Research unit: Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA - NOVA FCSH)
Research areas: Environmental Anthropology, Ethnobotany / Ethnobiology / Ethnoecology, African contexts
Amélia Frazão Moreira
Training
| Year | Area | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Social Anthropology | Doctor | ISCTE-Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa, Lisboa, Portugal. |
| 1991 | Sociology | Master | UTAD-Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal |
| 1985 | Anthropology | Graduate | FCSH/UNL-Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas/ Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal |
Recent publications
- BOOKS
- FRAZÃO-MOREIRA, Amélia (2009) Plantas e "Pecadores". Percepções da Natureza em África [Plants and "Pecadores". Perceptions of Nature in Africa], Lisboa: Livros Horizonte.
- FRAZÃO-MOREIRA, Amélia & FERNANDES, Manuel Miranda (eds.) (2006) Plantas e Saberes. No limiar da Etnobotânica em Portugal [Plants and Knowledge. Ethnobotany in Portugal], Lisboa: Colibri.
- BOOK CHAPTERS
- FRAZÃO-MOREIRA, A. (2016) "Arquivos etnográficos... com plantas e imagens de animais" in Sónia Vespeira de Almeida e Rita Cachado (org.) Os arquivos dos antropólogos, pp.79-87.
Research projects
| Title | |
|---|---|
| "Chimpanzee tool-use in Guinea-Bissau and behavioural complexity" (FCT-EXPL/IVC-ANT/0997/2013) (2014), team member | http://cria.org.pt/wp/en/chimpanzee-tool-use-in-guinea-bissau-and-behavioural-complexity/ |
| “Where humans and chimpanzees meet: assessing sympatry throughout Africa using a multi-tiered approach" (FCT-PTDC/CS-ANT/121124/2010, 2012-2015), team member | http://cria.org.pt/wp/en/where-humans-and-chimpanzees-meet-assessing-sympatry-throughout-africa-using-a-multi-tiered-approach/ |
| “Avaliação da atitude social da população em áreas de reintrodução do lince e determinação de temas chave no território português” [“Assessment of the social attitude of the population in areas of reintroduction of lynx and determination of key themes in Portuguese territory”], funded by Associação Iberlinx, LIFE IBERLINCE (LIFE+NATUREZA 10 NAT/ES/000570 IBERLINCE para a “Recuperação da distribuição histórica do Lince ibérico (Lynx pardinus) em Espanha e Portugal) (2014-2015); Coordination | http://cria.org.pt/wp/en/evaluation-of-population-attitudes-in-lynx-reintroduction-areas-and-associated-key-themes-in-portuguese-territories/ |
| “Portuguese Castles aboard II. Heritage, Tourism and Portuguese cultural cooperation in African contexts", (FCT-PTDC/HAH/67235/2006 (2007-2011); team member. Case study– “Rhetoric and conceptions of nature and animals in colonial and post-colonial times (Mozambique)”. | http://cria.org.pt/wp/en/portuguese-castles-aboard-ii-heritage-tourism-and-portuguese-cultural-cooperation-in-african-contexts/ |
| “Ethnobotany of the Northeastern Region of Portugal: local knowledge, plants and uses”, (FCT-POCI/ANT/59395/2004) (2005-2009); Coordination | |
| "Chimpanzee distribution and relation with local human communities in coastal area of Guinea-Bissau" (FCT-POCI/ANT/57434/2004 (2005-2009); team member. | |
| "Portuguese castles abroad. Heritage and cultural co-operation between Portugal and the arab-islamic countries" (FCT-POCTI/ANT/48629/2002) (2004-2006); team member. Case study - "The Arabic gum. From the caravans to the modern appropriation in a Mauritania oasis". | http://castelos-a-bombordo.tiddlyspot.com/ |
Professional experience
| Position |
|---|
| UNESCO Expert – Member of the Evaluation Body - Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage - cycles 2015-2018. |
| President of CRIA (Center for Research in Anthropology), Portugal (October 2012- October 2015) |
| Member of CRIA's Executive Board. Coordinator of FCSH/Nova's network (2009-2012) |
| Coordinator of Master in Anthropology: Nature and Conservation, FCSH/Nova (2008-2016) |
| Invited Professor in Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain (Master - Investigación Social aplicada al Medio Ambiente) (2010-2013) |