Rosana Pinheiro-Machado, anthropologist, is an Assistant Professor of International Development in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences at the University of Bath. Previously, she was a Lecturer at the University of Oxford, and held visiting positions at the University of São Paulo and Harvard University. Pinheiro-Machado acts as a public intellectual in Brazil. She is an awarded-winning columnist of The Intercept Brasil and the author of the book Amanhã Vai Ser Maior (Planeta, 2019), which discusses the conservative turn and resistance in Brazil.
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Anthropology in Times of Hatred Politics
In times of democratic crisis, despair, and hopelessness in Brazil, what answers can we grasp from anthropological and on-the-ground ethnographic knowledge? In ... More
Protesting Democracy in Brazil
What exactly happened in Brazil during June and July, 2013? What started as a protest over an increase in bus fares grew into something much larger, with rallie... More
The Protests in Brazil
What exactly happened in Brazil during June and July, 2013? What started as a protest over an increase in bus fares grew into something much larger, with rallie... More
Paradoxes of Development: Why Now?
In 2009, the cover of The Economist magazine featured the headline, “Brazil takes off.” After the protests, four years later, the magazine asked: “Has Brazil bl... More