Research Areas: Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Sociology of Culture
Research Themes: ethnography of economic practices; exchange theory; material culture; political economy
Link(s): Lattes
E-mail: andre.nahoum@usp.br
Phone: +55 11 3091-3777
Room: 2133
Short Biography:
Professor Doctor. He is also a researcher associated with the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning (Cebrap) and the Center for Studies in Culture and Economics, at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (NUCEC-UFRJ). He holds a doctorate in sociology from the University of São Paulo and from the International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.
He holds master's degrees in sociology from the London School of Economics and Political Science and in legal sociology from the Department of Philosophy and General Theory of Law at the University of São Paulo.
He has expertise in ethnography of economic practices, economic sociology and anthropology, exchange theory, cultural sociology, material culture, and political economy.
Minicurrículo:
Professor Doutor do Departamento de Sociologia da Universidade de São Paulo e coordenador do grupo de pesquisa Krisis: Crise, Incerteza e Subsistência. É doutor em sociologia pela Universidade de São Paulo e pela International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy do Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies. Detém mestrados em sociologia pela London School of Economics and Political Science e em sociologia jurídica pelo Departamento de Filosofia e Teoria Geral do Direito da Universidade de São Paulo. Tem experiência em etnografia das práticas e conhecimentos econômicos, sociologia e antropologia econômicas, sociologia do conhecimento, economia política, cultura material e teorias das trocas.