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We would like to announce that the CALL FOR PAPERS for the Dossier "Old Archives, New Questions" of GIS - Gesture, Image and Sound, Journal of Anthropology, from the Department of Anthropology at USP (University of São Paulo), is open until January 31, 2026.

We would like to invite you to submit a paper. Please note that we have several sections in the Journal and that it is possible to submit a paper to the Articles section or the GIS section, which includes texts, essays, or works in video or audio format.

https://revistas.usp.br/gis/announcement/view/1975
Submission deadline: January 31, 2026

DOSSIER Old Archives, New Questions
If in the past, museums, researchers, and collectors…

Ava Cruz Marchese, a student in the Postgraduate Program in Anthropology (PPGAS), won first place in the Serrote Essay Contest, promoted by the Moreira Salles Institute, with her essay "Ritual for a Transvestite Archive".

The full essay is available to read at the following link: https://revistaserrote.com.br/2025/11/ritual-para-um-arquivo-travesti/

The film São Palco - Cidade Afropolitana, directed by Rose Satiko Gitirana Hikiji and Jasper Chalcraft, and produced in conjunction with the Laboratory of Image and Sound in Anthropology (LISA-USP), received the Ana Maria Galano Award for Best Feature Film during the awards ceremony of the 49th Annual Meeting of ANPOCS.

The film São Palco - Cidade Afropolitana, directed by Rose Satiko Gitirana Hikiji and Jasper Chalcraft, and produced in collaboration with the Laboratory of Image and Sound in Anthropology (LISA-USP), received the Ana Maria Galano Award for Best Feature Film during the awards ceremony of the 49th Annual Meeting of ANPOCS. The film will be available for one month on the event's website:

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Call for papers for a conference organized by the Urban Transitions Hub (UTH), Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon and the Center for Research and Studies in Sociology of Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, which will feature Professor Heitor Frúgoli Jr. as one of the keynote speakers: https://urbantransitionshub.org/events/portuguese-global-urban-studies-…

For download: https://pedroejoaoeditores.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/EBOde-fazer-cidad.pdf

"The main challenge of this essential book, now in the hands of readers, is the task of reimagining the city, that is, of thinking of it not as an objective and definitive fact resulting from the application of “technical” and “neutral” knowledge, as dominant fictions assume, but as a signifier permanently in dispute. In other words, all the chapters that make up this thought-provoking collection begin with the shared commitment to destabilize the appearance of “truth” and “objectivity” underlying hegemonic representations of the city, with the aim of demonstrating how apparently “…

Professor Lilia Moritz Schwarcz, a member of our department, was awarded the 2025 Jabuti Academic Prize for her book “Imagens da Branquitude. A presença da ausência” (Images of Whiteness: The Presence of Absence).
In this book, the author analyzes whiteness and racism based on iconographic and symbolic manifestations, such as maps and photographs produced since the 16th century. Check out the article at https://www.fflch.usp.br/175666.

The book "Filming Music - Essays on Shared Anthropology," by Rose Satiko Gitirana Hikiji, a tenured professor in the Department of Anthropology and coordinator of LISA-USP, has just been published on the Open Books Portal of the University of São Paulo (USP), where it is available for download.

The book presents various musical endeavors in the city of São Paulo, which the author and her research partners approach with cameras and recorders in hand. These actions are led by young participants in a social music education project, by artists from the hip-hop and funk scene in Cidade Tiradentes, and by African musicians recently arrived in this megalopolis. Filming music involves transforming…

Published on July 4, 2025, in the Official Gazette of the State of São Paulo, the corrigenda to the PPGAS 2025 selection notices for Master’s, Doctoral, and Direct-Doctoral admission in 2026 were published.

Below are links to the Gazette pages. The corrected selection notices, in PDF format and bearing the PPGAS letterhead, are attached.

1) Corrigendum to the 2025/2026 Selection Notice for Open Competition and General Applicants

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On June 25, 2025, researcher Lourival Aguiar Teixeira Custodio, of the Department of Anthropology at the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters, and Human Sciences (FFLCH) of the University of São Paulo (USP), was honored with an honorable mention in the 14th edition of the USP Outstanding Thesis Award; supervised by Professor João Felipe Ferreira Gonçalves, his work “Habaneros Negros: Racial Relations, Stigmatization, and Afro‑Cubanidad in a Havana Neighborhood” was recognized in the broad area of Social and Cultural Inclusion and Reduction of Inequalities. Another FFLCH student also received an honorable mention, and two others were awarded prizes in their respective fields. According to Professor Murilo Romero, general…

See details at: https://www.fflch.usp.br/175160