Eduardo Falcão

A historian and musician, he holds a PhD in Music, specialising in Ethnomusicology (2025), from the University of Aveiro. His thesis, entitled *Agapito de Miranda, creator of memories: the autoethnographic notebooks of a 20th-century collector of songs from Goa, was carried out with the support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (FCG-PGLCP/2017/210476:2018) and the Foundation for Science and Technology (SFRH/BD/144797/2019).

He holds a Master’s degree in History and Heritage from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Porto, where he submitted his dissertation entitled *Everyone Became a Fado Singer: Resonances of the Process of Designating Fado as Cultural Heritage in the City of Porto*. He also holds a postgraduate qualification in Music, specialising in popular guitar, from the São Paulo State School of Music (EMESP).

Focusing on South Asia, her research explores musical practices at the intersection of history, ethnomusicology and heritage studies. Her publications are the result of extensive fieldwork carried out in India, Portugal and Brazil. As a string player, he actively participates in various musical projects, playing the Indian sitar, bouzouki, cavaquinho and acoustic guitar. He was a research fellow on the Liber|Sound project: Innovative archival practices for the liberation of sound memory. Recorded music, transcontinental experience, connected communities. As a musician, he was also part of the artistic team for the Sons com Sabor de Casa project.