The pioneering spirit of Brazilian children\u2019s author Monteiro Lobato is undisputed: his importance is underscored by researchers devoted to the topic and evidenced by the public success his books have achieved.\u00a0 The author himself, quite schooled in the art of self-promotion, helped construct this leading role.<\/p>\n
Important though they are, literature\u2019s greats like Lobato are not necessarily the first of their kind: precursors often lead the way.\u00a0 Decades before publication of A menina do narizinho arrebitado<\/em> [The girl with the little pug nose] (1920), there was already a market in Brazil for children\u2019s literature, composed mostly of works in translation as well as local writers.<\/p>\n In this issue\u2019s cover story<\/a>, Special Editor Carlos Fioravanti presents not only this little-known pre-Lobato overview, but he also introduces a never-before-published children\u2019s work written 120 years ago by Rio de Janeiro educator Jo\u00e3o K\u00f6pke. The facsimile of Versos para pequeninos<\/em>, that came to the public in 2013, when the manuscript was cited in a doctoral thesis defended by K\u00f6pke\u2019s great-granddaughter, is available as an eBook on the Pesquisa FAPESP <\/em>website<\/a>.<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n A regionalized snapshot of the scientific competency of the 15 administrative regions of S\u00e3o Paulo was published in February by the Academy of Sciences of the State of S\u00e3o Paulo (Aciesp). The Map of Science<\/a>, whose content is summarized and discussed in the report that begins on page 32, highlights the regional specialization profiles that may serve as a guide for private investments and public policies.<\/p>\n It also illustrates successes achieved by public policies in building scientific competency, some directly and indirectly related to the state\u2019s economic and social challenges.\u00a0 In the search for agricultural solutions, for example, there are initiatives that go back centuries: since the establishment of the Agronomic Institute of Campinas (IAC) 130 years ago, the area surrounding Campinas features a concentration of 22% of the state\u2019s agricultural sciences researchers even though the region\u2019s municipalities are home to just 9.17% of the state\u2019s population.\u00a0 Similarly, the presence of the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ) at the University of S\u00e3o Paulo has brought together 15.33% of S\u00e3o Paulo\u2019s agricultural sciences researchers in the Piracicaba region, which has only 3.3% of the state\u2019s population.\u00a0 Forward thinking and ongoing investments in the field of health in the S\u00e3o Paulo Metropolitan Region, home of 51.27% of the state\u2019s population, has created prominence in this field of knowledge and a 54.95% concentration of researchers.<\/p>\n The past 20 years of state and federal initiatives have led to the establishment of new institutions and the expansion of those that are already consolidated in S\u00e3o Paulo. The study also identifies some deficiencies: a weakness in terms of scientific training has been identified in three of the 15 regions.<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n When we talk about Brazilian baroque, what immediately comes to mind is the rich sacred art found in the churches and museums of the states of Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Bahia and Rio de Janeiro. In recent years, research groups have revived S\u00e3o Paulo baroque not just in the capital, but also in the state\u2019s inland cities, through studies and restorations of churches, paintings and sculptures<\/a>. The result is that works of art have been rediscovered and forgotten artists brought to the forefront, reversing the perception that S\u00e3o Paulo baroque was unimpressive and of little worth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Precursors and pioneers","protected":false},"author":586,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[158],"tags":[],"coauthors":[1549],"class_list":["post-245578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editorial-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/586"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245578"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=245578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}