Newsletter #276

AGENDA

Sports

Meeting addresses aspects of organization, marketing, and personnel related to Olympic sports

The main themes discussed in the contemporary Olympic Movement will be presented at several round tables in the seminar "From Post- to Neo-Olympism: Sport and the Olympic Movement in the 21st Century," on June 28, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Organized by the Group of Olympic Studies (GEO) based at USP's School of Physical Education and Sport (EEFE), the event will seek to address the contradictions generated by all the players involved in maintaining the movement: leaders, coaches, athletes, and companies.

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Culture

Seminar addresses the resources and trends in fire safety of cultural heritage buildings

American specialist in fire risk management Christopher Marrion and architect Renata Motta, adviser to USP's President's Office on Museums and Collections, will be the presenters at the seminar "Good Practices, Trends, and Technology Against Fire in Cultural Heritage Buildings," to be held on July 1, at 3:00 pm. The event is part of a cycle of meetings organized by IEA's Research Group "Fórum Permanente: Cultural System Between Public and Private," this time in partnership with the International Council of Museums' National Committee in Brazil (ICOM Brasil) and the U.S. Consulate General in São Paulo.

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Cities

Seminar debates the need to innovate urban public policies

In order to follow up the processes of urban management and to mitigate the problems inherent in urbanization, public policies need to be constantly rethought. With the aim of promoting dialogues and gathering experiences in this area, the cycle of seminars UrbanSus: Urban Sustainability will hold the meeting "Innovation in Urban Public Policies" on August 7, from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm. It will be divided into four panels: "Internet of Things," "Social Technology," "Safety," and Regulation.

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RESEARCH

New scientific field analyzes cultural transmission from an evolutionary point of view

Cultural evolution is the theme of the project being developed by ethologist Eduardo Ottoni, from USP's Institute of Psychology (IP), as a participant in the 2019 edition of the Institute's Sabbatical Year Program. In an interview, he has detailed the origins, development, and implications of this new discipline. Ottoni is writing a textbook on the field and articles for specialized periodicals, as well as organizing an international workshop. With these activities at the IEA, he hopes to foster debates on the recent study perspectives, which include Darwinian approaches to cultural evolution, gene-culture coevolution, extended cognition, and behavioral traditions in nonhuman animals.

USP undergraduates experience field research by conducting a community census

Since January, scholarship holders linked to the Olavo Setubal Chair of Art, Culture, and Science have been participating in a census that is collecting data from communities near the USP campuses of the city of São Paulo, namely Jardim São Remo, Jardim Keralux, and Vila Guaraciaba. The participants are undergraduates at several courses, who carry out field research, and graduate students, who supervise and support the work. There is also the mobilization of articulators, who are residents of the communities and collaborate in publicizing the project and in facilitating the contact between researchers and interviewees. The conclusion of the household survey is scheduled to take place in December, while the release of the results is planned for February 2020. The mapping of commercial enterprises and community institutions should not end before April of the same year.

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"Life in the Cognitive Era" will be addressed by Donald Peterson, a visiting professor at the IEA

British cognitive scientist Donald Peterson is the new visiting professor at the IEA. For an initial period of one year, he will develop the research project "Life in the Cognitive Era." Until last year, he was a full professor of Computer Science at Shantou University in China. Peterson covers logic, philosophy, psychology, and computer science. During his stay, he will conduct seminar-series and prepare publications in the area of the project. In research, Peterson will focus on his concept of "epiduction" (a form of practical reason), and its relation with modern data conditions, the human brain, machine augmentation, and welfare.

INSTITUTIONAL

Claudia Costin and Valeria De Marco have joined IEA's Board

Education specialist Claudia Costin, a researcher at Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV) and a visiting professor at Harvard University, and Spanish literature professor Valeria De Marco, from USP's Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Literature, and Human Sciences (FFLCH), are the new members of the Institute's Board. Costin has been appointed by USP's President Vahan Agopyan for a one-year term, which is renewable for an additional year, as a representative of civil society, formerly occupied by chemist Denise Alves Fungaro. De Marco has been chosen by the Board for a two-year term, also renewable, replacing Professor Regina Pekelmann Markus, from USP's Institute of Biosciences (IB), whose second term ended in December.

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