Urban ethnographies

This project proposes the construction of a visual and analytical collection of manifestations of resistance and rebellion in urban contexts in Brazil, Latin America, and Europe. Using ethnographic photography, the project seeks to capture everyday expressions of insurgency, dissent, memory, and demands inscribed in urban landscapes—be they graffiti, tagging, contested monuments, occupations, performative acts, or other forms of spatial intervention. The proposal combines image and social research, drawing on interdisciplinary approaches that integrate history, urban anthropology, and visual studies. The photographs are accompanied by ethnographic records and reflective analyses, composing an archive that challenges hegemonic modes of narrating the city and highlights practices of resistance and insurgent subjectivities circulating in contemporary urban space. The project is part of the activities of the CNPq Research Group on Latin American History, Memory and Narratives and maintains academic partnerships with Brazilian and foreign institutions, consolidating itself as a space for critical reflection on the relationships between politics, aesthetics, memory and the city.