Humanities

Collection explores musical diversity across regions of Brazil

Collection explores musical diversity across regions of Brazil

Mário Pedrosa highlighted the artwork of marginalized groups

The story of one of Brazil's most important critics is intertwined with the history of the twentieth century

24 million people work in the care sector in Brazil

24 million people work in the care sector in Brazil

Gonçalves Dias’s legacy goes beyond nationalist Indianism

Poet from Maranhão worked in several areas and wrote texts that preceded discussions about the effects of slavery on Brazil’s formation

The history of the women who created textile artifacts in Brazil

Pioneers of Brazilian design created tapestries, fabrics, and fashion

Sexual violence against men is underreported

Sexual violence against men is underreported

Festivals seek to disseminate scientific content through audiovisual media

A greater number of such events in Brazil would encourage film production, says researcher

Research deconstructs the image of Brazil as a monolingual country

Studies focusing on variants of Portuguese, sign language, and Indigenous languages seek to combat linguistic prejudice

The faith and the fiscal

Brazilian Revenue Service data can be used to map a century of expansion by the evangelical church

From the margins to academia

Fifty years since it began, the hip-hop movement is the subject of Brazilian research in fields such as anthropology and education

Marco Lucchesi: The frontier poet

Neglected by critics, horror literature gains the attention of researchers

Horror stories criticize Brazilian society and denounce the violence of slavery

Historical archaeology investigates period from colonization to dictatorship

Excavations help reinterpret historical events by linking material culture, written documents, and oral testimonies

Hip-hop begins to establish itself as a field of academic study

On the movement's 50^th anniversary, artistic expressions such as rap and break dance are studied by anthropology and education researchers

Anthologies broaden perspectives on the work of José Paulo Paes

Self-taught intellectual wrote poetry and essays, in addition to translating the works of other important authors

Book gathers scores by Antonio Madureira

Composer is one of the biggest names of the Armorial Movement, which looked for the intersection between the erudite and the popular

Number of gifted people is underreported in Brazil

The country does not have the tools needed to identify and nurture individuals with high skills in different age groups and fields of knowledge

Marco Lucchesi: The frontier poet

The president of Brazil’s National Library, fluent in 22 languages, translates work from languages such as Persian, Russian, and Turkish

Research examines the activities of Italian photographers in Brazil between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

Almost-forgotten professionals had a major impact on the early days of Brazilian photography

Records kept at Brazil’s Federal Revenue help map evangelical expansion in the country

Researcher created an algorithm that shows where places of worship were built between 1922 and 2019

Traffic deaths increase by 13.5% in the last decade

Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death among young people in Latin America

Teaching profession at risk

Low salaries, lack of structure in schools, and absence of social appreciation damage interest in the career

Teaching degree crisis

Policies designed to improve the attractiveness of a teaching career and reformulate curriculums aim to reverse the teacher shortages in Brazilian primary education

New edition of diaries and research reinvigorate the memory of Lúcio Cardoso

The writer with a contradictory personality also dedicated himself to cinema and theater

In times of digitalization and diversity, FGV CPDOC turns 50

Institution created in 1973 to house the Getúlio Vargas archive wants to expand the involvement of women and seeks new forms of classification

Census provides unprecedented data on quilombola and Indigenous populations

Due to methodological changes, more advanced technology, and increased levels of self-declaration, survey shows that traditional peoples have experienced a process of rebirth

Guita Grin Debert: The distinct phases of womanhood

A scholar of the issues surrounding gender and aging, anthropologist Guita Debert is now investigating the problems of elder care and dependent old age

Dreamed lives

Ethnographic studies shed light on how indigenous peoples such as the Yanomami interpret dreams

Through a new lens

Brazilianists in the twentieth century were concerned with explaining Brazil to foreign audiences; now their research places the country within the context of global issues

Impact on food production

The way basic Brazilian ingredients are cultivated needs to be adapted to withstand the effects of the climate crisis