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Grife Apoena from Brasilia goes to Fashion Rio

Katia Ferreira from Grife Apoena, Brasilia, Brazil.

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Berlin Fashion Week

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Berlin Fashion Week 2011

Subject and Area of interests

Researches on Traditional Indian Dressing, "Sarees".

Based on fieldwork made in Kolkata in 2005, on women traditional dressing and fashion.

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Researches on Fashion and Lifestyle in Brasilia, Brazil.

Researches on the policies of Identity Constructions and Local Development, through the use of Cultural References. 
Director of Researches: Prof. Dr. Roque de Barros Laraia. University of Brasilia, Anthropology Department.
 
Fieldwork in Brasília, Brazil, on Institutions planning Public Policies and Groups of Women who work with traditional artcrafts, such as hand embroidery and sewing.
 
Key-words: Public Policies, Popular Culture, Local Development, Brazil.

Thesis: "Travessa dos Venezianos: estudo antropológico sobre os significados da Casa Tombada para seus moradores." Porto Alegre, PPGAS, 2004.   (originally writen in Portuguese)

"Venezianos Lane: anthropological research on the meanings of the heritage registered house for dwellers." Porto Alegre, PPGAS, 2004.

 
Cultural Heritage was my subject during Masters Degree at Porto Alegre University, UFRGS. I researched life style in a street whose all houses were registered as Historical Heritage: Venezianos Lane.
 
Key-words: life style, housing, Heritage and Public Policies.

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