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Keywords

aerial photography, environmental governance, indigenous resistance, indigenous aesthetics, historical reparation, decolonial narratives, photography

Countries

Brazil, Switzerland, France

Biography

PhD student of Cultural Analysis at University of Zurich, with a research on aerial images of the Brazilian Amazon. She has two master's degree: Arts and Languages from EHESS, and her dissertation proposes a decolonized perspective on Brazilian photojournalism’s history and Corporate Social Responsibility from UFRJ where she studied the “Escola de Fotógrafos Populares” in the favela Maré, including a participant observation as a student of the same course.
Member of the Zurich Latin American Center.

Activities

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Employment (4)

Editora Madalena: São Paulo, BR

2015-03-01 to 2022-12-01 | Representative in Europe (International development)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcella Marer

Atelier EXB: Paris, FR

2021-12-01 to 2022-07-01 | Coordination of photography exhibitions, communication, press relations, partnerships (maternity cover) (Communication and special projects)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcella Marer

FotoRIO - International photography festival : Rio de Janeiro, BR

2013 to 2018 | Responsible of communication and visual inclusion colloquium (Communication and Visual Inclusion)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcella Marer

Estúdio Madalena: São Paulo / Rio de Janeiro, BR

2014 to 2016 | Head of Rio de Janeiro office (International projects and partnerships)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcella Marer

Education and qualifications (5)

University of Zurich: Zurich, CH

2022-09-01 to present | PhD Candidate (Cultural Analysis)
Education
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Marcella Marer

École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales: Paris, FR

2019-09-01 to 2021-10-01 | Master in Human and Social Sciences - Arts, literatures and languages (Images, visual culture and art history)
Education
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Marcella Marer

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Editora UFRJ: Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR

2012-01-03 to 2014-04-19 | Master in Social Responsibility and the Third Sector (Institute of economy)
Education
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Marcella Marer

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Editora UFRJ: Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR

2012-03-01 to 2012-12-20 | Solidarity communication specialization in photography (Communication )
Education
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Marcella Marer

Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, BR

2000-03-01 to 2004-07-01 | Bachelor in social communication (Advertising and marketing)
Education
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Marcella Marer

Funding (2)

The bird's eye: aerial images of indigenous lands in Brazilian Amazon, 1925-2025.

2024-07 to 2024-10 | Grant
Universität St. Gallen (Saint Gallen, CH)
URL: https://latinamerica.unisg.ch/en/leading-house/funding-instruments/
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcella Marer

Aerial images of Brazilian indigenous communities: the resignification of a visual icon.

2023-08 to 2023-10 | Grant
UZH Foundation (Zurich, CH)
URL: https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/funding/grc-new-grants/travel-grant-apply.html
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcella Marer

Works (13)

‘Huellas cósmicas’ (II). Alejandro León Cannock: “Toda creación tiene un destino: las obras de arte existen para hablarle a alguien de algo”. Entrevista por Marcella Marer

LUR
2025-01-09 | Magazine article
Contributors: Marcella Marer
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcella Marer

‘Huellas cósmicas’ (I). Roberto Huarcaya: “Estos fotogramas son piezas vivas que generan mutaciones". Entrevista por Marcella Marer.

LUR
2024-12-02 | Magazine article | Methodology, Writing - original draft
Contributors: Marcella Marer
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcella Marer

Damarice Amao, curadora de fotografia do Centro Pompidou, e os desafios de recontextualizar os arquivos do museu

ZUM
2024-04-11 | Magazine article
Contributors: Marcella Marer
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcella Marer

The Bird’s Eye From Up Above or From Down Below: Changing Perspectives on Aerial Photography of Indigenous Lands in the Brazilian Amazon

Revista de História da Arte. Re-turns: On Future Art Histories
2023-12-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.34619/C7H6-ULKK
Contributors: Marcella Marer
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcella Marer

O olhar estrangeiro que edita o Brasil: fotografias de Jean Manzon em revista

Base de Dados de Livros de Fotografia
2023-12-21 | Website | Investigation, Methodology, Writing - original draft
Contributors: Marcella Marer
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcella Marer

Fotografia aérea de territórios indígenas do Brasil: a perspectiva do olho de pássaro

Centro Cultural da Universidade Federal de Goiás
2023-10-17 | Lecture
Contributors: Marcella Marer
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcella Marer

Fotografia aérea de territórios indígenas do Brasil: a reparação do olho de pássaro

IV Encontro de Cultura Visual - Reparações
2023-06-24 | Conference paper | Writing - review & editing, Investigation, Writing - original draft
Contributors: Marcella Marer
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcella Marer

Aerial photography - the dialectic in the struggle of Brazil’s indigenous tribes

Languages and Practices of Sustainability - University of Bern
2023-05-25 | Conference paper
Contributors: Marcella Marer
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcella Marer

Entrevista Géraldine Lay : 40 anos da coleção Photo Poche - Revista ZUM

ZUM
2023-02-16 | Magazine article | Writing - original draft
Contributors: Marcella Marer
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcella Marer

Entrevista Cristina de Middel - Revista ZUM

ZUM
2022-07-26 | Magazine article
Contributors: Marcella Marer
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcella Marer

La révision d’une icône visuelle : les photographies aériennes des peuples indigènes du Brésil

Maison Européenne des Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société (MESHS), Lille Université libre de Bruxelles
2022-05-20 | Lecture
Contributors: Marcella Marer
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcella Marer

Entrevista Christoph Wiesner - Revista ZUM

ZUM
2021-07-05 | Magazine article
Contributors: Marcella Marer
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcella Marer

Entrevista Laia Abril - Revista ZUM

ZUM
2020-03-07 | Magazine article
Contributors: Marcella Marer
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcella Marer
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