Biography

Susana de Noronha: Anthropologist, PhD in Sociology, Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies (CES), University of Coimbra, Portugal. Co-coordinator of CES Ethics in Research Discussion Group, and member of the Editorial Board of the CES Collection Book Series (U. Coimbra Press IUC). Ambassador for Portugal of the "Association for the Study of Death and Society" (UK). From 2022 to 06/2023 she was Elected Secretary of CES General Assembly and, between 2020 and 01/2022, she was Co-coordinator of the Science, Economy and Society Research Group (NECES) and Member of the Standing Committee of CES Scientific Board. From 2021-2022 to 2022-2023, she was Invited Assistant Professor and Member of the Coordinating Committee of the Department of Sociology, University of Minho, Portugal. --------- AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS --------- Women in Science 2023, by Ciência Viva, honouring Portuguese scientists who have excelled in different fields of investigation; Distinguished by an international jury with the 2007 CES Award for Young Portuguese-speaking Social Scientists; and winner of the 2003 Bernardino Machado Award for Anthropology (Best Student), by the University of Coimbra. ---------SCIENTIFIC OUTPUTS --------- Single author of the research monographs A tinta, a mariposa e a metástase: a arte como experiência, conhecimento e acção sobre o cancro de mama (2009, Afrontamento); Objetos feitos de cancro: mulheres, cultura material e doença nas estórias da arte (2015, Almedina); and Cancro sobre papel: estórias de oito mulheres portuguesas entre palavra falada, arte e ciência escrita (2019, Almedina). Her most recent single-author article was published in Medical Anthropology (41(2):243-255), one of the most respected journals in the field. As a writer and researcher, she is also a published lyricist and author of scientific illustrations, using photography, painting and creative ethnographic drawing. ____________________________________________________________________________________ RESEARCH INTERESTS: Medical Anthropology; Anthropology of Art; Material Culture Studies; Social Studies of Science and Technology; Art-based/Creative Methodologies.