Humanities
POLITICAL SCIENCE
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The faith and the fiscal
Brazilian Revenue Service data can be used to map a century of expansion by the evangelical church
By Diego Viana
INTERVIEW
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Marco Lucchesi: The frontier poet
Professor of comparative literature at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), poet, writer, memoirist, and essayist: Marco Americo Lucchesi, born in Rio de Janeiro, was appointed president of Brazil’s National Library Foundation (FBN) in 2023 with the mission of making the institution more transparent and accessible, in addition to modernizing its century-old collection,... View Article
Literature
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Neglected by critics, horror literature gains the attention of researchers
Horror stories criticize Brazilian society and denounce the violence of slavery
By Juliana Vaz
Archaeology
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Historical archaeology investigates period from colonization to dictatorship
Excavations help reinterpret historical events by linking material culture, written documents, and oral testimonies
By Diego Viana
Literature
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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
By Juliana Vaz
PHOTOGRAPHY
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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
By Diego Viana
POLITICAL SCIENCE
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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
By Diego Viana
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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
ARCHIVAL SCIENCE
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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
By Diego Viana
Anthropology
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Dreamed lives
Ethnographic studies shed light on how indigenous peoples such as the Yanomami interpret dreams
SOCIETY
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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
By Diego Viana
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Impact on food production
The way basic Brazilian ingredients are cultivated needs to be adapted to withstand the effects of the climate crisis
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Insufficient food
In addition to poverty, research on hunger is starting to examine bottlenecks in the journey that food takes from farm to fork