CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL DETAILS
Name
ESMERALDA CELESTE
Surname
MARIANO
Nationality
MOZAMBICAN
CURRICULUM VITAE
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
1998 – M.A. from University of Genoa, Italy.
Thesis on: “Conceptions about woman’s childlessness and land’s infertility in the rural community of Djabissa,
Matutuine District, Maputo Province, Mozambique”.
Supervisors: Prof. G. Parodi Da Passano and Prof. G. Della Ragione.
2002 – Master of Philosophy in Social Anthropology (with emphasis on Human Ecology), from University of
Bergen, Norway.
Thesis on: “Childlessness: Whom to blame and how to cope – Symbolic representations and healing practices
among the Shangana of Southern Mozambique – Magude”.
Supervisors Prof. Gunnar Haaland, Prof. Fredrik Barth and Prof. Bruce Kapferer.
PUBLICATIONS
1999 – “Conceptions about woman’s childlessness and land’s infertility, in a Rhonga rural community, in the
south of Mozambique”. (Paper presented) In: Social Science Research on Childlessness in a Global
Perspective. Edited by: Frank van Balen, Trudie Gerrits and Marcia Inhorn. SCO-Khonstamm Instituut,
Department of Education and the Medical Anthropology Unit, University of Amsterdam.
2002 – “Identificazione degli itinerari terapeutici nel quartiere di Xipamanine, Maputo” (Article). In: Antropologia
della Salute in Mozambico, Edited by G. Mondardini. Editrice Democratica Sarda, Sassari, Italy.
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Research carried out in collaboration between Sassari University (Italy) and Eduardo Mondlane University (Faculty of Medicine), Mozambique, as part of a training project on medical anthropology.
2004 – “Involuntary childlessness among the Shangana” (Article). In: Journal of Reproductive and Infant
Psychology, Vol. 22, N°4, November, pp.261-269, Brunner Routledge, Tylor & Francis, Health Sciences
2005 – “Narrare l’AIDS: Rompere il muro del silenzio”, (Article) in Drammi de corpo e narrazioni su di essi,
edited by G. Mondardini Morelli, University Press- Antropologia 8, Cagliari
2008 – “Cuidados Consigo Mesmo, Sexualidade e Erotismo”. In: Physis. Brasil. (to be published)
2008 -
“Genital Modifications and Eroticism, Notions of the Body and Sexual Health of Women, in
Mozambique,
Tete
Province”.
In:
Culture,
Health
and
Sexuality.
(to
be
published)
2008 – “Closing the Vagina Through Elongation of the Labia Minora and Use of Vaginal Products to Enhance
Eroticism: Can these Practices be Considered FGM?”. In: The Finnish Journal of Ethnicity and Migration
(FJEM). (to be published)
TRAINING COURSE and WORKSHOP
1996 - Participation at the course of “Sociologia Politica de Etnicidade” implemented by Prof. Carlos Serra,
Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM-CEA).
1998 – Participation at “Experimental course of medical anthropology” in Genoa, Italy, implemented by
Università degli Studi di Genova, GRIC/CNRS Université Lyon II.
1998 - Participation at “5° Congresso Luso-Afro-Brasileiro de Ciências Sociais”, organized by Eduardo
Mondlane University (UEM), Maputo.
2004 - Participate in Jakarta, Indonesia, in the multi-country workshop for the design of a research on vaginal
practices - Researcher WHO
2005 – Participation at six week course on “Training in research in Sexual Health”, organized by WHO and
Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research (GFMER).
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2005 - Participation on Scientific Health Workshop (Jornadas Cientificas da Saude) - Maputo, held by
Mozambican Ministry of Health (MISAU).
2006 - Presentation of a paper Manipulation of female genitalia and notions of femininity and eroticism at the
Conference “Transcending Postcolonial Conditions: Towards Alternative Modernities” held in Cape Town
(South Africa). 3-7 December 2006. Joint Conference comprising the annual conferences of Anthropology
Southern Africa and the Pan African Anthropological Association and an Inter-congress of the International
Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. Author: Bagnol, Brigitte and Esmeralda Mariano.
2006 - Presentation of preliminary data from Mozambique and South Africa of the “WHO Multi-country Study
on Gender, Sexuality and Vaginal Practices” at the Psychosocial Workshop in Los Angeles (USA). 28-29
March 2006. Author: Bagnol Brigitte and Esmeralda Mariano.
2007 - Body, Sexuality and Health: Notions of Femininity and Eroticism. Poster presented at the 5th IASSCS
International Conference In Lima 27- 29 June 2007 untitled Dis/Organized Pleasures: Changing Bodies,
Rights And Cultures. Authors: Bagnol Brigitte and Esmeralda Mariano.
2007 - Presentation of a paper: Health impact of vaginal practices in Mozambique. 2007. Conference of the
Population Association of America (PAA) in New York. March 2007. Authors : Brigitte Bagnol and Esmeralda
Mariano
2007 - Presentation of a paper: Mozambique, Use of Vaginal Products. Perceptions of their Impact on Health.
The Psychosocial Workshop in New York (USA). March 2007. Authors : Brigitte Bagnol and Esmeralda
Mariano.
PROFISSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Currently lecturer of Anthropology of Health, module of “Sexual and Reproductive health course”, Culture and
Sexuality, and Ecological Anthropology at Eduardo Mondlane University (Faculty of Arts and Social Science)
Mozambique
- Invited lecturer of Anthropology and Sociology of Health for the Public Health Master course at the Eduardo
Mondlane University (Faculty of Medicine) Mozambique.
1999-2000 – Researcher in the “Training project of Anthropology of Health in Mozambique”, implemented by
University of Studies of Sassari (Department of Economy Institutions and Society) Italy, and Eduardo
Mondlane University (Faculty of Medicine) Mozambique
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1999 – Participate at the conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in the “Social Science Research on
Childlessness in a Global Perspective”.
2002 – Participate at the International Conference on “Socio-Medical Perspective of Childlessness” in Goa,
India, organized by International Institute for Population Sciences, India and University of Amsterdam, The
Netherlands.
2002-2003 – Consultant in the “African Socio-cultural Programmatic Research on Sexual and Reproductive
Health (SRH) in Zambezia Province”, implemented by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Centre
for Population Studies (CEP) from Eduardo Mondlane University - Mozambique.
2003-2004 – Consultant in the research on “HIV/AIDS Baseline study in Tete Province”, implemented by
Danish Cooperation (DANIDA) and Mozambican Ministry of Health (MISAU).
2004 – Research WHO, participation in workshop in Jakarta, Indonesia, to design a “Multi-country study on
Gender, Sexuality and Vaginal Practices”
2004 – Consultant as coordinator in qualitative study of 6 provinces of Mozambique on “Evaluation of Integrate
Supplementary Feeding Programme”, implemented by UNICEF/ WFP in collaboration with Mozambican
Ministry of Health (MISAU).
2003-2004 – Researcher on study on “Forme di contagio e prevenzione delle malattie di trasmissione
sessuale presso i guaritori nella città di Maputo”, Sassari University, (Italy) and Eduardo Mondlane University Faculty of Medicine, (Mozambique).
2005 – Research coordinator in a qualitative study in Manica province - Chimoio on “Evaluation of knowledge
attitudes and practices of STI/HIV/AIDS among sex workers and their clients within OMES activities”,
implemented by Burnet Institute (Australian international Health Centre) funding by Australian Agency AusAID.
2005 - 2006 Currently researcher on “Multi-country study on gender sexuality and vaginal practices” – Tete
province, Mozambique
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2006 - Currently research consultant at MONASO-CVM-UEM in the “Pilot project culturally integrated HIVAIDS prevention - Dialogue between biomedical and traditional medicine practitioners”
2006 – Trainer of Anthropology for public health: “ Emphasizing safe motherhood, HIV and AIDS” for the
health care providers (nurses, counsellors and medical doctors) in Chokwé - Gaza Province – Mozambique,
organized by Medicus Mundi Catalunya in collaboration with Mozambican Ministry of health MoH (6 October 18 November).
2007 – Trainer of Mozambican Red Cross volunteers, health care providers and health educators involved in
programme of “Dialogue between traditional medicine and biomedicine for a prevention culturally sensitive” (in
Maputo Province – Mozambique, organized by CVM – (Mozambican Red Cross) and MONASO (Mozambican
organization for HIV) in collaboration with Eduardo Mondlane University – UEM (16 to 20 April)
2007 – Trainer of Anthropology of health and illness for the health care providers (maternal health,
psychosocial assistants and VCT counsellors) in Beira - Sofala Province – Mozambique, organized by HAI
(Health Alliance International) and Mozambican Ministry of health MoH (MISAU) with collaboration of Eduardo
Mondlane University – UEM ( 28 May – 12 June).
LANGUAGES
Portuguese: Functionally native proficient
Italian: Fluent writing, speaking and reading
English: Fluent writing, speaking and reading
Shangana: Speak
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