Maria José Iachinski

She holds a bachelor's degree and a teaching qualification in History from the University of São Paulo (USP) and is currently a Master's student in Social Anthropology at the same institution, with a scholarship from the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). Her academic work focuses on the field of Social Markers of Difference, with an emphasis on gender, language, and justice. She conducted undergraduate research for three years in the field of anthropology, participating in the projects Trans Cities: ethnographic and political approaches in Butantã and Trans Cities: ethnographic experiments across borders, people, and places, both coordinated by Professor Silvana Nascimento (Department of Anthropology, USP).She received scholarships from the university extension programs Aprender com Cultura e Extensão (Learning through Culture and Extension) and the Unified Scholarship Program (PUB), both offered by USP.In 2021, she published an article in the journal Futuro do Pretérito, from the School of Education at USP, discussing aspects of Paulo Freires work in the literacy of youth and adults in Angicos, a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte (RN), Brazil.In 2025, she undertook a research internship in South Africa as a visiting scholar, with academic activities at the University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch University. The internship was part of her Master's research and also linked to the project (Un)bearable conditions: bureaucratic imperatives, spaces, subjects, and relations in Southern Africa, coordinated by her advisor, Professor Laura Moutinho. Her activities included bibliographic research at both universities, participation in seminars, lectures, and academic events, as well as data collection in public and institutional archives. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)