https://ceciliasoares.work/home daily 1.0 2025-11-24 https://ceciliasoares.work/contact-me daily 0.75 2025-05-28 https://ceciliasoares.work/about-me daily 0.75 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629a6d06341e7b0f85e7312d/7253d468-da4f-492a-b2ad-be312ebd9c5b/WhatsApp+Image+2022-06-03+at+5.46.04+PM.jpeg About me - About me Hi! My name is Cecília, but everybody calls me cès. I live in Rio de Janeiro. My double formation mixes Humanities and Engineering. I hold a Ph.D. in Sociology from Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (2017), with a postdoc at the Observatoire Sociologique du Changement / Sciences Po Paris (2018) and another at the History department from the Universidade Federal Fluminense (ongoing). I also have a MA in Sociology and Anthropology and a BA in Social Sciences, both from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. During my trajectory as a researcher, I first had a keen interest for Urban anthropology and consumption. In this sense, as a junior scholar, I studied several different themes, from the moving frontiers in Colonial Brazil to the subway dynamics in Rio de Janeiro. Those first experiences brought some features that are still present today in my way of tackling knowledge: interdisciplinarity and curiosity without boundaries. After this, I focused my studies on consumption, especially during the Ph.D. years. My thesis analyzed luxury consumption in Rio as a longue durée phenomenon. This main research led me to the sociohistory of sartorial goods, which I still explore today. I am particularly interested to adopt goods as a "starting point" to reconstitute a broader and more complex, system of cultural norms and structures. In the case of Brazil, shoes are a good example because they were central in the definition of civil categories, such as freedom. My ongoing research explores the life and taste of Eufrásia Teixeira Leite, a Brazilian investor who lived most of her life in Paris, where she excelled in finance. I’m also expanding my research concerning footwear in the 19th century, and the role of sartorial items in the Olympics. Apart from research, I also have a corporate career as Product Manager in a tech company. In my spare time, I love to travel and try new foods. Don't hesitate to drop me a line (or two) for us to chat! You can also subscribe to my Substack newsletter and read a new text every week, or buy me a coffee! Download my CV here https://ceciliasoares.work/media daily 0.75 2025-05-26 https://ceciliasoares.work/works-and-publications daily 0.75 2025-11-24 https://ceciliasoares.work/works-and-publications/moda-calos-e-cetins monthly 0.5 2022-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629a6d06341e7b0f85e7312d/481f0a2e-a87b-450b-982e-348266fba829/76637852_SC-130-anos-do-fim-da-escravidao-Senhor-e-seus-escravos-Sao-Paulo-Militao-Augusto-de-Azeved.jpg Works and Publications - Moda, calos e cetins (2020) - Make it stand out O senhor e seus escravos (The owner and his slaves). Picture by Militão de Azevedo, São Paulo, 1870. https://ceciliasoares.work/works-and-publications/from-colonial-traditions-to-modern-values monthly 0.5 2022-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629a6d06341e7b0f85e7312d/c8125d48-c0cd-48a5-8a89-44840c466872/eufrasia.jpg Works and Publications - From colonial traditions to modern values (2022) - Make it stand out Portrait of Eufrásia Teixeira Leite, Carolus–Duran, oil on canvas, Paris, 1887. Museu Casa da Hera, Vassouras, Brazil. https://ceciliasoares.work/works-and-publications/a-segunda-chance monthly 0.5 2022-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629a6d06341e7b0f85e7312d/1654595675663-B5EK66CBJ144740L6LQO/vogue.png Works and Publications - Da segunda mão à segunda chance (2021) - Make it stand out Liu Wen and Guinevere Van Seenus were photographed for Vogue’s September issue at a recycling facility wearing upcycled and regenerated clothing by Marine Serre, Stella McCartney, CDLM, and Everlane. Photographed by Tierney Gearson, Vogue, September 2019. https://ceciliasoares.work/works-and-publications/smartphone-global monthly 0.5 2022-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629a6d06341e7b0f85e7312d/f5b1989a-ee25-495e-9ca5-4b3c72651a78/smartphoneglobal.jpg Works and Publications - O smartphone global: uma tecnologia para além dos jovens (2021) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://ceciliasoares.work/works-and-publications/daslu monthly 0.5 2022-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629a6d06341e7b0f85e7312d/1654613199323-5X4HM9JGRWVTXQHBIEB8/Daslu-varejo-empresas.jpg Works and Publications - Daslu: ascensão e queda de uma empresa do setor de luxo no Brasil (2013) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://ceciliasoares.work/works-and-publications/the-clothes-of-the-sovereigns monthly 0.5 2022-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629a6d06341e7b0f85e7312d/1661101418840-MX9V5M9Z0UNRA4P2W1P3/DpedroI-brasil-full.jpg Works and Publications - The clothes and reigns during Brazilian Independency (2022) - Make it stand out Portrait of Dom Pedro I, Simplício Rodrigues de Sá, oil on canvas, c. 1830. Museu Imperial de Petrópolis, Petrópolis, Brazil. https://ceciliasoares.work/works-and-publications/antropologia-do-consumo monthly 0.5 2022-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629a6d06341e7b0f85e7312d/1661418375950-Q1ZPH6ZMK1BFWMARQ8PZ/54abf-de-lakenmarkt_the-drapers-market_lr.jpg Works and Publications - Antropologia do Consumo: uma apostila (2019) - Make it stand out Anonymous, The draper’s market in ’s-Hertogenbosch, oil on panel, c. 1530. Noordbrabants Museum, the Netherlands. https://ceciliasoares.work/works-and-publications/as-roupas-e-os-regimes monthly 0.5 2023-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629a6d06341e7b0f85e7312d/9587bdf2-02af-4a4c-80f8-bdd93a4c6a68/Portrait_of_Dom_Pedro%2C_Duke_of_Bragan%C3%A7a_-_Google_Art_Project_edited.jpeg Works and Publications - As roupas e os regimes durante a Independência brasileira (2022) - Make it stand out Portrait of Dom Pedro I, Simplício Rodrigues de Sá, oil on canvas, c. 1830. Museu Imperial de Petrópolis, Petrópolis, Brazil. https://ceciliasoares.work/works-and-publications/shapes-and-colours monthly 0.5 2023-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629a6d06341e7b0f85e7312d/1673189865527-VUH1NAA3CGYWP0KOTA4J/U2FT62BJINCKFMK4AOTIBKZGMA.jpg Works and Publications - Shapes and colours as symbols for international values (2022) - Make it stand out The Olympic Symbol created by the Baron de Coubertin (1915). https://ceciliasoares.work/works-and-publications/identidade-a-tiracolo monthly 0.5 2023-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629a6d06341e7b0f85e7312d/04ce6331-1e72-4275-a84b-da008c6424e9/princess-diana-gucci-bag-a.jpg.jpg https://ceciliasoares.work/works-and-publications/o-monograma-faz-o-bau monthly 0.5 2023-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629a6d06341e7b0f85e7312d/1674392355232-D872MC9XL19SN83YNFX2/315989823_465745148787196_3060619420632049764_n.jpg https://ceciliasoares.work/works-and-publications/baroes-de-tamancos monthly 0.5 2024-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629a6d06341e7b0f85e7312d/934d3cf3-f1f9-4a9d-856c-2296b521bc8e/Livraria-Cecilia-3.jpg https://ceciliasoares.work/works-and-publications/historia-privada-atraves-lentes-publicas monthly 0.5 2025-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629a6d06341e7b0f85e7312d/1717363687955-6HOKXU64M82CX7SXCJK6/Vassouras_1859_Frond.jpg https://ceciliasoares.work/works-and-publications/performing-internationalism monthly 0.5 2025-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629a6d06341e7b0f85e7312d/1740339216370-EKUTWHAADL21YG9EFLWL/internationalism.jpg https://ceciliasoares.work/works-and-publications/transatlantic-alliances monthly 0.5 2025-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629a6d06341e7b0f85e7312d/1740342590951-AV61BEG5VXGXWS6SFHMR/IMG_3455.jpg https://ceciliasoares.work/works-and-publications/entrevista-adalberto monthly 0.5 2025-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629a6d06341e7b0f85e7312d/42b8b161-2f44-4303-89a6-f0fffb128f50/adalberto.jpeg https://ceciliasoares.work/works-and-publications/filosofia-botas monthly 0.5 2025-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629a6d06341e7b0f85e7312d/6e67b10c-540e-4af8-8cc5-887e57911fe7/history-of-wellington-boots-from-battlefields-to-potato-fields-the-duke-of-wellingtons-hessian-boots-via-fashion-history-timeline.jpg.webp https://ceciliasoares.work/works-and-publications/succession-melnotte-dufossee monthly 0.5 2025-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629a6d06341e7b0f85e7312d/9feacd41-8fd9-4cb5-a0f1-f4414d2c5476/21.jpg