Gustavo Souza Marques

Gustavo Souza Marques is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Music, University College Cork, within the School of Film, Music and Theatre. His research focuses on hip-hop culture, postcolonial theory, and interdisciplinary music studies. He is known by his stage names Gusmão and Gusashi, blending scholarly work with his identity as a rapper, drummer, and beatmaker.

Marques' doctoral research examined Tyler, The Creator's musical and cultural work through a postcolonial lens, engaging theories by Frantz Fanon and bell hooks. His current project, CIPHER Hip Hop Interpellation, explores Latin American and Caribbean hip-hop, integrating ecomusicology, magic realism, and transmodernism. His work bridges ethnographic fieldwork (e.g., Brazil's Duelo de MCs street battles) with critical analyses of sound and media.

Marques' interdisciplinary approach emphasizes racial and gender dynamics in hip-hop, alongside innovative methodological frameworks. He has contributed to scholarly discussions on contemporary music studies and cultural studies without listed articles in this text.

• Current Project: CIPHER Hip Hop Interpellation (Postdoctoral Fellowship)
• Research Themes: Ethnomusicology, Hip-Hop, Postcolonialism, Sound Media