50 Years FAPESP | May 2012

Humanities

Literature

Brazil seen from the farm

Studies about Monteiro Lobato reintroduce the complexity of the writer in all his contradictions

History of Science

On the shoulders of magic giants

The process of transforming alchemy into chemistry was longer and smoother than is commonly thought

anthropology

The Invention of Brasilian Indians

An analysis of the ethnographies produced by Salesian missionaries dismantles the notion of anthropologists as translators

Evolution

Luzia’s America

Excavations at Lagoa Santa reinforce an alternative theory of the peopling of the continent

National Defense

Autonomy without Discussion

The legislature’s involvement in the future of the Armed Forces is still marginal

Political Science

Presidential Government Makes its Move

The legislative power of the executive branch serves to assuage the image of a government marked by clientelism and corruption

International Relations

For a More Effective Agenda

Analyses of US policies regarding South America show that they are more reactive than proactive

Human Rights

Permitted Violence

The authoritarian bias of the Brazilian mindset is one of the concerns of the USP Center for the Study of Violence

Sugarcane Women

Rebuilding the Past

Memories of tenant farmers shed light on the final days of the sugar plantation settlements

The Dynamics of the economy

There is more to rural Brazil than just agriculture

The Rurbano Project shows that following the model of developed societies, Brazil is reducing the historical gap between the countryside and cities

Sociology

A metropolitan area undergoes a real transformation

The Center for Metropolitan Studies discovers the many faces of São Paulo