Humanities

Archaeology

The peoples of Lagoa Santa

Human burial sites in Minas Gerais reveal a succession of customs from 10,000 to 8,000 years ago

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HISTORY

Light and Power

Companies from the 19th century formed the São Paulo electric power industry

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ARCHEOLOGY

Sedentary farmers

Ancestors of the Jê group engaged in farming a thousand years ago

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ECONOMICS

Cooperatives against the crisis

Projects study worker groups formed to take control of bankrupt companies

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Music

The sound of near chaos

Free improvisation is further studied and gets a foothold on stage

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LITERATURE

The fluctuations of Dostoyevsky

Russian writers oscillated in prestige in Brazil following politics

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POLITICAL THEORY

The staying power of Hannah Arendt

The foundations laid by Hannah Arendt are still fertile

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FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY

Battle against the disappearances

Researchers work to identify persons who disappeared during the dictatorship

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Indigenous Policy

A strategy of enticement

Imperial government sought to push native peoples off their lands

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Arts

The radio era

Research analyzes Brazilian music between samba and bossa nova

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HISTORY

Black intellectuality during the Brazilian Empire

Before Abolition, the descendants of slaves played an important social role

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Urbanism

A place to live

Areas for low-income housing only function as complementary measures

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IMMIGRATION

Unity from a distance

Italians in Brazil developed the notion of Italianness

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Education

Children and the world

Research associates reflections by Hannah Arendt on education with her work

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FAMILY PLANNING

Laws in the feminine form

A study recalls the history of women’s reproductive rights in Brazil

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MENTAL HEALTH

Atelier Juquery

Sculptures and paintings reflect the role of art in psychiatric hospitals

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History

Monções (almost) rewritten

Sérgio Buarque de Holanda liked to rewriting his works

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POLITICAL SCIENCE 

A difficult relationship

Study shows rising ignorance about the democratic system

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SOCIOLOGY

Days of fury

More than a million Brazilians have taken part in or attempted an act of lynching

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Obituary

Complete devotion to the theater

Sábato Magaldi was one of the leading names in theater in Brazil

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URBANISM

Heat in the cities

Ways to protect residents of big cities from the effects of high temperatures

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Education

When the computer helps you learn

Research confirms benefits of using technology resources in the classroom

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Obituary

Brazilianist par excellence

U.S. historian Thomas Skidmore authored a classic study on Republican Brazil

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ECONOMICS

Efficiency on tracks

The São Paulo Railway Company was an exception in the railway industry

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INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION

The invisible foreigner

Brazilians in the United States avoid being regarded as Hispanics

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POLITICAL SCIENCE

The powers of society

Dictionary encompasses the universe of public policies in 197 entries

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ECONOMICS

The life of a dockworker

Occupational conditions affect the health of port workers in Santos and Lisbon

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SOCIOLOGY

Division of power on the periphery

Crime, religion and State define relationships on the margins of major cities

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LITERATURE

Love according to Mário de Andrade

Analysis of the verses sheds light on the evolution of the poet’s task

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ANTHROPOLOGY

Knowledge through images

Project analyzes the use of photos and film as a research strategy or product

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