Care and production of the body in the experiences of trans people in the Amazonian Triple Frontier

• Grant number: 25/22918-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: March 16, 2026
• End date: September 15, 2026
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Collective Health - Public Health
• Principal Investigator: José Miguel Nieto Olivar
• Grantee: Michel de Oliveira Furquim dos Santos
• Supervisor: Jose Ignacio Pichardo Galan
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Saúde Pública (FSP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Spain
• Associated to the scholarship: 23/13782-9 - Composing worlds: abjection, assemblages of care e ancestries with bixas trans and travestis in São Paulo (SP) and Tabatinga (AM), BP.DR

Abstract

This project proposes a doctoral stay at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), under the supervision of Professor José Ignacio Pichardo Galán, between January and July 2026, as part of my doctoral program at the School of Public Health of the University of São Paulo (FSP-USP). The research focuses on the experiences of trans people in the Amazonian Triple Frontier (Brazil, Colombia, and Peru). Based on a multi-sited ethnography in Terreiros of Afro-Indigenous religions (Umbanda and Candomblé) and in urban contexts, the project seeks to analyze how these individuals produce their bodies and collective networks of care through complex sociotechnical arrangements. Faced with a history of stigmatization, precariousness, and abjection, their practices point to paths of resistance and the creation of possible worlds in critical contexts. The international stay will allow for a deeper theoretical and methodological dialogue with gender, sexuality, kinship, and diversity studies, coordinated by Pichardo Galán, an international expert in the field. The academic exchange, access to specialized bibliography, and participation in seminars and research groups will provide a comparative basis for understanding how different dissident experiences act as agents in the production of care and health. The goal is to strengthen the analysis of ethnographic material collected between 2024 and 2025, produce an internationally co-authored scientific article, and consolidate critical research networks on the body, care, and gender dissidence, broadening the horizons of collective health in these areas. (AU)