David William Aparecido Ribeiro

Historian, professor and curator, professor at the Museu Paulista of the University of São Paulo, in the Department of Collection and Curation. He holds a Master's degree and a PhD in Social History from the University of São Paulo and a degree in History from Unesp - FCL/Assis. He was supervisor of mediation and public programs at MASP, The São Paulo Museum od Art, where he coordinated the MASP Professores program and participated in the curatorial boards of "Joseca Yanomami: Our Forest-Land" (2022), "Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe: All this is us" (2023), "Gran Fury: Art is Not Enough" and "Video Room: Ventura Profana" (2024). During his master's degree, he completed a research internship at the National Library of Portugal on the career of the Portuguese intellectual and organizer of the historical exhibition for the fourth anniversary of São Paulo, Jaime Cortesão. At the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Belgium) and the International Slavery Museum (UK), he researched the musealization of colonialism and slavery and the relationship between museums and society. He was a history teacher at the São Paulo Municipal School System and an educator at the Afro Brazil Museum. He is a member of the interdisciplinary research group "Ana Gertrudes de Jesus, Woman of the Land: for a Social History of Subaltern Groups in the Global South (Africa and Americas)", based at the FFLCH/USP. He has research experience in the fields of Brazilian history, museology and cultural heritage, Afro-Brazilian and indigenous history, art history, historiography and intellectual history. He is a member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and the National Historical Association (ANPUH) and is a member of the board of the São Paulo section of this association for the 2024-2026 term. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)