Julia Frajtag Sauma

Americanist Anthropologist with experience in ethnographic research in Rio de Janeiro and the Amazon region. Graduated with a BA in Anthropology from Goldsmiths' College, University of London in 2001; obtained a Master's in Social Anthropology (2007) from the Posgraduate Programme in Social Anthropology of the National Museum at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (PPGAS-MN/UFRJ); and a Master's in Anthropological Research (2008) and a PhD in Anthropology (2014) at University College London. Currently works as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Postgraduate Programme in Social Anthropology of the Philosophy and Human Sciences Faculty (PPGAS/IFCS) at the University of São Paulo (USP), funded through CAPES's (the Brazilian Council for Academic Personnel Improvement) National Postdoctoral Programme and is an Honorary Research Fellow at University College London. Worked as an Anthropological Consultant for NCPI (Nucleus for Early Childhood) from February 2012 until April 2014. Specialises in Amazonian Anthropology, Afroindigenous Anthropology, the Anthropology of Politics, the Anthropology of Religion, Urban Anthropology, Anthropological Theory and Symmetrical Anthropology. Composes the following research groups: NanSi (Symmetrical Anthropology Nucleus) at PPGAS-MN/UFRJ and CROC (Cosmology, Religion, Ontology and Culture) at the Department of Anthropology, UCL.

Antropóloga americanista, com experiência de pesquisa etnográfica no Rio de Janeiro e na Amazônia. Possui graduação em Antropologia pelo Goldsmiths' College, University of London (2001); mestrado em Antropologia Social pelo PPGAS do Museu Nacional/UFRJ (2007); mestrado em Pesquisa Antropológica (2008) e Doutorado em Antropologia (2014), pela University College London. É Pós-Doutoranda no PPGAS da FFLCH/USP e bolsista do PNPD (Programa Nacional de Pós-doutorado) da CAPES e Pesquisadora Associada do Departamento de Antropologia do UCL. Foi Consultora em Antropologia para o Núcleo pela Primeira Infância (2012-2014). Atualmente, pesquisa a relação entre cosmologia e organização sociopolítica nas comunidades remanescentes de quilombos da Amazonia Oriental e outros encontros entre o Estado e povos minoritários no Brasil. Sua áreas de atuação na antropologia incluem Antropologia Amazônica, Antropologia Afroindígena, Antropologia Simétrica, Antropologia da Política e Teoria Antropológica. Integra os grupos de pesquisa NanSi (Núcleo de Antropologia Simétrica) no PPGAS-MN/UFRJ e o CROC (Cosmology, Religion, Ontology and Culture) no Departamento de Antropologia do University College London.