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Project

Dancing Ethnicities in a transnational world

References
SFR/BDP/87653/2012
Execution Deadline
01 Sep, 2013
29 Feb, 2012
Institution
Research Group

Post-doctoral Project

Livia PD

Advisor

Salwa Castelo-Branco

Coordenation

Livia Jiménez

Reference

SFR/BDP/87653/2012

Period

September 2013 to February 2019

Abstract

The goal of the project is to explore the ways to build ethnicity in social dance contexts. The main focus in recent years has been the dance phenomenon called kizomba.  The fieldwork has been carried out in “African clubs”, kizomba nightclubs, dance schools and international festivals . By contrast settings, the ethnography includes the bailarico of the popular gatherings in Lisbon, the chotis in Madrid, and the bachata festivals in Spain.