Mihai Leaha, Ph.D.
Associate Research Fellow
Mihai Leaha is a Romanian audio-visual researcher, anthropologist, filmmaker and educator, based in Brazil. He writes articles and makes documentary films about societies that he studies and people with whom he interacts. He is currently doing a post-doctorate at the University of São Paulo, researching the local, DIY electronic music scene. As a member of the CVA (Commission for Visual Anthropology), CEVA (Center on Visual and Anthropological Education) and other organizations, he has a long-term involvement with curating, promoting and programming ethnographic films at various conferences or festival events. Mihai taught visual anthropology in Cluj-Napoca and São Paulo, and organized conferences and workshops on visual and multimodal anthropology in Romania, Brazil and Peru.