Alba Zaluar

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Alba Maria Zaluar (2 June 1942 – 19 December 2019) was a Brazilian anthropologist.[1] Her works focused in anthropology of violence.[2] In 1984, she got her PhD in social Anthropology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.[3] Zaluar was born in Rio de Janeiro.

Zaluar worked as invited professor in the State University of Campinas, and as professor in the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where she coordinated the "Núcleo de Pesquisas da Violência" (NUPEVI), located in the Institute of Social Medicine.

Zaluar died on 19 December 2019 in Rio de Janeiro of pancreatic cancer, aged 77.[4]

References

  1. Comunidad Segura, Marina Lemle (16 February 2011). "Policía de Río: operación 'orden en la casa'" (in español). Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2011. "Eso es una buena señal porque sin aceptación de los colegas es imposible gerenciar una corporación con conflictos internos tan graves. Pero lo importante es el hecho de que su imagen interna es el de un oficial honesto. La confianza en la delegada es importante para que se recupere también la confianza de la población en la policía".
  2. Alba Zaluar, Libertas. "Morte e vida nas favelas" (in português). Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  3. Data biográfica[dead link]
  4. "Morre, aos 77, a antropóloga e especialista em estudos da violência Alba Zaluar". Folha de S.Paulo (in português do Brasil). 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2019-12-19.