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Personal profile
Biography
Guilherme Fians is a Lecturer in Social Anthropology (Department of Social Anthropology, School of Social Sciences) and Research Development Officer (School of Arts, Languages and Cultures) at the University of Manchester. Guilherme holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Manchester and has previously held teaching and research positions at the universities of Copenhagen, Amsterdam, São Paulo, Brasília, Massachusetts Amherst, and St Andrews.
Research interests
Anthropological Theory; Digital Anthropology; Language Politics; Social Movements; Nationalism; Childhood and Youth; Western Europe and Latin America.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Manchester
Sept 2015 → Jun 2019
Award Date: 14 Jun 2019
Master of Arts, National Museum, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Feb 2013 → Feb 2015
Award Date: 20 Feb 2015
Bachelor of Arts, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Feb 2009 → Feb 2013
Award Date: 1 Feb 2013
External positions
Honorary Research Fellow, University of St Andrews
Jan 2025 → …
Co-Director, Centre for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems
Apr 2020 → …
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Postcards, Translators and Esperanto Pioneers: An Alternative History of International Communication
Struck, B., Moreira Fians, G. & Taylor, C., 7 Jan 2025, (Accepted/In press) University of London Press. 124 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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After all, who invented the airplane?: Multilingualism and grassroots knowledge production on Wikipedia
Moreira Fians, G., 1 Nov 2024, In: Language and Communication. 99, p. 39-51 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Liberdade na enciclopédia livre: Entre culturas colaborativas e participação tecnoliberal na Wikipédia
Moreira Fians, G., 15 Apr 2024, In: Horizontes Antropologicos. 30, 68, p. 1-31 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Neutralizing the political: Language ideology as censorship in Esperanto youth media during the Cold War
Moreira Fians, G., 14 Aug 2024, In: Journal of Linguistic Anthropology. 34, 2, p. 200-219 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The death of Elizabeth II on Wikipedia: Fleshing out freedom through technoliberal participation online
Moreira Fians, G., 31 Mar 2024, In: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 30, 4, p. 912-931 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
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Language Problems and Language Planning (Journal)
Moreira Fians, G. (Member of editorial board)
Jul 2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work › Research
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Esperantologio (Journal)
Moreira Fians, G. (Member of editorial board)
Apr 2020 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work › Research
Press/Media
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Kiel Nixon vizitis Esperanto-kongreson en 1959
26/03/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
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Warsaw, 1959: Richard Nixon, a globetrotter, and a communist walk into an Esperanto Congress
31/01/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
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Spotlight on Scholarship: Are they just kidding? Taking children seriously as research participants
19/10/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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JSLX Conversations, the Journal of Sociolinguistics Podcast: Monica Heller interviews Guilherme Fians on the book Esperanto Revolutionaries and Geeks
27/10/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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The Centre for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems turns 70 at the 44th Conference on Esperanto Studies / El Centro de Investigación y Documentación sobre Problemas de Idiomas del Mundo cumple 70 años en la 44ª Conferencia de Estudios Esperantistas
1/09/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert comment
Thesis
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Of Revolutionaries and Geeks: Mediation, Space and Time among Esperanto Speakers
Moreira Fians, G. (Author), Torresan, A. (Supervisor) & Jansen, S. (Supervisor), 31 Dec 2019Student thesis: Phd
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