Profile
Abstract
Social Anthropologist and research fellow at the Leipzig Lab "Global Health", working on the project "Pandemic Space: Understanding Quarantine and Responsibilization in Times of Corona". Associated with the Research Centre Global Dynamics (ReCentGlobe) at the Leipzig University.
His research interests are on the fields of medical anthropology, urban studies, race and racism, with a regional focus on South Africa.
He is currently working on the dissertation "Responsibilization and Quarantine around COVID-19 in South Africa: a study of social distancing practices in Khayelitsha, Cape Town".
Education
- since 05/2022
PhD Candidate (Universität Leipzig, Germany): "Responsibilization and Quarantine around COVID-19 in South Africa: a study of social distancing practices in Khayelitsha, Cape Town" - 01/2021 - 12/2021
Affiliate Research Student (Stellenbosch University, South Africa): fieldwork in Cape Town and Stellenbosch during the MA, funded by a scholarship from the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) - 02/2019 - 05/2022
MA (University of São Paulo, Brazil): Social Anthropology, funded by a scholarship from the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). Thesis: "Moffies in the military: race/ethnicity, gender and (homo)sexuality in the South African Army during apartheid" - 02/2013 - 01/2019
BA (University of São Paulo, Brazil): International Relations