Head Researcher
Porto, Portugal
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Training
University of Porto (UP). Faculty of the Arts (FLUP). Similar MA in Sociology.
University of Porto (UP). Faculty of the Arts (FLUP). BA Hons. in Sociology.
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Current Occupation
Adjunct Associate Professor. Griffith Centre for Cultural Research (GCCR). Griffith University.
Researcher of the Institute of Sociology (ISFLUP). University of Porto (UP).
Researcher of the Centre for the Study of Geography and Spatial Planning (CEGOT), Faculty of Arts, University of Porto/Minho/Coimbra/Lisboa.
Member of Punk Scholars Network (PSN). De Montfort University. Leicester.
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Research Interests
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Keep it Simple, Make it Fast!
Buzzcocks – A Different Kind of Tension (1979)
Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980)
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KISMIF belonging
Search for a new actual interpretative paradigm regarding the urban youth musical cultures. Specific interest in the punk culture singularity and its importance to interpretate contemporary youth cultures.
Focus on the approach of the punk artistic and discursive production as contemporary identity frames.
Inception of a plural methodology in order to study the Portuguese punk scenes’.
Development of an international comparison regarding youth cultures and musical scenes in Southern Europe, particularly Portugal.
Personal interest in the research object.
Improvement of a research strategy in complementary to the Anglo-Saxon.
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What do I get?
Punk, historicity and genealogy.
Punk, meanings and identities.
Punk, ageing and gender.
Punk, the city and new social movements.
Paths, pathways and punk actors: the actual scenes’ constitution.
Punk, heritage, memories and artifacts.
DIY Careers: social and professional pathways.
Punk, style, aesthetics and corporality.
Artistic creation and underground musical scenes.
New social inclusion dynamics through DIY practices.
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Publications
GUERRA, Paula; SANTOS SILVA, Augusto (2015) – Music and more than music: the approach to difference and identity in the Portuguese punk. European Journal of Cultural Studies. Vol. 18, no. 2, p.1-17. ISSN 1460-3551.
GUERRA, Paula; BENNETT, Andy (eds.) – Underground Music Scenes and DIY Cultures. Proceedings. Porto: Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto [Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto]. ISBN 978-989-8648-33-4.
GUERRA, Paula (2014) – Punk, expectations, breaches, and metamorphoses: Portugal, 1977-2012. Critical Arts. Vol. 28, n.º 1. ISSN1992-6049.
GUERRA, Paula (2013) – The unstable lightness of rock: genesis, dynamics and consolidation of the alternative rock in Portugal. Porto: Afrontamento. ISBN 978-972-36-1342-1.
SILVA, Augusto Santos; BABO, Elisa Pérez; GUERRA, Paula (2013) – Cultural policies and local development: the Portuguese case. Portuguese Journal of Social Science. Vol. 12, n.º 2. p. 195-209. ISSN 1476-413X.
GUERRA, Paula (2012) – High Fidelity: a guide with stops by the independente record shops in Portugal in the last decade (1998-2010). Sociologia, Revista da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto. N.º 21, p. 23-48. ISSN 0872-3419.
GUERRA, Paula (2012) – The inclusive city. In António Manuel Figueiredo, José Manuel Peña Penabad, Enrique José Varela Álvarez (coords.) – Retos de la Acción de Gobierno para las Ciudades del siglo XXI/Desafios da governação das cidades do século XXI. Cap. 8, p. 351-383. Porto/Vigo: Eixo Atlântico do Noroeste Peninsular. ISBN 978-989-95035-8-8.
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Contacts
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Site
http://up-pt.academia.edu/MariadeGuerra
http://up-pt.academia.edu/KeepitsimplemakeitfastKISMIF
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/K-7768-2014
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