Sociology
Obituary
Between ethics and spirit
Flávio Pierucci, interpreter of contemporary Brazilian religiousness
History of Fapesp X
Delicate relationships
The research contribution of São Paulo state universities to gender studies
História da FAPESP IX
The world in a trance
The paradigms of research on urban problems
Sounds and ideologies
The politics that result in samba music
Samba music was instrumental to Negro awareness in the 1970s
Sociology
The arts of Roger Bastide
Articles on Brazil were fundamental for Roger Bastide's concepts
By Carlos Haag
Sociology
Faith in modernity and stepping on the gas
Brazil's controversial relationship with automobiles
By Carlos Haag
Sociology
Unequalled inequality
Seminar discusses the dilemmas of social segregation in Brazil
By Carlos Haag
Sociology
A flat roof packed full of tourists
How tourist tours around Rio's favelas work
By Carlos Haag
Helio Jaguaribe
Helio Jaguaribe: A short-term optimist
Social scientist believes in a prosperous outlook for Brazil in the near future
By Carlos Haag
Sociology
The lost tropical link
Brazil was fundamental when it came to Darwin producing his theories
By Carlos Haag
Walnice Nogueira Galvão
Walnice Nogueira Galvão: The maiden warrior
She maintains her wise daring in talking about reality and culture
By Carlos Haag
Sociology
Lights. Camera. Where’s the action?
The many difficulties faced by national movie making to become a film industry
By Carlos Haag
Manning Marable
Manning Marable: Living black history
Professor argues that re-inventing the past could re-shape the USA's racial future
Society
Memory and photography
Study shows the memory and the photography as intervention strategy
By Redação
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Fernando Henrique Cardoso: No leniency for deforestation
Society cannot be lenient toward environmental damage
By Fabrício Marques and Neldson Marcolin
Political science
With one eye on the fish and another on the cat
Brazilian mistrust of democratic institutions
By Carlos Haag
Sociology
Snapshots of knowledge
Photography is an additional badly used resource in social sciences
Cover
Electronic political platform
Contrary to myth, free advertising time works and helps voters
By Carlos Haag
Cover
The hidden side of violence
One in every ten victims of violence develops post-traumatic stress
José de Souza Martins
José de Souza Martins: Sociology examining the edges of society, dreams and hope
Sociology examining the edges of society, dreams and hope
By Marcos de Oliveira and Mariluce Moura
Research Funding
New frontier
Expansion of Brazil's ethanol production depends on investment in science
Maria Luiza Tucci Carneiro
Maria Luiza Tucci Carneiro: The “undesirable” race
Concern with racial prejudice hides the historical anti-Semitism in Brazilian society
By Carlos Haag
Alexandre Kalache
Alexandre Kalache: A policy for ageing well
Creator of age-friendly cities says that this issue is important for the country's development