Humanities

Number of people with disabilities employed in São Paulo increasing

Despite good progress, most companies in the state do not meet the quotas established by legislation

Book art

Researchers shine a light on the legacy of pioneers of modern literary illustration in Brazil, such as Poty Lazzarotto and Tomás Santa Rosa

Democracy in plural

Collective candidacies surge in Brazil, rising from 7 between 2012 and 2014 to 542 between 2020 and 2022

Letters from Oswald to Mário de Andrade reveal the underground face of modernism

Writers corresponded between 1919 and 1928, a year before their friendship broke down

The experimentations of George Love

American photographer who lived in Brazil brought a new outlook on image production in the country

Maria Cecília Minayo: A sociological look at health

FIOCRUZ researcher emeritus created methodologies for investigating how violence affects the lives of specific groups, such as the elderly and police officers

Brazil invests in housing-first program

Initiative is based on the theory that homeless people need a place to live before they can access psychological and social services and earn professional qualifications

Life on the street

Brazilian cities face the challenge of reducing homeless populations, which have tripled in the last 10 years

Even without any undergraduate courses in the country, circus research is advancing in Brazil

Study groups investigate issues such as the trajectory of women in Brazilian circuses

Research helps identify lost film about the Amazon

Film about the Amazon lost in the 1920s is found in the Czech Republic

Brazilian cities are more vertical

Changes in municipal legislation and real estate market dynamics are driving the construction of taller buildings

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