Los principales referentes de enfermería abogan como reto presente y futuro de la disciplina y profesión el uso de la teoría, vinculada a la investigación científica, con el fin de mejorar la práctica asistencial. Tal afirmación suscita la reflexión acerca…

This work aims to ascertain the perception of yanomami on Onchocerciasis of the
natives of Arathaú. It was based upon the importance of anthropological knowledge
in indigenous communities. The Onchocerciasis has been identified in Brazil at the
beginning of the…

Knowledge-intensive processes are widely used to recover from errors, handle exceptional cases and complaints, and to improve or adapt a process itself. In this context, evolved Business-Process Reengineering (BPR) techniques are changing to give some answers to this reality. In…

Se pretende realizar a través del análisis crítico una defi nición de geografía que se adapte a la
concebida por la Maestría en Docencia de la Geografía y las Ciencias de la Tierra que actualmente
es impartida en el Núcleo…

This dissertation, based on roughly eighteen months of fieldwork in two laboratories at Princeton University, examines how practitioners of synthetic biology orient themselves vis-à-vis organic systems, by both engaging with and displacing biological knowledge. It also explores experimental methods in…

This research explored child sexual abuse (CSA), knowledge and prevention media among parents of pupils and teachers of nursery schools and playgroup. This research was conducted in qualitative mythology, through in-depth interviews (IDIs), and focus group discussions (FGD). In-depth interview…

Expediente da revista Ágora, ISSN 0103-3557, v. 22, n. 45, 2012

Resenha do Livro:TENÓRIO, Fernando Guilherme (org.). Cidadania e desenvolvimento local: critérios de análise. Rio de Janeiro: Editora FGV, 2012. 264 p.

Prezado leitor,Este é um editorial diferente. Diferente por ser um editorial de despedida da Revista ÁGORA  e de boas vindas à nova  equipe que dará continuidade a este projeto bem sucedido.No primeiro ano de 2011,  assumíamos a Revista ÁGORA, no…

The following article raises the thinking of Cornelius Castoriadis to emphasizethe importance of the imaginary in the creation of societies, as a referenceof subjectivity and a basis of autonomy. First, the article suggests therelation between the unconscious and the institutionalized…