Interviewer: Renata Senlle


About

The Gender Workshop proposes to continue the “Feminist Talks” with people from different areas of intervention and work in the field of gender equality and women's dignity and wellbeing in Portugal and Spain.The interviews will allow us to map relevant work carried out in our country and in the neighbouring country, not only in the academy, in the sciences, but also in activism, the arts, care, work, trade unionism, etc. This talk's guest is Ciço Silveira, interviewed by Renata Senlle. 

Bio notes 
Ciço Silveira was born in Brazil, migrated to Portugal and is known for his graphic platform Sapata Press. He was a teacher in the regular course of Illustration/BD at Ar.Co Lisbon for 5 years, having also taught independent courses and workshops in several institutions in Portugal and Brazil.
He is currently a PhD student in Fine Arts (FBAUL), holds a Master's degree in Art Criticism and Architecture from the University of Coimbra, a specialist in Education and Culture and a Bachelor's degree in Plastic Arts, both from the State University of Minas Gerais. Former artist and musician, unpublished essayist, author with creative block, cancelled curator, unpaid lecturer, no driving license or fluent English. Transgendered and tired.

Sapata Press is a graphic platform and intersectional transfeminist association uses the experience with small print runs and the versatile realization of books/objects/zines as a social practice. Sapata proposes that the editorial exercise is a micropolitical attitude, shortening the distance between the author and the means of production, making dissident perspectives and non-hegemonic readings known, since 2017.

Renata Senlle is a Brazilian living in Portugal where she is a PhD candidate in Feminist Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and the Centre for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra. She holds a Master's degree in Communication Sciences from ECA-USP, with a Bachelor's degree in Journalism. She has more than 15 years of experience in communication, journalism and public relations. Currently, she works with communication strategies for the third sector, focused on the protection of tropical forests and native peoples. She also develops research and activism focused on the relationship between maternity(ies) and politics. She is a volunteer in the digital communication initiative @politicaeamae which discusses themes linked to maternity and politics in Brazilian society. From 2015 to 2019, she was in charge of the multiplatform project 'Conexào Feminista', whose original content is still available on YouTube. Last but not least, she is mother of 12-year-old Bernardo.

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