243 BRIEFȱPRESENTATIONȱOFȱTHEȱAUTHORSȱ ȱ ȱ FátimaȱCeccetto,ȱPh.D.ȱinȱCollectiveȱHealthȱ(2002)ȱandȱMasterȇsȱDegreeȱinȱSocialȱ Sciencesȱ (1997).ȱ Publicȱ Healthȱ Researcherȱ atȱ theȱ Laboratoryȱ ofȱ Environmentalȱ andȱ Healthȱ Educationȱ atȱ Oswaldoȱ Cruzȱ Institute,ȱ Oswaldoȱ Cruzȱ Foundation.ȱ ProfessorȱatȱtheȱPostgraduateȱProgramȱinȱPublicȱHealthȱofȱtheȱNationalȱSchoolȱ ofȱ Publicȱ Healthȱ Ȭȱ ENSPȱ atȱ Oswaldoȱ Cruzȱ Foundation,ȱ Brazil.ȱ Dr.ȱ Cecchettoȇsȱ researchȱ emphasizesȱ studiesȱ aboutȱ violenceȱ andȱ masculinity,ȱ raceȱ relations,ȱ genderȱandȱsexuality,ȱbasedȱonȱtheȱanthropologicalȱbias.ȱ ȱ MajȬLisȱ Follérȱ hasȱ aȱ Ph.D.ȱ inȱ humanȱ ecology,ȱ andȱ isȱ Associateȱ Professorȱ inȱ LatinȱAmericanȱStudies.ȱSheȱisȱatȱpresentȱresearcherȱatȱSchoolȱofȱGlobalȱStudiesȱ atȱ theȱ Universityȱ ofȱ Gothenburg.ȱ Sheȱ isȱ currentlyȱ workingȱ onȱ AIDSȬrelatedȱ researchȱ inȱ Brazilȱ andȱ duringȱ theȱ lastȱ yearȱ alsoȱ inȱ Mozambique.ȱ Follérȱ hasȱ publishedȱ severalȱ articlesȱ onȱ thisȱ topic,ȱ latestȱ Civilȱ Societyȱ Organizationsȱ andȱ Brazilianȱ SouthȬSouthȱ AIDSȱ Cooperationȱ (Theȱ Globalȱ South,ȱ 4:1:ȱ 2010)ȱ andȱ coȬ editedȱtheȱanthologyȱTheȱPoliticsȱofȱAIDS.ȱGlobalization,ȱtheȱStateȱandȱCivilȱSocietyȱ (Palgraveȱ2008,ȱwithȱHåkanȱThörn).ȱ ȱ CharlesȱKleinȱhasȱaȱPh.D.ȱinȱanthropologyȱfromȱtheȱUniversityȱofȱMichigan.ȱHeȱ conductsȱresearchȱonȱHIVȱprevention,ȱsexualȱhealth,ȱandȱprogramȱplanningȱandȱ evaluationȱinȱtheȱUnitedȱStatesȱandȱBrazil.ȱHeȱisȱaȱSeniorȱResearchȱAssociateȱatȱ Sociometrics,ȱ aȱ companyȱ inȱ Sanȱ Francisco,ȱ California,ȱ USAȱ thatȱ specializesȱ inȱ socialȱscienceȱresearch.ȱȱ ȱ Donȱ Kulickȱ isȱ professorȱ ofȱ anthropologyȱ inȱ theȱ departmentȱ ofȱ Comparativeȱ HumanȱDevelopmentȱatȱtheȱUniversityȱofȱChicago.ȱHisȱpublicationsȱincludeȱtheȱ bookȱ Travesti:ȱ sex,ȱ genderȱ andȱ cultureȱ amongȱ Brazilianȱ transgenderedȱ prostitutesȱ (Universityȱ ofȱ Chicagoȱ Press,ȱ 1998;ȱ translatedȱ asȱ Travesti:ȱ prostituição,ȱ sexo,ȱ gêneroȱeȱculturaȱnoȱBrasil,ȱEditoraȱFiocruz,ȱ2008)ȱandȱtheȱarticlesȱ‘Animaisȱgordosȱ eȱ aȱ dissoluçãoȱ daȱ fronteirasȱ entreȱ asȱ espécies’,ȱ Manaȱ 15(2):ȱ 481Ȭ50ȱ (2009)ȱ andȱ ‘Lésbicasȱsemȱhumor’,ȱDilemas:ȱRevistaȱdeȱestudosȱdeȱconflitoȱeȱcontroleȱsocialȱ1(1):ȱ 11Ȭ34ȱ(2008).ȱ ȱȱ Estherȱ Jeanȱ Langdonȱ isȱ Professorȱ andȱ CNPqȱ Researcherȱ atȱ theȱ Federalȱ Universityȱ ofȱSantaȱ Catarina.ȱ Sheȱ hasȱ residedȱ inȱ Brazilȱ sinceȱ 1983,ȱ whereȱ sheȱ studiesȱIndianȱhealthȱpolicy,ȱanthropologyȱofȱhealth,ȱnarrative,ȱshamanism,ȱandȱ indigenousȱ anthropology.ȱ Oneȱcontributionȱ isȱ Langdon,ȱ Garneloȱ (orgs).ȱ 2004ȱ SaúdeȱdosȱPovosȱIndígenas:ȱreflexõesȱsobreȱantropologiaȱparticipativa.ȱRioȱdeȱJaneiro:ȱ Editoraȱ ContraCapa;ȱHerȱextendedȱ publicationsȱ ofȱ articlesȱ andȱ booksȱ areȱ publishedȱ inȱ variousȱ languagesȱ andȱ countries.ȱ Sheȱ hasȱ alsoȱ conductedȱ fieldworkȱinȱColombia,ȱMexicoȱandȱCostaȱRica.ȱȱ ȱ Anales N.E., 2000-1223, No. 13, 2010, p. 243-244 244 Brief Presentation of the Authors LisioȱLiliȱisȱoneȱofȱtheȱfoundingȱmembersȱofȱtheȱorganisationȱ“Articulaçãoȱdosȱ PovosȱIndígenasȱdoȱPantanal”ȱ(ARPIPAN),ȱpartȱofȱtheȱ“ArticulaçãoȱdosȱPovosȱ IndígenasȱdoȱBrasil”ȱ(APIB).ȱ ȱ Patriciaȱ Lorenzoniȱ hasȱ aȱ Ph.D.ȱ inȱ Historyȱ ofȱ Ideasȱ fromȱ theȱ Universityȱ ofȱ Gothenburg,ȱ andȱ isȱ aȱ researcherȱ atȱ theȱ Schoolȱ ofȱ Globalȱ Studiesȱ atȱ theȱ Universityȱ ofȱ Gothenburg.ȱ Sheȱ isȱ currentlyȱ workingȱ withȱ howȱ nationalȱ communityȱandȱsovereigntyȱareȱimaginedȱinȱrelationȱtoȱindigenousȱpopulationsȱ inȱ Brazil.ȱ Herȱ researchȱ isȱ alsoȱ partȱ ofȱ “Time,ȱ Memoryȱ andȱ Representation”,ȱ aȱ multidisciplinaryȱ researchȱ programȱ onȱ tranformationsȱ inȱ historicalȱ consciousness,ȱbasedȱatȱSödertörnȱUniversity.ȱ ȱ ThaïsȱMachadoȬBorgesȱisȱanȱanthropologistȱandȱresearchȱfellowȱatȱtheȱInstituteȱ ofȱLatinȱAmericanȱStudies,ȱStockholmȱUniversity,ȱSweden.ȱSheȱisȱtheȱauthorȱofȱ OnlyȱforȱYou!ȱBraziliansȱandȱtheȱTelenovelaȱFlowȱ(StockholmȱUniversity,ȱ2003),ȱandȱ hasȱwrittenȱarticlesȱinȱscholarlyȱjournalsȱandȱpopularȱmagazinesȱonȱtopicsȱsuchȱ asȱwomen,ȱbodiesȱandȱvisibility;ȱbodyȱmodification,ȱclassȱandȱmodernity;ȱmediaȱ andȱ transgression.ȱȱ Sheȱ isȱ currentlyȱ researchingȱ onȱ theȱ themeȱ ofȱ socialȱ inequality,ȱwomen,ȱgarbageȱandȱconsumptionȱinȱBrazil.ȱ ȱ SimoneȱMonteiro.ȱPh.D.ȱinȱPublicȱHealthȱ(1999),ȱPublicȱHealthȱResearcherȱandȱ Headȱ ofȱ theȱ Laboratoryȱ ofȱ Environmentalȱ andȱ Healthȱ Educationȱ atȱ Oswaldoȱ CruzȱInstitute,ȱOswaldoȱCruzȱFoundation,ȱRioȱdeȱJaneiro,ȱBrazil.ȱProfessorȱandȱ adviserȱ ofȱ theȱ Graduateȱ Programmeȱ inȱ Publicȱ Healthȱ andȱ ofȱ theȱ Graduateȱ Programmeȱ inȱ Teachingȱ ofȱ Bioscienceȱ andȱ Health,ȱ bothȱ atȱ Oswaldoȱ Cruzȱ Foundation.ȱDr.ȱMonteiro´sȱresearchȱfocusesȱonȱtheȱsocialȱandȱculturalȱmeaningȱ ofȱ sexualityȱ andȱ gender,ȱ youthȱ trajectories,ȱ raceȱ relations,ȱ andȱ HIV/AIDSȱ prevention.ȱ ȱȱ CristhianȱTeófiloȱdaȱSilvaȱhasȱaȱPh.D.ȱinȱSocialȱAnthropologyȱandȱisȱProfessorȱ atȱ theȱ Universidadeȱ deȱ Brasília.ȱ Heȱ isȱ currentlyȱ doingȱ researchȱ onȱ interethnicȱ contact,ȱ indigenousȱ movements,ȱ indigenistȱ policiesȱ andȱ indigenismȱ inȱ Latinȱ America.ȱHeȱisȱtheȱauthorȱofȱBorges,ȱBelinoȱeȱBento:ȱAȱfalaȱritualȱentreȱosȱtapuiosȱdeȱ Goiásȱ (Annablumeȱ 2002),ȱ Cativandoȱ Maíra:ȱ Aȱ sobrevivênciaȱ dosȱ índiosȱ AváȬ Canoeirosȱ noȱ Altoȱ Rioȱ Tocantinsȱ (Annablume,ȱ 2010).ȱ Heȱ isȱ editorȱ (withȱ Stephenȱ Bainesȱ andȱ Antonioȱ Carlosȱ deȱ Souzaȱ Lima):ȱ Problemáticasȱ sociaisȱ paraȱ sociedadesȱ plurais:ȱPolíticasȱindigenistas,ȱsociaisȱeȱdeȱdesenvolvimentoȱemȱperspectiv.ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Anales N.E., 2000-1223, No. 13, 2010, p. 243-244