In this volume of Sociologia & Antropologia, the reader will also find a Portuguese translation of Veena Das’ precious essay “Two plaits and a step in the world: a childhood remembered.” The essay was first published in an Indian collection of essays in homage to André Beteille (Das, 2009) and the Portuguese translation was done by Bruno Gambarotto. 3 In addition to the interview and to Das’ essay, the present issue of the journal also includes four unpublished articles by Brazilian anthropologists Ceres Víctora, with Patrice Shuch and Monalisa Siqueira; Cynthia Sarti; Camila Pierobon; and Adriana Vianna.