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This article seeks to discuss the vision of the 'social' in the field called social determinants of health. For this, bibliographical research was conducted, based on references from the field of human sciences, by authors such as Latour (2012) and Santos (1988). It begins with a general characterization of the field of social determinants of health, especially political and scientific views. Then, it presents the critical elements characterizing paths on the thinking of these authors. The study sought to highlight reductionism increasingly present in the approach to the field of social determinants of health. These reductionisms that ultimately limit further reading about the complexity of life in society and reinforce the commodification and trivialization of life. Santos (1988) notes that, in front of these reductionism, science cannot be merely producing a scientific paradigm, but also a social paradigm - the paradigm of a decent life. The thinking of Latour (2012) brought arguments to rethink the 'social' beyond a specific and limited domain of reality, as something always external to the subject and to their own health. The fragmented view of the field of social determinants of health is what we put into analysis and make inquiries as a way to raise future discussions on the topic.

Analisa a aplicabilidade e uso da etnografia como metodologia para explorar a pesquisa na área da Ciência da Informação. Como pesquisa teórica objetiva resgatar na literatura da área, o reconhecimento da etnografia como forma metodológica na construção científica, a partir de reflexões sobre este método de pesquisa no reconhecimento de valores subjetivos e permitir um olhar crítico sobre a pesquisa no campo da Ciência da Informação. Reconhece o valor desse método para o estudo de um contexto multicultural, entendendo a cultura da informação sob uma perspectiva emergente na área em estudo, cujo aprofundamento requer valores e instrumentos antropológicos coerentes com as diversas áreas interdisciplinares que compõe o campo científico da informação. A pesquisa explora a literatura, acolhendo dados para uma análise interpretativa do discurso de diversos autores, desta forma visa uma reflexão que priorize a representação qualitativa do conhecimento. Na conclusão apresenta as diversas evidências da importância da cultura, agregada implicitamente na construção de uma informação, e que conseqüentemente irá gerar um novo conhecimento, sendo assim, reforça o adequado uso da ferramenta etnográfica para melhor explorar a temática. Também apresenta recomendações de continuidade na perspectiva desse estudo sob diversas diretrizes, que poderão trazer contribuições significativas para esta área do conhecimento.

Objective: To evaluate the service offered to the elderly in primary care from the perspective of social
representations. Methods: Exploratory study conducted in a qualitative approach with seventy elderly treated in the
Family Health Strategy (FHS) Rangel II, in João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. Data were collected from a semi-structured
interview. The data obtained were analyzed with the help of software Alceste and interpreted in theoretical social
representations. Results: The results indicate two classes or categories: a) dimensions socio-affective represented: bad
service, slow and white hair; b) experiences with the service: accept, good, doctor, medical service, well, aging,
experience and little. Conclusion: the elderly evaluate the service with negative content emphasized in the speeches:
failure to care of real needs of the elderly, the elderly distance service; little user interaction with the service and not
use the strategy of reception. The latter is now one of the most important tools to be used in Family Health Strategies.

The present essay examines the social situation of transvestites, and their identity as an excluded group. The examination takes into account gender, patriarchy, social exclusion, identity, difference and diversity, and uses transvestites' own reports of their social reality. Finally, on the basis of the experiences of the feminist movement, the article offers some considerations on the formation of transvestites' political conscience.

The present article endeavors to establish the relation between ecology and political science and, through the study of Brazil's social formation, to explore the institutional difficulties connected with the emergence of ecopolitical alliances and the formulation of environmental and natural resource conservation policies in Brazil

Although almost two decades passed on the end of the Cold War & the preponderance of so called civil wars in lieu of wars between states, the problem one ethnicity & ethnic violence continues to receive a special attention on the part of a great number of researchers from most diverse domains of the social sciences. The present article tries to make a critical review of the academic debates on the subject. For brevity's sake, we refer only to the most visible & widespread perspectives, here presented through three great schools of thought -- Primordialism, Instrumentalism & Constructivism. Throughout we seek to assess their respective strengths & weaknesses in the construction of strategies for conflict management. Adapted from the source document.

Ilus. Tab. Bib. Sum. (En) ; Secondary forests developing on agricultural land after it is abandoned, or as the fallow period in systems of subsistence agriculture, are an increasingly important component of the forest resources of the tropics. They fix and store carbon and may contribute to the alleviation of global warming, they are refuges for biodiversity in agricultural landscapes, and they are low-cost sources of a tremendous variety of forest products. The final years of the 20th century represent an opportune time to bring together researchers concerned with biological, ecological, social/organizational, financial/economic and political aspects of secondary forests and their management, to share their experiences and opinions concerning secondary tropical forests and to contribute to the development of a forward-looking, cross-disciplinary research agenda. The conference had the following objectives: 1) to summarize the state of knowledge of tropical secondary forests from the standpoint of the ecological, social and political sciences. 2) to report the most recent results of research on secondary forests from all relevant disciplines.

O artigo problematiza criticamente o debate sobre o conceito de "terceiro setor", apartir não do que é chamado "terceiro setor", mas das reformas mais gerais operadassob a hegemonia do grande capital, particularmente o financeiro. Procura-secaracterizar a origem setorializadora desse termo que, de um lado, impede uma visãode totalidade e, portanto, deita por terra a perspectiva de transformação social; e, deoutro, determina sua clara funcionalidade ao projeto hegemônico de reestruturação docapital que, orientado nos postulados neoliberais, mistifica a sociedade civil, desarticulae apazigua as lutas sociais, além de propiciar maior aceitação à reforma do Estado,particularmente no que refere à Seguridade Social e à responsabilidade estatal naresposta à "questão social" como direito de cidadania. ; This article critically problematizes the debate on the concept of the "thirdsector," departing not from the fact that it is called the "third sector," butfrom the more general reforms undertaken under the hegemony of big capital,particularly financial capital. It tries to characterize the sectoralized origin ofthat term, which, on the one hand, impedes a vision of the totality and, as aresult, undercuts a socially transformative perspective and, on the other hand,determines its clear functionality for the hegemonic project of capitalrestructuring. This project, oriented by neoliberal postulates, mystifies civilsociety and disarticulates and pacifies social struggles, at the same time that itpromotes a greater acceptance of state reform, particularly with regard tosocial security and the state's responsibility to treat the "social question" as aright of citizenship.

De-colonial reasoning establishes a peculiar manifestation of contemporary critical theory closely linked to the practices of the social sciences and humanities. However, there is a need for a critique of the dominant models and hierarchies of nationalities of knowledge, of the constitutive silencing of technologies and narratives of modern participation, of subjectivities, corporealities and agencies. This paper argues that the human and social sciences can and should be rethought from an epistemological multiplicity that dialogues and takes into account the forms of knowledge creation that are generated in extra-scientific and extra-academic spaces.