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African languages in Brazil

open access: yesGragoatá, 2005
African Languages are special languages, in Brazil nowadays. They have a ritual function in the Afro-Brazilian cults, or a social identification function in their use as secret languages in the communities of Cafundó and Tabatinga.
Margarida Maria Taddoni Petter
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Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy in the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial

open access: yesJournal of Biophotonics, Volume 19, Issue 5, May 2026.
This randomized pilot study evaluated photodynamic therapy as an adjunctive treatment for diabetic foot ulcers compared with conventional care. The findings demonstrated a greater reduction in lesion area in the intervention group and potential benefits in the microbiological profile of the wounds, suggesting the clinical relevance and therapeutic ...
Maria Girlane Sousa Albuquerque Brandão   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Attending to Preservice Teachers' Assets: Beliefs and Practices for Supporting Expansive Sensemaking in Elementary Science

open access: yesScience Education, Volume 110, Issue 3, Page 756-779, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Preservice elementary science teachers' beliefs and practices influence the kinds of adaptations they make to curriculum materials and the extent to which they are able to enact justice‐oriented science lessons. Through this qualitative study, we explored the beliefs and practices of five focal preservice teachers through an analysis of their ...
Jessica Bautista, Elizabeth A. Davis
wiley   +1 more source

Affects of Resistance: Candomblé Rituals in Contemporary Brazilian Fiction

open access: yesIAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities
Collective rituals are representative and phenomenological sites of religious affects. These rituals counter colonial discourses, facilitating the interaction of folk-festive African cultures with hegemonic Catholicism to fashion Afro-Brazilian identity.
Parvathi M. S.
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The prolonged Brazilian shadow of Santa Teresa de Jesús

open access: yesRevista de Estudios Brasileños, 2016
Sáez Martínez, B. (Ed.). (2015). Santa Teresa de Ávila en Brasil. Madrid: Centro de Publicaciones. Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. The book being reviewed was originally written to fill a gap in the bibliography concerning Saint Teresa de ...
Antonio MAURA
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Brazil’s Broken Cross [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
When Dr. Ayres was in Brazil in 2002 on a Fulbright, she learned a lot about the religions in Brazil.
Ayres, Brenda
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Contrasting Maternal, Paternal, and Biparental Ancestry of Populations From the Caribbean Coast of Colombia

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 189, Issue 4, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Objectives The current Caribbean Colombian population is the result of migration processes and admixture that occurred throughout the country's history. The aim of this study was to investigate genetic ancestry gradients throughout the Caribbean territory, with a higher Native American ancestry expected in inland areas compared to coastal ...
Masinda Nguidi   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

O afro-brasileiro e sua representação no livro didático de língua materna

open access: yesTrabalhos em Linguística Aplicada, 2016
O objetivo deste texto é considerar as facetas da inclusão do afrodescendente no livro didático determinadas pela seleção de textos sociais que integram este material pedagógico.
Giselle Rodrigues Ribeiro
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From “Greater America” to America’s Music: Gilbert Chase and the Historiography of Borders [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This essay considers the hotly debated U.S. border and its relationship to music historiography vis-à-vis the unconventional career of Gilbert Chase (1906-92), the first U.S. musicologist to take seriously the music of the Spanish-speaking world.
Hess, Carol A.
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Afro-Brazilian religions in Portugal: bruxos, priests and pais de santo Religiões afro-brasileiras em Portugal: bruxos, padres e pais de santo

open access: yesEtnográfica: Revista do Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, 2010
The Afro-Brazilian religions that established themselves in Portugal during the last twenty years are becoming more and more popular. The temples are full with Portuguese followers that, after going through the initiation processes, become important in ...
Clara Saraiva
doaj  

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