Paula Bessa Braz

Bachelor of Social Sciences from the Federal University of Ceará, Master in Social Anthropology from the University of São Paulo. Currently, she is a member of the Postgraduate Program in Social Anthropology at the University of São Paulo (PPGAS - USP), at the doctoral level, under the supervision of Professor Dr. Rose Satiko, in a research project that investigates the role of music making in the creation of links between social vulnerability and the articulation of peripheral locations. She was part of the thematic research group "Musicar local - novas trilhares para a ethnomusicologia", funded by FAPESP, and the Research in Anthropology and Music (PAM), belonging to the Laboratory of Image and Sound in Anthropology (LISA) at the University of São Paulo. She is interested in the areas of Anthropology of Expressive Forms, Musical and Visual Anthropology and Ethnomusicology. She has experience in the preparation and implementation of qualitative research in community contexts, having worked both in the coordination of field research groups and in the analysis of results and their developments. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)