Research: Rethinking anthropology in light of Peace Studies. Ethnographic explorations starting from the construction of political identity in Afro-Brazilian mediumistic practices in Rio de Janeiro.
Eleonora Di Renzo is a PhD student in Anthropology for the National Doctoral Program in Peace Studies (Curriculum 2 “Identity, Memories, Religions, and Peace”) and a subject expert at La Sapienza University in Rome. Since 2023, she has been conducting research on the intersection between political and religious aspects in Afro-Brazilian religious practices in Rio de Janeiro. In 2026, she will undertake a doctoral mobility program as part of the MSCA Staff Exchange RHEAL – Religion and Healing: Collaborative and Participatory Methodologies (PI: Emily Pierini) project. She is currently working on postcolonial anthropology, whiteness, and mediumship in Afro-Brazilian religious spaces.