Global Journal of Human-Social Science
Regulação do acesso à educação superior pública no Brasil: resultados da Lei nº 12.711/2012 sobre a composição étnico-racial dos estudantes matriculados nas Instituições Federais de Educação Superior (Ifes) no Brasil entre 2012 e 2022
O estudo analisa os resultados da Lei nº 12.711/2012 sobre a composição étnico-racial dos estudantes das Instituições Federais de Educação Superior (Ifes) no Brasil entre 2012 e 2022, a partir da evolução dos indicadores de matrículas de estudantes autodeclarados pretos, pardos e indígenas entre 2012 e 2022. De natureza documental, fundamenta-se no materialismo histórico-dialético, examinando o dispositivo legal objeto da pesquisa e as sinopses estatísticas da educação superior produzidas pelo Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (Inep). Embora os dados utilizados não permitam distinguir entre cotistas e não cotistas, eles evidenciam a ampliação da presença de grupos historicamente excluídos nas Instituições Federais de Educação Superior (Ifes), com aumento das matrículas públicas federais de pretos, pardos e indígenas de 17,3% para 46,7% no período analisado. Conclui-se que a Lei de Cotas constitui uma política progressista que tem promovido avanços na equidade educacional. Defende-se sua continuidade e recomenda-se o fortalecimento de políticas complementares de permanência acadêmica, bem como a ampliação das discussões sobre o perfil e o desempenho dos ingressantes, com vistas à superação das desigualdades educacionais históricas.
Política de cotas; Regulação; Lei nº 12.711/2012; Acesso à educação superior pública
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Visual Bridges: A Comparative Study Between Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) and Quebec Sign Language (LSQ)
This article presents a comparative analysis between Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) and Quebec Sign Language (LSQ), highlighting their historical, sociocultural, and political contexts. The study is grounded in a mixed approach that combines bibliographic research with field experience developed through an academic partnership between the Federal Institute of Paraná (IFPR), Curitiba campus, and the Université de Montréal (UdeM). As part of this experience, the research included a technical visit to the university, as well as direct contact with Deaf individuals and sign language interpreters who use LSQ in educational and social contexts. From this perspective, the article examines structural similarities and articulatory differences between Libras and LSQ, while also addressing their respective trajectories of recognition and affirmation. Beyond linguistic aspects, the study emphasizes the central role of these languages in the construction of Deaf identity and in the promotion of social inclusion. The discussion reinforces the idea that, despite their regional and cultural specificities, both languages share a common purpose: to ensure accessibility, visibility, and dignity for the Deaf communities they represent.
Praticas Pedagogicas Do Ensino Profissional Do Servico Nacional De Aprendizagem Industrial-Es: Uma Analise Dos Modelos De Formacao Implementados Entre 1948 e 1992
Este artigo, ao analisar a trajetória do Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial – ES, opera com a bibliografia e análise documental para reconstituir com base em Bloch (2001) as práticas pedagógicas de ensino profissional. A problematização e a pesquisa lograram fazer emergir uma periodização não linear (para além da história institucional) da pedagogia que se vincula às Séries Metódicas Ocupacionais, indicando seu início em 1948 e seu declínio em 1992. Aponta, ainda, três subperíodos (1948-1963; 1963-1981; 1981-1992) nos quais os modelos monotécnico e multitécnico se alternam, permitindo, ou não, a oferta articulada da educação básica escolar, resultando assim numa disputa entre os cursos mais curtos e mais simples e os cursos mais longos e mais complexos.
Democratisation of Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Society and Humanity
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become one of the most influential technologies of the twentyfirst century, impacting economies, governance, industry, and daily life (Brynjolfsson & McAfee, 2017; Russell & Norvig, 2020). While AI has the potential to boost productivity, innovation, and quality of life, its development remains concentrated in a few advanced nations and large tech companies. This raises concerns about technological inequality, digital monopolies, and unequal access to AI benefits. The democratisation of AI aims to improve accessibility, affordability, transparency, and ethical governance. This paper reviews AI’s technological evolution, its sectorial applications in industry, education, healthcare, and governance, and the economic dominance of few large corporations (Manyika et al., 2022; World Economic Forum, 2023). It discusses challenges such as the high cost of training large models, infrastructure needs, including GPUs and data centres, energy consumption, and skilled manpower shortages. Effective democratisation must address both AI creators and users, operating at production and access levels. Using policy analysis and case studies, the paper explores global efforts and India’s emerging role in fostering inclusive AI governance (Government of India, 2024; NITI Aayog, 2020). The conclusion emphasises that democratising AI is vital for equitable progress, requiring coordinated action by governments, industry, and academia to ensure AI benefits all of society and humanity (UNESCO, 2022; United Nations, 2023).
Linguistic Means of Russian-Speaking Extremists’ Speech (Based on Expert Practice)
The implementation of communication strategies and tactics within the Russian-language extremist discourse utilizes a range of specific linguistic means. These primarily include lexical and semantic units that substantiate extremist doctrines and shape the images of “victim” and “enemy.” In addition to lexical and semantic units, other linguistic means are also used: word-formation (e.g., suffixes and prefixes of nouns with connotations of disapproval or disdain); morphological (various instances of violation of grammatical usage); syntactic (exclamatory sentences, ellipsis, inversion, etc.); stylistic (metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, allegory, hyperbole, litotes, etc.). In this work, we will characterize the lexical (lexical-semantic), syntactic, and stylistic devices that most influence the formation of the speech profile of a Russian-speaking extremist.
Bizarre Practices in Medicine Throughout History
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Contributions in History Teaching Training or What Interests and Concerns Advanced History-Teaching Students Today
The present paper considers different issues related to the possibilities and limits of History teaching in secondary schools in Argentina. What are the problems and worries of university History teaching students from the Universidad Nacional de La Plata? What questions do these students ask former teachers and principals from various public schools in La Plata? What are the social changes derived from different issues and matters of the function and organization of the educational system that affect the basic programs of History teaching training? To answer these questions, we propose a qualitative methodology with an ethnographical perspective that combines conversations and participant observations of teachers’ meetings to acknowledge the teachers’ knowledge and work. In addition, we contextualize this rich information with a brief depiction of the history of the educational system, policies, and History didactics in Argentina.
Students Performance in Literature-in-English Exploring Ghanaian students perception of the Influence of Pedagogy on Teaching and learning
The performance of Literature-in-English students at senior high schools in Ghana has declined. Over the past decade, less than half of the students have passed Literature-in-English, with performance dropping by more than 50% from 2007 to 2021. Pedagogical practices are a key factor influencing students’ results. Removing effective teaching from the process has serious consequences for students’ academic success. This study examined the impact of teaching methods on students’ interest and achievement in Literature-in-English at the senior high school level in Ghana. A descriptive research design was employed, and 601 students were selected using simple random sampling. Data was collected through the Teachers’ Teaching Methods Questionnaire (TTMQ). The findings show that teachers often do not incorporate real-life experiences into their lessons, depriving students of the chance to connect their learning to daily life. Furthermore, teachers tend not to assign challenging tasks or provide relevant reading materials. Students reported that their teachers prioritise examinations over the syllabus content. Teachers focus on preparing students for tests rather than equipping them with lifelong knowledge. The study confirms that teachers’ pedagogical skills can have a significant impact on students’ interest in a subject. It is recommended that Literature-in-English teachers receive regular professional development training in teaching, learning, and assessment methods.
Lessons to Guide AI Integration Efforts: An Illustrative Narrative of a Teacher Educator in New Zealand
Advances in technology have created the potential for a new era of learning that is both ubiquitous and authentically grounded in real-world contexts. However, there remains a gap between this theoretical potential and the lived experiences of teacher educators (TEs). To help bridge this gap, this study explored a TE’s lived experience. The study used a narrative inquiry approach to examine how the TE integrated technology into teaching and learning, offering insights into a range of pedagogical strategies. The narrative illustrates how the TE designed and implemented a range of pedagogical approaches that modelled effective technology integration, giving student teachers (STs) authentic opportunities to engage in technology-mediated learning aligned with the TPACK framework. Lessons learned, which emphasise the need for ongoing professional development that strengthens both technical competencies and technologyenhanced pedagogical approaches, offer valuable insights into the integration of artificial intelligence in teacher education, a process that is still in its early stages.
The Role of School Libraries in Promoting Access to Supplementary Books
The state school Centro Educa Mais Deborah Correia Lima has Annex II -Mamorana in the rural area, located in the municipality of São Bernardo, MA, which faces an economic deficit and limited access to social and cultural capital. This Annex II is attended by young people from farming families engaged in small-scale subsistence production based on planting and harvesting cassava, corn, and beans, and who are therefore financially disadvantaged. In view of this, the aim of this study is to analyze the development of reading practices in this Annex, taking into account the existence of a school library, the variety of literary genres, whether the environment is used by students, and whether they have a reading mediator. The study also examines how these students come into contact with paradidactic books and the influence of the absence of this cultural asset on broadening their academic horizons. The methodological procedure used for the research was a literature review and fieldwork based on semi-structured interviews, which were qualitative in nature. The results are the absence of a reading area and practices aimed at developing the habit of reading in Annex II -Mamorana.
Concept of Personality Development of Educators in Terms of Culture as Self and Mentoring Movement: Humanistic and Communicative Approaches
Axiology Model of Culture as Self and Mentoring teachers
research function of a teacher development
Individualized Transition Plan in Promoting Inclusion in Education: An Analysis After the Brazilian Law for the Inclusion of People with Disabilities (LBI)
Inclusion has become a priority on the global educational agenda, as demonstrated by the themes addressed in the UN 2030 Agenda, the Brazilian Inclusion Law, and the recent Plano Viver Sem Limites (Living Without Limits Plan) of the Brazilian Federal Government. For this study, we highlight an instrument, as a pedagogical strategy, whose ultimate goal is to enable the entry of the target audience of Special Education into the world of work, the Individualized Transition Plan (PIT). In this sense, we propose a systematic analysis of the literature with the following research question: What are the challenges and best practices for the transition of students with specific needs to adult life? This study is explored based on two milestones: one experienced temporarily in Basic Education, High School, and another legislative, the 2015 LBI. Furthermore, previous research points to significant gaps in the understanding of the functioning and effectiveness of PITs, highlighting the importance of an in-depth analysis of the current state of research. The research used the IRaMuTeQ software for discourse analysis, based on searches in the SCIELO, BVS, Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations and CAPES journals databases, using the descriptors: “School transition plan”, “PIT” and “PEI”. As a result, 16 materials were identified for further analysis and elaboration.
individualized transition plan in education
The Influence of Mother Tongue(s)on the Learning and Teaching of English as a Foreign Language at Three Universities: The Case of Protestant, Kinshasa and Technological/Bel Campus Universities in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The Meanings of the Right to Memory and the Right to Forget and the (IN)Understandings of the Brazilian Supreme Court
The present study analyzes the meanings that the Brazilian Constitutional Court attributes to memory and forgetting, as a way of understanding the meanings of the right to memory and the right to be forgotten in Brazilian law. The research problem consists of verifying how the Brazilian Constitutional Court understands the similarities between the right to memory and the right to forget. The study is based on bibliographic research and adopts the phenomenological method in its approach. The study carries out a phenomenological analysis of memory and forgetting, investigates how forgetting can be elaborated in the information society and examines the Brazilian Constitutional Court’s understanding of the right to forget and the right to memory. The study argues that the right to memory is intended to protect political memories, while the right to be forgotten is linked to the protection of personality rights. The research criticizes the position adopted by the Brazilian Constitutional Court, for not having adequately understood the phenomenological dimension of memory and forgetting.
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Beyond Reality: An Integrative Theoretical Framework for Influence Marketing in the Metaverse
This study presents a theoretical model to dissect influence marketing within the metaverse, a burgeoning digital realm revolutionizing consumer-brand dynamics. Addressing the metaverse’s rapid expansion and AI’s role, it scrutinizes the impact of metahumans and virtual influencers on marketing strategies. The framework delves into influence mechanisms, interaction dynamics, and their influence on consumer engagement and brand perception, applying communication, social psychology, and media studies theories to the metaverse’s unique milieu. It investigates how immersion, presence, and interactivity affect marketing success, emphasizing the significance of authenticity and AI-enabled personalization in forging strong consumer-influencer bonds. This research enhances understanding of metaverse marketing, providing insights for strategists and suggesting avenues for future inquiry. By merging AI, metahumans, and virtual influencers in its analysis, the paper sheds light on influence marketing’s future directions, underlining the interplay between technology, societal trends, and consumer behavior, and signifying an advance in marketing strategies for the digital age.
Environmental Sustainability Practices in Large Brazilian Food Companies in Light of the 2030 Agenda Goals
The study aims to identify and discuss practices aimed at environmental sustainability in large Brazilian food companies in light of the 2030 Agenda goals and of the commitments made by the Brazilian Food Industry Association (ABIA) at Rio+20. The survey is of an applied, qualitative, exploratory nature and descriptive design, with documentary data collection anchored in the sustainability reports of sizeable Brazilian food companies selected for the study. Unlike the studies carried out in Brazil and other parts of the world, in this study, management for environmental sustainability was assessed in the light of the goals and targets set out in the 2030 Agenda. The results indicate that there has been progress in the Brazilian Food Industry about the commitments made in favor of sustainable development. Many measures adopted satisfactorily meet the objectives of the 20230 Agenda. However, intensifying of these practices is still necessary so that the industry effectively contributes to achieving a legitimate and acceptable level of sustainable development, especially in a country like Brazil, where the food and agriculture industry compete for space with biomes and sensitive ecosystems the activity economic.
Economic Crises and Pandemics: Mitigating the Effects Through Sustainable Actions and Elements of Competitive Advantage
The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it a serious economic crisis in 2020, affecting several sectors of the economy and companies extensively, especially Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). History shows the recurrence of economic crises with global impacts, such as the Great Depression of 1929 and the 2008 subprime crisis, as well as localized impacts, like the 2014 crisis in Brazil. Faced with the potential repetition of similar events in the future and the need to identify risk mitigation strategies for SMEs, this work aims to provide a set of guidelines based on actions related to sustainability and elements of competitive advantage that SMEs can employ to face economic crises or pandemics. Regarding the methodological aspects, this is an exploratory and descriptive research with a qualitative approach. Data were collected through documentary and bibliographical research in the scientific literature, focusing on sustainability actions and competitive advantages employable by SMEs to mitigate risks arising from economic crises and pandemics.
Coordinating Industrial Disaster Rehabilitation: Insights from the Rana Plaza Coordination Cell in Bangladesh
The Rana Plaza collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 24, 2013, marked one of the deadliest industrial disasters in modern history, claiming over 1,100 lives and injuring more than 2,500 workers. This paper critically assesses the role of the Rana Plaza Coordination Cell (RPCC), established by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, in addressing the multifaceted challenges of disaster rehabilitation. Utilizing a qualitative methodology including focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and analysis of secondary documents, this research examines how the RPCC navigated issues of coordination, data verification, emergency relief, and compensation. Findings reveal that despite initial fragmentation, the RPCC played a central role in mitigating information gaps and facilitating victim support through institutional innovations and stakeholder collaboration. The paper recommends institutionalizing such coordination mechanisms for future industrial disasters to ensure timely, equitable, and efficient rehabilitation outcomes.
Climate Changes and Cultural Responses in the Southeastern Kazakhstan during the past 50,000 years
Long Term Shoreline Change Analysis and Forecasting in Kuwait Bay via NDWI and DSAS
Integrating remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) can be applied through shoreline monitoring. Coastal environments undergo both natural and anthropogenic processes that drive shoreline changes, making them highly dynamic systems. Kuwait Bay is characterized by its shallow waters and broad intertidal flats, where the tidal activities, wave action, and sediment transportation influence their morphological changes and contribute to critical socio-economic and environmental impacts. This study aims to quantify, calculate, and analyze the metrics of morphological shoreline changes along Kuwait Bay during and to predict the future shoreline position during 2034 and 2044. Four Landsat sensors (5, 7, 8, and 9) derived from the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform were used for data acquisition. Shoreline changes were analyzed using the DSAS 5.0 extension in ArcMap 10.4, employing metrics such as SCE, NSM, EPR, and LRR, ArcGIS Pro, and Python (ArcPy library) for shoreline extraction and calculating (NDWI). The highest SCE value was 2889.63 m. As for the NSM, the maximum erosion exceeded that of accretion (2432.94 m and 1482.08 m, respectively). The EPR was 78.64 m/y -1 for erosion and 48.09 m/y -1 for accretion.
Post Pandemic City Rethinking Urban Landscapes through Humanized Management
The recent epidemiological events and the associated need for scientific knowledge have increased the number of investigations on the impact of diseases in different areas, but at the level of built scenarios, the problems caused by inadequate infrastructure and urban characteristics in coping with health crises are widespread. Given these issues, the general objective of this research is to assess the application of solutions in the field of humanized management of (post-) pandemic urban landscapes, especially in an international context. A scientometric analysis and a systematic review of secondary sources was conducted in the Lens, Scopus, and Web of Science (WoS) databases, quantifying the results and classifying their characteristics to d elineate the main academic discussions. The literature search yielded a total of 200,032 texts, of which 194 were selected for preliminary analysis after applying filters. This showed that publications on WoS (51.35%) and those with empirical approaches (70.62%) predominate, with Europe (33.51%) being more represented, although the United States (12.89%) published a greater number of articles. The thematic categories of the 149 studies selected for full reading were isolation and social distance (18.79%), effects of pandemics in municipalities (17.45%), open spaces and green areas (13.42%), community experiences (12.08%), smart cities (11.41%), technology and innovation (10.74%), people-centered contexts (8.05%), human rights and public policy (6.71%), and urban design and planning (1.34%). It can be concluded that essential aspects of the last category, relevant to the configuration of humanized landscapes, are still scarcely discussed, which shows that future research should focus on citizens’ participation and the subjectivity of their experiences in urbanized environments.
Agroecology in Metropolitan Regions in Brazil – Socioterritorial and Sociospatial Movements
This article aims to analyze agroecology in metropolitan regions in Brazil, based on the concepts of sociospatial and socio-territorial movements. It also draws parallels regarding the presence of agroecology in different metropolitan regions. Another aspect is to continue evaluating these concepts to understand the dynamics of agroecology. The method relies on primary sources from previous research and secondary sources for data comparison. As concluding considerations, the advancement of agroecology depends on the conquest of land and territory -stemming from socioterritorial movements – and on its spatial dissemination, where socio-spatial movements may have an impact. While socioterritorial movements are necessary for agroecology, they are not sufficient on their own. In this case, the concept of socioterritorial movement is explanatory. The expansion of agroecology in metropolitan regions is driven by the actions of movements, associations, and universities. This is a sociospatial action, such as networks, not merely the presence of socio-spatial movements.
Reimagining Laal Ded: Mysticism, Peace, and Women’s Agency in Kashmir
The traditional manner of theorising peace diplomacy has generally been a very androcentric practice. Theoretical paradigms that privilege state sovereignty, strategic rationality and militarised performance, and are products of masculinised processes have always been central to imagining the cartography of peace diplomacy. Feminist epistemological interventions in the spaces of International Relations (IR) and decolonial scholarship expose how these existing androcentric frameworks silence the vernacular epistemologies of reconciliation which are grounded in affect, ethics and spirituality. This paper re-reads Laal Ded (Lalleshwari), the fourteenth-century Kashmiri mystic-philosopher, as an early practitioner of what may be termed affective diplomacy—a mode of peace-making that operates through moral suasion, empathy, and relational ethics. Situated at the confluence of Shaivite and Sufi thought, Laal Ded’s vakhs constitute a non-hegemonic discourse of coexistence that continues to animate women’s peace initiatives in contemporary, militarised Kashmir. This paper draws upon feminist IR (Tickner 1992; Enloe 2014), decolonial epistemology (Mignolo 2011; de Sousa Santos 2014), and phenomenologies of mysticism (Irigaray 2001; Braidotti 2011), to argue that Laal Ded’s philosophy innately performs an epistemic disobedience to both patriarchy and the colonial knowledge production. Laal Ded’s re-conceptualisation of truth as an embodied awareness anticipates the decolonial frameworks of conflict transformation that privileges care over coercion. This analysis demonstrates that her legacy endures not just as cultural memory but as an operative philosophy guiding women in their attempts at vernacular peacebuilding across contemporary Kashmir. Acknowledging Laal Ded as a theorist of peace expands the geography of diplomatic thought beyond the confines of State and State defined boundaries and reiterates the relevance of the feminine, mystical and local as the legitimate terrains of international ethics.
The Ambiguity in Terminology Use of Asylum and Refuge in the Latin American and Caribbean Region
It seems that humans migrating from one place to another is an increasing phenomenon nowadays. Particularly, there are those who migrate involuntarily within the region or to other continents due to widespread and systematic violence as in Central American countries, or the acute crisis in countries of the region, such as Venezuela and Nicaragua, which are currently facing serious internal crisis. Another factor that contributes to migration is climate change, among others; however, the most serious reason nowadays is the armed conflict in Syria, which has resulted in more than five million international refugees. We are now living a human tragedy that exceeds the magnitude of the wars from the past. This has resulted in the frequent use of legal terms for international protection in the region, such as asylum and refuge. They are both used indistinctly, often in a vague and even confusing way, especially in the Latin American and Caribbean region. In fact, we see that in Latin America and the Caribbean (depending on the country or regional regulation) both terms are inaccurately used in internal legislations, sometimes referred to as synonyms. Such indistinct use is incorrect, as we will try to demonstrate in this work. Finally, as a conclusion, we will detail our proposals for terminology unification and differentiation of both legal protection concepts. For that matter, we have analyzed different Latin American regulations and regional legislations, such as the Brazil Plan of Action, and have stressed their inaccuracies. Furthermore, we have introduced two Advisory Opinions (AO) of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. First, we have AO-21/14, which is the case of Pacheco Tineo family vs. the Plurinational State of Bolivia, dated November 25, 2013, about an alleged inaccuracy committed by two organisms while trying to define asylum when it was a refuge case. Second, we have AO-28/18 upon the request of the Republic of Ecuador, where the Inter-American Court of Human Rights tried to conceptualize and differentiate both terms through an inclusive and enlightening classification of each of them.
Short Methods Note: Operationalising Agency and Uncertainty in a Peace and Conflict Studies Research Project – Sri Lanka
esearching questions of peace with justice, within environments that restrain researcher agency, and which evoke uncertainty, requires the adoption of long-term perspectives and a good dose of patience. From the restrictions placed upon the researcher by external institutional structures to the relationships established between researcher and participants during data collection, agency and uncertainty remain factors in post-positivist scientific projects. Critical and contemplative analysis of the data, and importantly of the structures, within which knowledge is acquired as well as a preparedness for processual adjustments over time, help to underpin research trajectories. In my own experience, these factors demand not only a cautious restraint, by way of the researcher’s own framing of process, but elevated commitments to the principle of ‘do no harm’, the recognition of the positionality between researcher and participants, the acknowledgement and mitigation of bias and action to promote researcher and participant agency. Researchers themselves should acknowledge the limits by which their methodologies are constrained; and how, by modifying methods and observing limits, transparency and accountability are enhanced, participation and subjectivity substantiated, and bias and harm mitigated.