Outros olhares para outras Américas: cultura visual e fotografia na América Latina pós-tradicional by Sérgio Luiz Pereira da Silva

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A Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus: ação social além-fronteiras by Nina Rosas

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The educational potential of the theory of social representations applied to climate change: A critical literature review by Harumi Takano Rojas, Alicia Castillo, Pablo Meira-Cartea

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A fotografia e o processo de construção social da memória by Sergio Luiz Pereira da Silva

“…The photograph as a document is almost always linked to memory, a visual memory that portrays, re-signifies and re-contextualizes the social action of the look. In this sense the photographer is a social actor who, among other things, intrumentalizes the look by highlighting aesthetic realities in a field of particular perception that becomes public, particularly today in a post-conventional social context. …”
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Contemplation and social transformation: the example of Thomas Merton by P. Sheldrake

“… This essay examines the relationship between the Christian tradition of contemplation and social action. It takes as its paradigm the life and writings of Thomas Merton (Fr Louis), an American Cistercian monk at the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky, who became one of the most widely-read and influential spiritual writers as well as Christian social commentators of the mid-twentieth century. …”
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Protagonismo juvenil e capital humano: uma análise da participação política da juventude no Brasil by Marcos Vinicius da Silva Goulart, Nair Iracema Silveira dos Santos

“…The notion of human capital is used, allowing us to indicate that the political and social action of youth can be seen as a kind of investment in themselves and a mode of subjectivation.…”
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O debate da Escola de Frankfurt e suas contribuições para uma reflexão crítica da sociedade contemporânea by Rodrigo Marques Leistner

“…This work brings back the endogenous debate established among some thinkers of the Frankfurt School, especially when it comes to the different theoretical perspectives on the relations between social action and structure, as well as the distinct perceptions about the rationalities (practical or communicative) that organize the connection between individuals and society. …”
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Société du risque, environnement et potentialisation des menaces : un défi pour les sciences sociales by Lionel Charles, Bernard Kalaora

“…Because of the lack of pragmatism and opening to the unpredictability of social action, French society overreacts to threats understood as a breach to its preemption of certainty and its assertion of mastery. …”
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Dynamisms of Spirituality Formation in the Biography of Natalia Tułasiewicz by Iwona Jazukiewicz

“…These dynamisms include bios, representing the natural, psycho-organic development of the human being; etos, denoting the social action of educators; agos, signifying the power of the moral action and mental authority of educators; and fate, an unpredictable and unquantifiable force. …”
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Stratégies paysannes pour la protection du maïs indigène dans l'État de Tlaxcala by Pánfilo Hernández Ortiz

“…Based on these elements, we discuss the importance of both the legal defense of cultivated diversity, and the social actions that help in the in situ conservation of native varieties.…”
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