She also founded Brazil's first ethnological society with Mario de Andrade whom she met during her expedition with her husband to the Amazon rainforest.
Her usage of photography has been attributed to women taking part in significant filming linked to the Bororo's early history.
The short films and photographs produced by her were later applied to a future course that she would present to members of the Society of Ethnography and Folklore.
Her main goal from this was to create a collection of field data that would place anthropology in a more systematic perspective while also displaying the diversity of Brazilian culture found from her past research.
Although this goal can be partially credited to her peer, Mario de Andrade who placed complaints towards the prior lack of content present in her initial films in relation to her usage of scientific approaches.
One of the ways she was able to make progress on these goals was through her focus on excluding herself and her husband from the scenes and instead capturing the material culture.
The title of the exhibition, Indiens du Mato-Grosso (Mission Claude et Dina Lévi-Strauss), recognized the contributions of both scientists.
Dina found that through items, individuals can transfer the traits from their actions into the objects that can reflect human cultures and beliefs.
[6] When Claude Lévi-Strauss described his Brazilian experience in his 1955 classic, Tristes Tropiques, he mentioned his former wife only once, noting the moment when she had to separate from the last expedition.