Itamar Rodrigues Paulino was born in Brasília, capital of Brazil. He graduated in Pedagogy and Philosophy at Higher Education Center Juiz de Fora (CES-JF), Brazil, and also completed his bachelor’s degree in theology at São Paulo Theological Institute (Itesp), Brazil. He developed his studies in Philosophy and Existence, at the Catholic University of Brasília (UCB). He also attained his master’s degree in philosophy at University of Brasília (UnB), Brazil, in 2006. Itamar Rodrigues Paulino concluded his doctorate in epistemology of the romance (literary theory and other literatures) at University of Brasília (UnB), Brazil, in the year 2014. Besides the doctorate, Paulino carried out post-doctoral studies in Literature of Amazonian Expression at the State University of Western Paraná (Unioeste), Brazil, in 2019.

In the years 1994-1995 he carried out social and educational activities and cultural practices and interreligious dialogue with Unicef and the Catholic Mission Verbo Divino, in the city of Garba Tulla (Kenya). In this place, he carried out social actions with the Borana tribal community, helping with community development in situations of high social vulnerability (hunger, disease, tribal conflicts, religious conflicts), with the aim of social promotion, justice and peace, and the search for alternatives for combating poverty in the region, through Paulo Freire’s community development methodology. He worked as a teacher in Brasília in 2000, at School União do Recanto das Emas-DF as well as at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Technologies of Brasília.

He is currently a professor and researcher at the Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará (Federal University of Western Pará) (UFOPA), focusing his work on the following themes: Brazilian classical literature; Amazonian Literature; languages and Communication; public educational policies; Origin and Evolution of Knowledge, Philosophy, Education for Ethnoracial Relations, Management of Cultures, Identities and Memories. He is also acting as a scientific advisor to the Brazilian Government in the implementation of the National Culture System. In recent years he has focused on technical and scientific cooperation actions with Kenyatta University, Universidad de los Andes, Université du Nantes, Université du Renné and Universidade de Aveiro.

Itamar Paulino is a researcher and professor at the Postgraduate Program in Society, Environment and Quality of Life (Ppgsaq) at Ufopa, focusing on Afro-Brazilian, Indigenous and Riverine cultural diversity. He is a member of the Institute of Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Formation (IFII) at the Federal University of Western Pará. He works as a researcher with the Research Group on Interdisciplinary Amazon Studies (UFOPA); from the Research Group on Epistemology of Romance (UnB), and from the International Scientific Research Program Nantes/Aveiro/Brasília – PICNAB Network.