An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Leisure and Cultural Practices in Portugal and Brazil

Maria Manuel Baptista is Full Professor at the Department of Languages and Cultures of the University of Aveiro (Portugal) and Master in Educational Psychology, earned at the University of Coimbra (Portugal). She has a degree in philosophy from the University of Porto (Portugal), and is the Director of the Cultural Studies PhD and Coordinator of the Research Centre for Languages, Literatures and Cultures (CLLC) of the University of Aveiro, where she founded and coordinates the research group for studies in culture and leisure.

Francisco Welligton Barbosa Jr is a PhD student in cultural studies at the University of Aveiro (Portugal), with a scholarship from the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, Portugal). He has a master’s degrees in literature from the University of Évora (Portugal) and in psychology from the University of Minho (Portugal), and a degree in psychology from the University of Fortaleza (Brazil). He is a member of the research group for studies in culture and leisure at the University of Aveiro.