthropology Photo Contest - AAA Award member
American Anthropological Association, United States
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| 2023 | 2023 APA - Portuguese Anthropology Association Award - Scientific Text in Anthropology Social/Cultural
APA - Portuguese Anthropology Association , Portugal
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| 2009 | Merit Scholarship - Best student of the 1st cycle of the School of Social Sciences (ISCTE-IUL)
Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education , Portugal
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| 2008 | Academic Excellence Award - The best undergraduate grades (ISCTE-IUL)
ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon , Portugal
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Other distinction
| 2021 | Research Scholarship
NOVA FCSH – NOVA University of Lisbon, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Portugal
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| 2015 | PhD Research Scholarship SFRH/ BD/ 113913/ 2015
Foundation for Science and Technology , Portugal
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