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Evolution Education and the Rise of the Creationist Movement in Brazil examines how larger societal forces such as religion, media, and politics have shaped Brazil’s educational landscape and impacted the teaching and learning of evolution within an increasingly polarized discourse in recent years. To this end, Alandeom W. Oliveira and Kristin Cook have assembled a number of educational scholars and practitioners, many of whom are based in Brazil, to provide up-close and in-depth accounts of classroom-based evolution instruction, teacher preparation programs, current educational policies, and commonly used school curricula. Contributors also present information on Brazilian teachers’ and...
This book explores how the concept of ‘region’ has evolved over time and shaped architectural culture and practice. It questions what the words ‘region’ and ‘regional’ mean for architecture, cities and landscapes past and present, and speculates on the forms they might take in the future. Region is explored in many thematic guises: as a real geographical site of evolving socio-economic activity; as a mythical locus of enduring value; as a gatekeeper of indigenous crafts and vernacular techniques; as a site of architectural and artistic imagination; as a repository of contested, conflicted and mobile identities. The contributing chapters take these themes from the theoretical and ...
Compêndio de estudos sobre a violência contra a mulher em tempos da pandemia da COVID-19, tratando todas as nuances do tema de maneira crítica e com abordagem original.
Este livro, que exibe os resultados de uma pesquisa sobre jovens de movimentos sócios rurais, mostra como a imagem recorrente que associa juventude rural à saída do campo e à recusa a profissão de agricultor vem se modificando. Além de trazer informações sobre o dia a dia desses jovens, as quais passam por questões como escolaridade, gênero, reivindicações, dentre outras, este livro mostra como eles vêm se constituindo como um novo autor político.
Since the late nineteenth century, Brazilians have turned to documentaries to explain their country to themselves and to the world. In a magisterial history covering one hundred years of cinema, Darlene J. Sadlier identifies Brazilians’ unique contributions to a diverse genre while exploring how that genre has, in turn, contributed to the making and remaking of Brazil. A Century of Brazilian Documentary Film is a comprehensive tour of feature and short films that have charted the social and political story of modern Brazil. The Amazon appears repeatedly and vividly. Sometimes—as in a prize-winning 1922 feature—the rainforest is a galvanizing site of national pride; at other times, the ...
História das Mulheres, Relações de Gênero e Sexualidades em Goiás, apresenta pesquisas focadas nas Histórias das Relações de Gênero, Sexualidades e Mulheres, considerando a região de Goiás. Com abordagens teóricas e metodológicas diversas, os autores buscam imprimir perspectivas diversas de maneira que contribuam para a construção e renovação do tema no meio acadêmico. O objetivo é trazer ao leitor uma reflexão sobre a importância do passado e do presente na construção de trajetórias, olhares e percepções distintas, anulando a ideia de "história única".
"This work reveals the pervasive nature of Native enslavement and argues for the significance and importance of enslaved Native Americans in the social, cultural, and economic development of early South Carolina"--