Otávio Raposo holds a degree in Sociology from the Nova University Lisbon and a PhD in anthropology from the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL). He is a researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology and an invited professor in the Social Research Methods department at ISCTE-IUL. He was a visiting scholar in the USA (Brown University and University of Massachusetts Boston), and Brazil (UFRJ and USP). He is the author and editor of several international publications in urban studies, youth cultures, arts, African diaspora, segregation, and racism, with ethnography as the main approach. He is currently addressing the artistic practices of young people from the outskirts, and the public policies addressed to them, coordinating the PERICREATIVITY project. He is the director of several ethnographic films, including “At Quinta with Kally”, winner of the Portuguese Anthropological Association awards in 2019.
