Bruna Coelho holds a master’s degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Coimbra. She is part of the international research network Sci-Tech Asia as a research assistant, and she is the cofounder of the science communication project “Antropia”. She received the Francisco Tavares Rosa Award 2021 with the essay “A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Usage of Brain Imaging in Self-Help Books”. In 2021 she was also the recipient of a Fulbright scholarship for research in collaboration with the Luso-American Foundation (FLAD), having spent a semester at New York University (NYU) as a research affiliate. During this period, she comes into contact with the ultraorthodox Jewish communities of Brooklyn, where she develops a special interest on the role of women in the construction of the urban landscape in these communities. Since then, she develops research in this field.
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Bruna Coelho
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Research Interests |
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Gender |
Urbanism |
Infrastructures |
Judaism |
Hasidism |
Main Publications |
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Coelho, B. (2021). Public Toilets Under the Gender Lens: The Case of Coimbra. In V Coimbra International Conference on Human Rights (pp. 424-438). Editora Brasílica / Edições Brasil / Editora Fibra. |
Coelho, B. (Under Review, 2023). Public Toilets in the Feminine: Portuguese Female User Perspectives on Public Toilets and the International Movement Calling for Adoption of Gender Norms. IJURR: International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. |
Research Projects |
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“Public Toilets in the Feminine: Portuguese Female User Perspectives on Public Toilets and the International Movement Calling for Adoption of Gender Norms” (2020-2021) – Master’s research project |
Science communication project ‘Antropia’ – https://antropia.hypotheses.org/ |