Ler, escrever e publicar no mundo das ciências sociais

This article presents the main transformations of academic writing and the current dynamics of publication in scientific journals. It reveals some of the most common errors in the writing, submission, and review process, and offers some possible solutions to deal with the writing process, especially the first tools for writing an academic article in Social Sciences. Departing from a bibliographical review and my practice as a professor of academic writing, I offer some alternatives and suggestions to overcome the fear of the "blank page", time administration, and understanding the writing process as a dialogic and collective activity, which requires both the reading as multiple rewriting.O artigo apresenta as principais transformações da escrita acadêmica e das dinâmicas de publicação nas revistas científicas da atualidade. Revela alguns dos erros mais comuns no processo de redação, submissão e revisão, bem como oferece algumas soluções possíveis para encarar o processo de escrita, especialmente as primeiras ferramentas para a elaboração de um artigo acadêmico em ciências sociais. A partir de revisão bibliográfica e minha prática como professora de escrita acadêmica, ofereço algumas alternativas e sugestões para superar o medo da “folha em branco”, organizar o tempo e entender o processo de escrita como uma atividade dialógica e coletiva, que requer tanto da leitura como de múltiplas reescritas

Gilda no es ninguna santa: apuntes sobre las prácticas de sacralización de una cantante argentina

El trabajo muestra cómo se construye la excepcionalidad de la cantante Gilda a partir de diversas prácticas de sacralización. Estas prácticas incluyen y trascienden la relación devocional, dado que se realizan, también, a partir de recursos ajenos al abanico “religioso”, sin que ello implique cualquier demérito, en el sentido de ser versiones falsas, menores o incompletas de algo “puramente religioso”.El trabajo muestra cómo se construye la excepcionalidad de la cantante Gilda a partir de diversas prácticas de sacralización. Estas prácticas incluyen y trascienden la relación devocional, dado que se realizan, también, a partir de recursos ajenos al abanico “religioso”, sin que ello implique cualquier demérito, en el sentido de ser versiones falsas, menores o incompletas de algo “puramente religioso”

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A finales de 1999 fue publicada por primera vez Ciencias Sociales y Religión/ Ciencias Sociais e Religião, la revista oficial de la Asociación de Cientistas Sociales de la Religión en el Mercosur (ACSRM). Fue un emprendimiento encabezado por quien entonces era el presidente de la Asociación, Alejandro Frigerio, como una manera de consolidar la presencia de la Asociación y difundir la producción de los afiliados, y fue editada, desde el comienzo y durante diez años, por Carlos Steil, Ari Pedro Oro y Eloísa Martín

University Virtual Learning in Covid Times

Online training is demanded in the ubiquitous society we live in, and this is especially true if we consider the current situation at universities due to the Government issuing a state of alarm decree which requests all citizens to remain at home. The goal of this study is to determine the opinion of university students from different Spanish campuses on e-learning platforms, by the means of a descriptive and correlational study design, with N = 431. The results reveal that there is still a long road ahead to ensure that these tools work optimally to enable professors to fully exert their teaching profession. We can conclude that the online teaching system needs to be improved regarding the technical service that the university offers

Flash Mobon the teaching scene. Communication and media

El presente artículo plantea la apropiación de las acciones colectivas, concretamente del flash mob, como método de enseñanza-aprendizaje enmarcado en los actuales acontecimiento/retos sociales y que permite, por un lado, la formación integral del alumnadouniversitario y, en segundo lugar, la adquisición de un amplio paquete competencial que define el perfil profesional del maestro y maestra de Educación Primaria en la Sociedad del Conocimiento. En él se expone la dinámica llevada a cabo para su integración en el escenario docente, así como, las pautas necesarias para planificar y diseñar una metodología activa que trabaje con diversos agrupamientos del alumnado.This article describes the appropriation of the collective actions, concretely of the flash mob, as teaching-learning method framed in current social challenges and, that allow on the hand, the integral formation of university students, and on the other hand, the acquisition of a wide package skills that defines the professional profile of the Primary Education teacher in the Knowledge Society. In this, it is exposed the dynamic conducted for its integration into the educational scenario and the necessary guidelines to plan and to design an active methodology that works with different groupings of the students

Presentación - Religiones/Culturas

Como sucede habitualmente cada dos años, este número de Ciencias Sociales y Religión/Ciências Sociais e Religião, inmediatamente posterior a la realización de las XIV Jornadas sobre Alternativas Religiosas en América Latina que tuvieron lugar en Buenos Aires en setiembre de 2007, reúne artículos elaborados a partir de una selección de trabajos presentados durante las mismas. También, como en ocasiones anteriores, la selección de trabajos estuvo originalmente a cargo de los coordinadores de mesas redondas y grupos temáticos, a quienes agradecemos, entonces, su colaboración en la organización de este número

Programming Skeletal Muscle Metabolic Flexibility in Offspring of Male Rats in Response to Maternal Consumption of Slow Digesting Carbohydrates during Pregnancy

Skeletal muscle plays a relevant role in metabolic flexibility and fuel usage and the associated muscle metabolic inflexibility due to high-fat diets contributing to obesity and type 2 diabetes. Previous research from our group indicates that a high-fat and rapid-digesting carbohydrate diet during pregnancy promotes an excessive adipogenesis and also increases the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in the offspring. This effect can be counteracted by diets containing carbohydrates with similar glycemic load but lower digestion rates. To address the role of the skeletal muscle in these experimental settings, pregnant rats were fed high-fat diets containing carbohydrates with similar glycemic load but different digestion rates, a high fat containing rapid-digesting carbohydrates diet (HF/RD diet) or a high fat containing slow-digesting carbohydrates diet (HF/SD diet). After weaning, male offspring were fed a standard diet for 3 weeks (weaning) or 10 weeks (adolescence) and the impact of the maternal HF/RD and HF/SD diets on the metabolism, signaling pathways and muscle transcriptome was analyzed. The HF/SD offspring displayed better muscle features compared with the HF/RD group, showing a higher muscle mass, myosin content and differentiation markers that translated into a greater grip strength. In the HF/SD group, metabolic changes such as a higher expression of fatty acids (FAT/CD36) and glucose (GLUT4) transporters, an enhanced glycogen content, as well as changes in regulatory enzymes such as muscle pyruvate kinase and pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4 were found, supporting an increased muscle metabolic flexibility and improved muscle performance. The analysis of signaling pathways was consistent with a better insulin sensitivity in the muscle of the HF/SD group. Furthermore, increased expression of genes involved in pathways leading to muscle differentiation, muscle mass regulation, extracellular matrix content and insulin sensitivity were detected in the HF/SD group when compared with HF/RD animals. In the HF/SD group, the upregulation of the ElaV1/HuR gene could be one of the main regulators in the positive effects of the diet in early programming on the offspring. The long-lasting programming effects of the HF/SD diet during pregnancy may depend on a coordinated gene regulation, modulation of signaling pathways and metabolic flexibility that lead to an improved muscle functionality. The dietary early programming associated to HF/SD diet has synergic and positive crosstalk effects in several tissues, mainly muscle, liver and adipose tissue, contributing to maintain the whole body homeostasis in the offspring.European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007–2013