Maria Luiza de Barros
2024 Fall Fellow
Maria Luiza de Barros is a brazilian urban architect, researcher and
curator born in Cariacica (Espírito Santo), based in São Paulo (São
Paulo), she navigates the fields of Urbanism, Theory and Criticism,
Architectural Culture intersecting with Black Studies and Sound Studies.
With a Master’s degree in Geography from the Federal University of Espírito Santo [PPGG/UFES], her research line lies in Space, Culture, and Languages. As a PhD candidate at the School of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of São Paulo [FAUUSP], she delves into the research project “vi.bra.tion: target="_blank">vi.bra.tion: composition about ways of being and ways of doing the city through afrodiasporic sonorities in Brazil”. A recipient of a CAPES scholarship, Maria Luiza is also conducting a research project at University of Toronto on “vibration digging”, inspired by her practice as a vinyl collector, to investigate the epistemology of vibration and the role of sound in shaping urban spaces in communities in the Americas.
Maria Luiza is the founder and curator of vi.bra.tion, a platform for critical perspectives on the city, language and sound. Additionally, she cofounded Coletiva Terra Preta, a collective of Black women dedicated to creating multi-lingual narratives and curatorial processes aimed at de-whitening the city through research and artistic practices. Her involvement extends to co-founding and coordinating Cidade Quintal, an organization transforming urban spaces through participatory urbanism and design, among other projects, collaborations and productions.
With a Master’s degree in Geography from the Federal University of Espírito Santo [PPGG/UFES], her research line lies in Space, Culture, and Languages. As a PhD candidate at the School of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of São Paulo [FAUUSP], she delves into the research project “vi.bra.tion: target="_blank">vi.bra.tion: composition about ways of being and ways of doing the city through afrodiasporic sonorities in Brazil”. A recipient of a CAPES scholarship, Maria Luiza is also conducting a research project at University of Toronto on “vibration digging”, inspired by her practice as a vinyl collector, to investigate the epistemology of vibration and the role of sound in shaping urban spaces in communities in the Americas.
Maria Luiza is the founder and curator of vi.bra.tion, a platform for critical perspectives on the city, language and sound. Additionally, she cofounded Coletiva Terra Preta, a collective of Black women dedicated to creating multi-lingual narratives and curatorial processes aimed at de-whitening the city through research and artistic practices. Her involvement extends to co-founding and coordinating Cidade Quintal, an organization transforming urban spaces through participatory urbanism and design, among other projects, collaborations and productions.
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