Lior Zisman Zalis
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1992) Transdisciplinary researcher. PhD candidate in “Post-colonialism and global citizenship” at the Center for Social Studies (CES/UC), funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology. His research project, "Insurgent Spiritualities and Enchanted Politics," investigates the historical-political and socio-cultural role of spiritual entities and religious communities in Codó, Maranhão, Brazil. He has a Master's degree in Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Thought from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Lior Zisman Zalis participated in the Independent Studies Program at the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA), where he worked with the colonial memory of the concept “fetishism.” He is currently an associate researcher for the “Bridging the Sacred” project at MoMA and other working groups such as POLICREDOS, NAR/CRIA and the Political Anthropology Laboratory. He collaborates with institutions such as MACBA, Hangar and La Escocesa.
