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Ricardo Santos Alexandre completed his BA in Asian Studies in 2014 at the Faculty of Arts, University of Lisbon, his Master in Anthropology in 2016 at Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon and his PhD in Anthropology in 2022 at the same institution. He has published 7 articles in specialised journals. He has received 1 award(s) and/or honours. He has co-ordinated and lectured on two short courses in the fields of Anthropology, Art and Religion and was a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon. He works in the areas of Anthropology, Comparative Religion and Philosophy.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ricardo Filipe dos Santos Alexandre

Citation names

  • Santos Alexandre, Ricardo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5319-F1CF-D741
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4055-154X

Email addresses

  • rfsae@iscte-iul.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Sociology - Anthropology
  • Humanities - Philosophy, Ethics and Religion - Philosophy

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Japanese Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2018 - 2022
Concluded
 Anthropology (Doutoramento)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
 Approved with Distinction
2014 - 2016
Concluded
 Anthropology (Mestrado)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
"Ser e Paisagem: Uma Investigação Ontológica numa Comunidade Rural Japonesa" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2011 - 2014
Concluded
 Asian Studies (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
"N/A" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/02/01 - 2023/07/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/09/01 - 2021/08/31 Re-interpreting Tradtition: Relational ethics in a Japanese rural community [in PT]
SFRH/BD/135843/2018
Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book review
  1. Santos Alexandre, Ricardo. "Thomas P. KASULIS, Engaging Japanese Philosophy: A Short History, Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 2018". 52 (2018): 201-205. https://doi.org/10.5840/philosophica2018265233.
    Published • 10.5840/philosophica2018265233
Conference abstract
  1. Santos Alexandre, Ricardo. "From Humility to Human Finitude: Robert R. Marett and the sketch of the ontological role of religion in the consciousness of human limitations [in PT]". Paper presented in VIII Congress of the Portuguese Anthropological Association, Évora, 2022.
    Published • 10.5281/zenodo.10666710
  2. Santos Alexandre, Ricardo. "A Humanistic Trace: From the critical appraisal to the re-reading of Edward Sapir's 'Culture, Genuine and Spurious' [in PT]". Paper presented in VII Congress of the Portuguese Anthropological Association, Lisboa, 2019.
    Published
  3. Santos Alexandre, Ricardo. "At Home in the World: An ontology of landscape in Japan [in PT]". Paper presented in Lectures of the Portuguese Society of Anthropology and Ethnology, Porto, 2019.
    Published • 10.5281/zenodo.10001143
  4. Santos Alexandre, Ricardo. "The Suspension of the I: An anthropological interpretation of the concept of 'nothingness' in Japanese thought [in PT]". Paper presented in 3rd International Congress of the Portuguese Society of Philosophy, Covilhã, 2018.
    Published • 10.5281/zenodo.8434924
  5. Santos Alexandre, Ricardo. "Being and Landscape: An Ontological Investigation in a Japanese Rural Community". Paper presented in 15th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies, Lisboa, 2016.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Santos Alexandre, Ricardo. "On the nature of tradition: The Japanese notion of furusato and a historical quest for place". History and Anthropology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1080/02757206.2024.2337626.
    Published • 10.1080/02757206.2024.2337626
  2. Santos Alexandre, Ricardo. "Culture, its mode of being: a proposal for reflection following Edward Sapir". Etnográfica 28 1 (2024): 101-116. http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/etnografica.15175.
    Open access • Published • 10.4000/etnografica.15175
  3. Santos Alexandre, Ricardo. "Over the ruins of subjects: A critique of subjectivism in anthropological discourse". Anthropological Theory 23 3 (2023): 292-312. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14634996221128079.
    Open access • Published • 10.1177/14634996221128079
  4. Santos Alexandre, Ricardo. "The Work of Words: Poetry, Language and the Dawn of Community". Topoi 41 (2022): 497-504. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-021-09740-7.
    Published • 10.1007/s11245-021-09740-7
  5. Santos Alexandre, Ricardo. "The interval between humans: A probe into the possibilities of being". Culture & Psychology 28 1 (2022): 65-87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354067x211017307.
    Published • 10.1177/1354067x211017307
  6. Santos Alexandre, Ricardo. "Being and Landscape: An Ontological Inquiry into a Japanese Rural Community". The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology 20 3 (2019): 232-246. https://doi.org/10.1080/14442213.2019.1615121.
    Published • 10.1080/14442213.2019.1615121
  7. Santos Alexandre, Ricardo. "Is Space a Part of Being? Reassessing Space Through Japanese Thought". philosophy@LISBON 5 (2016): 145-159. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/16925.
    Open access • Published
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020/05/18 Lecture 'Japan: History and Culture' [in PT] Course 'Ethnographic Maps 2: Asia and Oceania'
Bachelor in Anthropology, Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2020/04/15 Lecture 'Poetic Language and the Dawn of Community: Philosophy of language in Japonese thought' [in PT] Course 'Introduction to Asian Literature'
Bachelor in Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/11/28 Lecture 'The nature of tradition: the idea of furusato in Japan' [in PT] Course 'Anthropological Theory: Objectivism, Relativism, Truth'
Master in Anthropology, Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2016/06/24 Lecture: Landscape as People: Research proceedings [in JP] Rengo Tokyo Jon'nobi Kai
(Tóquio, Japan)
2015/11/05 Is Space a part of Being? Reassessing Space through Japanese Thought Philosophy & Architecture International Postgraduate Conference
Centre of Philosophy University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/09/07 - 2022/09/07 P040, "Classics and Contemporaneity: Contributions to a rapprochement between anthropology and its history", VIII Congress of the Portuguese Anthropological Association, org. Portuguese Anthropological Ass., Évora, Évora University (panel coordination). (2022/09/06 - 2022/09/09)
Congress (Other)
 Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/02/01 - 2023/07/31 Ethnographic Maps 2: Asia and Oceania Anthropology (Licenciatura) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/10/18 - 2021/11/25 'Art and Religion, Art and Society' [in PT], org. CRIA / NOVA FCSH, Lisbon, Colégio Almada Negreiros, october 18th to november 25th 2021 (co-coordination e lecturing) (Diploma de especialização) Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2020/09/14 'Arte, Anthropology and Ontology' [in PT], org. CRIA / NOVA FCSH, Lisbon, Colégio Almada Negreiros, 1-14 september 2020 (co-coordination e lecturing). (Diploma de especialização) Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2017 Award of Academic Merit in Anthropology
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal