Curriculum vitae
Personal data
Full Name
Marzia Grassi
National identity card
Passport number: B 309642
Birth place and date
Prato, Itália 30-11-1949
Nationality
Italian
Institutional address
Institute of Social Sciences - University of Lisbon
Av. Prof. Aníbal Bettencourt, 9
1600-189 Lisbon
PORTUGAL
Contact data
Telephone: +352217804700
Fax: +351217940274
Email: [email protected]
Internet address (url): www.ics.ul.pt/pessoas/marziagrassi
http://marziagrassi.planetaclix.pt
Academic degrees
Year
Academic degree
Institution
Classification
2002
DOCTOR DEGREE (PhD)
ISCTE, Lisbon
20/20 unanimity
distinction and
praise
1997
MASTER DEGREE
CEA/ISCTE, Lisbon
18/20
1992
Diploma in Portuguese
language and culture
University of Lisbon
16/20
1991
Diploma in Portuguese studies University of Lisbon
15/20
1991
Basic Diploma in Portuguese
language
University of Lisbon
15/20
1984
Diploma in teaching
Italian Public Ministry of
16/20
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microeconomics
Education, Rome (italy)
1983
Chartered accountancy
University of Rome (Italy) 18/20
1976
DEGREE in Economics
University of Firenze
Equivalence 17/20
(Italy)/equivalence ISCTE
Previous and current scientific and/or professional activities
Period
1978-1992
1984-1990
1993-1997
1998-2002
2002- 2008
2008-
Position or category Institution
Secondary School
Public Education, Rome, Italy
level Professor
Official Chartered
Freelancer, Rome
Accountancy
Consultant
Master Researcher
ISCTE, Lisbon
Doctoral Researcher ISCTE, Lisbon
Senior Pos-doctoral
ICS-UL
Researcher
Senior Researcher
Fellow
ICS-UL
Participation in research projects and others activities
(Since 2008) P.I. of the Project “Migratory Trajectories from Africa, Illegality and
Gender (ICS-UL)
(2006-2008) Principal Investigator of the Project "Social Capital and Young
Descendents of Palop in Portugal" granted by ICS-UL.
(2004 – 2008) Principal Investigator of the team project "Angola in Movement" granted
by FCT (PPCDT/AFR/59446/2004 and ICS-UL.
(2004-2005) Field researcher for the Portuguese case in the Heirat II Project: “Marriage
as immigration gate” coordinated by Berlin Institute for Comparative Social Research
and EUROFOR (European Research Forum on Migration and Cultural Diversity)
granted by Daphne II European programme.
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(2003-2007) Principal Investigator of the Project "Cape Verde around the World"
granted by ICS-UL and FCT post-doc bourse.
(1999) Guest Researcher, at Centre d´Etude d’Afrique Noir (CEAN), Bordeaux.
(1999 – 2000) Field Work Researcher in Cape Verde (Santiago e São Vicente islands).
(1998 - 2002) PhD researcher on “Gender, Entrepreneurship and Developpement in non
western contexts”, at Institute for Labour and Management Studies (ISCTE), Lisbon.
(1996) Team leader of Civic Education UNAVEM III Peace programme in the 11th
UNITA Quartering Area in the local “Piri” Quibaxe, Angola.
(1996) Field work as master research in Angola (Luanda, Lobito, Benguela, Bengo.
Malange)
(1995) Team leader of a project for SME in Cape Verde (Bilateral Cooperation Project
approved by Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Capeverdean “Ministry of
Youth”) in Praia, Santiago Island, Cape Verde.
(1994-1995) Guest Researcher Erasmus grant for the University of Paris 7 Denis
Diderot.
(1993-1997) “The developmental role of the Angolan women in the country” Master
Researcher, Institute for Labour and Management Studies (ISCTE), Lisbon.
Area of scientific activity
Development Economics, Anthropology and Sociology of development and Migrations,
African Studies.
Domain of specializations
Transnationalism, Informal dynamics in African and multicultural contexts, Gender,
ethnicity social capital and social networks.
Present research interests
Transnational living between Africa and Europe, Mobility, borders, gender, global
economy and development. Social capital and networks, identities and political
integration of African migrants in contemporary Europe.
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Other skills/activities
(2008) Member of Scientific Committee of the International Review RAS “Revista
Angolana de Sociologia, Luanda, Angola.
(2008) Organization of 2nd international seminar Confiança e redes sociais em Angola”
in the scope of the project “Angola em Movimento” ICSUL, Lisbon.
(2008) Staff Member of the Aegis Summer School in African Studies in Cortona (Itália)
(2008) Coordination of a panel in the scope of the project “Angola in Movement” in the
VI Congreso de Estudios Africanos en el Mundo Ibérico: Puentes, Conexiones e
Intercâmbios
(2007) Organization of 1st international seminar “Moving Angola: sociabilities and
informal trade” in the scope of the project “Angola in movement project” ICSUL,
Lisbon.
(2007) Coordination of a panel in the Second European Conference on African Studies:
panel 45 “Moving Angola”. Leiden, Holland.
(2006) Coordination of a panel "Angola in movement” project” at - IX Luso-AfroBrazilian Congress of Social Sciences, Luanda, Angola.
(2004) Coordination of post-graduate course "Migrations ethnicity and racism” at ICSUL, Lisbon.
(2003-2004) Post-graduate seminar Coordinator at ICS-UL
(2003-2004) Member of the postgraduate commission ICS-UL
Supervising experience
Training orientation at ICS-UL of a European PhD thesis, during 2006/7. Dr. Ester
Massó Guijarro. Provisional title: El Día de los Héroes en Katima Mulilo: ¿reconocer
para ganar? Legitimidad y memoria histórica en la franja de Capriv, Faculty of
Humanities, University of Granada.
Orientation of the Post-graduate thesis of Dr. Cristina Baldan, Títle “Creolizzazione
culturale nel Delta del Niger”, in “Educazione e pluralismo culturale” University of
Florençe (Italy), 2006. Discussed.
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Orientation of the Dr. Mirsa Gomes Duarte Lopes Galvão, Master Thesis in
Management at Superior School of Mindelo, cape Verde. Provisional title: Mercado
informal no Mindelo, , Cape Verde, expected conclusion in 2009.
Orientation of the Master thesis in African Studies, at Institute for Labour and
Management Studies (ISCTE), Lisbon of Dr. Kiluanje Policarpo Liberdade, Provisional
title: Os esquemas individuais e a organização das relações sociais em torno do
comércio informal transfronteiriço entre Angola e Congo, expected conclusion in 2009.
Publications
Thesis
(2002) "Género, Empresariado e Desenvolvimento em contextos não ocidentais:
Rabidantes do mercado Sucupira em Cabo Verde",PhD thesis, ISCTE, polycopied
(1997) "O papel da mulher angolana no desenvolvimento do país" Master thesis in
African Studies, Iscte, polycopied
(1976) “La nazionalizzazione dell´energia elettrica: il caso dell´ENEL” Degree thesis.
University of Florence, polycopied
Books (author)
(2009) Capital Social e Jovens originários dos PALOP em Portugal Imprensa de
Ciências Sociais, forthcoming
(2007) “Género e Migrações Cabo-verdianas”, Marzia Grassi e Iolanda Évora (eds.)
Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, Lisbon.
(2006) "Il volto femminile del commercio transnazionale a Capo Verde" Franco Angeli,
Milano.
(2003) "Rabidantes: comércio espontaneo transnacional in Cabo Verde" ICS/Spleen,
Lisbon and Praia.
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Chapters in books
(2008) “Identidades Plurais na Europa contemporânea: auto-percepções e representações nos
jovens de origem africana em Portugal”, Comunidade(s) cabo-verdiana(s): as múltiplas faces
da imigração, Lisbon.
(2008) "Portugal na Europa e a questão migratória: associativismo e integração de
jovens de origem africana em Portugal" in Itinerários: A investigação nos 25 anos do
ICS , Lisbon, Imprensa de Ciências Sociais.
(2007) “Cabo Verde pelo Mundo: o género na diáspora cabo-verdiana” em Grassi, M. e
Évora, I. (org.) Género e Migrações cabo-verdianas, Imprensa de Ciências Sociais,
Lisbon.
(2000) "Lo sminamento Umanitario in Angola" in "Nemici Invisibili" ed. Cultura della
Pace, Firenze.
Papers in International scientific periodicals with referees
(2008) “Mobilidade, Fronteiras e Capital Social na Angola Contemporânea” in Revista
angolana de sociologia, nº3, Luanda.
(2007) "Identities economy and development in contemporary Cape Verdean migratory
movement: the primacy of the gender" in Studia Africana Centre d´Estudis Africans,
Barcelona.
(2005) “A very visible hand in the Cape Verde Market” Portuguese Studies Review Vol.
12, Nº 2, Ontario.
(2004) "De Cabo Verde para o mundo" in Travessias, Imprensa de Ciências Sociais,
nº4-5,
Lisbon.
(2001) " Género, desigualdades e desenvolvimento na África subsariana" in Afriche e
orienti, nº1, Bologna, Italy.
Papers in National Periodicals with referees
(2007) “Práticas, Formas e solidariedades da integração de jovens de origem angolana
no mercado de trabalho em Portugal” in Economia Global e Gestão, Management
School, Indeg, Lisbon.
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(2007) “Angola em Movimento: sociabilidades e trocas económicas informais:
Introdução teórico-metodológica ao projecto”, Economia Global e Gestão, INDEGISCTE, Lisbon.
(2006) ““Formas” migratórias: casar com o passaporte no espaço Schengen. Uma
introdução ao caso de Portugal” Etnografica, Vol. X, nº 2, Lisbon.
(2005) “Economia informal em rede: trocas económicas e complexidade social” in
Cadernos
de
Estudos
Africanos
CEA-ISCTE,
Lisboa
and
http://www3.unifi.it/fscfo/capoverde/index.html
(2001) "A questão do género no sector informal em Cabo Verde: estudo sobre
rabidantes do mercado Sucupira" in Africana Studia, Oporto.
(1998) "O papel da mulher empresária angolana no desenvolvimento do país:
empresárias de Luanda e Benguela" in Economia Global e Gestão, INDEG/ISCTE,
Lisbon
Papers in Conference Proceedings
(2009) X Congresso Luso-Afro-Brasileiro de Ciências Sociais, “ Redes sociais e acesso
ao Mercado de trabalho dos jovens originários dos PALOP em Portugal”, Braga,
Portugal.
(2008) International Seminar “Confidence and social networks in contemporary
Angola”
coord
Marzia
Grassi,
in
www.ics.ul.pt,
ICSUL,
Lisbon.
(url:
www.ics.ul.pt/pessoas/marzia grassi)
(2008) Aegis Summer School in African Studies: “Mobility, Borders and Social Capital
in contemporary Angola, Cortona, Italy.
(2008) VI Congreso de Estudios Africanos en el Mundo Ibérico: Puentes, Conexiones e
Intercambios: “Sociabilidades e trocas económicas informais: uma introdução teórica”.
Panel “Angola em Movimento” coord. Marzia Grassi and Carlos Lopes, Universidad
de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
(2008) VI Congreso de Estudios Africanos en el Mundo Ibérico: Puentes, Conexiones e
Intercâmbios: “Economia do trabalho e jovens de origem angolana em Portugal”, Panel
“Angola em Movimento” coord. Marzia Grassi and Carlos Lopes; Universidad de Las
Palmas de Gran Canaria.
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(2007) African Studies Association 50th annual meeting: “Gender dynamics in the
contemporary African Diaspora to Portugal: informality, illegality and the Market”,
New York.
(2007) Second European Conference on African Studies, July, 11-14, panel “Moving
Angola” coord. Marzia Grassi and Carlos Lopes, “Networks, labour market and social
reproduction in the Angolan Diaspora in Lisbon”, Leiden.
(2007) Second European Conference on African Studies: panel 45 “Moving Angola”
coord. Marzia Grassi and Carlos Lopes “Sociabilities trade and informal change”
Leiden
(2007) International Seminar ”Angola em Movimento coord. Marzia Grassi,
“Introdução teórico-metodológica ao projecto Angola em Movimento: sociabilidades e
trocas económicas informais”, ICSUL, Lisbon
(2007) International Seminar ”Angola em Movimento” coord. Marzia Grassi: “Post
colonial migratory movements: practices, forms and solidarity in integrating young
Angolans into the Portuguese labour market”, ICS-UL, Lisbon.
(2006) IX Luso-Afro-Brazilian Congress of Social Sciences: Panel “Angola em
Movimento” coord. Marzia Grassi “Angola em movimento: sociabilidades e trocas
económicas informais” , Luanda, Angola.
(2006) IX Luso-Afro-Brazilian Congress of Social Sciences, panel "Angola em
Movimento" coord. Marzia Grassi,. “Movimentos migratórios pós-coloniais: Práticas,
formas e solidariedades na integração de jovens angolanos no mercado de trabalho em
Portugal” Luanda, Angola
(2006)
XVI ISA World Congress of Sociology: “Gender, informal economy and
transnacionalism in multicultural contexts: Angola, Cape Verde and Diaspora’s host
countries”, Durban, South Africa.
(2006) International Metropolis Conference: “Informal networks and the role of
associations in the integration in the labour market of cape-verdean and Angolan origin
young people”, Lisbon.
(2005) International Conference “Cape Verdean Migration and Diaspora”: “Cabo
Verde pelo Mundo: o percurso da elaboração de um objecto de estudo”, at CEAS,
ISCTE, Lisbon.
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(2005) 10th Conference of Africanists in Moscow: “Gender Matters and Economic
Issues in contemporary Cape Verdean Diaspora”, Moscow.
(2005) IV Reunion de Antropologia del Mercosur: “Cabo Verde pelo Mundo:
etnicidade, transmigrações e mercado transnacional”, Montevideo, Uruguay.
(2004) International Congress of African Studies, “Africa Camina”, Barcelona.
“Informalidade e Comércio Transnacional: estudo de caso em Cabo Verde”. CD rom
(2004) VII Luso-Afro-Brazilian Congress of Social Sciences, “A questão Social do
novo milénio”: “Mercado de trabalho, economia informal e “outras” redes
transnacionais em Cabo Verde”, Coimbra.
(2004) AFSSAP (African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific)
International
Conference,
“Rethinking
methodology
in
economics
as
an
epistemological need: some theoretical issues suggested by a comparative case study on
the new cape verdean diasporas Perth, Australia.
(2003) “Informality and International Trade: a case-study from Cape Verde”, 46th
Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association – Boston (USA).
(2002)“As linguagens da Lusofonia”, , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil “ Gender,
Entrepreneurialism and Development in non-western contexts” in htpp://www.iuperj.br.
(2001) CAAS Annual Conference, “Informal Dynamics and Gender in Praia Town
(Cape Verde): the “rabidantes” of “Sucupira” market”, in Laval University – Quebec
City – Canada
(2001) The International Congress “Genre Population et Developpement en Afrique”:
“La question du genre dans le secteur informel a Cap Vert: étude sur les “rabidantes”
dans le marché “Sucupira” dans l´île de Santiago”, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
(2000) “Strategic Identities for development in Sub-Saharan Africa: gender” at the
International Seminar “Challenging the difference: interrelating gender, race and class
in Sub-Saharan Africa” in Salvador da Bahia, Brasil, CD Rom.
Other publications
(2008) “Confidence and Social networks in contemporary Angola” in “International
Seminar “Confidence and Social Networks in contemporary Angola”
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http://www.ics.ul.pt/rdonweb-recursos/corpocientifico/mgrassi/angola-emmovimento/ics_marzia_ingles.pdf
(2007) Marzia Grassi e Daniel Melo Portugal na Europa e a questão migratória:
associativismo, identidades e políticas públicas de integração" WP – ICS – UL,
www.ics.ul.pt,
and
Observatório
Migrações
(OIM)
URL:
http://www.ics.ul.pt/publicacoes/workingpapers/wp2007/wp2007_4.pdf
(2006) “Cabo Verde pelo Mundo: o género e a diáspora cabo-verdiana”, WP ICS – UL,
www.ics.ul.pt. http://www.ics.ul.pt/publicacoes/workingpapers/wp2006/wp2006_6.pdf
(2005) “Gender Ethnicity and Economic issues in contemporary Cape Verdean
migratory movement”, WP ICS - UL, www.ics.ul.pt.
(2005) “Casar com o passaporte no Espaço Schengen: uma introdução ao caso de
Portugal” WP ICS – UL, www.ics.ul.pt.
(1999) “Identidades estratégicas de desenvolvimento na África subsaariana: o género” –
CESA/ISEG Brief Paper.
Book Reviews
(2008) “A modernização da exclusão social” “Os Filhos da África em Portugal:
Antropologia, multiculturalidade e Educação” by Neusa Maria Mendes de Gusmão
(2004), Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, Lisbon. Reviewed for H-Luso-Africa
(2008) “Curso de língua portuguesa versão Maria rebelde”, “Lisboa na cidade Negra”
by Jean Yves Loude (2005) Dom Quixote, Lisbon, Reviewed for H-Luso-Africa
(2007) “Ai margini della cittá” - Francesca Vianello, Carocci, Rome, Análise Social, nº
183, pp. 621-626.
(2006)
“Globalização,
Transnacionalismo
e
Novos
Fluxos
Migratórios
dos
trabalhadores convidados às migrações globais” by Stephen Castles, Fim de Século,
Lisbon, Análise Social, Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, Lisbon, nº 78, vol. XLI: 272-277.
(2005) “Migranti nella Tempesta”, by Ferrucio Gambino, Ombre Corte, Verona.
Oral communications by invitation
(2008)
Master
seminar
“Antropologia
das
migrações,
globalizações
e
multiculturalismo”, Iscte, Lisbon
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(2008) Encontros Temáticos ISS, I.P. –CRC – “Dialogo Intercultural: Unidos na
Diversidade, Lisboa Outubro, “Dialogo intercultural, Minorias Étnicas e Identidades:
um estudo de caso com jovens de origem angolana e cabo-verdiana em Portugal”,
Lisbon.
(2008) Social Sciences Forum: “Cidade Global e Economia Informal”, ISCPS, Lisbon.
(2008) Seminar “Viver na Multiculturalidade”: “Multiculturalismo e Jovens de origem
Africana em Portugal”, Escola Secundária Seomara da Costa Primo, Amadora.
(2007) Seminar Class Master “Vitimização da criança e do jovem” Fac.Medicina –
University of Lisbon de Lisbon.
(2007) Public presentation of the book "Género e Migrações cabo-verdiana" Grassi, M.
and Évora, I. in Praia, Cape Verde, October, 16, Hotel Trópico, Santiago Island.
(2007) “Introdução teórico-metodológica ao projecto Angola em Movimento:
sociabilidades e trocas económicas informais” Project Seminar ICS-UL, 27 Marçh,
Lisbon
(2007) “Post colonial migratory movements: practices, forms and solidarity in
integrating young Angolans into the Portuguese labour market” Project Seminar ICSUL, 27 March, Lisbon
(2006) - International Seminar "Migrações e Políticas de Desenvolvimento no quadro
da CPLP - As diásporas como Agentes para o Desenvolvimento, Gulbenkian, Lisbon
(2006) Seminar lecture in the post-graduate course “A sociedade portuguesa em
questão”, Institute of Social Sciences – University of Lisbon (ICS-UL), Lisbon.
(2006) Permanent Seminar of the Master in Development and Cooperation, African
Studies at the Centre of Africa Studies and Development - Institute for Economy and
Management (CESA-ISEG), “Cabo Verde pelo Mundo”, Lisbon
(2006) I Jornadas sobre genero y desarrollo rural "género migrações e economia
informal, Centro de desarrollo rural/SIED/GIEDEM Universidade Lleyda
(2006) Aula de Seminário no Curso de Actualização “A sociedade portuguesa em
questão” ICS-UL, Lisboa.
(2005) “O casamento como porta para a imigração” International Conference
“Migrações Transatlânticas e Transeuropeias brancos em Portugal”, at ISCTE, Lisbon.
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(2005) Seminário organizado por Elikia M´Bokolo, EHESS, “Le mouvement migratoire
contemporain capverdien: genre et questions économiques » Paris.
(2005) Workshop organizado pelo Instituto de Antropologia Social, Basel, The History
Seminar, Basel e Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Basel, Dezembro, apresentação de
comunicação “Moving Angola”.
(2004) “Marriage as immigration gate” International Conference organized by the
Berliner Institut für Vergleichende Sozialforschung Wissenschaftlicher, gemeinnütziger
VereinMitglied im Europäischen Migrationszentrum, “Marriage as immigration gate in
Portugal”, in Maratea, Italy:.
(2004) Conferência Internacional “Política e Actores Sociais em África” Lisboa,
ISCTE, 10 de Dezembro de 2004 “Economia informal em rede: trocas económicas e
complexidade social”.CEA (Iscte) Lisbon.
(2003) Participation in the International Seminar on “Development Problems and
Methodologies”, ISCTE, Lisbon.
(2003) Participation in the CESA/EADI International Seminar “Urban Development in
the context of war and political-economic transformations in Luanda and Maputo: an
inter-disciplinary approach” at CESA, Lisbon.
(2003) Participation in the 1st Seminars on Associated Researcher at the ICS with an
ongoing project presentation “Cape Verde around the World”.
(2003) Participation at the International Seminar “Metropolitan Lands: Methodological
Challenges, ISS, Lisbon.<br>2003 – Post-graduate Seminar at the ICS, Lisbon.
(2002) Lecturer of optional subject “Gender and emotions and power” on 3rd and 4th
years of Anthropology Degree, invited by Professor Antónia Pedroso Lima, ISCTE,
Lisbon.
(2001) Participation in the Round Table “Realtá Urbana, mobilitá e sviluppo: Napoli e i
fenomeni migratori” organised by the Istituto Universitario Orientale, Facoltá di
Scienze Politiche, Dipartimento di Scienze Sociali.
(2001) Participation in the Seminar “Research Strategies for the Social and Business
Sciences” organised by the Management Doctoral Programme, ISCTE, Lisbon.
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(2001) Paper presented on “Informal Feminine Entrepreneurs in Cape Verde” at the
Doctoral Seminar “Contexts and economic actors in Africa” organised by CEA, ISCTE,
Lisbon.
(2001) Lecturer of optional subject “Gender and emotions and power” on 3rd and 4th
years of Anthropology Degree, invited by Professor Antónia Pedroso Lima, ISCTE,
Lisbon
(2000) Lecturer of “Companies and Business Persons in Africa” on the Masters Degree
in African Studies, ISCTE, on the invitation of Dr. Osvaldo Lima. Lisbon
(2000) Lecturer of “African Economy” at ISEG on the invitation of Professor Joana
Pereira Leite. Lisbon
(1999) Invited participant at the “Africa Seminar” in the Center for African Studies in
Copenhagen (Denmark) “Gender and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: The case of
Angola”. Copenhagen (Denmark
(1999) Lecturer on “Characteristics of the Portuguese Colonial Economy in Angola” at
the University of Copenhagen
(1998) Paper presented on “Lo sminamento Umanitario come condizione per lo
Sviluppo: il caso dell´Angola” at the International Conference “Dopo le Mine”
organised by the NGO “Forum per i problemi della pace e della guerra”, Florence, Italy.
Languages
Language
Reading
Writing
Conversation
English
French
Italian
(mother
tong)
Portuguese
Spanish
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Excellent
Excellent
Excellent
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Good
Excellent
Elementary
Excellent
Elementary
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