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Richard Miskolci

Richard Miskolci is a Brazilian sociologist. He is Full Professor of Sociology[1][2] at UNIFESP (Federal University of São Paulo) (Federal University of São Paulo), Brazil, and also a researcher of CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development).[3] Miskolci is the leader of the Research Center Quereres.[4]

He initiated his career dealing with Critical Theory, but the contact with the works of Michel Foucault and Cultural Studies attracted his attention to the field of differences. Miskolci has researched in Germany and was a Student-at-large in the humanities at the University of Chicago before receiving his PhD in Sociology from University of São Paulo (2001).[5] He got tenured as a professor of sociology at UFSCar Federal University of São Carlos where he worked between 2004 and 2018.[6]

Miskolci has contributed to disseminate Queer Theory in the Brazilian academic field in a dialogue with its own tradition of sexuality studies, especially those created under the influence of Néstor Perlongher's work. Miskolci has edited (with Júlio Assis Simões) the first Brazilian compilation of Queer Studies.[7] "Dissent Sexualities" (2007) received the Award Citizenship in Respect to Diversity (2008).

Brazilian sexuality studies and activism is marked by identitarian tendencies while Miskolci's work supports a non-identitary perspective based on queer and gender theories. Gender defies identity as a concept that underlines the importance of social structures (both cultural and historical ones) defining our desires and self-comprehension. Miskolci's work stands in opposition to crude identity politics as well to studies based on the illusion of a stable subject/identity.[8]

Miskolci has worked in a senior research with David M. Halperin to develop the methodology for his historical research on nation and desire in the Brazilian fin de siècle. The research was conducted during over 10 years with different grants until it became a book: O Desejo da Nação: masculinidade e branquitude no Brasil de fins do XIX (2012).[9] In this work, he analyses the Brazilian elite project of creating a nation with European immigrants and also disciplining the local population. The ideals of whiteness and masculinity of the ruling elite directed this authoritarian project during the first decades of the Brazilian Republic (proclaimed in 1889).[10]

In 2011, Miskolci was one of the creators of Contemporânea - Revista de Sociologia da UFSCar.[11] Between 2014 and 2018 he worked in the coordination of Sociology at CAPES, the Brazilian agency that manages the graduate system. He is also a member of the Research Committee Futures Research of the International Sociological Association (ISA) and of the TG Digital Sociology of the Brazilian Sociological Society (SBS).

Miskolci has researched the contemporary use of digital media in Brazilian society since 2007. This research, sponsored by CNPq and FAPESP, became his main area of interest. In 2016 he has organized the first Brazilian compilation on Digital Sociology[12] and also founded the Thematic Group Digital Sociology at the Brazilian Sociological Association. In 2017, he published Desejos Digitais: uma análise sociológica da busca por parceiros on-line,[13] a book that summarizes his researchers about how homosexual men use digital media to search for sexual partners.[14]

One of his last researches was on how online social networks helped to frame in moral terms the Brazilian public sphere.[15][16] In 2021, Miskolci has published Batalhas Morais: política indenttária na esfera pública técnico midiatizada,[17] a book in which he analyzes how both identity politics and right-wing adversaries work under the same framework that has led to social polarization, authoritarianism and censorship impoverishing and corroding the conditions for democratic debate.

Miskolci takes part in an international research on political polarization in Latin America ([1]) and also has an individual research project on disinformation and collective health. Miskolci received a CAPES ([2]) senior researcher fellowship to work at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid ([3]) comparing the Brazilian and the Spaniard cases during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Publication list

  • Miskolci, Richard. Thomas Mann, o Artista Mestiço. São Paulo: Annablume/FAPESP, 2003.[18]
  • _________________. (editor) Normalidade, Desvio, Differenças In: Teoria & Pesquisa. São Carlos: PPGCS, 2005.[19]
  • Miskolci, Richard. O desejo da nação: masculinidade e branquitude no Brasil de fins do XIX. São Paulo: Annablume/FAPESP, 2012.
  • _________________. Scavone, Lucila; Alvarez, M. C. (editors) O Legado de Foucault. São Paulo: Editora Unesp/FAPESP, 2006.[20]
  • _________________. Simões, Júlio Assis. (editors) "Sexualidades Disparatadas" In: Cadernos Pagu Campinas: Pagu-UNICAMP, 2007.
  • Miskolci, Richard. (editor) "Marcas da Diferença no Ensino Escolar". São Carlos: EdUFSCar, 2010.[21]
  • Miskolci, Richard & Pelúcio, Larissa. Discursos fora da ordem: sexualidades, saberes e direitos. São Paulo: FAPESP/Annablume, 2012.[22]
  • Miskolci, Richard. Teoria Queer: um aprendizado pelas diferenças. Belo Horizonte: Autêntica, 2012.[23]
  • Miskolci, Richard & Leite Júnior, Jorge. Diferenças na Educação: outros aprendizados. São Carlos: Edufscar, 2014.
  • Miskolci, Richard (June 2015). "'Discreet and out of the gay scene' - notes on contemporary sexual visibility". Cadernos Pagu (44): 61–90. doi:10.1590/1809-4449201500440061.
  • "Dossiê Sociologia Digital organizado por Richard Miskolci" [Digital Sociology Dossier organized by Richard Miskolci]. Contemporânea (in Portuguese).
  • Miskolci, Richard. Desejos Digitais: uma análise sociológica da busca por parceiros online. Belo Horizonte: Autêntica, 2017.
  • Miskolci, Richard (17 December 2019). "The Moral Crusade on 'Gender Ideology': notes on conservative political alliances in Latin America". Sociologies in Dialogue. 4 (2): 45–59. doi:10.20336/sid.v4i2.99 (inactive 1 November 2024). Archived from the original on 1 June 2020.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)
  • Machado, Jorge; Miskolci, Richard (December 2019). "Das Jornadas de junho à cruzada moral: o papel das redes sociais na polarização política brasileira" [From the June demonstrations to the moral crusade: the role of social media networks in political polarization]. Sociologia & Antropologia (in Spanish). 9 (3): 945–970. doi:10.1590/2238-38752019v9310.
  • Miskolci, Richard. Batalhas morais: política identitária na esfera pública técnico-midiatizada. Belo Horizonte: Autêntica, 2021.[24]
  • Miskolci, Richard. Beyond science denialism: disinformation during the Covid-19 pandemic. Sociologias, v.25, 2023.https://doi.org/10.1590/18070337-123090EN
  • Miskolci, Richard & Balieiro, Fernando F. The Moralization of Politics in Brazil. International Sociology, v.38, n.4, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809231180879

References

  1. ^ Miskolci, Richard. "Department of Preventive Medicine". Staff of Department of Preventive Medicine. Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil (UNIFESP). Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  2. ^ Miskolci, Richard. "Richard Miskolci's Profile at the Graduate Programa in Collective Health". Graduate Program in Collective Health -UNIFESP. UNIFESP (Federal University of São Paulo), Brazil. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. ^ Miskolci, Richard. "Lattes CV". Lattes Curriculum Vitae at CNPq Website. CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development). Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  4. ^ Miskolci, Richard. "Richard Miskolci's profile at Quereres - Research Center on Differences, Human Rights and Health". Quereres - Research Center on Differences, Human Rights and Health. Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Brazil. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  5. ^ Miskolci, Richard. "FAPESP Virtual Library". Biblioteca Virtual da FAPESP. The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP).
  6. ^ Baileiro, Fernando de Figueiredo (2014). "Intersecções entre História e Sociologia". História e Cultura. 3 (3). doi:10.18223/hiscult.v3i3.1415.
  7. ^ Miskolci, Richard (2007). "Dissent Sexualities/Sexualidades Disparatadas". Cadernos Pagu. 28. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  8. ^ Miskolci, Richard (2009). "A Teoria Queer e a Sociologia". Sociologias. 21. doi:10.1590/S1517-45222009000100008.
  9. ^ Gomes Pereira, Pedro Paulo (2014). "Os Fantasmas da Nação". Cadernos Pagu. 42 (42): 513–521. doi:10.1590/0104-8333201400420513.
  10. ^ Miskolci, Richard (2012). O desejo da nação. São Paulo: Annablume. p. 208. ISBN 978-85-391-0446-8. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Contemporânea". Contemporânea - Revista de Sociologia da UFSCar. Archived from the original on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2023.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. ^ Miskolci, Richard (2016). "Dossiê Sociologia Digital". Contemporânea - Revista de Sociologia da UFSCar. 6 (2). Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  13. ^ Miskolci, Richard (2017). Desejos digitais: uma análise sociológica da busca por parceiros on-line (1 ed.). Belo Horizonte: Autêntica Editora. p. 304. ISBN 9788551302590. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  14. ^ Bento, Berenice (2017). "Máscaras heterossexuais, desejos homossexuais". Cadernos Pagu. 51 (51). doi:10.1590/18094449201700510021.
  15. ^ Miskolci, Richard (2018). "The moral crusade against gender ideology". Sociologies in Dialogue. 4 (2). Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  16. ^ "Das jornadas de junho à cruzada moral". Sociologia e Antropologia. 9 (3). 2019. doi:10.1590/2238-38752019v9310.
  17. ^ Miskolci, Richard (2021). Batalhas morais: política identitária na esfera pública técnico-midiatizada (1 ed.). Belo Horizonte: Autêntica Editora. p. 112. ISBN 9786559280193. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  18. ^ Vasconcellos, Gilberto Felisberto (1 November 2003). ""Thomas Mann, o Artista Mestiço"". Folha de S. Paulo. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  19. ^ Miskolci, Richard (2005). "Dossiê Normalidade, Desvio, Diferenças". Teoria & Pesquisa. 1 (47). Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  20. ^ Scavone et alli, Lucila (2006). O legado de Foucault (1 ed.). São Paulo: Editora Unesp. p. 304. ISBN 9788571397088. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  21. ^ Miskolci, Richard, ed. (2010). Marcas da Diferença no Ensino Escolar (1 ed.). São Carlos: EdUFSCar. ISBN 978-85-7600-213-0. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  22. ^ Pelúcio, Larissa; Miskolci, Richard (2012). Discursos fora da ordem (1 ed.). São Paulo: Annablume Editora. p. 312. ISBN 978-85-391-0386-7. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  23. ^ Miskolci, Richard (2017). Teoria Queer: um aprendizado pelas diferenças (3 ed.). Belo Horizonte: Autêntica Editora. p. 87. ISBN 9788551301890. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  24. ^ Miskolci, Richard (2021). Batalhas morais: política identitária na esfera pública técnico-midiatizada (1 ed.). Belo Horizonte: Autêntica Editora. p. 112. ISBN 9786559280193. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
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