Érica Peçanha Do Nascimento

Graduated in Sociology and Politics from the School of Sociology and Politics Foundation of São Paulo. Master and PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Sao Paulo, with post-doctorate in Education from the same institution. Author of Marginal Voices in Literature (Aeroplano, 2009), about the projection of writers from the periphery in the contemporary literary scenario; and coauthor of Marginal Polyphonies (Aeroplano, 2015), which presents interviews with black and peripheral literary producers. Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Advanced Studies at USP and general supervisor of the Democracy, Arts and Plural Knowledge Project, aimed at expanding the ways of access, dialogue and permanence of peripheral groups at USP. Works in the areas of urban anthropology, social research and humanities and health, focusing on discussions about the periphery, culture and youth. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)