The aim of this paper is to describe and discuss some results from an ethnographic research on Argentinian Mbya communities focused on representations and practices related to childrearing and development during the first stages of life course.
Firstly, I describe…

Academic engineering graphics curricula are facing a rapidly changing knowledge base and current teaching and assessment methods are struggling to keep pace.  This paper is the second in a two-part series which examines practicing engineering graphics professionals to discover their…

 Researchers with experiential disability knowledge increasingly engage in socio-medical research. In this paper the author discusses her experiences with employing her own lived experiences with disability in academic and non-academic research projects. Incorporating one’s own lived experiences in research implies…

O câncer de colo uterino constitui um problema de saúde pública em nosso país. A literatura evidencia a prevenção por meio de ações de educação em saúde e conscientização da população. A pesquisa investigou o conhecimento das mulheres sobre prevenção…

To solve the problems of knowledge visualization for smart grid, such as single manifestations, low-efficient use and not high model reuse rate, a general three-dimensional smart grid knowledge visualization model was presented in this paper. First, the construction method of…

Desde el año 2004 la Organización de Estados Americanos, a través de su Misión de Acompañamiento al Proceso de Paz –MAPP/OEA- en Colombia, estableció una cooperación técnica para hacer un seguimiento, acompañamiento y monitoreo al proceso de Desarme, Desmovilización y…

According to Heritage Watch, a collaborative NGO based
in Cambodia which is active in archaeological salvage
work, village outreach and education, the looting of
archaeological sites in Cambodia has now reached “epic
proportions.” Although increased security and tourism
provide protection…

Power relations and the researcher's gaze are extremely relevant to the research of blind people, yet rarely documented. Based on three years of anthropological research with blind women in Israel, this paper discusses the methodological considerations raised by the ethnography…

O consumo alimentar na infância está intimamente associado ao perfil de saúde e nutrição, principalmente entre as crianças menores de dois anos. Objetivou-se investigar a percepção da mãe sobre o aleitamento materno na puericultura em estudo descritivo-exploratório, numa abordagem qualitativa,…

A presente pesquisa é de caráter qualitativo-descritivo e foi desenvolvida em 2005, no curso de graduação em Enfermagem de uma instituição de ensino de Curitiba - Paraná. Objetivou-se identificar a percepção de estudantes de graduação acerca do processo de trabalho…