Research Fields
Light Festivals
Sociology of Art
Urban Sociology
Arts in Territory Development
Visual Methods
Social Media Data
Social Network Analysis
Deaf Communities
CV
Manuel
Garcia-Ruiz
is
a
PhD
Scholar
at
CIES-Iscte
and
a
Research
Collaborator
at
IS-FLUP.
His
research
in
Sociology
at
ISCTE-IUL
is
supported
by
the
Portuguese
Foundation
for
Science
&
Technology
(FCT).
He
has
been
visiting
professor
in
different
universities,
and
a
scientific
advisor
for
different
departments,
organizations
and
projects.
His
research
has
3
main
topics:
(i)
Nightlife,
festivals,
and
tourism
(ii)
city
branding,
culture-led
regeneration
strategies,
artwashing
and
commodification
of
the
arts
and,
(iii)
artistification,
culture
and
artistic
careers
of
emergent
professionals.
He
is
the
author
of
several
papers
and
chapters
on
the
emergent
field
of
Night
Studies,
and
editor
of
different
publications
on
urban
studies,
night
studies
and
cultural
sociology.
He
is
co-founder
and
coordinator
of
the
International
Night
Studies
Network,
Coordinator
of
the
Rede
de
Etnografia
Urbana
(Etno.Urb),
and
the
Director
of
the
Urban
Audiovisual
Festival.
He
is
also
a
reputed
festival
advisor,
specialized
in
art
in
dark
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Educational Qualifications
Recent Publications
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