2018/2019 Fellow | KMM Institut für Kultur- und Medienmanagement/ Hochschule für Musik und Theater | Hamburg
Participating in the German Chancellor Fellowship program of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation between 2018 and 2019 was a milestone in my professional and personal journey. It is very rare in the field of cultural management to find professional development opportunities abroad outside the academic context and with as much consistency, autonomy and trust as the Foundation places on its fellows.
Thus, the German Chancellor Fellowship emerged as a unique opportunity and became a central element in my development over the past five years. The experience was not limited to living abroad; it also allowed me to meet highly qualified professionals in various fields and deepen my knowledge of the cultural sector in Germany and other European countries. This immersion led to my project “Quality for Culture,” (www.qualityforculture.org) which generated online publications — a whitepaper and a resource guide in English and Portuguese — downloaded more than 10,000 times and which opened new professional doors in Brazil.
Upon returning to Brazil, in early 2020, I was determined to apply the acquired knowledge and experience to contribute to the development of the cultural sector in a very delicate moment for Brazil. In nearly four years since then, I have become a consultant, working with various cultural institutions in Brazil, in addition to being a research associate at the Observatory of Creative Economy in Bahia, participating in national researcher on cultural public policies.
Even from Brazil, I maintained the connections I built in Germany. I emphasize the lasting bonds with Prof. Martin Zierold (KMM Hamburg), who provided full support for my research. Additionally, I became a contributor to the Arts Management Network portal (Kulturmanagement Network GmbH), participated in a book on International Arts Management edited by Prof. Raphaela Henze (Heilbronn University), and in 2023, was invited to teach in the master’s course in Arts and Cultural Management at Leuphana University in Lüneburg.
I hope that the suspension of the program is reversed, so that many more people can have the same transformative opportunity in their careers and lives.
