Newsletter #264

AGENDA

Literature produced in the Brazilian peripheries is the theme of a seminar held by the Olavo Setúbal Chair

The literature produced in and around the peripheries of Brazil will be the theme of the first activity of the Olavo Setubal Chair of Art, Culture and Science under the management of Eliana Sousa Silva. On June 18, at 2.00 pm, the IEA will host the seminar 'Reflections on Peripheral Literature and University,' which inaugurates the series of dialogues "Peripheral Centralities." The series seeks to bring together professors, technicians, students, artists, intellectuals and activists from the Brazilian peripheries. "Cultural actions carried out by groups from the peripheries allow them to affirm a place in the city beyond the traditional stereotypes, centered on lack and precariousness," says Eliana, who is also the founder and director of the Tide Development Network, an NGO that aims to develop the largest set of favelas in Rio de Janeiro: Maré. There will be a live webcast.

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Lecturer analyzes the emancipatory capacity of technical development

The blind trust that science and technology are neutral productions of the technological process of human emancipation constitutes a "mythical" presupposition of modernity, subject to radical criticism in the face of social and ecological degradation, according to professor of philosophy Marildo Menegat, from the Center for Studies of Public Policies on Human Rights at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. To address the issue, he will be at the IEA on June 21, at 2.00 pm, for the conference 'The Ruins of Enlightenment: Is the Development of the Technique (yet) Emancipatory?'

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Meeting discusses the contributions of Martin Buber's philosophy to clinical activities

On June 25, at 2.00 pm, researchers will analyze how the work of philosopher and pedagogue Martin Buber can collaborate in clinical work, considering the importance of dialogue and intersubjectivity in these activities. The Austrian, who deals with alterity and dialogical relation in his writings, is the subject of "Martin Buber, philosophy and other writings on dialogue and intersubjectivity," a book by José Maurício de Carvalho, lecturer at this IEA event. Physician Paulo Saldiva, director of the Institute, and communicator Liana Gottlieb will also participate as debaters. The meeting will be broadcast live on IEA's website.

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Meeting addresses the ability of cities to adapt to the scarcity of resources

A seminar at the IEA will propose to dialogue with the issues of urban resilience in the context of the water-energy-food nexus. "Resilience is what helps cities to adapt and transform in the face of these challenges, enabling responses to both the expected and the unexpected," explain the organizers. 'Urban Resilience in the Context of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus' will take place on June 28, at 2.00 pm, and is part of the ResNexus project, a partnership between USP and the universities of Wageningen, in The Netherlands, and Sussex, in the UK. The event can be followed live over the web.

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INSTITUTIONAL

José Goldemberg: 90 years of the scientist and public manager

Nuclear physicist, and specicalist in sustainable energy, education and the environment, José Goldemberg reached the age of 90 on May 27. Current chairman of the São Paulo Research Foundation's Board of Governors, Goldemberg has received several honors. The creation of the IEA in 1986, his first year as USP's president, has been highlighted as one of his important contributions to the academic development of the country.

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