A festival in the Rio suburbs: persons and things surrounding Cosmas and Damian

Authors

  • Thiago da Costa Oliveira PhD in Social Anthropology, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2525-3123.gis.2018.142529

Keywords:

Cosmas and Damian, Suburbs, Rio de Janeiro, Gift exchange, Ethnographic photography

Abstract

This essay provides a photo-ethnographic description of the Cosmas and Damian festivities in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro, focusing on the processes involved in producing the offerings and mobilizing families and neighbourhoods, as well as the characteristic spatial dynamics of the gift exchanges that unfold in this context.

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Author Biography

  • Thiago da Costa Oliveira, PhD in Social Anthropology, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

    Graduated in History, with an MA and PhD in Social Anthropology at the Museu Nacional [National Museum] (UFRJ), Thiago da Costa Oliveira is an anthropologist, photographer, and documentarist. In 2015 he published the photobook Metoro Kukradjá: a estética ritual Mebengôkre-Kayapó in partnership with the anthropologist André Demarchi. His audio-visual production includes the film Nossa Pintura [Our Painting], exhibited in national and international festivals (winning the award for best short film at the Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival – Curta Cinema – in 2014, Youth Jury). He is currently a postdoctoral researcher on the Postgraduate Program in Social Anthropology at the National Museum (UFRJ) and a cultural documentation project’s manager at the Museu do Índio [Indian Museum]/Funai (PROGDOC/Unesco).

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Published

2018-07-23

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2018)

Section

Gesture, image and sounds

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How to Cite

Oliveira, Thiago da Costa. 2018. “A Festival in the Rio Suburbs: Persons and Things Surrounding Cosmas and Damian”. GIS - Gesture, Image and Sound - Anthropology Journal 3 (1). https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2525-3123.gis.2018.142529.