Ergonomics in Brazil: development and research. Main approaches in Brazil used for ergonomic studies. The nature of ergodesign. Ergodesign in development of products, information systems and human-computer interfaces.

Discussion of the connections between ethics and aesthetics in the context of contemporary Brazilian culture and subjectivity

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Basic concepts and tools for strategic management from a global perspective. Assessing and ensuring strategic fit considering global opportunities and challenges. Shift in paradigm of multinational strategies from national differentiation to globalization.  International alliances: focus on joint ventures. Cultural challenges. Balanced Scorecards for firms with global strategies.

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South America in the context of the Portuguese ultramarine Empire. Black and Indian slavery. The Catholic Church: hierarchies and social identity in the colony. Political emancipation and the construction of the Imperial State. Nationality formation and social tensions. Crisis of slavery and the end of the monarchic regime. The historical experience of the Brazilian Republic. Authoritarianism and Democracy. Inclusion and exclusion in the Brazilian society.

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The course will explain how the main Brazilian Foreign Policy paradigms were formulated as well as discuss the role of economic development on the Brazilian foreign policy contents. The following issues will be discussed: The Republican regime and foreign policy; Americanism and Pan-Americanism; Cold War and foreign policy; The impact of economic development on Brazilian Foreign Policy; The Independent Foreign Policy and the Globalism; The Foreign Policy of Military Regime and the Americanism; Geopolitics and National Security Doctrine; Globalism revival and consolidation; Democracy and Foreign Policy; The post Cold War and Brazilian international insertion; Actors and perceptions of Brazilian Foreign Policy.

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Intercultural studies: parameters of analysis. Identification of aspects of the Brazilian culture and language interaction that may be relevant in multicultural/intercultural contexts. Practical work with Brazilian films, TV soap operas and sitcoms, song lyrics, press articles, publicity campaigns and short stories.

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The growth of Brazilian culture from a historian’s point of view. Popular culture and culture from different Brazilian regions. Growth and form of “national culture“ and the development of capitalism in Brazil. Brazilian contemporary culture. Culture and communications media. Mass culture in Brazil today.

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SOC 9174 – Contemporary Brazilian Debates from a Sociological and Anthropological Perspective
Number of Credits: 4

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This course aims to give an introduction to contemporary Brazilian anthropology and sociology. Beginning with central problems which influenced the constitution of these two disciplines, centering around the ideas of Gilberto Freyre and Sergio Buarque de Hollanda, we will discuss modernity and Portuguese tradition; the historical role of the State and its relations with society; public life and private values; family and social solidarity; “racial democracy” and criticisms; Brazilian modernism. The course will then highlight some specific contemporary subject discussions in both areas: violence and urban life, race and inequality, religion, cultural artistic manifestations, especially Tropicalism, Brazilian funk and “manguebeat”.

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