Melvina Araújo

Doctor in Anthropology from the University of São Paulo, Melvina Araújo has been teaching at the Federal University of São Paulo since 2008, where she is an associate professor. She coordinates the Study Group on Mediation and Otherness - GEMA, which develops the research project Memories, Difference, and Relationships.

The project

Title: Mémoires, expériences, devenirs

Selection of publications

Diferença em contextos plurais. Curitiba: Editora UFPR, 2023 (à paraître).

Escrevendo a diferença: kikuyus, Mau Mau, Home Guards, missionários. Afro-Ásia, n. 67, p. 95 – 124, 2023 (à paraître).

Missionaries and Guerrilas. Novos Estudos CEBRAP, v.40, p.481 - 495, 2021. DOI: 10.25091/S01013300202100030008

"Décrire l’autre : inflexions entre l’anthropologie et les missions". In: ZERBINI, Laurik (org.). Expositions et musées missionnaires : capturer, dépouiller, partager l’objet africain XIX^e – XXI^e siècle. Lyon : Hémisphères/Maisonneuve & Larose, 2021. p. 115 – 139.

Lusotropicalismo, multiculturalismo e religiões: um ensaio sobre interpretações das religiões no Brasil. Portuguese Studies Review, v.26, p.197 - 217, 2018. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330259826_Lusotropicalismo_multiculturalismo_e_religioes_Um_ensaio_sobre_interpretacoes_das_religioes_no_Brasil

Hienas, missionários e crianças: um estudo sobre relatos de infanticídio no Quênia. Africana Studia, v.23, p.79 - 95, 2014. https://ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/AfricanaStudia/article/view/7508