Autor: Fabiana Lopes da Cunha

Fabiana Lopes da Cunha received her Bachelor’s degree in History from São Paulo University (USP), where she also obtained her Ph.D. degree in Social History. She is Associate Professor at São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil and Professor at Postgraduate Program from School of Sciences, Humanities and Languages, Assis (SP) – São Paulo State University (UNESP). She also coordinates a Documentation and Memory Center (CEDOM) which aims include regional memory and local preservation. Her main research interests include Brazilian History, Cultural History during the imperial and republican period until the end of the New State, as well as Popular Music, Popular Culture (festivals), Contemporary Culture Production, Museums, Diaspora and Intangible Heritage, and Carnival. In 2004 she edited her first book Da Marginalidade ao Estrelato: o samba na construção da nacionalidade (1917-1945) (Annablume, 2004). She was an adviser at CONDEPHAAT during the period from 2011 to 2014and also responsible for signing the agreement between Kings College London and São Paulo State University – UNESP which is linked with a research project developed with Prof. Dr. David Treece. In addition, she is the leader of the Heritage Research Group and vice-leader of the History & Music Research Group at UNESP, as well as a member of the Identifying Dialogues Research Group at King»s College London. She is presently a Visiting Professor at King’s College London – UK. Marcilene dos Santos is Associate Professor at São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil. She is a bachelor in Geology and doctor in Geosciences (Regional Geology). Her main research interests include Geomorphology, Neotectonics, Quaternary Geology, Geoconservation, Cultural Geomorphology, and Geoheritage. She has written book chapters including As Serras do Mar e da Mantiqueira. In: Geologia do Brasil (2012– edited by Yociteru Hasui, Celso. D. R Carneiro, Fernando F. Marques de Almeida and A. Bartorelli) and «Metodologias para estudo do meio físico voltadas para o turismo ambiental. In: Turismo e ambiente: temas emergentes (2006 – edited by Odaleia T. M. M. Queiroz), as well as articles in Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie and Brazilian journals. Jorge Rabassa obtained his Licenciado and Doctor degrees in Geology at the School of Natural Sciences, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina. He is a researcher with CONICET, the National Research Council of Argentina, at CADIC, Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, since 1986. He is presently the director of CADIC, the southernmost, multidisciplinary research center of the World with permanent scientific staff. He is also adjunct Full Professor of Geology at the Universidad Nacional de Tierra del Fuego. He has been a lecturer in several Argentine universities and also the President of Comahue University, one of the Argentine Patagonian universities. He is a member of the Argentine Academy of Sciences and a corresponding member of the Catalonian Academy of Sciences. He has been a Visiting Professor in several universities of the United States and Canada, as well as in various Western Europe countries, the Republic of South Africa and China. His main research interests are geomorphology, ancient landscapes, long-term landscape evolution, and glacial and Quaternary studies. He has published over 150 scientific papers and book chapters, and edited 17 books and scientific journal special volumes. He has directed 15 doctoral dissertations and many graduation theses and is a member of the editorial board of several international journals. He is presently the co-editor for South America of the Springer Briefs in Earth System Sciences series and also President of the Asociación Argentina de Geomorfología y Cuaternario until 2018.