About

Research Context

Portugal

Research Interests

Guimarães | Tanneries | Heritage | Sociabilities

Institutional Subunit

NOVA FCSH

Biographical Note

Graduated in History from the University of Minho in 2023. At the same institution, completed a postgraduate degree in Cultural Heritage in 2024. Carried out a curricular internship at Casa de Sarmento - Center for Heritage Studies, a specialized unit of the same university, where she performed tasks related to archival processing and digitization of documentation from the Historical Archive of the National Union of Leather Industry Workers in the District of Braga. The research focuses on the Leather Zone in Guimarães, contributing to the investigation of the local history of the city, addressing topics such as workers' living and working conditions and health, among others. Currently developing the final internship report titled "Memory and Digitized Socialities – A Zona de Couros, Guimarães." In 2025, as a research initiation fellow, joined the project "Porto in Times of Cholera and War: A Bioarchaeological Approach to Human Fragility" (BeFRAIL), funded by national funds through FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC).

Bonds

Collaborator (2025-01-02 to 2025-04-01)