Maria Espírito Santo

Phd in Ethnomusicology
professor
saxophone player
tour guide
radio host

Research

PublicationsThesis / Dissertation
- Espírito Santo, Maria. "The Voice of the Balkan Imagination: Identity Metaphor of a Musical Collective in Lisbon". Master's Thesis, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, 2014.Articles in Newsletters- Castro, Hugo; Andrade, Ricardo; Espírito Santo, Maria; Mendes, Pedro; Silva, Ana Carina Oliveira. "Filmography: Music as Power", International Thematic Dossier of Protest Songs, 2016, https://ocprotesto.org/dossier-tematico-1/.Conference Articles- Espírito Santo, Maria. "Malhoa's Fado: Iberian-American Iconography, Conflicts, and Reinterpretations". Paper presented at the III MUSAM Congress: "Ibero-American Music: Paths, Networks, and Circuits", Santiago de Compostela, 2021.- Espírito Santo, Maria. "Sounding Lisbon through Fado: Representations of Tradition and Modernity in the Santa Casa Alfama Festival". Paper presented at the XXXVI European Seminar in Ethnomusicology: "Ethnomusicology and Intangible Cultural Heritage in the 21st Century", Valladolid, 2021.- Espírito Santo, Maria; Corte-Real, Maria de São José. "Reproducing Maria Severa: For Places of Femininity in the Iconicity of Fado". Paper presented at the Colloquium Women(s) and Power(s), Geneva, 2020.- Espírito Santo, Maria. "Sounding Portugal through Time: Why Fado Malhoa? Resistance and Novelty". Paper presented at Music, Politics, and Power, Cork, 2020.- Espírito Santo, Maria. "Fado at FACIM – Mozambique International Fair – in 1971". Paper presented at the International Symposium Musics in Africa: Listening to Mozambique, Lisbon, 2019.- Espírito Santo, Maria. "The Fado of Ada de Castro, Elvira de Freitas, and Fernanda de Castro: Reflections on Memories and Archives of the LP 'Someone Sent Me Violets'". Paper presented at Post-ip'19 – 5th International Forum of Postgraduate Studies in Music and Dance, Aveiro, 2019.- Espírito Santo, Maria; Corte-Real, Maria de São José. "Fado, Nation, and Intangible Cultural Heritage: Perspectives on Construction Processes and Symbolic Reinforcements". Paper presented at “One Nation Under a Groove”: ‘Nation’ as a Category in Popular Music?, Mainz, 2019.- Espírito Santo, Maria. "Fado and Nationalist Behaviors: Expressive Communication beyond Memory from Portugal to the World". Paper presented at the 45th ICTM World Conference, Bangkok, 2019.- Espírito Santo, Maria. "They Made Me Dress as Severa: Canons of Femininity for Fado in the 1960s". Paper presented at Hidden Archives, Hidden Practices: Debates about Music-Making, Aveiro, 2019.- Espírito Santo, Maria. "Diversity and the Star System in the Program Serões para Trabalhadores in the 1960s in Portugal". Paper presented at History of Culture in Portugal in the 20th Century – Industrialization, Massification, Mediations, Lisbon, 2019.- Espírito Santo, Maria. "Music and Psychological Action of Portuguese Power: For Tourism at Praça do Império". Paper presented at GuimaraMus 2018 – Thinking Music, Guimarães, 2018.- Espírito Santo, Maria. "The King's Fall – Republican Wars and Socialist Fados in Portugal". Paper presented at the Society for Ethnomusicology Southern California and Hawai’i Chapter, Los Angeles, 2018.- Espírito Santo, Maria. "Fado as a Symbol of the Portuguese Nation". Paper presented at the Advanced Research Workshop Music & Nationalism, Lisbon, 2018.- Espírito Santo, Maria. "Aspects of the History and Expressions of Fado". Paper presented at A Lisbon of Gastronomy and Fado as part of the program Lisbon at the Turn of the 19th/20th Century, UNIOLISIPO – Intergenerational University, Lisbon, 2017.- Santo, Maria. "The Voice of Balkan Imaginaries: Music and Identity in a Collective of Bands in Lisbon". Paper presented at the International Conference Music and Human Mobility, Lisbon, 2016.Journal Articles- Espírito Santo, Maria; Corte-Real, Maria de São José. "Music and National Heritage: Ada’s Thankful Voice to Portugal". Metis – Ricerche di sociologia, psicologia e antropologia della comunicazione, XXVI (2019).Book Chapters
- Espírito Santo, Maria; Corte-Real, Maria de São José. "Women, Fado, and Cante Heritage: Strengthening Resilience in Portuguese Civil Society". In Women’s Role in UNESCO Recognized European Traditional Singing Practices. Georgia, 2022.- In Press: Espírito Santo, Maria. "They Made Me Dress as Severa: Canons of Femininity for Fado in the 1960s". In Hidden Archives, Hidden Practices: Debates about Music-Making, edited by Helena Marinho et al., 80–89. Aveiro, Portugal: UA Editora, 2020.- Espírito Santo, Maria. "Voicing Balkan Imaginaries: Identity Metaphors of Lisbon's Kumpania Algazarra". In Redefining Community in Intercultural Context – Music and Human Mobility. Brasov: Henri Coanda Air Force Academy Publishing House, 2016.Conference Posters- Espírito Santo, Maria. "Passages of Life: Repertoire and Representations of Fado and Revolution". Paper presented at Encontro Ciência 2017, 2016. DOI: 10.31692/2526-7701.iicointerpdvagro.2017.00025Online Resources- Espírito Santo, Maria. Filmography in Protest Song: International Dossier 1. 2016.Artistic / Performance
Museum/Curatorial Exhibition- 2023. "Ada de Castro – If God Gave Me a Voice, It Was to Sing".

LISBON WALKING TOUR

If you want to book a group walking tour of old downtown Lisbon, send me an email through [email protected].

Radio

I host a weekly program called "Perdida na Musica" (Lost in Music) on Radio Radar - one of my favourite radio stations.You can listen to the recorded programs here.Enjoy ❤️