Paulo Raposo is a Professor at the Department of Anthropology of the Instituto Universitário de Lisboa and a Visiting Professor at PPGAS (UFSC). He is a researcher and the vice-president of the Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia (CRIA). He has collaborated with various artistic collectives and structures, and has curated many events that reflect the relationship between art and politics in transdisciplinary intersections. His research focuses on aesthetic cultural performances, social movements, artivism, intangible heritage and the public space. It has been presented in both national and international publications. He is the author of the books “Por detrás da Máscara. Ensaio em Antropologia da Performance” (2011), “no Brasil A Terra do Não-lugar. Diálogos entre Performance e Antropologia” (Edufsc, 2014, e-book, 2019, no prelo), “Textos para uma história da arte socialmente comprometida” (Sistema Solar, 2019, co-authored with Carlos Garrido Castelhano), and the collective book “Cidades Rebeldes invisibilidades, silenciamentos, resistências e potências” (EDUFSC, 2019, co-authored with Scott Head and Allende Renck).