Dr Lucianna Furtado

Dr. Lucianna Furtado is a postdoctoral researcher at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), in Brazil, and a Visiting Fellow at the LSE Department of Media and Communications. She holds a scholarship from the Institutional Postdoctoral Program of the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (PIPD-Capes), within the Ministry of Education in Brazil. Her research focuses on Black feminist thought, Afro-Latin American studies, power relations, intersectionality and epistemic justice, in dialogue with visual culture, popular culture, advertising, social interactions, media and cultural studies.

Lucianna Furtado received her Doctorate degree in Communication from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in 2023, with her dissertation focusing on how Black feminist thought emerges in Brazilian samba songs about love and relationships. In the first phase of her current postdoctoral research, she worked on a meta-research about how race, gender, class and other axes of power are approached in Brazilian Communication journals, mapping patterns, advances and shortcomings in theoretical-methodological and citation practices. In the second phase, she focuses on Brazilian Black feminist thinkers, their impact on the field and their potential contributions for Media and Communication studies.

Expertise: Black feminist thought; Afro-Latin American studies; Race, gender and class; Epistemic justice