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Marco Roque de Freitas é etnomusicólogo, Professor Auxiliar (Tenure) no Departamento de Ciências Musicais da NOVA FCSH e investigador integrado no Instituto de Etnomusicologia – Centro de Estudos em Música e Dança (INET-md) da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, onde assume a co-coordenação da linha temática Estudos de Mulheres, Género e Sexualidade. Os seus interesses teóricos centram-se nos seguintes tópicos:
- Construção sonora de nações e nacionalismo no continente africano;
- Comportamento expressivo, género e sexualidade;
- Cultura expressiva e políticas da memória na Região Autónoma da Madeira;
- Popular music e o estudo das indústrias da música;
- Música, propaganda e conflito;
- Teatro musical, voz e imaginação racial;
- Humanidades digitais e infraestruturas de investigação;
- Ética na investigação científica e História da Etnomusicologia.
Para mais informações, visite o website: https://marcofreitas.weebly.com/
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Marco Roque de Freitas is an ethnomusicologist, Assistant Professor (Tenure) in the Department of Musical Sciences at NOVA FCSH, and an integrated researcher at the Institute of Ethnomusicology – Centre for Studies in Music and Dance (INET-md) at NOVA University Lisbon, where he co-coordinates the thematic line Studies on Women, Gender and Sexuality. His theoretical interests focus on the following topics:
- Nation-building and nationalism in postcolonial Africa;
- Expressive behaviour, gender and sexuality;
- Expressive culture and memory politics in the Autonomous Region of Madeira;
- Popular music and the study of music industries;
- Music, propaganda and conflict;
- Musical theatre, voice and ‘racial imagination’;
- Digital humanities and research infrastructures;
- Research Ethics and History of Ethnomusicology
For more information, please visit the website: https://marcofreitas.weebly.com/
Education/Academic qualification
Musicology, Doctorate, A construção sonora de Moçambique: política cultural, radiodifusão e indústrias da música no processo de formação da nação (1974-1994), Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (FCSH)
2014 → 2019
Award Date: 16 May 2019
Musicology, Master, «Podem chamar-lhe loucura mas achamos que é cultura»: music and the performance of sexuality in a Lisbon nightclub", Departamento de Ciências Musicais (DCM)
2010 → 2014
Award Date: 13 Jan 2014
Musicology, Bachelor, Departamento de Ciências Musicais (DCM)
2007 → 2010
Award Date: 1 Sept 2010
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Para quando a revolução radiofónica? Política cultural e radiodifusão na República Popular de Moçambique (1975-1986)
Roque de Freitas, M., 2025, Rádio Con:vida: a rádio como arquivo. Sardo, S., Miguel, A. F. & Aragão, P. (eds.). Aveiro: Universidade de Aveiro, p. 110-133 24 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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“LM for Happy Listening”: The Political Entanglements of Lourenço Marques Radio on the Fringe of Modernity in Mozambique
Roque de Freitas, M. & Mendes, P., 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Traditions of Music and Dance. p. 1-33 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Between War, Politics, and “Something Nice Back Home”: Uncovering the First Mozambican Experiences within the “World Music” Market (1987–1994)
de Freitas, M. R., 19 Feb 2024, In: Yearbook for Traditional Music. 55, 2, p. 193-219 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Entre guerra, política e “uma visão positiva lá de casa”: Descortinando as primeiras experiências moçambicanas na senda da “World Music” (1987–1994)
de Freitas, M. R., 5 Feb 2024, In: Yearbook for Traditional Music. 55, 2, p. 221-248 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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From “Sin Street” to “Education Street”: Music, Politics and Transgression in Maputo’s Red-Light District, Mozambique (c.1960–86)
Mendes, P. A. & Freitas, M. R. D., 2024, In: Journal of African Cultural Studies. 36, 1, p. 110-128 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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FCT PhD Research Scholarship
Roque de Freitas, M. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Prize for Excellence in Pedagogical Innovation
Roque de Freitas, M. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Title of Doctor Europaeus (European Doctor)
Roque de Freitas, M. (Recipient), 17 May 2019
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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Implementing Storytelling Tropes in University Teaching: A Case Study of the MA Seminar 'History of Ethnomusicology’
Roque de Freitas, M. (Speaker)
6 Jul 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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From "writing" to "performing": traditional music and the staging of "Mozambican culture" (1975-1980)
Roque de Freitas, M. (Speaker)
13 Sept 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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History of Ethnomusicology: some aspects of remodelling a MA seminar
Roque de Freitas, M. (Speaker)
14 Jul 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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"Aqui Moçambique Livre!": A construção sonora do assalto ao Rádio Clube de Moçambique (7 de Setembro de 1974)
Roque de Freitas, M. (Speaker)
7 May 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Apresentação de Livro: A Construção Sonora de Moçambique 1974-1994
Roque de Freitas, M. (Speaker)
15 Apr 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk