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Célio Moura

Biography

Célio is a Brazilian architect and researcher born in the city of Recife (Pernambuco). Since 2015 he has been developing studies at the Landscape Laboratory and the Peri-urban Studies Laboratory (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco), focusing on issues of integrated urban conservation, folklore and culture (associated with place), natural heritage conservation and protected areas. Currently, his interests are focused on discussing the processes of territorialization and de(re)territorialization of what he understands (and contests) as “traditional urban communities”. In this sense, he has been researching how community identities solidify and dissipate from the impositions of public urbanization policies in marginalized fishing communities in Recife. In this process, questions about culture, ways of life, folklore, neoliberal practices, territorial management and planning, and social representations dialogue and conflict.

Célio é um Arquiteto e Pesquisador brasileiro nascido na cidade do Recife (Pernambuco). Desde 2015 vem desenvolvendo estudos no Laboratório da Paisagem e no Laboratório de Estudos Periurbanos (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco), com foco nas questões de conservação urbana integrada, folclore e cultura (associado ao lugar), conservação do patrimônio natural e áreas protegidas. Atualmente, seus interesses estão voltados para a discussão dos processos de territorialização e des(re)territorialização do que entende (e contesta) como “comunidades urbanas tradicionais”. Nesse sentido, vem pesquisando como as identidades comunitárias se solidificam e se dissipam a partir de imposições de políticas públicas de urbanização em comunidades pesqueiras marginalizadas do Recife. Nesse intermédio, questões sobre cultura, modos de vida, folclore, práticas neoliberais, ordenamento e normatização territorial e representações sociais dialogam e conflitam.

 

 

Research Interests

Brazilian Studies; Protected Areas Issues; Human-nature relation in Latin America; Immaterial and Natural Heritage Conservation; Territory and Society.

 

Estudos Brasileiros; Questões em Áreas Protegidas; Relação Homem-Natureza na América Latina; Conservação do Patrimônio Imaterial e Natural; Território e Sociedade.

 

Education

M.S. in Urban Development, Graduate Program in Urban Development (PPGDU/UFPE), Recife (Brazil), 2022

B.S. in Architecture and Urban Planning, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife (Brazil), 2019

 

Awards and Honors

IABsp 2022 Award - “Urbanism, Planning and the City - Urban Design and Landscaping”, Institute of Architects of Brazil - SP.

Honorable Mention – 1st Undergraduate dissertation award - ENANPARQ, 2020.

Nomination – Opera Prima Award, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2019.

1st place nationally in the 29th edition of the Young Scientist Award: Innovations for Nature Conservation and Social Transformation - Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development - CNPq, 2018.

Pride of Pernambuco Award: Scientist - Diário de Pernambuco, 2018.

Motion of Congratulation – Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, 2018.

Vote of Congratulations by the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco – ALEPE, 2018.

 

Highlighted Publications

Moura, C. H. R., Bezerra, O. G., & Lapa, T. A. (2024). Contradictions between nature safeguarding and the social representations of the Parque dos Manguezais Conservation Unit (Recife-PE) through the prism of the ZEIS Ilha do Destino. v.20, 108-123.

Moura, C. H. R., Araujo, F. M. H., & Lapa, T. A. (2023). In the nuances of memory and history: A discussion about the fantastic folklore of Recife and its places as heritage. Revista Risco, 21, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.11606/1984-4506.risco.2023.196052

Moura, C. H. R., Bezerra, O. G., Lapa, T. A., & Mota, C. M. (2022). Overcoming the dichotomy between nature and culture for the management of natural heritage in the city: The multiple representations of the Dois Irmãos State Park, Recife – PE. Revista Nacional de Gerenciamento de Cidades, 10, 74-87.

Moura, C. H. R., Bezerra, O. G., Lapa, T. A., & Albuquerque, C. C. S. (2021). Natural heritage in urban context: The conservation management of Parque dos Manguezais, Recife-PE. Paisagem e Ambiente, 32, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2359-5361.paam.2021.176503