Research Fields
Anthropology
Urban Anthropology
Ethnography
Social Housing
Transnational Mobilities
Urban Mobilities
Hindu-Gujarati Diaspora
Field Notes
CV
Rita
Cachado,
PhD
in
Urban
Anthropology
(International PhD
Program
ISCTE
Lisbon/URV
Tarragon,
2008)
with
a
Thesis
about
a
Hindu
population
in
Great
Lisbon
and
their
housing
conditions
in
an
informal
settlement
which
was
living
a
rehousing
process.
She
developed
a
long
duration
ethnographic
field
work
with
Hindu
families
in
Lisbon,
and
other
urban
settings,
allowing
the
acquisition
of
a
diversity
of
methodologic
skills.
Presently,
she
is
integrated
researcher
at
CIES-IUL
where
she
develops
her
research
about
Urban
Ethnography
in
Portugal;
she
is
an
invited
teacher
in
Field
Research
and
Urban
Ethnography
courses
(coordinated
by
Professor
Graça
Cordeiro);
and
is
a
member
of
the
Board
of
the
Portuguese
Association
of
Anthropology
(APA).
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