Biography

Maria Figueira is a masters student in Anthropology, Specialization in Visual Cultures, at the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities. She has a degree in Anthropology from the University of Coimbra (2017), having obtained the Academic Merit Award from the University of Coimbra in the academic year 2016/17 (3% of the Best Students Award).

During her degree she participated in the Erasmus+ Mobility Program at Københavns Universitet (Denmark). She was part of the independent debate group, «Agora Pensa» (2015-2016) and was part of the Anthropology Students Group of the University of Coimbra (NEA-AAC, 2015-2016), participating in the design and organisation of the conference «Destino Europa» , supported by the University of Coimbra. She did additional training in Documentary and Museology (2019) at the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities. She was an intern and worked as a collaborator at the Lisbon Museum where she participated in the realization of the exhibition «Hortas de Lisboa. From the Middle Ages to the 21st Century» at the Lisbon Museum (2019-2020).

She is currently a research fellow in the project TRANSMAT — Transnational Materialities (1850-1930): Reconstituting collections and connecting histories (PTDC/FER-HFC/2793/2020).

Research fields

• Social sciences
• Sociology
• Anthropology

Selected publications

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Main projects

• Fellow of the project “TRANSMAT — Transnational Materialities (1850-1930): Reconstituting collections and connecting histories” — Coordinated by Elisabete Pereira (IHC — University of Évora) and funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (PTDC/FER-HFC/2793/2020). 2021-2023 [link]