In the midst of a transition between two governments, the main title of the first page of Sunday’s edition of the leading Brazilian newspaper, Folha de Sao Paulo, was devoted to education…
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Education level and employment
According to statistical data, the education level attained has a strong impact on the employment rate. The eight countries shown in the graph have very different overall employment rates – from 66%…
Census missing
In those days, Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world (Luke 2,1). The current suspension of the census in Brazil, already a year…
Interesting issues emerged in the session Quilombos and maroons of the Americas
The session Quilombos and maroons of the Americas: mirror of differences held at the XXXVIII International Americanistic Studies Congress was very good. The panelists’ contributions were diverse and complementary and shed light…
Invite to the session “Quilombo and maroons of America” of the International Americanistic Studies Congress
The sessions of the International Americanistic Studies Congress are published: among them, one regarding quilombo I proposed. Below the session abstract. The Circolo Amerindiano has organized the Congress for 38 years. This…
“Quilombo e maroons of America” session programme
[:en] Within the XXXVIII INTERNATIONAL AMERICANISTIC STUDIES CONGRESS Friday, May the 6th, 8.30 am Sala del Consiglio Comunale, Palazzo dei Priori, Corso Vannucci 19 – Perugia, Italy Session “Quilombos and maroons of…
Credible Rights Based Alternative VS Economic Alternative
I wrote this text as an answer to some questions Nazmul Ahsan (Senior Program Officer at ActionAid Bangladesh) asked to the colleagues. Maybe it could be useful to clarify some issue at…
Tarubá production process
We wrote in another post about tarubá, a fermented beverage made with cassava. How it’s done? The process isn’t easy and it’s worth a documentation. We present here how Maria do Socorro…
Cassava in Roero
The cassava (Manihot esculenta) doesn’t grow up in the Roero region (Italy), but for one night was the star in Pocapaglia. Here, a group of student of the University of Gastronomic Sciences,…
New car, a good deal for the environment?
The current scandal involving Volkswagen, among other things, add a new chapter on the long lasting dispute between who say that it’s more environmentally friendly to buy a new low emission car,…
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