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Este artigo reflete sobre a dimensão da experiência estética em ações pedagógicas no âmbito da Educação Básica com esteio na cultura popular materializadas por meio da Literatura de Cordel. O estudo objetiva analisar a relevância da experiência estética na formação de professores e como estes percebem essas ações estando aliadas a processos educativos de crianças e jovens. A escolha da temática deve-se ao desenvolvimento de pesquisas e intervenções pedagógicas no âmbito da educação formal. A investigação é de natureza qualitativa, tomando-se a observação, a análise de práticas pedagógicas e os relatos de professores do 6º ano do Ensino Fundamental (Aquiraz-CE) e da Educação de Jovens e Adultos – EJA (Maranguape-CE). Tendo por base as análises dos dados, infere-se que os envolvidos no processo de ensino-aprendizagem consideram de muita relevância o trabalho com Cordel em sala de aula por envolver os estudantes na constituição de saberes. Há um chamamento à aprendizagem pela dimensão lúdica e criativa que o Cordel possui.

This article presents reflections and analyzes about State of Knowledge type research and aimed to: 1- identify the specificities and relevance of this type of research for the development of new research and for the construction of new knowledge and 2- present the steps that make up the methodological procedures for conducting research of this type. For the development of this research, a theoretical-bibliographic survey was carried out based on studies already published on this subject by authors such as: Morosini and Fernandes, Ferreira, Soares, Silva e Silva, Novikoff, Fonseca, among others. The results show that State of Knowledge research consists of mapping and analyzing previously carried out studies and also allows examining what is already known and what still needs to be known, as well as the way (theoretical-methodological framework) how a certain topic has been investigated, thus contributing to the advancement of knowledge. This type of research can be carried out using a qualitative and/or quantitative approach, with an exploratory, descriptive and/or analytical objective, with documentary research as its main strategy.

Former president Rodrigo Carazo Odio (1978-1982) was one of the most controversial politicians in Costa Rican history during the Cold War. His presidency, which was marked by neoliberal ideas, an acute economic crisis, clashes with international financial organizations and the Sandinista Revolution, left some of the most unpopular marks on the second half of the twentieth century. Years after his mandate ended, Carazo himself, through memoirs, and a group of intellectuals, through academic studies on Carazo and by recognizing him with awards, sought to change the political memory of the country, which made negative references to his presidency. This effort finally shaped a praising and heroic vision of the former president, becoming popular among some Costa Rican intellectuals. This article dissects the intellectual invention of the former president, by examining Carazo's public memories and political speeches, as well as through research and biographies of him, in order to demonstrate the existence of a specific narrative with which this political leader was remembered, highlighting some attributes and forgetting those that could explain a critical juncture in Costa Ricas past.

In recent years, violence by sexual means has been approached by feminisms in a scenario of tension between theoretical postulates and the practical dimension of intervention or activism on the subject. Indeed, at a conceptual level, feminism affirms that violence is a structural social phenomenon rooted in patriarchy, as well as explaining the relationship between violence and the configuration of hegemonic masculinity. However, when episodes of gender violence occur, from some sectors of society that include feminisms, greater penalties, punishments and strategies are requested to address the conflict that individualize and pathologize the men involved. This article deals with this tension, especially in relation to violence by sexual means, through the analysis of the prescriptive texts that were made from criminal justice, the media and local feminisms regarding three empirical references of Argentina. As a result of the investigation, we found that violence by sexual means produces practical encounters between conservative, neoliberal and feminist readings on this subject, which do not allow reparation strategies for the victims or the dismantling of hegemonic masculinity.

The goal of this article is to rebuild the historical memory of lesbian activism of Yan María Castro in Mexico City, in order to understand the social and strategic role of the Marxist-Leninist ideology for the militant organizations led by her between 1978-1987. Adopting a gender perspective and parting from the analysis of eight historical documents, the goal is to show that the activism of Castro is inserted in a society that is based upon a profoundly unequal and hegemonic gender system, oppressive towards women and non-heterosexual sexual identities. Thus, we show that the Marxist-Leninist discourse was used as a strategic tool for social mobilization, without a real politic adhesion to such ideals. Moreover, a critical reflection is held about the homogenizing pretensions of Castro as the unique leader of the Mexican lesbian activism. The final part of this paper is dedicated to an observation about the methodological challenges that this historical research had to overcome.

If there is a characteristic genre of cinema that reflects the idea of a symbolic narrative, it would undoubtedly be the western. A stereotypical staging of the audiovisual industry and North American culture, through the foundational story of the conquest of the territory. An aesthetic and narrative structure that has migrated to other media such as comics, television, novels, and video games. It is in this last scenario where the Red Dead series is analysed to observe how the most characteristic elements of the far west -in all its aspects- are introduced in this videoludic environment designed by Rockstar Games through an intermediate narrative proposal.

Nonostante la Costituzione di Cadice non sia riuscita ad eliminare la pluralità delle giurisdizioni che provenivano dal vecchio regime (con le giurisdizioni locali in concorrenza con la giurisdizione nazionale) (...)

This article explores the musical experiences of a recreational space in the center of Buenos Aires, the Jardín Florida, towards the beginning of the 1880s. For this, the musical programs highlighted during three different seasons –each with featured repertoires– are recovered, and the forms of interaction with and around music are reconstructed according to the social practices of the elite that visited the Jardín. The analysis focuses on the season best documented by the music press, characterized by the primacy of "classical" concerts in its programs (1881-1882). The proposed hypothesis resides in the fact that this recreational space included a scenario tensened by different factors of the musical environment of Buenos Aires: the searches of particular agents to expand the presence of their repertoires and the participation of an audience that diversified in tastes and forms of consumption due to the active musical sociabilities in the city.

In this paper we propose for debate the concept of Capitalist Mode of Seduction (CMS), as the ideal type to account for contemporary social domination processes. It is a work of theoretical reflection, based on diverse empirical fieldwork research, which seeks to stimulate the discussion on the processes of domination and the conceptual references necessary for social research in digital capitalism. The main features of CMS are: a) domination occurs fundamentally through consumption; b) companies and organizations are the vehicle of CMS; c) seduction operates through the mobilization of the motor imaginary and the hook imaginary, in particular, exalting narcissism in consumption; d) consumption has an important ludic component, which facilitates domination; e) capitalist seduction necessarily implies social exclusion. One of the conclusions is that understanding the CMS opens up possibilities for building possible utopias.

This paper analyzes the thesis I About the concept of history of Walter Benjamin in relation with the theory of fetichism of the merchandise and provides an integrated interpretation on the subject developed by Michael Löwy, Enrique Dussel and Franz Hinkelammert. The interpretation is primarily focused on an object which almost no attention has been given in an image offered to us by Benjamin: The image of the chessboard where “Historical Materialism” has always triumphed. This essay holds that one of the fundamental elements to understand how to conceive “history against the grain” is, who is the loser in front the chessboard? The question has an intention to go out of the objects that Benjamin presents in this text and show an interpretative key for an overview of this thesis.