I graduated from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, with a BA in Social Sciences, and earned an MA and a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology. Since 2010, I have focused mainly on studying indigenous peoples in Brazil, and at the same time, I have been teaching at universities and schools.
Inspired by Black students at the Federal University of Espírito Santo, we co-created an original syllabus based on black anthropologists' lives and work.
At FGV EAESP, I employed my previous background to create an immersion course on Indigenous Peoples and Public Policies. In the same institution, I conducted a postdoctoral research, analyzing discourses from indigenous leaders, NGOs, and agribusiness agents around agriculture in Brazil.
At Editora Record, one of the largest publishers in Brazil, I have been collaborating as anthropological consultant and technical reviewer in the editing and translation of the following books:
Zora Neale Hurston
Her eyes were watching God
Barracoon: the story of the last "black cargo"
You don't know Us Negroes
Paterson Joseph
The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho
Junot Díaz
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Sefi Atta
The bad immigrant
John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath
East of Eden
As a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Africana Studies at Williams College, I am writing a book called Black Voices: An Introduction to an Antiracist Anthropology, based on my previous experiences as a Professor and researcher.
Member of the following professional organizations: Brazilian Anthropological Association (ABA), Brazilian Association of Black Researchers (ABPN), American Anthropological Association (AAA) - section of Black Anthropologists, and Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA).
Recent publications:
BASQUES, M. (2024). Africana Meets Anthropology: What it Means to Teach with an Afrodiasporic Framework. In C. Edwards & A. Pitre (Eds.). New Perspectives in Africana Studies: Volume 1. San Francisco, CA: SFSU Press. (Forthcoming).
BASQUES, M. (2022). Black Voices in Anthropology: a brief history of an antiracist project. Novos Debates 8(2), 24 p. PDF
BASQUES, M. (2021). Introdução à edição brasileira, in Zora Neale Hurston. Olualê Kossola: as palavras do último homem negro escravizado. Rio de Janeiro: Record.
BASQUES, M. (2021). Efeitos Adversos: um olhar a partir das Políticas Públicas para Povos Indígenas no Brasil. Administração Pública e Gestão Social, 13(4). https://doi.org/10.21118/apgs.v13i4.10535
BASQUES, M. (2019). Zora Hurston e as luzes negras das Ciências Sociais. Ayé: Revista de Antropologia, v. 1, p. 102-105, 2019. PDF
BASQUES, M. (2019). Biografias indígenas: o eu e o outro na escrita antropológica. Espaço Ameríndio, 13(2), 330. https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-6524.93868
BASQUES, M. (2019). Diários de antropologia griô: etnografia e literatura na obra de Zora Hurston. Revista Anthropológicas, v. 30, p. 316-326. PDF
BASQUES, M. (2019). Aldeinha: a margem esquerda do rio Aquidauana. Sociologia & Antropologia, v. 8, n. 3, pp. 913-942. https://doi.org/10.1590/2238-38752018v837