Jorge Freitas Branco
- Collaborator Doctor | Full University Professor
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Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas | Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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Av. de Berna, n.º 26 C
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1069-061 Lisboa
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Portugal
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- Tel: (+351) 21 790 83 00 (ext. 1583)
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Biography
Professor of anthropology at ISCTE University Institute of Lisbon. Senior researcher at CRIA-IUL. He received his PhD from Johannes Guttenberg-Universität in Mainz, Germany, taught at Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerifa (1992) and at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2010), and was visiting professor at the universities Leipzig (1996-97), Marburg (2000) and Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (2010), in Recife, Brazil. Carried out field research in Portugal, Atlantic islands (the Madeiras), Germany, Brasil, França, resulting in publications on: materialities, technology, popular cultures, history of anthropology, museums and collections, secularism. Recent publications include: “Sentidos da antropologia em Portugal na década de 1970” Etnográfica, 18, 2, 2014, 365-378 [Online], URL: http://etnografica.revues.org/3732; DOI: 10.4000/etnografica.3732; “El saber de los ingenieros. Exploraciones en el Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa” in: M. Cátedra & M. J. Devillard (eds.) Saberes culturales. Homenaje a José Luis García García, Barcelona, Bellaterra, 2014, 589-620; “Espaços modernos. Governamentabilidade em Lisboa e em Frankfurt/ Main” in: F. Clara & C. Ninhos (eds.) A angústia da influência. Política, cultura e ciência nas relações da Alemanha com a Europa do Sul, 1933-1945, Frankfurt, Peter Lang, 2014, 209-225; Visões do Técnico, no Centenário 1911-2011 (ed.) 2013 [Online] https://repositorio.iscte-iul.pt/handle/10071/4497. Academic responsibilities include: Doctoral Program Director.Research Group: Ethnomusicology and Popular Music Studies