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Moises Lino e Silva

@linoesilva.bsky.social

Anthropologist. Faculty Member at UFBA - The Federal University of Bahia. Author of "Minoritarian Liberalism: a Travesti Life in a Brazilian Favela." (2022).

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When one’s academic work is acknowledged in unexpected ways… I feel deeply honored. 🙏🏽

09.06.2025 00:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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DELIGHTED to deliver the keynote for the ISDD 2025 conference in Osogbo and two master classes at Osun State University in Nigeria. Recognition from peers in the Global South means so much. VERY THANKFUL! #osun #keynote #nigeria

17.05.2025 13:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Politics of matter and politics of ontology In what possible world could a calabash put a curse on one’s whole family? Or the forging of iron objects could deplete one’s life force? And diapers could constitute reliable indicators of anal sex a...

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03.05.2025 16:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEW PUBLICATION ALERT - "In what possible world could a calabash put a curse on one’s whole family? (…) And diapers could constitute reliable indicators of anal sex activity?" - Lino e Silva, M. “Politics of matter and politics of ontology.” HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 15 (2025): 211–214.

03.05.2025 16:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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What a wonderfully engaged audience for my lecture @cmestunisia yesterday! I’m very thankful! 🙏🙏🙏

03.05.2025 16:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A JRAI review of "Minoritarian Liberalism" just came out: “At the heart of this ethnography is Natasha, a travesti and a self-proclaimed ‘libertine whore’ who migrated from the Brazilian hinterland, where she struggled with being trans, to a favela which was experienced as a ‘liberal heterotopia’"

21.02.2025 15:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It is my birthday and I am proud of who I am! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

20.01.2025 03:16 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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End of year gathering with current and former advisees! Proud of our journey! 💛

15.12.2024 02:44 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Delighted to join CA’s editorial board! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

05.12.2024 15:57 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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02.12.2024 23:42 — 👍 31    🔁 7    💬 6    📌 0

I'd love to join you! Thanks!

03.12.2024 00:50 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#LYOTARD

20.11.2024 13:49 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“A mesmerizing ethnography of the largest favela in Rio, where residents articulate their own politics of freedom against the backdrop of multiple forms of oppression.”

18.11.2024 23:47 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

here is the **very** beginning of a starter pack for queer & trans anthropology, thanks to encouragement from @noahtamarkin.bsky.social

please let me know who I missed or if you want to be added!!

go.bsky.app/2zyf7hk

15.11.2024 13:58 — 👍 115    🔁 40    💬 11    📌 3

Great idea! I'd love to join the group. Thanks!

17.11.2024 19:45 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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With Gloria Wekker and Egbomi Cici @UFBA.

16.11.2024 11:24 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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