Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Anthropologist, with a research focus on armed violence, humanitarianism, and the state in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. My current project investigates conceptions of normality in relation to gun violence among local state actors and citizens in Greater Rio, throught long-term ethnographic research of a program created by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Research interests also include risk and humour.
2023-2024 Convener of EASA's Anthropology of Humanitarianism Network (AHN)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Social Anthropology, The University of Manchester
6 Aug 2018 → 3 Nov 2022
Award Date: 3 Nov 2022
Master of Arts, International Affairs, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Sept 2014 → Sept 2016
Award Date: 13 Sept 2016
Master of Arts, International Relations (Honours), University of Edinburgh
Sept 2010 → Jul 2014
Award Date: 1 Jul 2014
Areas of expertise
- GN Anthropology
- Humanitarianism
- Violence
- State
- Normality
- Humour
- Risk
- JZ International relations
- Humanitarianism
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Humanitarianism
Silva Rocha Lima, P. & Firoz, M., 2025, (Accepted/In press)Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
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Introduction: Taxonomies of Difference in Global Humanitarianism
Firoz, M. & Silva Rocha Lima, P., 2024Research output: Other contribution
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Mockery amid shooting: Laughter as an expression of expertise at a public clinic in Greater Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Silva Rocha Lima, P., 1 Jun 2024, In: American Anthropologist. 126, 2, p. 216-226 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Managerial Humanitarianism: The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Risk Management of Armed Violence in Greater Rio de Janeiro
Silva Rocha Lima, P., 2022, In: Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development. 13, 3, p. 281 297 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Call for Complaint, Part I: Colonial Hauntings
Jahn, E., Silva Rocha Lima, P., Papailias, P. & Gupta, P., 2022, American Anthropologist.Research output: Other contribution
Prizes
Activities
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Broadening humanitarianism
Silva Rocha Lima, P. (Organiser) & Benincasa, V. (Co-Organiser)
10 Jun 2021 → 11 Jun 2021Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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Association of Social Anthropologists (ASA)
Silva Rocha Lima, P. (Co-Chair) & Ciocanel, A. (Co-Chair)
30 Apr 2021Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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American Anthropologist (Journal)
Silva Rocha Lima, P. (Assistant editor)
3 Feb 2021 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work › Research
Thesis
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RISK HUMANITARIANISM: THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS AND THE NORMALITY OF ARMED VIOLENCE IN GREATER RIO DE JANEIRO
Silva Rocha Lima, P. (Author), Torresan, A. (Supervisor) & Watanabe, C. (Supervisor), 1 Aug 2023Student thesis: Phd
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