Joana Brilhante
Biography
Post-doctoral researcher at the project TRACE- Tracing Queer Citizenship over Time: Ageing, ageism and age-related LGBTI+ politics in Europe, at the Centre for Social Studies (CES), University of Coimbra. She holds a BA in Anthropology, a MSc in Biology and Human Evolution, and a PhD in Human Rights in Contemporary Societies from the University of Coimbra, with a thesis entitled "The Insular Efect: LGBTQ people's experiences through the lens of geographical isolation" - available at: https://estudogeral.uc.pt/handle/10316/109946 . In 2022/23 she was granted a research scholarship for the project Multiversity- White book on multiple and intersectional discrimination, promoted by NOVA School of Law, Lisbon. She is also an associated researcher at the project REMEMBER- Vivências de pessoas LGBTQ Idosas no Portugal Democrático (1974-2020) and a collaborator at project Colourful Childhoods- Empowering LGBTIQ children in vulnerable contexts to combat gender-based violence across Europe, both at the Centre for Social Studies, Coimbra. She works in LGBTQ studies and Human Rights, through a critical and intersectional approach, with particular research interest in geographies of sexualities, island studies and rural queer studies.
ORCID
News
2024-10-31 Canal CES
PROJECT TRACE: Tales from fieldwork drawing on methodological and personal challenges
2024-10-29 Canal CES
Between Pride and Closet: Experiences of the Older LGBT+ Generation with Social and Health Care
Projetos
TRACE
Tracing Queer Citizenship over Time: Ageing, ageism and age-related LGBTI+ politics in Europe
Latest Publications
Book
Lima Rego, Margarida; Côrte-Real, Paulo; Brilhante, Joana; Resende, Maria João; Vale de Almeida, Miguel; Corcodel, Veronica (2024), Multiversidade: Livro Branco sobre Discirminação Múltipla e interseccional. Lisboa: Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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Pieri, Mara; Brilhante, Joana (2022), ""The Light at the End of the Tunnel": Experiences of LGBTQ+ Adults in Portuguese Healthcare", Healthcare, 10, 1, 146
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Brilhante, Joana (2021), "Activistas-Ilha. o espaço enquanto factor de (in)visibilidade da diversidade sexual", Antropologia Portuguesa, 38, 7-21
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