Moises Lino e Silva
Moises Lino e Silva is a professor of anthropological theory at the Federal University of Bahia, which is located in Brazil.[1] His field of focus is that of political anthropology, with a specialty in the ethnographic study of liberty and authority. This is examined in relation to issues such as poverty, sexuality, and religion. His initial in-field research considered the aspects and issues of freedom as experienced and perceived by slum dwellers in Rio de Janeiro.[2] More recent work, has studied the cultivation of Afro-Brazilian power and the nature of freedom and partial freedom after formal slavery, using ethnographic research to understand the current power dynamics between Latin America and West Africa.[3] He is the editor, with Huon Wardle, of Freedom in Practice: Governance Autonomy and Liberty in the Everyday (Routledge 2017).[4] Lino e Silva was appointed a World Social Science Fellow by the International Social Science Council.[5]
References
- "Corpo Docente | Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia". ppga.ufba.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- Silva, Moises Lino e (2014-05-20). "Queer sex vignettes from a Brazilian favela: An ethnographic striptease". Ethnography. 16 (2): 223–239. doi:10.1177/1466138114534335. ISSN 1466-1381.
- "Moises Lino e Silva, Ph.D." scholar.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- "Freedom in Practice: Governance, Autonomy and Liberty in the Everyday, 1st Edition (Hardback) - Routledge". Routledge.com. 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- "Lino-e-Silva - International Social Science Council". www.worldsocialscience.org. Retrieved 2018-11-10.