Newsletter #308

RESEARCH

Nature-Based Solutions are the subject of a new study group at the IEA

Brazil is a source of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS). However, in order to capture this potential, there is a need to organize information and concepts associated with the theme, defining a theoretical structure and thus establishing which opportunities can be identified and developed. This need has led IEA's Board to approve the proposal to create the Study Group on Nature-Based Solutions under the coordination of professors Weber Antonio Neves do Amaral and Francides Gomes da Silva Junior, both from USP's Luiz de Queiroz School of Agriculture (ESALQ).

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Claudio Pinhanez is the Institute's new visiting professor

Ethical Computational Processing of Brazilian Indigenous Languages is the theme of the project of the new visiting professor at the IEA, Claudio Pinhanez, a researcher at IBM Research's laboratory in Brazil. He proposes the development of artificial intelligence and natural language processing (NLP) techniques to support the documentation of Brazilian indigenous languages. To apply NLP techniques in this work, Pinhanez intends to explore the use of pre-trained and multilingual base language models. If the objectives are not achieved in this way, the alternative is to collect large amounts of linguistic data to train a new model.

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Project analyzes the implementation of an interdisciplinary degree in science

Analyzing and monitoring the implementation of the experimental interdisciplinary science degree program (LIC), launched at USP in 2022, is the objective of a thematic project of the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). Entitled "Study of Implementation of Curriculum Innovations, Pedagogical Strategies, and Emerging Technologies for Quality-Equity in Basic Education," the project started this semester at the IEA and is expected to run until January 2028. The researcher in charge, Mauricio Pietrocola, is a professor at USP's School of Education (FE), where he conducts research on the development of innovative strategies in science teaching and teacher training.

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EVENTS

Nick Couldry gives a conference on the impacts of the symbolic power of digital platforms

For British sociologist Nick Couldry, from the London School of Economics and Political Science, the structure that appears to be a second nature, daily presented by information and communication technologies, "is strong enough to destroy lives although written in the 'soft' language of symbols." The prospects for a world less prone to toxicity and more likely to generate solidarity and cooperation will be discussed by him at the conference "The Space of the World: Digital Platforms and the Prospects for Human Solidarity in the 21st Century," on April 27, at 2:00 pm. The event is organized by the Oscar Sala Chair.

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USP Women's Human Rights Clinic (CDHM) launches a video series

The video series "Why is This a Women's Human Rights Theme," produced by the CDHM with support from the Tide Setubal Foundation, will be launched on April 27, at 6:00 pm, at USP's MariAntonia University Center. The themes addressed by the series have emerged in conversations with female students from the USP community (undergraduates and graduates) and scientific pre-initiation scholarship holders (high school students), according to the coordinator, Professor Gislene Santos, who also coordinates the Research Group nPeriferias, a partner in the project. The series will be available on the Clinic's YouTube channel.

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AGENDA

April 27, at 2:00 pm - The Space of the World: Digital Platforms and the Prospects for Human Solidarity in the 21st Century

A lecture by British sociologist Nick Couldry, from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and organized by the Oscar Sala Chair, a partnership between the IEA and the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br). Watch live.

April 27, at 6:00 pm - Launch of the Series "Why Is This a Women's Human Rights Issue?"

This event will feature a video series produced by USP Women's Human Rights Clinic (CDHM) with support from the Tide Setubal Foundation and collaboration with IEA's Research Group nPeriferias.

May 5, at 3:00 pm - The Humanities in the Face of the Anthropocene (3rd Conversation)

Sociologist Maria Arminda do Nascimento Arruda, vice-president at USP, and biologist Marcos Buckeridge, from the Institute of Biosciences, talk about the most recent book by IEA senior professor José Eli da Veiga. Watch live.

May 10, at 2:00 pm - Adaptability of Vulnerable Communities and Youth in Post-Pandemic Cities

British, South African, and Brazilian researchers discuss the challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of children, young people, and vulnerable communities in large cities, and the adopted adaptation strategies. Watch live.

May 11, at 2:00 pm - Indigenous Paper People (European Archives)

A seminar on information from the 16th and 17th centuries contained in documents from the General Archive of the Indies (Seville, Spain) on indigenous populations existing east of the Real Audiencia of Quito. Watch live.

May 11, at 3:00 pm -The Humanities in the face of the Anthropocene (4th Conversation)

Sociologist Julia Guivant and agronomist Sandro Schlindwein, both professors at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), talk about the most recent book by IEA senior professor José Eli da Veiga. Watch live.

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