Christina Queiroz

COVID-19

Diplomacy against COVID-19

Inequalities in the fight against COVID-19 highlight the need for multilateralism

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LITERATURE

Stories without end

Marked by a character of incompleteness, early Western translations of the book One Thousand and One Nights show attempts at turning it into a historical document

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OBITUARY

An affectionate critic

By analyzing writers' archives, Eneida Maria de Souza expanded the scope of literary studies

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CAREERS

The power of dialogue

Clear objectives and a collaborative work environment are essential to academic supervision

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Public policy

Fluid identities

Roughly 2% of adults in Brazil are transgender or nonbinary

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Interview

Maria Victoria de Mesquita Benevides: The right to democracy

Sociologist fosters the creation of the field of education in human rights in Brazil

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The role of women

Uncommon in the history of modern art, in Brazil some women artists gained recognition during their own lifetimes

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Contested significance

New research sheds light on modernist projects in Brazil's furthest reaches

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Articulated modernisms

The Centenary of the Week of Modern Art is marked by reflections about its influence on Brazilian culture

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Demographics

Discoveries about the past

Early demographic data show that 20% of households were headed by women in colonial Brazil

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Public policy

Fine-tuned communication

Technological development favors urban safety and the fight against drug trafficking

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Public policy

A bridge to security

Dialogue between academia and police stimulates development of security policies

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Neuroscience

The archaeology of the mind

Supported by mathematical models, study investigates the development of human thought over thousands of years

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Impact on science

Greater inclusion of black and mixed-race students in higher education is leaving its fingerprints on science output

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A formula for equity

Affirmative action has broadened black people’s access to the most competitive undergraduate programs in Brazil, but the impact on black jobs has been limited

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Obituary

Philosopher and provocateur

An icon when it comes to research on authors such as Marx and Wittgenstein, José Arthur Giannotti left a legacy of original work and trained generations of researchers

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Cities battle the climate crisis

Research in the human and social sciences is helping cities develop plans to adapt to the new reality of life on Earth

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Interview

A visionary of modernity

Aracy Amaral talks about Brazilian modernism

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COVID-19

Widespread lack of support

113,000 children have been orphaned in Brazil during the pandemic, challenging families to search for alternatives to prevent them from being placed into residential care

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OBITUARY

A multipurpose thinker

Gláucio Soares developed pioneering studies in various areas of the social sciences

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Education

Universal educator

On the 100th anniversary of Paulo Freire's birth, researchers discuss his intellectual legacy

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Mutually reinforcing

Combined with census data, new technologies are expanding the reach of demographic studies

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A country in transformation

Modern census methods can now better capture the reality of Brazilian society

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A virtuous cycle

Demographic censuses have offered insight into Brazilian society and fueled research in academia

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INTERVIEW

Néstor García Canclini: An anthropologist of the contemporary

A Brazilian intellectual produces pioneering analyses of the paradoxes of Latin American modernity

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EDUCATION

Learning at the turn of the century

Research examines enrollment and attendance rates to measure Brazil’s progress in education

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Obituary

A multifarious critic

Based on a solid philosophical framework, Alfredo Bosi proposed a revision of the literary and cultural history of Brazil

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Demographics

Latin American longevity

Brazil and Mexico have the shortest average life expectancies, a study in nine Latin American countries finds

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In search of improvement

Investing in the training of teachers and the sharing of knowledge between schools helps improve student performance

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Education at risk

Prolonged school closings and unequal access to distance learning is causing increased student dropouts and learning-acquisition gaps

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