O Cabo-verdiano através dos olhos de forasteiros: representações nos textos portugueses, 1784-1844

Ao ler os textos portugueses dos finais do século XVIII e a primeira metade do século XIX deparase com uma certa depreciação e africanização do homem cabo-verdiano. As formas de sociabilidade dos cabo-verdianos eram reprovadas por estes serem demasiados próximo dos “negros africanos”. Estas representações continuam a ser menos conhecidas tanto no domínio da História como nos outros campos do saber. Ora, o presente trabalho debruça-se sobre a imagem do homem caboverdiano construída, pensada, e dada a ler nos textos portugueses produzidos pelos forasteiros no período entre 1784 e 1844. O corpo textual que sustenta este estudo foi produzido a partir do contacto com as ilhas e os seus habitantes ou, muitas vezes, a partir de informações de terceiros, por alguém cujos padrões mentais e culturais pertenciam à outra realidade. Da longa relação dos portugueses/europeus com os africanos sob a soberania portuguesa no espaço cabo-verdiano desenvolveu-se uma cultura nova e um homem novo – uma nova sociedade, que por um lado reflecte o fracasso português na assimilação dos cabo-verdianos e por outro mostra a capacidade de, num espaço novo, através do processo de mestiçagem, que foi quase um fenómeno natural nas ilhas de Cabo Verde, surgir algo novo, com contornos próprios, que se pode caracterizar de caboverdiano

Amílcar Cabral: estratégias políticas e culturais para independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde

Nascido na Guiné portuguesa, educado em Cabo Verde e na universidade de portuguesa, profissional no campo da agronomia em Portugal e nos territórios colonizados, Cabral apelido que hoje dispensa muitas apresentações na historiografia africana, foi actor de um percurso único sedimentado nos tempos duros da dominação colonial portuguesa, quando fora de Portugal e do seu império, movimentos intelectuais, ideias políticas e acções culturais procuravam libertar o homem colonizado africano das malhas do colonialismo e da opressão. É com base nesta breve descrição que ressaltamos a necessidade de analisar as estratégias políticas e culturais de Cabral para a conquista da independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde, procurando o que foi produto da colonização portuguesa, mas sobretudo apurar como integrou contribuições teóricas internacionais e africanas, que em meados do século XX marcaram as escolhas e práticas dos intelectuais e políticos africanos integrados no processo de luta de libertação e independência. Procuramos estudar neste trabalho, a forma como este notável político africano estruturou as suas aprendizagens, e reflexões articulando a realidades guineenses e caboverdeanas do século XX, e as correntes marcantes do pensamento libertador africano. Tentaremos também perceber as diversas dinâmicas que possam ter contribuído de alguma maneira especial para construção da sua identidade que resultou na sua entrega à luta de libertação nacional. Cabral, as suas estratégias políticas e culturais, o seu impacto nos territórios africanos constituiu o eixo central desta investigação a que titulamos «Amílcar Cabral: Estratégias políticas e culturais para a independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde».

La Irresolubilitat dels problemes clàssics grecs : recurs didàctic per l'ensenyament i l'aprenentatge

La temàtica proposada consisteix en considerar els tres problemes clàssics grecs sense solució amb regla i compàs: la trisecció de l’angle, la quadratura del cercle i la duplicitat del cub per plantejar diverses activitats per realitzar a l’aula. Aquestes propostes didàctiques podran ser utilitzades per a la pràctica professional, amb les que es podran treballar molts conceptes matemàtics per abastar diferents nivells de coneixements, i mitjançant recursos i eines tradicionals i d’altres innovadors, així com aprofitant l’estudi de la història de les matemàtiques.

Leonhard Euler: quatre lIiçons escollides

L'FME dedica el curs acadèmic 2006-2007 a la figura del matemàtic suís Leonhard Euler, una de les ments més importants de la història, comparable a Gauss o Arquímedes. La lliçó inaugural va anar a càrrec d'Enric Fossas, catedràtic i director de l'Institut d'Organització i Control de Sistemes Industrials de la UPC

Presentación : agravios y reclamaciones

Presentació del dossier 'Agravios y reclamaciones: La impartición de la justicia en América, siglos XVI-XX' publicat al volum 66, número 1 de la revista 'Anuario de Estudios Americacanos"

La élite municipal leridana bajo los Austrias

¿Cómo y respondiendo a qué intereses fue ejercido el poder municipal por las élites locales catalanas en el periodo de la formación del Estado moderno hispánico? tales son las cuestiones fundamentales que se intentan responder acudiendo al ejemplo concreto de la ciudad de Lleida, población altamente representativa del entorno urbano catalán dominante en los siglos XVI y XVII. Una breve introducción al marco urbano o institucional catalán abre paso al núcleo del estudio centrado en la caracterización social de la élite gobernante. La evolución del grupo social que dirigía la ciudad, sus características socio-económicas, la movilidad de sus integrantes o sus comportamientos familiares, conforman un retrato que culmina con el análisis de sus actitudes en el gobierno municipal y su actuación política en los siglos de los Austrias.

Einstein: física, tecnologia i matemàtiques

"L’any 2005 fou declarat Any Mundial de la Física. Coincideix amb el centenari de publicacions d’Albert Einstein sobre el moviment brownià, sobre els quanta de llum i sobre relativitat especial. Les idees d’Einstein publicades fa un segle van canviar per sempre la manera d’entendre la física..."

Crise econômica, dispensa coletiva & preservação de empregos

A crise financeira mundial ocorrida nos EUA em 2008 que atingiu grande parte dos mercados globalizados teve como um de seus efeitos a ocorrência de dispensas coletivas nas empresas, no Brasil, notadamente, com o caso Embraer. Diante deste contexto, este trabalho busca analisar as dispensas coletivas cotejando a preservação de empregos conforme os ditames da Constituição Federal de 1988. Para isso, será apresentado os mecanismos legais previstos na legislação trabalhista brasileira e a decisão dos Tribunais a qual constituiu o precedente do caso Embraer. Oportunamente, será estudado as formas alternativas à demissão em massa existentes no Brasil e demonstrada as soluções previstas no Direito Comparado. A partir dos argumentos expostos, será criticado o projeto de lei existente na Câmara dos Deputados e indicada a possível resposta para a omissão legislativa presente em nosso ordenamento jurídico à luz das normas constitucionais.

Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752-1833) e suas obras em Teoria dos Números

The present thesis is an analysis of Adrien-Marie Legendre s works on Number Theory, with a certain emphasis on his 1830 edition of Theory of Numbers. The role played by these works in their historical context and their influence on the development of Number Theory was investigated. A biographic study of Legendre (1752-1833) was undertaken, in which both his personal relations and his scientific productions were related to certain historical elements of the development of both his homeland, France, and the sciences in general, during the 18th and 19th centuries This study revealed notable characteristics of his personality, as well as his attitudes toward his mathematical contemporaries, especially with regard to his seemingly incessant quarrels with Gauss about the priority of various of their scientific discoveries. This is followed by a systematic study of Lagrange s work on Number Theory, including a comparative reading of certain topics, especially that of his renowned law of quadratic reciprocity, with texts of some of his contemporaries. In this way, the dynamics of the evolution of his thought in relation to his semantics, the organization of his demonstrations and his number theoretical discoveries was delimited. Finally, the impact of Legendre s work on Number Theory on the French mathematical community of the time was investigated. This investigation revealed that he not only made substantial contributions to this branch of Mathematics, but also inspired other mathematicians to advance this science even further. This indeed is a fitting legacy for his Theory of Numbers, the first modern text on Higher Arithmetic, on which he labored half his life, producing various editions. Nevertheless, Legendre also received many posthumous honors, including having his name perpetuated on the Trocadéro face of the Eiffel Tower, which contains a list of 72 eminent scientists, and having a street and an alley in Paris named after him

Problemas e modelos que contribuíram com o desenvolvimento do cálculo diferencial e integral: dos gregos à Newton

This article refers to a research which tries to historically (re)construct the conceptual development of the Integral and Differential calculus, taking into account its constructing model feature, since the Greeks to Newton. These models were created by the problems that have been proposed by the history and were being modified by the time the new problems were put and the mathematics known advanced. In this perspective, I also show how a number of nature philosophers and mathematicians got involved by this process. Starting with the speculations over scientific and philosophical natures done by the ancient Greeks, it culminates with Newton s work in the 17th century. Moreover, I present and analyze the problems proposed (open questions), models generated (questions answered) as well as the religious, political, economic and social conditions involved. This work is divided into 6 chapters plus the final considerations. Chapter 1 shows how the research came about, given my motivation and experience. I outline the ways I have gone trough to refine the main question and present the subject of and the objectives of the research, ending the chapter showing the theoretical bases by which the research was carried out, naming such bases as Investigation Theoretical Fields (ITF). Chapter 2 presents each one of the theoretical bases, which was introduced in the chapter 1 s end. In this discuss, I try to connect the ITF to the research. The Chapter 3 discusses the methodological choices done considering the theoretical fields considered. So, the Chapters 4, 5 and 6 present the main corpus of the research, i.e., they reconstruct the calculus history under a perspective of model building (questions answered) from the problems given (open questions), analyzing since the ancient Greeks contribution (Chapter 4), pos- Greek, especially, the Romans contribution, Hindus, Arabian, and the contribution on the Medium Age (Chapter 5). I relate the European reborn and the contribution of the philosophers and scientists until culminate with the Newton s work (Chapter 6). In the final considerations, it finally gives an account on my impressions about the development of the research as well as the results reached here. By the end, I plan out a propose of curse of Differential and Integral Calculus, having by basis the last three chapters of the article

Pelos caminhos das idéias e da existência: a propósito das cartografias de J. T. de Moura Filho

The present study aimed to investigate the intellectual, personal and professional tracjetory of José Tavares de Moura Filho. Civil engineer who devoted him self to cartographic cience, though not a cartographer, and to literature. At 65 years old, already with retirement, he devoted his attention to writing his books and see the world, as he said. There were nine books, five of poetry, prose and short stories, and four of cartographic nature. The published his books independently. He wrote and his wife Elza typed. Once ready, he would seek the graphics, later a publisher, to reproduce his writing. He liked to say he would rather to pay for your books than bay a new car, and did so. Died at age of 82 years, leaving a rich material for the young students, those who read, as he always did by dedicating his books. In order to achieve the objectives of this study, we used as a theoretical some authors dealing with historiography, oral history, intellectual intineraries and history of ideas, as Garnica, Nóvoa, Barros, Bosi, Le Goff among others. From this perspective, we constructed an archeology of ideas and the existence of Moura Filho, to point contributions of the teaching of mathematics from his work

Os artigos de Euler sobre os números amigáveis

Among the many methodological resources that the mathematics teacher can use in the classroom, we can cite the History of Mathematics which has contributed to the development of activities that promotes students curiosity about mathematics and its history. In this regard, the present dissertation aims to translate and analyze, mathematically and historically, the three works of Euler about amicable numbers that were writed during the Eighteenth century with the same title: De numeris amicabilibus. These works, despite being written in 1747 when Euler lived in Berlin, were published in different times and places. The first, published in 1747 in Nova Acta Eruditorum and which received the number E100 in the Eneström index, summarizes the historical context of amicable numbers, mentions the formula 2nxy & 2nz used by his precursors and presents a table containing thirty pairs of amicable numbers. The second work, E152, was published in 1750 in Opuscula varii argument. It is the result of a comprehensive review of Euler s research on amicable numbers which resulted in a catalog containing 61 pairs, a quantity which had never been achieved by any mathematician before Euler. Finally, the third work, E798, which was published in 1849 at the Opera postuma, was probably the first among the three works, to be written by Euler

A Companhia de Jesus e a formação da cultura sexual brasileira: um estudo histórico e documental a partir dos escritos do padre Manuel da Nóbrega

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Um estudo do processo de reconhecimento histórico: o caso de Arthur Cayley

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)