Newsletter #239

AGENDA

Writers discuss the connections between literature and mathematics

The relationship between literature and mathematics will be discussed by three experts of the subject: researchers and writers Jacques Fux, Marco Lucchesi and Nílson José Machado. Coordinated by mathematician and writer Flavio Ulhoa Coelho, a professor at USP's Institute of Mathematics and Statistics (IME), and sabbatical researcher at the IEA, the meeting "Literature and Mathematics: A Conversation" takes place on October 27 at 2 pm in the IEA Events Room. The event will be broadcast live on the internet.

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Seminar addresses different aspects on agroecology research

The seventh meeting of the series of seminars "Investigating the Possibilities and Implications of Multi-strategic Research", organized by IEA's Philosophy, History, and Sociology of Science and Technology Research Group under the direction of visiting professor Hugh Lacey, will address various aspects related to agroecology: dimensions of research on the topic; issues regarding gender and feminism within agroecological research; innovation and technology in the transition to agroecology; public policy and construction of agroecological knowledge; and the situation of Cuba concerning the subject. The seminar "Themes of Agroecology" takes place on October 31, from 2 pm to 5 pm, in the IEA Events Room. There will be live broadcast over the web.

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Group presents research on allegations of human rights violations by the USA

The results of an empirical survey from 2012 to 2014 on the USA position in the Organization of American States (OAS) as a country accused of human rights violations will be presented on November 1, at 10 am. The research has been conducted by a group of researchers on human rights from the National Institute of Science and Technology (INCT), with support of CNPq and FAPESP. The seminar "The United States and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: Complaints, Interactions, Mobilizations" will take place in the IEA Events Room and has been organized by IEA's Human Rights, Democracy, Politics and Memory Research Group. There will be live broadcast over the web.

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REPORT

Prejudices and stereotypes impact progression of women in science

Instead of being a plural space, the university also reveals to be the place of the implied prejudice against women with regard to progression in the academic and scientific career, as indicated by the debate "Women in University and Science: Challenges and Opportunities", held on September 15 at the IEA. "Much of this discussion is associated with the power of women or with the conflict of power in relation to men and its social, cultural and political implications. In the private and public contexts, women are not willingly admitted in power domains. Even in large democracies of the 21st century, power relates to men," said the lecturer Leila Saadé, president of the RESUFF (Francophone Network of Women Responsible for Higher Education and Research).

RESEARCH

The essence and the difference: the new advances of acculturation psychology

The second edition of "The Cambridge Handbook of Acculturation Psycology" brings an article that analyzes the processes of acculturation in Latin America signed by Sylvia Dantas, coordinator of IEA's Intercultural Dialogues Research Group. Written in co-authorship with Alejandra del Carmen Dominguez Espinosa, from the Universidad Iberoamericana of Mexico City, the chapter "Acculturation in Central and South America" gives an overview of the demographic and migratory movements in Latin America. The publication of 567 pages has been organized by David Sam and John W. Berry, two of the greatest experts on the subject, and was recently launched by Cambridge University Press.

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