Confirmed speakers

Visiting Professor of the Graduate Program in Communication at UFRGS. CNPq Researcher. Doctor in Communication Sciences from the University of São Paulo, with a period of studies at the Department of Cultural Studies and Sociology at the University of Birmingham, in...

Anti-fascist military officer, Sergeant of the Brazilian Navy, Transgender woman, feminist. President of the National Association of Transvestites and Transsexuals (ANTRA). Member of the Council for Social and Sustainable Development of the Presidency of the Republic...

PhD in Education, with postdoctoral training in Tourism and in Political and Social Sciences. Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais and researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). Editor of the Brazilian...

Djalma Thürler is a Full Professor at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), specializing in Cultural Management and Policies from the University of Girona (Spain), and artistic director of ATeliê voadOR. A researcher at NuCuS, he is the author of articles and books...

Edith Scher holds a degree in Literature. She is an actress, singer, and community arts educator. Since 2002, she has directed the community theatre group Matemurga de Villa Crespo, made up of 80 local residents of all ages. In 2011, she published the book Theatre of...

Gil Amancio holds a doctorate through Notable Knowledge in Knowledge, Education and Social Inclusion from UFMG - Federal University of Minas Gerais, and is a music professor at UFMG's School of Theatre. "Back and forth, forth and back", his work in the Black Atlantic,...

She is a poet, playwright, essayist, and professor. She holds a PhD in Letters/Comparative Literature from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, a Master's degree in Arts from Indiana University, and a Bachelor's degree in Letters from FALE/UFMG. She has...

Marcela País Andrade is a sociologist and holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Buenos Aires. She is an independent researcher at CONICET, based at the Institute of Anthropological Sciences (UBA). She teaches Anthropology in the Social Work program at the...

Maria Manuel Baptista is a professor at the University of Aveiro and has built a career marked by interdisciplinarity. She began her academic training in Philosophy, which provided her with a solid theoretical and epistemological foundation. During her master’s...

Marlucy Alves Paraíso is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Education at UFMG and in the Graduate Program in Education: Knowledge and Social Inclusion at UFMG. She is the founder and coordinator of GECC: Research Group on Curricula, Cultures and Difference, and a CNPq...

Nick Beech is Associate Professor, Social Policy and Society (University of Birmingham). He worked for Stuart Hall between 2011–2014, and prepared a bibliography of Hall’s publications and his archive papers for deposit at the Cadbury Research Library. Nick is a...

Philosopher, essayist, university professor and curator. He was President of the International Association of Art Critics – Portugal. He is a member of the Culture Experts Group of the Organization of Ibero-American States and of the Board of Directors of the Centro...

Renata Kabilaewatala is a faculty member at the Federal University of Goiás (UFG). She holds a Master's and a Doctoral degree in Arts from the University of Campinas (Unicamp), where she also completed her undergraduate degree in Dance. She is affiliated with the...

Full Professor at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), with a PhD in Education from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). She coordinates the Research Group "Culture and Subjectivity in Science Education" within the Graduate Program in Science and Mathematics...

Sonjah Stanley Niaah is a Jamaican scholar, international speaker and Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of the West Indies where she was Director of the Institute of Caribbean Studies (2015-2021). She is a leading author, teacher and researcher on Black...

Sylvio Marinho da Pureza Ramires holds a PhD in Sociology from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) and works in the field of memory, cultural heritage, and their multiple forms of sociability in the Amazon. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Federal...

They hold a degree and doctorate in philosophy (UBA). A lesbian and trans-feminist activist. They work as an Independent Researcher at IIEGE-CONICET and as a Regular Associate Professor at FFyL-UBA, as well as a postgraduate instructor at UNLA. They have published the...