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BACKGROUND: The objective of this article is to make some analysis on the process of work and accidents occurring in slaughterhouses, evidenced in the Brazilian documentary film called Flesh and Bone. As such, it was necessary to discuss an alternative theoretical concept in relation to theories about health and safety at work. This alternative discussion focuses on the concepts of biopower and biopolitics. METHODS: The use of audiovisual elements in research is not new, and there is already a branch of studies with methodological and epistemological variations. The Brazilian documentary Flesh and Bone was the basis for the research. The analysis of this documentary will be carried out from two complementary perspectives: “textual analysis” and “discourse analysis.” RESULTS: Flesh and Bone presents problems related to health and safety at work in slaughterhouses because of the constant exposure of workers to knives, saws, and other sharp instruments in the workplace. The results show that in favor of higher production levels, increased overseas market sales, and stricter quality controls, some manufacturers resort to various practices that often result in serious injuries, disposal, and health damages to workers. CONCLUSION: Flesh and Bone, by itself, makes this explicit in the form of denunciation based on the situation of these workers. What it does not make clear is that, in the context of biopolitics, the actions aimed at solving these problems or even reducing the negative impacts for this group of workers, are not efficient enough to change such practices.
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Abattoirs , Commerce , Health Resorts , Quality ControlABSTRACT
Leptodactylus mystaceus, a widespread species over South America, is diagnosed based on specimens from the State of São Paulo, its southernmost geographic distribution limit. Here we present the first record of this species for Southeastern Brazil, extending its distribution for approximately 1,300 km to the southeast. We also include a description of its advertisement call, natural history data, photograph in life and morphological illustrations that make easier the identification of the species.
Leptodactylus mystaceus, uma espécie com ampla distribuição geográfica pela América do Sul, é diagnosticada com base em exemplares do Estado de São Paulo, seu limite meridional de distribuição geográfica. Apresentamos aqui o primeiro registro da espécie para o Sudeste do Brasil, ampliando sua distribuição conhecida em cerca de 1.300 km ao sudeste. Também incluímos a descrição da vocalização de anúncio, informações sobre história natural, fotografia em vida e desenhos de caracteres morfológicos que auxiliam na identificação desta espécie.
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Analisa, inicialmente, as razöes que levaram à criaçäo do Instituto Joäo Pinheiro, bem como a ligaçäo deste com os problemas sociais mineiros e belo-horizontinos da época. Esboça o perfil da clientela do Instituto e examina os fundamentos de sua organizaçäo e funcionamento, bem como as práticas de educaçäo/formaçäo adotadas. Enfoca as diversas modalidades de trabalho praticadas pelos educandos no Instituto e a organizaçäo dos estudos propriamente ditos.(MAM)
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Child, Abandoned/education , Public Policy , Adolescent , Brazil , Child Care , Child WelfareABSTRACT
O texto pretende contribuir com as discussões sobre a relação entre a escola e a família, analisando a forma como nas páginas de um periódico mineiro, a Revista do Ensino, cujos responsáveis se auto-reconheciam como escolanovistas, um grupo bastante diversificado de sujeitos (professores, técnicos de ensino, diretores de instrução...) concebia e colocava em circulação a temática das relações entre essas duas instituições.