The problem of water availability in popular neighborhoods is part of a broader issue of the struggles for urbanization in contexts of poverty in Latin America. This experience of research and development in two blocks of the Fray Luis Beltrán (Las Dalias) neighborhood in the city of Mar del Plata is an eloquent testimony of collaborative and cross...
This paper presents an experience report on curricularization of extension in the Graphic Design course at Federal University of Sergipe through the application of the active learning methodology named learning by project, which resulted in the development of packaging for Casa da Queijada, store that produces and sells queijadinha, an intangible h...
The use of biogas as an alternative to using liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for cooking food in the context of family farming is something recent and has ample room for growth. The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of the Sertanejo biodigester by farming families as a social technology for cooking gas production, as well as an alternative en...
Published in The New bioethics : a multidisciplinary journal of biotechnology and the body
This contribution aims to unpack the ontological nexus of cyborg identity and culture. It highlights a set of core assumptions driving its operations that merit critical attention as cyborgic and AI discourses continue to unfold and penetrate societies deeper, ultimately questioning the normative and conceptual logic and social distribution of thes...
Transformative Consumer Research -TCR is a movement or research approach aimed at improving the well-being of vulnerable consumers. The purpose of this article is to add a Social Technology called Non-Violent Communication (CNV) in the transformational research agenda, since there are no national and international articles that have proposed this a...
Published in The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences
Older adults often prioritize socially meaningful goals over informational goals. Thus, we predicted that using information and communication technology (ICT) in service of socially meaningful versus informational goals relates to higher well-being among the oldest-old. We surveyed 445 adults aged 80+ (mean = 84, range = 80-93; 64% female; 26% non-...
Eleven social bonding groups were conducted with a total of 136 participants of which 79 (56.4%) were women and 57 (40.7%) were men. Without exception, both genders reported positive experiences; furthermore, 42.3% of them express that the social bonding group space is a setting where common issues can be resolved and where personal growth can be e...
The expansion of the discussions in academy around the concept of Social Innovation (SI) shows that the constructs associated with this issue are still under discussion, despite the efforts and progress demonstrated in speeches around their features. The assumption of this theoretical essay is that the SI is a concept that goes beyond the Social Te...
The education of young artists into cultural entrepreneurs, especially in the context of peripheral communities, is an important action for the development of both young people and potentially creative territories. However, the issue of cultural entrepreneurship does not appear in the curriculum of schools and the prevalent teaching pedagogies are ...
Published in Journal of human evolution
In this paper, we describe worked and pigment-stained Nautilus shell artefacts recovered from Jerimalai, Timor-Leste. Two of these artefacts come from contexts dating to between 38,000 and 42,000 cal. BP (calibrated years before present), and exhibit manufacturing traces (drilling, pressure flaking, grinding), as well as red colourant staining. Thr...
