Encounters with Anthropology: Anthropologies in the Gaúcha campaign
On October 3, at 2:30 pm, in IFCH/UFRGS (Vale Campus) room, the anthropologies in the Rio Grande do Sul campaign takes place: Lida Champira, identities and multispecies landscapes at Pampa. The activity is part of the Encounters with Anthropology, promoted by the PPG in Social Anthropology of UFRGS.
The debate will be attended by Ondina Fachel Leal (UFRGS) and Flávia Rieth (UFPel), with coordination and mediation of Jean Segata (UFRGS).
About Ondina Fachel Leal
Ondina Fachel Leal is an anthropologist, retired professor at the Department of Anthropology at UFRGS. PhD in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley (1989), with the thesis The Gauchos: Male Culture and Identity in the Pampas, performed postdoctoral in medical anthropology at Harvard Medical School (1997). He is also a master's degree in Anthropology from UC Berkeley (1985), Master in Social Anthropology (UFRGS, 1983) and Bachelor of Social Sciences from UFRGS (1980).
was a pq cnpq scholarship and, between 2000 and 2006, coordinated the Ford Foundation's sexuality and reproductive health program in Brazil. He served as a consultant to the World Health Organization (1998-2014) and as a member of the Technical Review Panel of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malary (2009-2014). In 2014-2015 was Visiting Scholar at the University of Georgia (USA).
Your trajectory combines research and performance in anthropology applied to health, gender, sexuality, occupational health and intellectual property. Among his publications include the books The Gauchos: Male Culture and Identity in Pampa (Tomo Editorial, 2021; 2nd ed. 2024), the social reading of the eight (Voices, 1986), Body and Meaning (UFRGS, 2001) and Ethnographic Chronicles (Tomo Editorial, 2025).
About Flávia Rieth
Flávia Rieth is an associate professor at the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), PhD in Social Anthropology from UFRGS (2000), same institution where she completed the master's degree (1991) and the degree in Social Sciences (1986). His research address culture and heritage, anthropology and environment, urban anthropology and family relations and kinship.
is responsible for the work of recognizing the champion as an intangible cultural heritage, in partnership with the Institute of National Historical and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN). More information is available at Lida Champira - UFPel .