PERFORMING [AUTO] ETHNOGRAPHY POLITICALLY by Denzin, Norman K.

“…Building on earlier arguments, I propose a civic, publicly responsable [auto] ethnography that addresses the central issues of self, race, gender, class, society, and democracy.  I begin with pedagogies of hope and the sociological and ethnographic imaginations.  …”
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BODIES AND SIMULACRA: STRIP ENACTMENTS ON THE INTERNET by Silva, Weslei Lopes

“…From the notions of incorporation, of gender performance and simulacrum, I seek to reflect on how they build themselves as web strippers from their body, which requires the consecutive modification of it, to always be appropriate to the “commodity situation’’. …”
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STICK YOUR BOOBS OUT AND PUSH YOU BUTT UP: BODY TECHNIQUES AND REGULATORY IDEAL OF FEMININITY IN A FEMALE SEDUCTION WORKSHOP by Bianciotti, María Celeste, Chervin, Mariela

“…In this way the article seeks to build a dense description of this instance, seeking for expanding the ways to approach and learn how these paradoxical spaces gather experiences and discourses of normalization and revival of old female mandates, and also transforms conventions related to gender and sexuality.…”
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The "female quota" in the province of Cordoba. Implications and Scope by Di Rienzo, Gloria

“…Law 8901/2000 established "the principle of equivalent gender participation" in electoral processes in the province of Córdoba.  …”
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THE MICROPHYSIC OF BORDERS. CRIMINALIZATION, RACIALIZATION AND DEPORTATION OF COLOMBIAN MIGRANTS IN ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE by Stang, María Fernanda, Stefoni, Carolina

“…Migrants are placed across multiple lines: race, ethnic, class, gender and territorial boundaries within the city, thus deportation and rejection are the result of a previous process of systematic exclusion.We used a qualitative approach in this research, mainly through interviews with key informants, mostly actors linked to the generation and implementation of public policies —officials of the regional and local government, national legislators by the region, officials of the security forces, etc. …”
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Validation of the Brief Religious Coping Scale by Mezzadra, Joaquín, Simkin, Hugo, Mezzadra, Joaquín, Simkin, Hugo

“…Since there is a lack of instruments in the Argentinean context, this study aims to adapt and validate the Brief Religious Coping Scale (B-RCOPE), one of the most widely used techniques for empirical evaluation. 200 students of both genders from secondary catholic schools in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires participated in this study.According to our results, confirmatory factor analysis presents an adequate fit to the data, similar to those reported in other studies. …”
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