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An analogy between the biomedical practice of vivisection and the contemporary, literary realism of the second half of the 19th century was advanced by Menke (2000), when examining the literary project of George Elliot and her pro-vivisection partner, George Henry Lewes. According to Menke, both biomedical and literary practices sprang from the same impulse—a drive to examine the internal and/or deep causes of phenomena, be they of body or soul. Realist analysis would, then, stand as the functional equivalent of the vivisectionist’s scalpel, dissecting the hidden causes of social and psychological processes. In fact, the argument was not alien to the 19th century, for Zola had already claimed the link between literature and experimental science in his essay “Le Roman Expérimental”(1880), taking the physiologist Claude Bernard as his source and model. No doubt, “looking through”—the quest for the hidden, the unconfessable and, as a rule, the sordid in social and personal lives—seems to be the self-imposed task of 19th century realist and naturalist authors, running in parallel with the biomedical experimental model. As de Fontenay (1998) put it, vivisection was indeed the epitome of “looking through” in Western modernity

Cartografia e diplomacia: usos geopolíticos da informação toponímica (1750-1850)

O artigo explora dimensões geopolíticas da toponímia, registradas em documentos cartográficos, desde as reformas empreendidas pelo consulado pombalino em meados do século XVIII, até às primeiras décadas do século XIX, em meio ao processo de afirmação do Estado imperial pós-colonial.This paper explores the geopolitical dimensions of toponymy as registered in cartographic documents dating from the reforms pushed through by the consulate of Marquis of Pombal in the mid 18th century to the early decades of the 19th century, as the post-colonial imperial State established itself

As muralhas dos sertões : os povos indigenas no rio Branco e a colonização

Orientador: Manuela Carneiro de CunhaDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias HumanasResumo: Não informadoAbstract: Not informedMestradoMestre em Ciências Sociai

Touching and Being in Touch with the Menstruating Body

We describe a Research through Design project—Curious Cycles—a collection of objects and interactions which encourage people to be in close contact with their menstruating body. Throughout a full menstrual cycle, five participants used Curious Cycles to look at their bodies in unfamiliar ways and to touch their bodily fluids, specifically, menstrual blood, saliva, and cervical mucus. The act of touching and looking led to the construction of new knowledge about the self and to a nurturing appreciation for the changing body. Yet, participants encountered and reflected upon frictions within themselves, their home, and their social surroundings, which stem from societal stigma and preconceptions about menstruation and bodily fluids. We call for and show how interaction design can engage with technologies that mediate self-touch as a first step towards reconfiguring the way menstruating bodies are treated in society.This is a pre-print of the paper to be published at CHI 2020. QCR 20200121</p