About
Research Context
Portugal
Research Interests
Religion | Spirituality | Contemporary Paganism | Ecology | Gender | Power | Care
Institutional Subunit
NOVA FCSH
Biographical Note
Joana Martins (She/Her) has a PhD (2023) in Anthropology from Iscte - Lisbon University Institute.
She has been researching Contemporary Paganism in Portugal since 2016 and approached British contemporary paganism to an extent during her PhD research. Her research interests focus on the lived religion and spirituality of contemporary pagans, gender, care, environmental and ecological questions, power, politics, and ritual creativity. Her approaches are inspired by feminist anthropological theory and methodology.
She is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the project ReSpell: Religião, Espiritualidade e Bem-Estar. Uma Abordagem Comparativa de Transreligiosidade e Crise no Sul da Europa (ref.: 2022.01229.PTDC), funded by national funds through FCT I.P.
Bonds
Integrated (2023-12-01)