ALVARO S
ALVARO NEDER
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
cell ph. # +55 (21) 9663-3291
alvaroneder(at)
Freelance Translator — Brazilian Portuguese Native Speaker
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Brazilian Literature, Language, and Literary Theory, PUC-Rio University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 2007.
Dissertation Title: “O Enigma da MPB e a Trama das Vozes: Identidade e Intertextualidade no Discurso Musical dos Anos 60”. [“The Enigma of MPB and the Network/Conspiracy of the Voices: Identity and Intertextuality in 1960s Musical Discourse”].
Major Fields of Study: Brazilian Literature and Language, Literary Theory, and Popular Music.
M.A. Education with honors, UFMS Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, July 2001.
Thesis Title: “Educação: Criação ou Técnica? Contribuições da Educação Informal na Comunidade Jazzística”. [“Education: Creation or Technique? Contributions of the Informal Education in the Jazz Community.”]
B.A. Music Education, UNI-Rio Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 1989.
EXPERIENCE AS A FREELANCE TRANSLATOR
2000-current - 5,000 pieces for clients such as Edwards Instruments Co (Biomedical Equipments), ThyssenKrup CSA (siderurgy), Petrobras Netherlands B.V. (petroleum), Companhia de Telecomunicações do Brasil Central [CTBC] (telecommunications), Barnes and Noble, , Montreux Jazz Festival, , music., , , , shopping., Sunnyside Records, MTV, All Music Guide, All Classical Guide, Jazz Italia, among many, many others. I also translated technical manuals, books, articles, web pages, guides, multimedia, audiovisuals for worldwide translation agencies in the following areas: computers, law (general/contracts), marketing/market research, medical instruments and biomedical sector in general, engineering (general), automotive, business/financial, and all areas of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts. As a tenured professor, I have transdisciplinary experience in all fields of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Languages: English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese (from Portugal and other countries) to Brazilian Portuguese. Translation, editing, and proofreading.
ACADEMIC HONORS AND GRANTS
CAPES Scholarship (2005-2006)—Awarded by the Brazilian Government for international doctoral studies.
Brown in Brazil Fellowship (2004)—One of two doctoral fellowships awarded campus-wide by Brown University for PUC University students.
CNPq Scholarship (2003-2007)—Awarded by the Brazilian Government for doctoral studies in Brazil.
CAPES Scholarship (1999-2001)—Awarded by the Brazilian Government for Masters studies in Brazil.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Professor, Federal Center for Technology Education (CEFET), 2007-Present.
Course: Musical Production and Technology.
Assistant Professor, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Department of Music, 2007-Present.
Course: Introduction to Ethnomusicology
Instructor, Brown University, Department of Music, 2005
Course: Introduction to Ethnomusicology, developed and taught with Professor Paul Austerlitz.
Teaching Assistant, PUC University, Dept. of Literature, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2003.
Course: Seminar in Poetry, Professor Gilberto Mendonça Telles.
Teaching Assistant, PUC University, Dept. of Literature, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2003.
Course: Seminar in Literature and Multiculturalism, Professor Julio Diniz.
Teaching Assistant, PUC University, Dept. of Literature, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2003.
Course: Seminar in Literature and Intertextuality, Professor Renato Cordeiro Gomes.
Teaching Assistant, PUC University, Dept. of Literature, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2002.
Course: Seminar in Theory of Literary History, Professor Heidrum Krieger Olinto.
Private Instructor, 1980-2000
Courses: Musical technique, Brazilian musical culture, music theory.
Teacher, Centro de Arte Viva Conservatory, Campo Grande, Brazil, 1990
Course: Harmony, music theory.
Teaching Assistant, CIEP State High School, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1989
Course: Music Education, music appreciation.
OTHER WORKING EXPERIENCES
1993-1996 Creative writer for Advertising/ Marketing, Objetiva Propaganda e Marketing
1993-1996 Economics research and weekly newsletter production, Objetiva Propaganda e Marketing. Agribusiness, market analysis, historic series and indexation of rural investments.
PUBLICATIONS
Book
Creativity in Education: Can Schools Learn from the Jazz Experience? Writers Club Press: New York, 2002.
Articles in academic journals
“Música, Subjetivação e Cultura: Em Trinta Segundos de Indeterminação, o Adeus a Trezentos Anos de Certezas. Passages de Paris. Revue Scientifique de l'Association des Chercheurs et Etudiants Brésiliens en France. < > , Feb 2007.
“Julia Kristeva e a produção do sujeito através da literatura”. In: ANASTÁCIO, E. B. et al. (orgs.), Tendências contemporâneas em Letras: povos do Pantanal. Campo Grande: Uniderp, 2006.
“Alegria Alegria: Processos de Produção de Sentido e Construção da Subjetividade.” Repom UFSC—Journal of the Center for Poetic Studies of the Literature Department of the Federal University of Santa Catarina 1 (2004). < repom.ufsc.br>, 11 Oct. 2005.
“Educação: Razão ou Sensibilidade?” Intermeio—Journal of the Department of Education of the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, 4 (1999): 20-39.
Neder, Alvaro, et al. “Entrevista com Renato Mezan.” Intermeio—Journal of the Department of Education of the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, 4 (1999).
Items compiled in books
“Racionais MC’s.” All Music Guide to Hip-Hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap and Hip-Hop. Ed. Vladimir Bogdanov. 1st ed. San Francisco: Backbeat, 2003. 400.
[Sixty items]. All Music Guide: The Expert's Guide to the Best Recordings. Ed. Vladimir Bogdanov. 4th ed. San Francisco: Backbeat, 2002. 910-922.
“Os Mutantes.” All Music Guide to Rock: the Definitive Guide to Pop, Rock and Soul. Ed. Vladimir Bogdanov. 3rd ed. San Francisco: Backbeat, 2002. 777-778.
[Two items]. All Music Guide to Jazz. Ed. Vladimir Bogdanov. 4th ed. San Francisco: Backbeat, 2002. 372-373; 475.
Items published on the Internet
2,300 items published by the All Music Guide reference service ()
PRESENTATIONS
“O enigma da MPB: Identidade e Intertextualidade no Discurso Musical dos Anos 60”. 2007 Abralic Convention (Brazilian Association for Compared Literature), São Paulo, Brazil, 2007.
“Novos Modos de Ouvir, Novos Modos de Ser: A Música de Webern, a Escuta de Kristeva e uma Outra Prática do Dizer”. In: ABRALIC Convention, 2007. 10th International Abralic Convention (Brazilian Association for Compared Literature), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2006.
“Um Homem Pra Chamar de Seu: Sons Musicais, Ironia e Desconstrução Identitária”. In: 7th International Fazendo Gênero Convention (Federal University of Santa Catarina), Florianópolis SC, Brazil, 2006.
“1960, the Decade that Never Ended: Brazilian Popular Music, Poetry and Politics.” Brown University Colloquium. Brown University, Providence, USA, 22 Apr. 2005.
“Semiótica, Estruturalismo e Pós-Estruturalismo: Está Fazendo Sentido? Anotações sobre Pesquisa em Música e Teoria Literária Hoje.” 1ª. Conferência Anual Interdisciplinar dos Brasileiros na Brown University. Brown University, Providence, USA, 15 Jul. 2005.
“Modernismo, Pós-Modernismo e Música Popular Brasileira.” 4a. Jornada da Pós-Graduação em Estudos da Literatura. PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 26 Oct. 2004.
“Processos de Produção de Sentido e Suporte na Construção da Subjetividade na Canção: Uma Leitura de Alegria, Alegria.” 3a. Jornada da Pós-Graduação em Estudos da Literatura. PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 2003.
“Aventura, Ideologia e Subjetividade em Alegria, Alegria: um Drama em 5 Atos Sincrônicos.” III Simpósio Imagem, Música, Texto. Universidade do Estado de São Paulo, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil, 2003.
“Musicologia e Teoria Literária: Caminhos Cruzados no Estudo das Músicas Populares.” 2ª. Jornada da Pós-Graduação em Estudos da Literatura. PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 2002.
“A Relevância Social Harmonizada com os Afetos do Indivíduo: Uma Experiência Comunitária.” III Encontro de Pesquisa em Educação ANPED—Associação Nacional da Pós-Graduação em Educação, Capítulo Centro-Oeste. Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brazil, 2000.
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Member of the publishing counsel of the Repom UFSC — Journal of the Center for Poetic Studies of the Literature Department of the Federal University of Santa Catarina, 2003-2005.
SHOWS/EXHIBITS/PERFORMANCES
Musical Composition and Direction
Tremor Cycles—Play sponsored by the Watson Institute of Foreign Relations, Brown University, 2005.
Shows
Around 300 in several places in Brazil, 1985-2004.
Recorded Musical Compositions
“Nem Tolo.” Song recorded by Marco Barros, 2004.
“Olhos.” Song recorded by Marco Barros, 2004.
Radio Show Production and Hosting
Jazz Session — 600 presentations, 1998-2001
MPB do A ao Z — 600 presentations, 1998-2001
Voces de América — only production, 600 presentations, 1998-2001.
Artistic Direction
Peña Eme-Ene — 1990-2000
Non-profit community cultural center dedicated to multicultural Latin American music, poetry, dance and cuisine. Responsibilities: Artist selection, decisions about repertory, general coordination of artists and supporting personnel.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
MLA – Modern Language Association
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