Songs and memory in historical narratives of the Suruí of Rondônia (Brazilian Amazonia) by Yvinec, Cédric

“…Finally, the article examines the conversational uses of quotations of old songs in historical accounts and shows that the narrative structure, particularly the connections between the evoked events, are determined by the rhetorical and aesthetical properties of the quoted songs.…”
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Police Special Operations in Rio de Janeiro (2006-2020) by Veloso Hirata, Daniel, Christoph Grillo, Carolina, Dirk, Renato

“…This paper presents the main results of the research conducted by GENI/UFF on these operations and accounts for the recent experiences of collaboration with other collectives, through the writing of reports, to interfere in a Supreme Court process that addresses police special operations in favelas.…”
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Devil’s doubt: stories of demoniac`s pacts in the north and northwest of Minas Gerais by Pereira, Luzimar Paulo

“…In the reports, the veracity of that account is central, measured not only by its substantive content but also - and above all - the person speaking or the person of spoken to.…”
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BODIES IN FLUX AND CONNECTED LIFE MANAGEMENT: APPOINTMENTS ABOUT SELF CONSTITUTION FROM THE MOBILE PHONES USE PRACTICES by Scire, Claudia Dipolitto de Oliveira

“…Our aim is to describe and analyze some of the overlapping phenomena in the new possibilities of conceiving and interpreting practices and social relations and at the same time bring to light reflections on the subjects that are built in this process while connected and connection dependent subjects.The ideas presented here have an essayistic nature and are intended to account for issues such as the formation of new body mappings which does not exclude the use and coupling of the cell phone to the users’ bodies. …”
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