marina dadico amâncio de souza
(she/her/ela)
department of latin american & latino studies, ucsc
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olá! i am a 2nd-year phd student in the latin american and latino studies program at ucsc, originally from southern brazil.
my research interests contemplate black geographies, marronage, and black political mobilizations in the américas, with a special focus on urban quilombola communities in the south of brazil.
🤓📚🗣️ in my free time, I've been obsessing over my duolingo streak
news
October 20, 2023
my paper “Between Black Roots and Asphalt: Quilombola Political Struggles in Porto Alegre and West Pará” was accepted for the 17th brasa congress on april 2024, at the san diego state university 🥳👩🏾🏫✨
May 16, 2023
the uc multicampus research programs & initiatives (mrpi) “routes of enslavement” awarded my project with research funds! 🔍🇧🇷
April 18, 2023
my project was selected for a brazilian initiation scholarship (bis) sponsored by the brazilian studies association (brasa)! i will be going to pará (brazil) in the summer for fieldwork 🔍🇧🇷
January 25, 2022
🐌 i got into grad school! starting september 2022, i'm going to be a phd student in the latin american & latino studies program at uc santa cruz.