Understanding science as a device for producing ways of being and truth regimes, this literature review aimed to develop a critical reading of the Brazilian scientific production about parenthood, inspired by the post-constructionist approach to social psychology. The survey was conducted from the Bank of theses and dissertations for the Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), from parenting descriptor, comprising the period 1987-2009. The…

We defend narrative-polyphonic writing as a condition of possibility for the expression of another in (con)texts of research in the humanities and social sciences and also as an epistemological and philosophical positioning with a critical and reflexive character for considering…

This paper shows some indicators of the environmental crisis and its complex problems. It also recognizes that solutions to environmental problems require reflection on deep changes in knowledge organization, i. e., a new paradigm related to the concept of totality.…

This paper discusses the impact of globalization on public health practice. Neoliberal supremacy has resulted in both greater interdependence between countries and increasing inequalities. Globalization of health risks and the dependence of local health conditions on external forces precludes the…

Knowledge construction is dialogically and socio-historically driven and guided. This article aims at identifying discourses used by school teachers around the inclusion of students with disabilities. Twelve school teachers with more than five years' worth of experience were interviewed through…

For Michel Serres the Earth lives in a moment of deep agony. Stage of endless wars among men, that natural substratum of the origin and survival of the species suffers before the countless ways of resulting aggressions not only between…

Expediente v.21, n. 42, 2011 da revista Ágora.

A pesquisa em enfermagem é um importante espaço para a reflexão e a transformação da prática profissional. O objetivo deste estudo consistiu em analisar a lógica interna do que se refere ao título, ao problema de pesquisa e à adequação…

Em razão do aumento das taxas de cura e sobrevida de crianças e adolescentes acometidos por câncer, é crescente o interesse pelo tema da sobrevivência nas diversas áreas do conhecimento humano. Este artigo oportuniza uma reflexão acerca dos desafios relacionados…

O trabalho que ora se apresenta nesta revista cultural tem o sentido de colaboração ao magnífico acervo onomástico das imagens fotográficas identificadas em livros pertencentes à Biblioteca Apoio e Divulgação Cultural do Arquivo Público do Estado de Santa Catarina.