Tirso Sitoe

Experience

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  Pathfinder Moçambique and Tiyane vavasati

  Jan 2016 - now

  Research Assistant

  Research assistant in the “research proposal for needs assessment and basic studies Hands off! Program for assessing violence against sex workers in the Southern African region ”, implemented by Tiyane vavasati in partnership with Pathfinder Mozambique, through AIDS FOUND’s funds.

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  INET-Md, FCS da Universidade Nova de Lisboa

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2019

  Researcher-collaborator

  Researcher-collaborator of the Project “Timbila, Makwayela and Marrabenta: a century of musical representation of Mozambique” at the Institute of Ethnomusicology INET-Md, based at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

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  Informal Economy of Mozambique association (AEIMO)

  Nov 2016 - now

  Advocacy Consultant

  Advocacy Consultant in the project on the “Creation of the Dialogue Platform for Workers and Operators of the Informal Economy of Mozambique” of the Informal Economy of Mozambique Association (AEIMO), Maputo.

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  Instituto Superior Monitor

  Nov 2016 - Jan 2017

  Internal Consultant

  Internal consultant for the curriculum construction process of undergraduate courses in Anthropology and Sociology at Instituto Superior Monitor, Maputo.

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  Bloco 4 Foundation- Research in activism, citizenship and public policies

  Jan 2017 - now

  Anthropologist and Executive Director
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  Cies- Centro de Investigação em Economia e Sociedade (CIES), at Instituto Superior Monitor, Maputo.

  Jan 2017 - Nov 2019

  Associate director

  Responsible for reactivating the research center, coordinating the preparation of internal procedure manuals, scientific coordination of research, creating partnerships between research institutions and organizing seminars, conferences and academic publications.

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  Bloco 4 Foundation - Research in activism, citizenship and social policies

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2019

  Coordinator and researcher

  Coordinator and researcher of the project “Popular culture, activism and social changes in Mozambique” funded by the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI), based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA), through funds from the Mellon Foundation.

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  Bloco 4 Foundation - Research in activism, citizenship and social policies

  Jan 2018 - Mar 2019

  Director of the short documentary

  Director of the short documentary entitled “Gerações em lutas por utopias” financed by the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI), based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA), through Mellon funds Foundation.

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  Higher Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship Gwaza Muthini

  Mar 2018 - now

  External Lecturer

  External Lecturer at the Higher Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship Gwaza Muthini, in the disciplines of cultural anthropology and anthropology of Health and disease.

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  Bloco 4 Foundation - Research in activism, citizenship and social policies and the Txeka platform

  Jan 2019 - Jan 2019

  Deputy director and researcher

  Deputy director, researcher and responsible for the public engagement process in the “Citizen Observer” project financed by OXFAM under the program for access to information and active citizenship (AICE), implemented by the Bloco 4 Foundation - Research in activism, citizenship and social policies and the Txeka platform digital, in the context of the general elections in October 2019.

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  Utrecht University

  Jan 2020 - now

  Local Collaborator

  Local Collaborator in project “Corona Governance in Urban Margins: Researching Pandemic Politics and Contested Sovereignty in World Cities" implemented by Department of Cultural Anthropology of Utrecht University.

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  Bloco 4 Foundation - Research in activism, citizenship and social policies and Open University

  Jan 2020 - Nov 2020

  Project co-coordinator and researcher

  Project coordinator researcher “Capturing Trans Experience of Violence, Belonging and Identity through Photo Voice as Narrative for Resistance in Mozambique: The case of Movimento Trans de Mozambique”

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  LAMBDA- Mozambican Association for the defense of Sexual Minorities

  Jan 2020 - Jan 2020

  Senior Lead Consultant

  Consultant in the process of “elaborating the resource mobilization plan of the Human Capital Association for Social Impact".

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  Bloco 4 Foundation - Research in activism, citizenship and social policies

  Jan 2020 - Jan 2020

  Lead Researcher

  Lead Researcher in the project “ Beyond the State of Emergency: The State, society and the definition of meanings about COVID-19 and its impacts in Mozambique ” implemented by Bloco 4 Foundation - Research in activism, citizenship and social policies and Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), Bergen in Norway.

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  Bloco 4 Foundation- Research in activism, citizenship and public policies

  Jan 2021 - now

  Coordinator and Researcher

  Coordinator and Researcher of the project “Youth, art, and environmental change in Mozambique” implemented by Bloco 4 Foundation- Research in activism, citizenship and public policies through the funds of the initiative "Dynamics of Youth and Pathways to Sustainability" of Utrecht University.

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  Bloco 4 Foundation

  Jan 2022 - now

  Coordenador de projetos

  No âmbito do projeto “Participação Política da juventude através de Artes e Mídias Digitais em Moçambique” implementado pela Bloco 4 Foundation e a Plataforma digital Txeka e financiado pelo NED - NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY , encontro-me a fazer a concepção, coordenação de todas atividades para o período 2020 -2023.

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  Rede de Artistas Defensores dos Direitos Humanos

  Nov 2022 - now

  Fundador e coordenador da Rede de Artistas Defensores dos Direitos Humanos

  Encontro-me atualmente a liderar a recém-criada Rede dos Artistas dos Direitos Humanos integrada como um programa de pesquisa-ação da Bloco 4 Foundation em colaboração com Criar- Moçambique e o Txeka.