"Of Low Grade Mexican Parentage:" Race, Gender, and Eugenic Sterilization in California, 1928-1952.

This dissertation argues that from the 1920s into the 1950s tropes of disability deployed through the notion of “feeblemindedness” converged with nativist concerns over Mexican immigration to mark certain Mexican-origin women and men as unsuitable for citizenship, threats to the racial health of the nation, and in need of institutionalization and sterilization. Mobilizing an interdisciplinary mix of feminist, critical racial, and disability studies lenses I explore Mexican American’s experiences of sterilization in California institutions. Drawing from a vast archive of sterilization requests, interdepartmental letters, institutional publications, and social science studies, my scholarship uncovers the ways Mexican-origin women and men were pathologized by scientists, social workers and institutional authorities as sexually deviant, inherently criminal, genetically inferior, and ultimately unfit to reproduce. Combining qualitative, quantitative and historical methods, my research uncovers the largely neglected racial aspects of California’s eugenic sterilization program, providing statistical evidence of the disproportionate sterilization of Mexican-origin women and men in California institutions for the feebleminded. My focus on the state’s southern institution for the feebleminded, Pacific Colony, reveals how race, gender and notions of disability converged to construct young Mexican-origin women as “sexual delinquents” and Mexican-origin male youths as inherent criminals in order to justify legal commitment and sterilization. I present quantitative data from records processed by Pacific Colony that suggests that Mexican-origin patients were more likely than their non-Mexican counterparts to be described as criminals and sexual delinquents in need of reproductive constraint. In doing so, this research expands the gendered scope of literature on the politics of reproduction beyond a focus on women, illustrating the ways in which race, gender, and disability came together to justify reproductive surgery. Finally, I situate the Mexican-origin patients sterilized at California institutions as more than mere victims of the state by discussing the various ways in which patients and their families resisted nonconsensual sterilization. This dissertation places Latina/o Studies in conversation with Disability studies to shed new light on the history of eugenic sterilization in California representing a critical facet of the larger pursuit of racial and reproductive justice by Chicana/os in California during the twentieth century.PhDAmerican CultureUniversity of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studieshttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/113441/1/nlira_1.pd

População negra: o que não é ensinado sobre semiologia dermatológica na pele preta - Um relato de experiência

Introduction: The dermatological literature of semiology usually presents a description of skin injuries from the point of view of white skin, not covering the ways of manifestations in the black population, which represents 55.8% of skin in Brazil. For this reason, many medical students and physicians do not have full knowledge of the subject, making it difficult to identify skin diseases early in the black population. Experience Report: Through IFMSA Brazil, a conversation circle was promoted with the title "Black population: what is NOT taught about dermatological semiology in black skin", which resulted, through a conversation circle, a discussion about the main injuries on black skin and a handout of the same title, responsible for summarize images, description of the lesion, epidemiology and treatment of 10 dermatological diseases in black skin into a document that allowed sharing. The present study is defined as observational, descriptive and retrospective, which portrays the experience of six medical students. The activity was planned and executed in two main sections: conversation circle and handout, which had 4 and 3 stages, respectively. Discussion: The study of black skin is an important and complex topic in the field of dermatology and it is essential to know its biological and adaptable differences in relation to white skin. This makes sure that the future professionals can provide improved, comprehensive and proper care to the Brazilian population. Conclusion: The feedback from the event was positive. It was clear that there’s a lack of treatment in this part of dermatological semiology, showing the need for a more detailed approach to this theme throughout the graduation into the medical field.Introdução: A bibliografia da semiologia dermatológica, em sua grande maioria, apresenta descrição das lesões do ponto de vista da pele branca, não abrangendo as formas de manifestações na da população negra, que representa 55,8% das peles no Brasil. Por essa razão, muitos estudantes de medicina e médicos não possuem um conhecimento pleno sobre o assunto, dificultando a identificação precoce de doenças. Relato de Experiência: Por meio da IFMSA Brazil foi promovida uma roda de conversa com o título "População negra: o que NÃO é ensinado sobre semiologia dermatológica na pele preta", que levantou, através de uma roda de conversa, a discussão sobre as principais lesões apresentadas na pele preta, e uma cartilha de mesmo título, responsável por condensar em um documento passível de compartilhamento imagens, descrição da lesão, epidemiologia e tratamento de 10 doenças dermatológicas na pele preta. O presente estudo se caracteriza como observacional, descritivo e retrospectivo, que retrata a experiência de seis acadêmicos. A atividade foi planejada e executada em dois principais módulos: roda de conversa e cartilha, os quais contaram com 4 e 3 etapas, respectivamente. Discussão: O estudo da pele negra é um tópico importante e complexo no campo da dermatologia, sendo imprescindível conhecer as suas diferenças estruturais, biológicas e funcionais em relação à pele clara. Isso assegura que esses futuros profissionais possam realizar um atendimento aprimorado, adequado e integral à população brasileira. Conclusão: Os feedbacks da ação foram positivos. Ficou evidente quão deficitária é  o tratamento desse contingente da semiologia dermatológica, demonstrando a necessidade da abordagem mais pormenorizada dessa temática ao longo da graduação de Medicina

Histories of Eugenic Sterilization through A Reproductive Justice Lens

Coined and developed by a group of Black women in the 1990s, Reproductive Justice has become a necessary organizing framework in contemporary struggles for reproductive rights and freedoms. In addition to being an organizing framework, activists and scholars assert Reproductive Justice as an analytical lens for understanding systems and experiences of reproductive oppression. In this lecture, Dr. Natalie Lira explores what it means to apply a reproductive justice lens to histories of reproduction. Focusing on eugenic sterilization and sterilization abuse more broadly, Dr. Lira illustrates how a Reproductive Justice lens encourages new and necessary insights on the role of race, gender, and (dis)ability in legitimizing systems of reproductive oppression. The lecture also highlights how a Reproductive Justice lens encourages a broader understanding of resistance to reproductive oppression and the ways people assert and reclaim bodily autonomy

Valorização do espaço do pedestre no centro de Curitiba : revitalização da Praça Carlos Gomes e conexões entre as Praças do entorno

Monografia (especialização) - Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Tecnologia, Programa de Pós-graduação em Projeto e Paisagem Urban

Valorização do espaço do pedestre no centro de Curitiba : revitalização da Praça Carlos Gomes e conexões entre as Praças do entorno

Monografia (especialização) - Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Tecnologia, Programa de Pós-graduação em Projeto e Paisagem Urban

The predictive value of non-referential beat gestures: early use in parent–child interactions predicts narrative abilities at 5 years of age

A longitudinal study with 45 children (Hispanic, 13%; non-Hispanic, 87%) investigated whether the early production of non-referential beat and flip gestures, as opposed to referential iconic gestures, in parent-child naturalistic interactions from 14 to 58 months old predicts narrative abilities at age 5. Results revealed that only non-referential beats significantly (p < .01) predicted later narrative productions. The pragmatic functions of the children’s speech that accompany these gestures were also analyzed in a representative sample of 18 parent-child dyads, revealing that beats were typically associated with biased assertions or questions. These findings show that the early use of beats predicts narrative abilities later in development, and suggest that this relation is likely due to the pragmatic– structuring function that beats reflect in early discourse.Funding Information: - Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MCIU), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI), and Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER): PGC2018-097007-B-100, “Multimodal Language Learning (MLL): Prosodic and Gestural Integration in Pragmatic and Phonological Development.” - Generalitat de Catalunya: 2017 SGR_971 - Generalitat de Catalunya, Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca: 2019FI_B2_00125 - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development of the National Institutes of Health: P01HD040605

A practical guide for researchers and reviewers using the ABCD Study and other large longitudinal datasets.

As the largest longitudinal study of adolescent brain development and behavior to date, the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study® has provided immense opportunities for researchers across disciplines since its first data release in 2018. The size and scope of the study also present a number of hurdles, which range from becoming familiar with the study design and data structure to employing rigorous and reproducible analyses. The current paper is intended as a guide for researchers and reviewers working with ABCD data, highlighting the features of the data (and the strengths and limitations therein) as well as relevant analytical and methodological considerations. Additionally, we explore justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts as they pertain to the ABCD Study and other large-scale datasets. In doing so, we hope to increase both accessibility of the ABCD Study and transparency within the field of developmental cognitive neuroscience