History

Retrospect

São Paulo’s dream of autonomy in the fight against cancer

A public fundraising campaign enabled the construction of a hospital in the 1940s, but its independence from the public authorities lasted only a few years

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Publishing

Journey taken by publishers offers insight into the history of the book market in Brazil

Jiro Takahashi, Jorge Zahar, and Paul Monteil helped transform the reading habits of several generations of Brazilians

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Obituary

Carlos Lemos helped shape the history of Brazilian architecture

The FAU-USP professor emeritus, who died at 100, reflected on the interiors of popular housing, worked with Niemeyer, and fought for the preservation of historical heritage

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Performing arts

Puppet theater reinvents the way it tells stories

Artists incorporate themes such as violence against women and aging into performances aimed at adults

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History

Indigenous protest in the seventeenth century

Document from 1645 shows that Indigenous people were dissatisfied with their enslavement by Europeans

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History

Spanish Inquisition’s second visit to Bahia resulted in five times more accusations than previously known

Recently found documents about the visit and others by the Tribunal of the Holy Office reveal details of life in the colony

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Paleontology

Ancient Colombian people with no descendants

Indigenous people who lived in Colombia 6,000 years ago left no descendants

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Music

The bars of time

Research finds rarities and widens access to little-known musical archives

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Literature

A national voice

New studies revisit the legacy of Jorge Amado, revealing an author deeply engaged with racial, class, and gender issues

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Genomics

European father, African or Indigenous mother

DNA sequencing of 2,723 Brazilians reveals a violent legacy behind the interracial mixing that shaped the Brazilian people

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Retrospect

The foundations of modern archaeology in Brazil

Sixty years ago, a Brazilian program supported by American experts improved the education of archaeologists and drove the discovery of ancient cultures across the country

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Architecture

The challenge of preserving tile azulejos

Ceramic murals are found in buildings of different styles and periods, such as in Raio Que o Parta–style houses in Pará

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Retrospect

RadamBrasil project celebrates 50 years

Radar mapping has uncovered natural riches, trained hundreds of specialists, and is used in research on relief, geology, soils, climate, and vegetation

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Music

Rare sheet music helps tell the story of music in Brazil

Documents found in archives reveal works by composers such as Presciliano Silva, one of the first Black teachers in São Paulo

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Genomics

Brazilians are even more mixed-race than you think

New DNA sequencing of 2,723 people reveals greater Indigenous and African ancestry and highlights violence that marked the formation of the Brazilian population

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Archaeology

Mayan altar reveals conflicts between ancient peoples

Archaeologists find Mayan altar from 300 AD clearly influenced by Mexican city

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Retrospect

Paula Souza’s ideas still guide public health in Brazil

Doctor from São Paulo brought the concept of health centers from the USA and promoted good nutrition as a disease prevention strategy

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Society

New Republic turns 40

Period of redemocratization has been marked by social advances and economic plans

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History

Digital archive of Umbanda records

Digital archive offers access to documents, images, and sound recordings from Umbanda places of worship

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RETROSPECTIVE

Costa Ribeiro discovered unexpected sources of electricity

In 1944, the engineer and physicist from Rio de Janeiro identified an electric current formation in carnauba wax, a phenomenon used today in cell phones and computers

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LITERATURE

Researchers revisit the work of Bahian writer Jorge Amado

Studies describe an author concerned with race, class, and gender issues

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History

Celebrations around cerritos

Cerritos in present-day Rio Grande do Sul were the scene of pre-Columbian social and cultural rituals

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RETROSPECT

Studies on living conditions in Brazil in the 1930s influenced debates on the minimum wage

Pioneering research on working-class families adopted innovative methods to investigate income and spending on food and other basic necessities

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Research itineraries

Debris, memories, and immigration

Ethnographer and historian José Rafael Medeiros Coelho seeks to establish connections between Antakya and São Paulo

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LINGUISTICS

Proper names, such as those of people and places, inspire studies in onomastics

Interdisciplinary field touches on knowledge ranging from law to psychology

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LINGUISTICS

Abdias Nascimento, a supporter of the antiracist movement, combined art and politics

He was at the forefront of initiatives such as the Teatro Experimental do Negro, founded 80 years ago

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RETROSPECT

First books for the blind in Brazil

Institute in Rio de Janeiro has been printing in braille since 1857

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CINEMA

Researchers recover lost films on the Brazilian military dictatorship

Imagens were produced by professional and amateur film-makers while political repression and censorship blocked their circulation

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RETROSPECT

Austregésilo Lima, in the shadow of Freud

Psychotherapy critic and theorist, neurologist, and psychiatrist from Pernambuco improved the diagnosis of hysteria and spoke openly about sex in the early twentieth century

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Retrospect

100 years of TV: From tubes to smart TVs

Television faces competition from the internet and struggles to remain relevant

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