Wynton Guess

Culture, Identities, and Power
Contact:
a2019104481@campus.fcsh.unl.pt
Biography
Wynton is a doctoral student in Contemporary History enrolled at the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities with a background in music composition. His thesis focuses on how trap music can be interpreted as a reflection of a youth culture and temporal experience shaped by neoliberalism, the forces of the 2008 economic crash and the resultant years of recession and crisis.
He graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelors in Music with a major in Composition from Boston Conservatory where he was awarded the Roger Sessions Memorial Composition Award. He earned a Masters in Music with a major in Composition from The Royal College of Music in London.
Research fields
- Cultural history
- Popular music studies
- Cultural studies
Selected publications
- Wynton Kelly Stone Guess, “The new faith of Kendrick Lamar: Dramatic unity in ‘Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City,” PopMatters , 8 February 2016, https://www.popmatters.com/the-new-faith-of-kendrick-lamar-dramatic-unity-in-good-kid-m-a-a-d-city-2495454626.html.
- Wynton Guess, “The Best Kanye Review: Life Of Pablo,” RAP Rehab , 22 February 2016, https://raprehab.com/kanye-west-review-life-of-pablo-hype-or-hit/.
Main projects
- “Making Up Trap, A History of Trap Music, Youth Culture and the 2008 crisis” — PhD thesis to be presented to the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities, supervised by José Neves (IHC — NOVA FCSH). 2020-
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outubro, 2025
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António Borges Coelho — In Memoriam
Oct 18, 2025
Statement of condolence from the Boards of IHC, IEM and CHAM
Cristina Nogueira — In Memoriam
Oct 11, 2025
Note of condolence on the passing of researcher Cristina Nogueira
Quintino Lopes invited by the ERC as an expert reviewer
Oct 3, 2025
Quintino Lopes was invited to act as an expert reviewer in the ERC Consolidator Grants 2025 competition
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