Débora Previatti

Graduated in Social Sciences (UFSC), with a master's and doctorate in Political Sociology (UFSC), and a sandwich doctorate carried out at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) at the Centre Européen de Sociologie et de Science Politique (CESSP). She is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). She teaches undergraduate courses in Nutrition and Gastronomy, is a permanent professor in the Graduate Program in Social Sciences, and a collaborating professor in the Graduate Program in Food, Nutrition, and Health at UFBA. She is one of the leaders of LAPOCS - Laboratory of Research in Power, Culture, Politics, Social Practices, and Symbolic Hierarchies. She also participates in the Center for Studies and Research in Food and Culture - NEPAC. She has experience in the field of Sociology, with an emphasis on Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Food, Sociology of Elites, and Sociology of Health. Her current research interests include fields of symbolic production; tastes and lifestyles; circulation of symbolic goods; cultural intermediaries; cultural industry; cookbooks and gastronomy; publishing and translation. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)