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Feminist Anthropology, Volume 7, Issue 1, May 2026.Abstract This article explores how Afro‐Brazilian communities in Pernambuco respond to state‐led industrial development through culturally rooted practices of resistance and repair. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research in the coastal municipalities of Cabo de Santo Agostinho and Ipojuca, this study traces the effects of Brazil's large‐scale ...
Shelly Annette Biesel
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Gender, Work &Organization, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 105-120, January 2026.ABSTRACT The aim of this research was to understand racial influences on the practices of organizing spaces of sociability by Black Brazilian women. We discuss practice‐based studies (PBS) and racial studies, based on Black feminist, emphasizing race as the basis of organizational practices, especially in organizational spaces in which sociability is a
Josiane Silva de Oliveira +1 more
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Memorandum: Memória e História em Psicologia, 2021 O objetivo deste artigo é descrever a representação dos ciganos no panteão umbandista e modos característicos de uso e o sentido psicológico da sua inclusão neste contexto. Para esse efeito foram realizadas pesquisa etnográfica e consulta a banco de dados com registros audiovisuais de rituais umbandistas e entrevistas com médiuns incorporados e não ...
Lívia Macedo +1 more
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Guerre sainte dans le Cône sud latino-américain : pentecôtistes versus umbandistes
Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 2005 Holy war in the Latinamerican Southern Cone: pentecostalism versus umbanda devotees. The article examines the conflicts that have developed between the Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus and practitioners of Afro-Brazilian religions in Brazil, Uruguay and
Alejandro Frigerio, Ari Pedro Oro
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Horizonte, 2011 O texto tem como proposta investigar o posicionamento de alguns intelectuais da umbanda na primeira metade do século XX, evidenciando suas tentativas de conciliação entre religião e magia.
Artur Cesar Isaia
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Psicologia em Estudo, 2001 O presente trabalho tem como objetivo a caracterização dos Exus e Pombas-Giras, através dos pontos cantados da Umbanda, considerando aspectos que remetem a uma configuração mais ampla de componentes do imaginário social brasileiro.
Adriano Roberto Afonso do Nascimento +2 more
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Reports of Non‐Physical Beings Assisting in Reiki Sessions
Anthropology of Consciousness, Volume 36, Issue 2, Fall 2025.ABSTRACT The belief in non‐physical beings playing crucial roles in illness and healing is widespread across diverse cultures. Our previous study found reports of alleged non‐physical beings during energy medicine sessions. To evaluate the perceived presence and characteristics of non‐physical beings mentioned during Reiki sessions.
Helané Wahbeh +3 more
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Creating the Complexo de Israel: Religion, Urban Orders, and Aesthetics in Rio de Janeiro
City &Society, Volume 37, Issue 2, August 2025.ABSTRACT This article centers on the relation between religion, criminal(ized) economies, and the production of urban space in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Our empirical focus lies on the Israel Complex, a cluster of favelas located in the city's northern periphery.
Jolien van Veen, Martijn Oosterbaan
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HISTÓRIA, USOS, CRENÇAS E VALORES MÍSTICOS DO CAFÉ DENTRO DAS TRADIÇÕES AFRO-DIASPÓRICAS/UMBANDA
Caminhos, 2023 Este artigo tem por objetivo refletir sobre história, usos e valores místicos do café, tendo como âncora as religiões de matriz africana (com ênfase na Umbanda e no Afro-catolicismo) e os saberes tradicionais quilombolas. O artigo é resultado de estudos
Rosinalda Côrrea da Silva Simoni
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Objects of “imprisonment”: Diasporic museum collections on ethnographic display
Curator: The Museum Journal, Volume 67, Issue 4, Page 805-820, October 2024.Abstract The article reflects on the place and the narratives in which collections of the Afro‐Brazilian diaspora are inscribed in the context of ethnographic museums in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Presenting a brief sociohistorical analysis of two collections, one in the Civil Police Museum and the other in the Édison Carneiro Folklore Museum, it ...
Bruno Brulon Soares
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