Humanities
History of Health

São Paulo as a Laboratory
The preventive approach held sway in medical practice in the 20th century
HUMAN RIGHTS

Motherhood behind bars
The situation of pregnant inmates and incarcerated mothers with newborns
Performing Arts

Theatrical costumes: naturalism and invention
The history of costumes for the Brazilian stage since the 19th century
History

The fight for abolition
Study reconstructs the role of the abolitionist movement as a social force
Education

Acquisition of subject knowledge ranks first
Study detects substantial gains in subject knowledge
LANGUAGE

Philology rediscovered
Researchers discuss theoretical issues for classical studies of Philology
Economics

Good news for sugarcane
Increase in ethanol production improved people’s lives in the countryside
EDUCATION

Literacy for real
A project encourages improvements and discovers failures in public education
Communication

Changing times
Glut of online news is reorganizing the spaces and roles of science journalism
Cinema

China’s eyes and ears
Films by Jia Zhang-ke gain a global audience with their critical view of China
Society

Violence, fear and stigma
Researchers bring families separated by Hansen’s disease back together
SOCIOLOGY

Rearrangements in the Metropolis
Communities on the Greater São Paulo have become more heterogeneous
POLITICAL SCIENCE

A difficult relationship
Study shows rising ignorance about the democratic system
By Redação
HISTORY

Ancestral privileges
Book describes the roots of public excess in Brazil during the colonial period
Communication

Reporting science
Júlio Abramczyk and José Hamilton Ribeiro write about scientific topics
SOCIOLOGY

Persistent Inequalities
Access to income and civil rights has increased, but there are disparities
GEOLOGICAL TOURISM

A 600-million-year old São Paulo
Itinerary with stone from a distant past in the historic center of São Paulo
ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE

Behind the façades
Inventory calls attention to the loss of historic structures in São Paulo