Personal Presentation

Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from the University of São Paulo (USP), with a postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Anthropology of the same institution. Permanent professor member of the Graduate Program in Social Development (PPGDS) and professor in the Department of Social Sciences at the State University of Montes Claros (Unimontes-MG). Coordinator of the Citadino Research Group at Unimontes. Member of the Editorial Board of the Antropologia Hoje Collection (Hucitec) and full member of the Brazilian Anthropological Association (ABA) since 2010. Served as coordinator of the Graduate Program in Social Development at Unimontes (PPGDS/Unimontes-MG) from 2022 to 2024. Responsible for supervising research at undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels, as well as postdoctoral projects. Member of the Project Evaluation Committee for the Applied Social Sciences field at FAPEMIG since 2025. Holder of a CNPq Research Productivity Fellowship (PQ Level 2) since 2023. Currently engaged in postdoctoral research at the University of Porto, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Lígia Ferro. Areas of expertise include Urban Anthropology, Youth Anthropology, and the Anthropology of Sports.

Selected articles:

• MACHADO, GIANCARLO MARQUES CARRARO; ROMÃO, MURILO. In search of picos: street skateboarding in the financial centers of São Paulo city (Brazil). SPORT IN SOCIETY, v. 28, p. 281-292, 2025. Available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17430437.2025.2452692
• MACHADO, Giancarlo Marques Carraro. Cidades para quais pessoas? Sobre as contradições da reforma do Vale do Anhangabaú. TEMPO SOCIAL (USP), v. 34, p. 1-22, 2022. Available online: https://www.scielo.br/j/ts/a/Jtcp9GGSh9qgbdDT7mS8Jvw/abstract/?lang=pt
• MACHADO, Giancarlo Marques Carraro. O pedaço despedaçado: sobre pedras que resistem. ETNOGRÁFICA, p. 65-70, 2022. Available online: https://journals.openedition.org/etnografica/12684
• MACHADO, Giancarlo Marques Carraro. Os enquadramentos da citadinidade: sobre os impactos da prática do skate de rua na cidade de São Paulo. REVISTA DE ANTROPOLOGIA (USP), v. 64, p. 1-18, 2021. Available online: https://www.scielo.br/j/ra/a/sbRFK7YvzPWxVvgrqG36XBr/
• MACHADO, Giancarlo Marques Carraro. Mão na massa e skate no pé: práticas citadinas nas novas centralidades paulistanas. ANUÁRIO ANTROPOLÓGICO (UnB), p. 285-305, 2019. Available online: https://journals.openedition.org/aa/3523 

Selected books:

• MACHADO, Giancarlo Marques Carraro. A cidade do skate: sobre os desafios da citadinidade. São Paulo: Hucitec/CAPES. Coleção Antropologia Hoje, 2022.
• MACHADO, Giancarlo Marques Carraro. De carrinho pela cidade: a prática do skate em São Paulo. São Paulo: Intermeios/FAPESP, 2014.

Additional information:

• Coordinator of the Citadino Research Group at Unimontes.

Áreas de Interesse

1. Social sciences > Anthropology