Alba Zaluar

Alba Maria Zaluar
Zaluar in 2011
Born	2 June 1942 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian

Alba Maria Zaluar (born 2 June 1942) is a Brazilian anthropologist, with emphases in urban anthropology^[1] and in anthropology of violence.^[2] In 1984, she obtained her PhD in social Anthropology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.^[3]

Biography

Daughter of Achilles Emílio Zaluar and of Biancolina Pinheiro Zaluar, Alba was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she studied to complete the degree in Social Sciences at the Faculdade National of Filosofia (FNFi). During this period, she became part of the Centre of Popular Culture of the National Union of the Students. Following the Coup d'état in Brazil of 1964, the opening of an investigation of the Military Police started a period of political persecution of the students of the FNFi. Zaluar was forced in 1965 to flee her country and to stay abroad until 1971. She stayed most of this time in England, where studied Anthropology and urban sociology. After returning to Brazil, she focused her research on the popular culture, especially to the samba and the carnival of Rio de Janeiro.

Zaluar is working as invited professor in the State University of Campinas, and as professorin the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where she coordinates the "Núcleo de Pesquisas de las Violencias" (NUPEVI), located in the Institute of Social Medicine.

Honours

• Visiting scholar, Center for Latin American Studies, University of California^[4]

References

1. Comunidad Segura, Marina Lemle (16 February 2011). "Policía de Río: operación 'orden en la casa'" (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 July 2011. "Eso es una buena señal porque sin aceptación de los colegas es imposible gerenciar una corporación con conflictos internos tan graves. Pero lo importante es el hecho de que su imagen interna es el de un oficial honesto. La confianza en la delegada es importante para que se recupere también la confianza de la población en la policía".
2. Alba Zaluar, Libertas. "Morte e vida nas favelas" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 July 2011.
3. Data biográfica
4. Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) (14 July 2004). University of Berkeley, ed. "Visiting Scholars, 2003–04. Research Associates".