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Moisés Lino e Silva is a social anthropologist, professor at the Federal University of Bahia in Brazil[1] and a World Social Science fellow of the International Social Science Council.[2] He is originally from Goiás.[3] The scholar is an editorial board member of Cadernos de Campo, an anthropology journal published by the University of São Paulo.[4] In 2019, he won the Global Religion Research Initiative Award, given by the University of Notre Dame.[5] Lino e Silva was also named an ALARI Fellow (2019-2020) at Harvard University.[6] He was appointed visiting associate professor in women's and gender studies at Harvard University in the Fall 2023, where he taught "Queer Lives in the Global South" and "Queer Ethnographies."[7]

Education

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Moisés Lino e Silva has a BA in international relations from the University of Brasília (2002), a master's degree in social anthropology from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences (2007), and a PhD in social anthropology from the University of St Andrews (2012). He pursued postdoctoral research in the same area at Harvard University in 2013.[8]

Scholarship

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Lino e Silva's field of focus is that of political anthropology, with a specialty in the ethnographic study of liberty and authority.[9] This is examined in relation to issues such as poverty, sexuality, race, 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, Brazil,[10] and more recently in Nigeria.[11]

Lino e Silva is the author of Minoritarian Liberalism: A Travesti Life in a Brazilian Favela, published by the University of Chicago Press in 2022, which focuses on Black people, children, and LGBTQ people, especially travestis, in a favela or working-class, poor community in Rio de Janeiro.[12] The author explains in an interview that he wrote this book based on his ethnographic research when he "realized that favela dwellers have developed their own theories of liberalism, for example, which are based on their specific life experiences," also indicating that "this favela knowledge on liberalism does not necessarily follow the same logic of Eurocentric ideas on liberty and freedom."[13] As Cassandra White (Georgia State University) notes in Contemporary Sociology, Lino e Silva "discusses the importance of considering the nuances of practices that are morally and ethically charged and arguably exploitative play in the lives of our research participants/interlocutors," including "sex work as practiced by his research participants."[14] He has also been interviewed by Reighan Gillam (Dartmouth College) about this book for New Books Network.[15] The book has been translated to Portuguese under the title Liberalismo Minoritário: Vida Travesti na Favela (Edições70, 2023).[16]

Minoritarian Liberalism has been reviewed by different independent outlets, such as the Allegra Lab[17] and in ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America.[18] A review essay by Stephanie Clare in Feminist Theory, published by Oxford University Press, cites this work among "powerful contributions invested in what we might call decolonial freedom."[19] The wider press in Brazil has covered Lino e Silva's scholarship in many outlets.[3][20][21][22][23][24] On June 28, 2023, he was interviewed by TV Jornal, a Brazilian TV station in Recife, Pernambuco, as part of their celebration of the International Day of LGBTQIA+ Pride.[25]

In a public endorsement of Minoritarian Liberalism, political theorist Wendy Brown affirmed: "Lino e Silva's remarkable book fulfills its ambition to decolonize the freedom at liberalism's heart. Equal parts erudite political theory and delicate anthropology, it roams a favela in Rio for stories and imaginaries across Blackness, queerness, gender, and class, where it discovers everywhere the bubbling of minoritarian desires and practices of freedom. This beautifully written work does nothing less than bring liberalism--as theory and practice--into the twenty-first century."[26]

The anthropologist's first book, Freedom in Practice: Governance, Autonomy and Liberty in the Everyday, is a collection of eight essays by diverse authors and was coedited with Huon Wardle.[27] It includes a co-written introduction with Wardle and a chapter by Lino e Silva on the concept of "queer liberation" in a Brazilian favela.[28] The book was reviewed by the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI). In his analysis, Luca Parisoli (Universita della Calabria) affirms: "this book is a very interesting contribution to a conceptual issue: why is freedom so rarely a keyword in anthropological analyses?"[29]

Public Engagements

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Publications (Books)

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  • Lino e Silva, Moisés, and Huon Wardle, eds. (2017). Freedom in Practice: Governance, Autonomy and Liberty in the Everyday. Oxford: Routledge. ISBN 9780367873325
  • Lino e Silva, Moisés (2022). Minoritarian Liberalism: A Travesti Life in a Brazilian Favela. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226818252
  • Lino e Silva, Moisés (2023). Liberalismo Minoritário: Vida Travesti na Favela. São Paulo: Edições70. ISBN 9786554270441

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Corpo Docente | Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia". ppga.ufba.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-11-10.
  2. ^ "Lino-e-Silva - International Social Science Council". www.worldsocialscience.org. Archived from the original on 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
  3. ^ a b Lopes, Osvaldo. "Livro aborda a vida de travestis na Rocinha." Jornal Fala Roça, June 28, 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  4. ^ "Cadernos de Campo (São Paulo - 1991), Equipe Editorial, Comissão Editorial 2023." Portal de Revistas da USP. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  5. ^ University of Notre Dame. "Round 4 Award Recipients." Global Religion Research Initiative. 2019. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  6. ^ "Moises Lino e Silva." Afro-Latin American Research Institute, Hutchins Center for African and African-American Research, Harvard University. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  7. ^ My.Harvard. "Queer Lives in the Global South" and "Queer Ethnographies." Havard University, Fall 2023 Course Guide. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  8. ^ "Moisés Vieira de Andrade Lino e Silva CV." CNPq, 2023-04-07. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  9. ^ Lino e Silva, Moises; Wardle, Huon (2016). Freedom in practice: governance, autonomy and liberty in the everyday. Routledge studies in anthropology. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-315-68655-4.
  10. ^ Lino e Silva, Moises (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. S2CID 18385403.
  11. ^ "K. Verlag | Publishing | Berlin OUT NOW! – Ana Hupe: Footnotes to Triangular Cartographies".
  12. ^ Lino e Silva, Moises (2022). Minoritarian Liberalism: A Travesti Life in a Brazilian Favela. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226818252. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  13. ^ University of Chicago Press."Four Questions with Moisés Lino e Silva, Author of "Minoritarian Liberalism.'" The Chicago Blog, 10 March 2022. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  14. ^ White, Cassandra. "Innovative Storytelling and Representation of Sex Workers’ Perspectives in an 'Ethno-graphic' Novel." Contemporary Sociology 51, vol. 3 (2022): 185-188. doi:10.1177/009430612210907. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  15. ^ Gillam, Reighan. "Moisés Lino e Silva, Minoritarian Liberalism: A Travesti Life in a Brazilian Favela. New Books Network, 10 June 2022. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  16. ^ Lino e Silva, Moisés (2023). Liberalismo Minoritário: Vida Travesti na Favela. São Paulo: Edições70. ISBN 9786554270441. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  17. ^ Gangwar, Aadarsh (2023). "Minoritarian Liberalism: A Travesti Life in a Brazilian Favela". Allegra Lab: Anthropology for Radical Optimism. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  18. ^ Jarrin, Carmen Alvaro (2023). "A Review of Minoritarian Liberalism: A Travesti Life in a Brazilian Favela". ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  19. ^ Clare, Stephanie. "The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory." Feminist Theory, 29 April 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  20. ^ Reis, Paulo Cesar (2023-03-21). "Ser LGBTQIA+ na favela significa encontrar liberdade mesmo em espaços de opressão". Jornal Bairros Net (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  21. ^ Nascimento, Rafael (19 April 2023). "Como é ser LGBTQIAP+ nas favelas do Rio de Janeiro?". iG Queer. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  22. ^ "Celebre o mês do orgulho com oito livros LGBTQIAP+." Cultura930, 12 June 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  23. ^ Yamada, Vinícius. "Livro 'Liberalismo Minoritário – Vida Travesti na Favela' discute liberdade em espaços de opressão." Gay Blog BR, 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  24. ^ "8 livros com temática LGBTQIAPN+." Vogue (Brazil), June 30, 2023. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  25. ^ "Moisés Lino e Silva na TV Jornal." YouTube, June 28, 2023. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  26. ^ Minoritarian Liberalism. University of Chicago Press.
  27. ^ "Freedom in Practice: Governance, Autonomy and Liberty in the Everyday". Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  28. ^ Lino e Silva, Moisés. "'Don’t Mess with My Fags!' – Said the Drug Lord: Queer Liberation in a Brazilian Favela. Freedom in Practice: Governance, Autonomy and Liberty in the Everyday. Moisés Lino e Silva and Huon Wardle, eds. Oxford: Routledge, 2017. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  29. ^ Parisoli, Lica. Book Review: Moisés Lino e Silva & Huon Wardle (eds). Freedom in practice: governance, autonomy and liberty in the everyday. xii, 191 pp., illus., bibliogrs. London, New York: Routledge, 2016. £115.00 (cloth). JRAI: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, August 2, 2019. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  30. ^ "MASP". MASP (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  31. ^ Oliveira, Cadu. "Entrevista: Há apenas um sul possível para as teorias?" Goethe Institut Brasil. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  32. ^ Johnson, Djassi DaCosta. "Sacred Groves and Secret Parks: An interview with Princess Adedoyin Talabi Faniyi and Moisés Lino e Silva." Harvard University Graduate School of Design News. October 22, 2020. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  33. ^ Meiu, George Paul. "Queer/ing Ethnography: A Precticum." (Syllabus) Spring 2021. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  34. ^ Lino e Silva, Moisés. "What Is Freedom in a Brazilian Favela?" Sapiens, September 13, 2022. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  35. ^ Da Silva, Daniel. "In Conversation with Moisés Lino e Silva, Author of Minoritarian Liberalism." Rutgers University Center for Latin American Studies, April 22, 2022. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  36. ^ Bureau of General Services—Queer Division. "Minoritarian Liberalism: A Travesti Life in a Brazilian Favela (online)." Eventbrite, May 7, 2022. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  37. ^ Center for the Study of Social Difference. "Queer Aqui: Together in Hard Times, Rio De Janeiro." Columbia University, May 25, 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  38. ^ Engaging Vulnerability Research Seminar. "Book talk – Minoritarian Liberalism: A Travesti Life in a Brazilian Favela." Uppsala University, May 9, 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  39. ^ Institute of Legal and Constitutional Research. "Book Launch and Workshops: 'Laws of the Hillside: Minoritarian Liberalism in a Brazilian Favela.'" University of St Andrews, May 2, 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
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