Amourins sambaqui: same site, different perspectives. Sambaqui archaeology 30 years later by Gaspar, Maria Dulce, Klokler, Daniela, Sheel-Ybert, Rita, Bianchini, Gina Faraco

“…At the beginning of its occupation the site was located in wetlands and accumulation of shell valves formed a dry surface, a platform. We believe that oysters and thick lucine were probably chosen and used as raw material for platform construction for symbolic reasons and were not largely consumed. …”
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Generation, a situated concept by da Cunha, Sandra Mara

“…It points out the existence of two generations: a) apprentices - children and young people who, in the exchange of knowledge with b) their masters - composed of adults and elderly give meaning to their belonging to the Congada of Santa Efigênia, and we propose, therefore, comprehend generation within the contexts of life and related to them.…”
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Anthropology and social history of culture: Ethnography and sources by Pontes, Heloisa

“…Auerbach, Becker, Baxandall, Bourdieu, Geertz, Gell, Goody, Elias, Miceli, Schorske, Williams and Beatriz Sarlo: an impressive roster of authors who have been dealing, through creative insights, with the challenges concerning the autonomy and dependence of symbolic systems. …”
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Vida de Cão: mitos e certezas sobre a origem e dispersão dos cachorros na América by Beron, Monica Alejandra, Prates, Luciano Raúl, Prevosti, Francisco Juan

“…Embora até há algumas décadas se pensasse que o processo teria sido iniciado de modo intencional e unilateral pelos humanos, com o objetivo de obter um animal para defesa, um ajudante de caça ou um bicho de estimação, hoje muitos cientistas defendem que o processo foi mais complexoe que consistiu em uma coevolução de canídeos e humanos. …”
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The assertion of Brazilian culture: from the hinterland of Bahia to the metamorphoses of big houses and slave quarters by García, Afranio

“…Then the study of three of the main works of the years 30-40, Casa Grande e Senzala (Masters and Slaves) by Gilberto Freyre, Raízes do Brasil (Brazil’ Roots) by Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda and Formação do Brasil Contemporâneo (The making of contemporary Brazil) by Caio Prado Jr. intends to explain how the social matrix of miscegenation in Brazil and the strong legacy of the slavery system having imprinted the ways of functioning of the political space, the economic field and the rebuilding of social hierarchies have been objectified. …”
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Estados protetores e agressores na sociedade mundial: os efeitos sociais da Covid19 by Torres Castaño, Esteban

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