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Martijn Oosterbaan (1975)
studied Cultural Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. His
MA-thesis on the historic pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain
dealt with pilgrims narratives in relation to late modern religious
tourism. In his dissertation research in the framework of the PIONIER
research program he will focus on ‘Pentecostalism and Modern Mass Media
in Brazil’. This project will investigate the influence of Evangelical
television and radio broadcasting on the construction of (trans)national
Evangelical communities and the relation between these Evangelical
communities, the Brazilian state, and the Brazilian mediascape. The
research will be conducted in an urban area of Rio de Janeiro where he
will study the production and reception of mass-mediated religious
messages among the lower- and middle-class population.
Martijn Oosterbaan
defended his thesis 'Divine Mediations: Pentecostalism, Politics and Mass
Media in a Favela in Rio de Janeiro' on 10 May 2006. At present he has a
postdoc position at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen where he is
affiliated to the NWO project: New media, public sphere and urban culture,
headed by Prof dr René Boomkens.
For a Dutch summary
of the dissertation click here.
For table of contents, introduction and conclusion, click here.
For picture of front cover click here.
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Martijn Oosterbaan
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