Newsletter #272

AGENDA

Democracy

Political scientists analyze the nature and consequences of the crisis of democracies

In order to understand both the nature of the crisis in several democracies and the consequences of this process for the quality of the democratic regime, the Research Group on Quality of Democracy will hold the seminar "Crisis of Democracy and Political Reform" on November 28, at 9:15 am, at the IEA. The event will consist of two round tables: in the morning, "On the Crisis of Democracies;" in the afternoon, "Impact of Political Reform on the Party Fragmentation," when the amendments approved by the Brazilian Congress in 2017 will be analyzed.

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Heritage

International seminar discusses solutions for the environmental impact of tourism and heritage designation

The preservation of Brazil's natural heritage requires innovative conservation strategies in the face of the challenges posed by the dynamics of society and the advancement of tourism. This issue will be discussed at the seminar "Public Policies, Heritage Designation, Tourism and Society," on November 29 and 30, at the IEA. The meeting is an initiative of the Institute's Public Policy, Territorialities and Society Research Group. According to the organizers, the proposed discussions are part of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Health

Debate addresses the harmful effects of drugs and other substances to men's health

"The Effects of Alcohol, Drugs and Anabolic Steroids on Men's Health" is the subject of the debate that IEA' Study Group on Men's Health will promote on November 30, at 2:00 pm. The meeting will address both the harmful consequences of these substances and strategies to deal with their growing use among adolescents and young adults, according to physician Jorge Hallak, a professor at USP's School of Medicine (FMUSP) and coordinator of group.

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History

André Mota talks about the medical debate on eugenics in the 1930's and 40's in São Paulo

Environmental eugenic actions and measures to impose restrictions and even the suppression of individuals were the subject of long debates among medical sectors in the 1930s and 1940s, according to historian André Mota, coordinator of the Historical Museum and a professor at USP's School of Medicine. He will address these debates at the conference "Racism and Eugenics: A Medical Debate in 1930-1940 in São Paulo," on December 4, at 10:30 am, at the IEA. The event has been organized by IEA's research group Khronos: History of Science, Epistemology and Medicine.

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Seminar reflects on images of slavery and post-Abolition

The seminar "Images of Slavery and Post-Emancipation: Challenges of the Past and Present," to be held on December 4, at 2:00 pm, at the IEA, will reflect on the meanings accumulated in the trajectory of the images (paintings, drawings, photographs and later reconstitutions) of enslaved, freed or Afro-descendant men and women during slavery and the post-Abolition period. The seminar has been organized by two professors from USP's Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Literature, and Human Sciences: historian Maria Helena Pereira Toledo Machado (currently on her sabbatical leave at the IEA) and anthropologist Lilia Schwarcz.

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REPORT

A reflection on the far-right ideology of the past and nowadays

The theoretical discussion about fascism, the pacific but life-threatening resistance to Nazism in Germany during World War II and the ideals of far-right parties and right-wing populism that have emerged in the last decades, especially in Europe, were discussed on November 8, in a seminar with the participation of political scientists and specialists in German studies. Organized by IEA's Quality of Democracy Research Group and the Martius Chair for German and European Studies, "Memory, Democracy and Resistance: Reflections on Nazifascism in Germany" recalled the 80th anniversary of the "Kristallnacht" (Crystal Night), November 9-10, 1938.

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