Biography

 

Tomás Tancredi

Tomás Tancredi

  • Scholar
  • Brazil, Italy
  • 2024 PhD Social Anthropology
  • King's College

I grew up in Florianópolis, southern Brazil, where I graduated as a psychologist at UFSC. I moved to Rio de Janeiro for a master's degree in Sociology and Anthropology at UFRJ. Since 2020 I lived in Roraima state, northern amazon, working for UN agencies and one Indigenous Organisation. During my master's, I researched the topic of indigenous suicide. My PhD research shifts the focus to indigenous politics in related to exctrativism, climate emergency, autonomy and colonialism.

Previous Education

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Social Anthropology 2023
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Psychology 2017
Universita Degli Studi Bologna Antropologia Culturale