Subjects, conventions and differences: uses and transnational circulation of travesti and transsexual categories

• Grant number: 12/05742-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: September 01, 2012
• End date: January 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Anthropology
• Principal Investigator: Júlio Assis Simões
• Grantee: Bruno Cesar Barbosa
• Supervisor: Miguel de Matos Castanheira do Vale de Almeida
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University College London (UCL), England

Abstract

This project aims to describe the main activities to be held in the internship abroad (University College London, London, United Kingdom). The main goal is contribute theorical and methodologically to the development of my doctoral thesis, sponsored by FAPESP. The main contributions will be the participation in seminars and conferences, the access to bibliography and the oportunity of meeting the work and to be supervised by Dr. Sahra Gibbon. (AU)