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This research aims to develop a systematic approach to the Documentary Organization and Representation of costumes. The analysis focused on bibliographic records of costumes in museums, identifying and comparing the descriptive elements present in these records with the normative documents. The research, exploratory in nature, adopted an objective methodology to approach the proposed problem. A terminology survey was carried out using controlled vocabularies, with the results submitted to national and international databases. The analysis focused on a representative piece of fashion: the mourning dress. The data collected was consolidated, and based on the descriptive elements identified, a methodology was proposed for representing costumes according to normative documents. The results showed that the records of the selected institutions - the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Costume Museum, the Kyoto Costume Institute and the FIT Museum - show significant variations in the descriptive elements, even when dealing with the same garment. The conclusion is that interoperability between information systems is crucial, respecting the specific characteristics of each institution and its users. Furthermore, it is essential to study regulations, theory and the social context in order to determine the essential elements in the representation of costumes in collections.

This article presents a mapping of the dressing aesthetic of a group of Bate-bolas and Bate-boletes, protagonists of a cultural manifestation of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. The methodology and analysis originated from the doctoral thesis, “The Persona in Everyday Life and the Persona in Carnival: Bate-bolas, Bate-boletes, and a study on the culture of dressing”, which has a theoretical foundation that is transversal, conducted from the perspective of design, in dialogue with knowledge and practices from other disciplines such as sociology and anthropology. This reflection begins with an analysis of dressing up in Carnival but contrasts it with everyday dressing and highlights the center/periphery relationship, taking into account the male/female gender variant. The premise demonstrates that the dialogue between clothing and costume allows for an interesting path to investigate approaches to a plural field of study by designers in the area of dressing culture studies, considered as a means of creating personas that manifest in their appearance a reflection of the dressing aesthetic of the Rio de Janeiro periphery.

The article presented here is an excerpt from the master’s research in design on the work of costume designer Marília Carneiro, relating the costumes developed and fashion. The justification for the research is based on the exchange of influence between costume designers and fashion designers that feed off each other, in a kind of ebb and flow, promoting a flow of information based on the dissemination of clothes, makeup and hairstyles used by characters in TV soap operas. These questions guide this case study, here represented by the work of costume designer Marília Carneiro, who helped bring soap opera characters to life for Brazilian TV, in costumes that marked eras and made some protagonists fashion icons. This article is about the analysis of the costumes used by the protagonist: Júlia Matos (Sônia Braga), in the soap opera Dancin’Days (1978-1979). Our hypothesis is that the costumes in question had an impact on viewers and, conse- quently, went beyond TV screens and invaded stores and streets, influencing the work of fashion designers, who adapted the costumes for their products.

This work seeks to bring a reflection on how much the visual elements that make up the scene of live performance, mainly scenery and lighting, can actively participate, temporarily or permanently, in what we commonly relate to the visuality of the performer’s appearance, generally composed of clothing, makeup, hair, accessories etc. To this end, three case studies were conducted: the multimedia opera The Jew of Malta (2002), the partnership between Pina Bausch and her set designers, and two examples of the dialogue established between light and clothing in the work of Robert Wilson. The data observed and analyzed, in a descriptive and qualitative-inductive manner, in scenes from videos and photographic images lead to the conclusion that the control and conscious use of appearance or even the metamorphosis-transformation of this appearance on stage is possible in live performance.

This article demonstrates the importance of the costume designer or fashion designer role in the development of characters and aesthetics in the 3D animation and video game industry. The analysis of the approach in the creation experience of the costume designer Heli Salomaa (2018) in the digital environment. Through a developed project for a video game test, the research methods, creation and graphic communication of costume design for four characters with thematic reference to celtic culture and futuristic environment are presented — just like the visual development artist, present professional work in creations in the digital 3D animation and video games. The theoretical basis is also based on interviews with professionals working in the field and articles related to the use of 3D development software. It aims to analyse the tools used and identify the importance of a skilled professional, as well as the changes that are emerging in the market.

This article investigates how the costumes for the miniseries Quem Ama Não Mata were constructed, based on the analysis of the protagonist Alice and her coun- terpoints in the production, Odete and Laura. The plot, written by Euclydes Marinho, was originally shown in 1982 on Rede Globo de Televisão, at 10 pm. Its title draws attention because it is appropriated from a slogan present in the feminist movement that emerged in the city of Belo Horizonte in 1980 – after two emblematic feminicide crimes in less than 15 days. Recognizing the symbolic load of the phrase, the narrative construction is also observed, in order to understand, not only image-wise, how Alice was led, given the rele- vance and topicality of the theme for the period in which it was shown.

This work aimed to analyze the Botany contents of the Brazilian Biology Olympiad (OBB) of the tests applied in the period 2018-2023. The research was carried out in two phases: 1) search and analysis of OBB evidence in the analyzed period; 2) quantitative and careful analysis of issues related to botany and its subareas. The results indicated that the year with the highest number of botany questions was 2019, with 25 questions (30.86%) while in 2023 there were 9 (11.11%) and the most covered subareas were Plant Physiology (20.99%) , Plant Morphology (19.75%) and Phylogeny (14.81%). It is concluded that there was no uniformity in the approach to questions about plant biology in the years analyzed. However, three subareas of botany together presented more than 55% of the questions.   Keywords: Educational competitions. Plant Biology. High school.

We conducted a survey through a State of Knowledge to assess the production of Master's Dissertations and Doctoral Theses (DTs) in Brazil on zoology teaching, aiming to understand temporal and geographical trends, main focuses, and the current scenario of zoology teaching. We evaluated 65 DTs from 1995 to 2022. A significant increase in academic production was noted in the last five years, especially between 2019 and 2020. The Southeast region leads in the number of productions, followed by the Northeast. Most research was conducted in public institutions and focused on high school education, highlighting students' conceptions and perceptions. There has been growth in Professional Master's programs since 2016, but a notable absence of doctoral research.

Considering the importance of teaching botany for society and Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) in the initial and continuing training of teachers, we present a mapping of Brazilian scientific production available in theses about PCK in botany teaching in Brazil, in order to understand how this construct has been established in this area; what strategies and methods it focuses on; which regions and stages of education are most privileged with this knowledge. To this end, a systematic review of the literature available in the Theses and Dissertations Catalog and in the Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations was carried out. 9 works were located, with thematic approaches mainly linked to basic education, expressing the lack of research, especially at higher education.

A teoria da evolução das espécies (TE) é a principal teoria científica sobre a diversificação dos organismos vivos. Este estudo teve como objetivo entender a compreensão de estudantes universitários sobre a TE, seu contato com a teoria no ensino médio e sua aplicação acadêmica. Utilizando questionários com perguntas objetivas e dissertativas, a análise quali-quantitativa e a análise de conteúdo de Bardin revelou 161 respostas. A maioria dos estudantes demonstrou compreensão básica dos conceitos evolutivos; 43 respostas não abordaram a TE, e apenas 8 mostraram compreensão detalhada. Os resultados indicam a necessidade de revisar metodologias pedagógicas para uma abordagem mais interativa e integrada, garantindo uma base educacional robusta em teorias evolutivas.