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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IHC is awarded eight new CEEC contracts from FCT
Oct 22, 2025
New research contracts: four in the Junior category and four in the Assistant category
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
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