https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/2338 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:57:40 GMT 2026-04-17T05:57:40Z https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/44385 MODA AFRO - AFRO (NA) MODA: REFLEXÕES SOBRE O CONSUMO DE MODA AFRO E RELAÇÕES IDENTITÁRIAS EM DUAS DIÁSPORAS AMERICANAS Santos, Daisy Conceição Sousa Júnior, Vilson Caetano This thesis investigates how ethnic identities are constructed and expressed through the consumption of Afro fashion in two central cities of the Black diaspora in the Americas: Salvador (Brazil) and New York (USA). Drawing from the fields of consumer anthropology and racial studies, the research seeks to understand the role of Afro fashion in the (re)affirmation of Blackness, as well as who produces and consumes these cultural goods, and with what motivations. The investigation articulates multi-sited ethnography (with participant observation conducted in both cities), autoethnography, semi-structured interviews with producers and consumers, in addition to some virtual ethnographic analyses. The results indicate that, although Afro fashion is consolidated in the consumer market, it is traversed by racism and market disputes in both territorial poles. Consumption, in turn, reveals itself as a practice of belonging, reclaiming identity, a sense of community, and image construction, operating simultaneously as an aesthetic, political, and affective gesture. It can be concluded that Afro fashion acts as a device for identity agency in diasporas and as a field for the elaboration of visual narratives that reconfigure the Black presence in contemporary urban spaces. Universidade Federal da Bahia Tese Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/44385 2026-01-05T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/44373 O momento em que eu me construo”: Técnicas do corpo e construção da pessoa fitness em academias no Brasil e na França González Cabrera, Edward Armando Vega Sanabria, Guillermo Fitness today establishes itself as a global phenomenon, driven by the rapid expansion of gyms and discourses valorizing physical and sports activity (PSA) as an instrument of self-production. This research examines the social building of the "fitness person" throughout a learning process of body techniques and interwoven social class, gender, and race relationships. How is the fitness person constructed as both a social and subjective category within transnational franchise gyms in Brazil and France? At the intersection of anthropology and sociology, this comparative ethnography is based on nearly seven non-continuous years of fieldwork (2017-2024) in two transnational franchises: Body Fit (in Brazil) and Perfect Body (in France) – combining participant observation, 50 semi-structured interviews, and 873 quantitative observations. The results indicate that the fitness person emerges as a social figure. Both globalized and locally situated, it is characterized by the incorporation of new body techniques and the adoption of an ethos of discipline and self-transformation. Fitness thus appears as an ambivalent space: simultaneously a site of reproduction of social hierarchies and negotiation of established norms, particularly gender norms, within a neoliberal context of subject self-entrepreneurship.; Le fitness s’impose aujourd'hui comme un phénomène global, porté par l’expansion rapide des salles de sport et par des discours valorisant l’activité physique et sportive (APS) comme instrument de production de soi. Cette recherche interroge la construction sociale de la « personne fitness » à travers l'apprentissage de techniques du corps et l’entrelacement des rapports de classe sociale, de genre et de race. Comment la personne fitness se construit-t-elle en tant que catégorie sociale et subjective dans les salles de sport de franchises transnationales au Brésil et en France ? À la croisée de l'anthropologie et de la sociologie, cette ethnographie comparative repose sur près de sept ans non continus d’études de terrain (2017-2024) dans deux franchises transnationales : Body Fit (au Brésil) et Perfect Body (en France) – combinant observation participante, 50 entretiens semi-structurés et 873 observations quantitatives. Les résultats indiquent que la personne fitness émerge comme figure sociale. À la fois globalisée et localement située, elle est caractérisée par l'incorporation de nouvelles techniques du corps et par l'adoption d'un ethos de discipline et d'auto-transformation. Le fitness apparaît ainsi comme un espace ambivalent : à la fois lieu de reproduction des hiérarchies sociales et de négociation des normes établies, notamment de genre, dans un contexte néolibéral d'auto-entrepreneuriat du sujet.; El fitness se impone hoy como un fenómeno global, impulsado por la rápida expansión de los gimnasios y por discursos que valorizan la actividad física y deportiva (AFD) como instrumento de producción de sí mismo. Esta investigación interroga la construcción social de la "persona fitness" a través del aprendizaje de técnicas del cuerpo y el entrelazamiento de las relaciones de clase social, género y raza. ¿Cómo se construye la persona fitness como categoría social y subjetiva en los gimnasios de franquicias transnacionales en Brasil y Francia? En el cruce de la antropología y la sociología, esta etnografía comparativa se basa en casi siete años no continuos de investigación de campo (2017-2024) en dos franquicias transnacionales: Body Fit (en Brasil) y Perfect Body (en Francia) – combinando observación participante, 50 entrevistas semiestructuradas y 873 observaciones cuantitativas. Los resultados indican que la persona fitness emerge como figura social. A la vez globalizada y localmente situada, se caracteriza por la incorporación de nuevas técnicas del cuerpo y por la adopción de un ethos de disciplina y autotransformación. El fitness aparece así como un espacio ambivalente: simultáneamente lugar de reproducción de las jerarquías sociales y de negociación de las normas establecidas, especialmente de género, en un contexto neoliberal de auto-emprendimiento del sujeto. Universidade Federal da Bahia / Université Rennes 2 Tese Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/44373 2025-11-28T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/44370 ENCANTARIAS DISSIDENTES Artistas trans e travestis e suas cosmovisões do encantado a partir da vivência no culto do Tambor de Mina em Belém do Pará. Moura, Xan DI Alexandria Junior, Vilson Caetano de Sousa This dissertation focuses on the cosmovisions of the enchanted and the practice of enchantment in a Tambor de Mina on the outskirts of Belém, seeking to understand how its practitioners, young trans/travestite artists, have articulated this cosmos with issues of sexual and gender dissidence, in order to think about the body, the city and the retaking of Afro-indigenous epistemics. Thus, based on the experiences of these subjects, I seek to identify, at the intersection of spirituality, art and religiosity, memories, reflections and nominations that bring forth images and imaginaries of the enchanted in the elaboration of their subjectivities, and processes of self-affirmation of identity, imbricated with notions of belonging, the city, Afro-indigenous ancestry, defense of the material and immaterial territory of the Amazon, and processes of healing against the colonial project. In an approach that privileges the analysis of the ethnographic context and the speeches of these subjects based on the problematization between transgenderism/travesty and spirituality, this research is dedicated to understanding how the enchanted and the practice of enchantment produce meaning for their practitioners, collaborating for their individual and community emancipation in the production of the debate on gender, sexuality and race, from the Amazon as well as the mobilization of the arts as an aesthetic tool for the flow of this knowledge. The intention is to give intelligibility to ways of producing knowledge by recognizing the thought-making of these subjects and their contributions to the construction of Brazilian identity, on bodies overflowing with sexuality and gender. UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA BAHIA Dissertação Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/44370 2025-11-19T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/44341 À Luz de Helena Ignez ou cada uma tem o seu jeito de dizer as coisas: antropologias, extratos, cinemas, acasos Lopes, Hyndra Gomes Alencar, Roselene de Cássia de Helena Ignez, the character Jarda Ícone, and Joy Is the Acid Test, a 2023 film, are the central themes of this research, which explores, within the interstices of anthropology and cinema, ways of producing knowledge. Based on conversations with Helena Ignez and people connected to her work, as well as the realization of the film exhibition À Luz de Helena - Helena Ignez no cinema brasileiro (In the Light of Helena - Helena Ignez in Brazilian Cinema), the dissertation connects how images, curatorial and creative practices can activate relationships, memories, temporalities, and contexts. Methodologically, my work articulates ethnographic writing and montage as an analytical principle, where extracts and coincidences are fundamental. Thus, cinema is not merely an object of research, but a relational field. The dissertation contributes to debates on the creation of anthropological fields, cinematic refuges, image-landscapes, authorship disputes, and performance. This research aims to reflect on the work of Helena Ignez in light of anthropological theory. Whether films, anthropologies, or ethnographies, each has its own way of expressing things. Universidade Federal da Bahia Dissertação Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/44341 2026-03-02T00:00:00Z