MAKING OUT WITH THE CITY: (HOMO)SEXUALITIES AND SOCIO-SPATIAL DISPUTES IN BRAZILIAN “PERIPHERIES”

Abstract This article makes use of the constitution of (homo)sexualities and socio-spatial disputes in certain Brazilian “peripheries”. Specifically, it is the synthesis of the results of a doctoral research in anthropology concerning “peripheries”, sociabilities and disputes between homosexual men at bars situated in “peripheral” areas of the cities of São Paulo and Belém, Brazil. The starting point of the ethnography was the scrutiny of specific bars frequented by different publics, favouring the interlocutors’ handling of the manner in which they negotiate identifications and disputes, with a view to understanding the meanings and significations given to “periphery”. In this sense, the emic notion making out with the city served as a point of elucidation to qualify and materialise different modes of space production, especially in Brazilian urban “peripheries”, directly interfering in the ways in such cities are accessed and desired.

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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic in hospitalizations due to brain tumors from the epicenter of Latin America.

Journal of Clinical Oncology ◽

10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.e18785 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽

pp. e18785-e18785

Author(s):

Isabella Batista Martins Portugal ◽

Luis Eduardo Werneck De Carvalho ◽

Jean Henri Schoueri ◽

Leandro Fórnias Machado Rezende ◽

Fernando Luiz Affonso Fonseca ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Latin America ◽

Health System ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

Cns Tumors ◽

São Paulo ◽

Outbreak Period ◽

Starting Point ◽

The Impact ◽

The City

e18785 Background: The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disrupted health care systems worldwide. In Brazil, the disease had its first case in the city of São Paulo, thus being the starting point and epicenter of this disease in Latin America. Neurological features are currently well recognized in COVID-19 indicating the neurotropic nature of the virus and include anosmia, myalgia, myositis, encephalitis, meningitis, cerebrovascular disease, Guillain–Barré syndrome, and post-infectious myelitis. CNS tumors though relatively rare (> 2% of all cancers) are a relevant source of cancer-related morbi-mortality worldwide. Although studies have reported higher COVID-19 severity in cancer patients, the consequences of the pandemic on health care for CNS tumors remain inconclusive and will probably be felt for decades. This study aimed to determine the impact of pandemic on the hospital admissions (HA) due to CNS tumors in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of the HAs due to CNS tumors in the city of São Paulo comparing the outbreak period (January-June 2020) and a pre-pandemic corresponding period of the years 2017-2019. Data were obtained from the Brazilian Unified Health System - Hospital Information System database according to the chapter II of the International Classification of Diseases - 10th revision (ICD-10). Linear regression was used to analyze the relationship between the incidence of HAs and time (months). Results: A significant reduction in HAs due to CNS tumors was observed during the outbreak period (January-June 2020). Benign neoplasm of brain and other parts of CNS (-2, CI -2 to -1) and malignant neoplasm of brain (-5, CI -7 to -3) showed to be remarkably affected (see table). To our knowledge, this is the first scientific report of significant reduction of HAs due to CNS tumors during COVID-19 era. Conclusions: Our findings seem to be associated to delayed oncological diagnose and care to CNS tumor patients during the lockdown and health system collapse. A rebound help-seeking effect as well as more severe complications may present in the post‐pandemic. Further studies are needed to evaluate the impact of the ongoing pandemic in CNS neoplasms in order to strategically corroborate public health actions for short- and long-term implications of COVID-19 pandemic. [Table: see text]

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A Vila Buarque torna-se hipster: conceitos globais, efeitos locais

ILUMINURAS ◽

10.22456/1984-1191.103765 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (54) ◽

Author(s):

Maurício Fernandes de Alcântara

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Central Area ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

São Paulo ◽

Local Effects ◽

Professional Activities ◽

Starting Point ◽

The City ◽

Coffee Shops ◽

Ways Of Being

Resumo: Neste artigo, são apresentadas reflexões a partir de uma pesquisa etnográfica sobre o bairro da Vila Buarque, na região central de São Paulo. Historicamente ocupado por camadas médias e superiores da população paulistana, na última década o bairro tem vivenciado um afluxo de novos moradores hipsters (jovens de alto poder aquisitivo, vinculados a atividades profissionais tidas como criativas, alinhados a um espectro político mais progressista) e a inauguração de uma série de novos estabelecimentos comerciais (tais como bares, cafés, restaurantes e lojas de design) voltados a este perfil. Este fenômeno contraria a tendência histórica de deslocamento das elites para longe da região central da cidade, e é tomado como ponto de partida para a observação de como diversas referências globais de consumo e de modos de estar na cidade se refletem no contexto local.Palavras-chave: hipsters, cosmopolitismo, ubiquidade, consumo, cidade VILA BUARQUE BECOMES HIPSTER: GLOBAL CONCEPTS, LOCAL EFFECTS Abstract: On this article, are discussed reflections based on an ethnographical research about Vila Buarque Neighborhood, in the central area of São Paulo. Historically occupied by middle-upper stratum of São Paulo population, over the last decade the neighborhood has become an residential option for new hipster residents (young people with high incomes, related to professional activities generally seen as creative, mostly politically progressive), and has witnessed the opening of several new businesses (such as bars, coffee shops, restaurants and design stores) targeted to these residents. This phenomenon happens in the opposite direction of the historical tendency of the elites leaving the central area of the city, and is taken as a starting point for the observation on how global references of consumption and ways of being in the city are reflected on the local context.Keywords: hipsters, cosmopolitanism, ubiquity, consumption, city

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GIS-based spatial modelling of COVID-19 death incidence in São Paulo, Brazil

Environment and Urbanization ◽

10.1177/0956247820963962 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 095624782096396

Author(s):

Rodrigo Custodio Urban ◽

Liane Yuri Kondo Nakada

Keyword(s):

Spatial Regression ◽

Spatial Modelling ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

São Paulo ◽

Explanatory Variables ◽

Urban Settlements ◽

Spearman Correlation Test ◽

Peripheral Areas ◽

Gwr Model ◽

The City

Seeking to understand the socio-spatial behaviour of the COVID-19 virus in the most impacted area in Brazil, five spatial regression models were analysed to assess the disease distribution in the affected territory. Results obtained using the Spearman correlation test provided evidence for the correlation between COVID-19 death incidence and social aspects such as population density, average people per household, and informal urban settlements. More importantly, all analysed models using four selected explanatory variables have proven to represent at least 85 per cent of reported deaths at the district level. Overall, our results have demonstrated that the geographically weighted regression (GWR) model best explains the spatial distribution of COVID-19 in the city of São Paulo, highlighting the spatial aspects of the data. Spatial analysis has shown the spread of COVID-19 in areas with highly vulnerable populations. Our findings corroborate reports from the recent literature, pointing out the need for special attention in peripheral areas and informal settlements.

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[MOBILI] QUALI[DADE] URBANA: EIXO DE TRANSFORMAÇÃO EM GUAIANASES, SÃO PAULO-SP

COLLOQUIUM SOCIALIS ◽

10.5747/cs.2020.v4.n3.s102 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 33-48

Author(s):

Juliana Barreto Da Silva ◽

Victor Martins De Aguiar ◽

Yeda Ruiz Maria

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Local Development ◽

Local Population ◽

Far East ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

Sustainable Transportation ◽

São Paulo ◽

Structuring Element ◽

Starting Point ◽

The City

There is in the city of São Paulo, since its urbanization in the 19th century, the railway as a structuring element that distinguishes two regions -east and west -under physical and social aspects. Between them, it is evident the unfavorable position of the East Zone in relation to the distance from the center, being the first region to be occupied by the popular, who crossed the territory through the railroad and the great road works of the city, which, since its formation, despised the space available for pedestrians. Today, 2020, in the far east is the district of Guaianases, occupied by the low-income population who, thirty kilometers away from the center, have the train as their main means of access to the east. In addition to the low employment and quality of transportation, the neighborhood has a high percentage of workers who spend more than one hour moving house-to-work; factors that characterize the place as a dormitory neighborhood. In this context, the Station Area appears, located in the axis of neighborhood structuring and which, responsible for configuring the daily displacements of the local population, is assumed as the starting point for the transformation of its space. Therefore, surveys were conducted around the Guaianases station area which, through quantitative and qualitative analysis, made it possible to identify the temporal, physical, and social conditions of its space; in additionto the revision of the current pertinent legislation which, linked to the principles of sustainable transportation, make it possible to explore instruments and policies aimed at local development of the neighborhood and, later, the city.

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ÁLBUM DE FAMÍLIA: percursos criativos compartilhados pela arte

Cadernos de Pesquisa ◽

10.18764/2178-2229.v23n3p100-112 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 100

Author(s):

Selma Machado Simão ◽

Maria Rosa Rodrigues Martins de Camargo

Keyword(s):

Art Education ◽

Narrative Analysis ◽

Formal Education ◽

Methodological Approach ◽

Document Analysis ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

São Paulo ◽

Doctoral Research ◽

The City ◽

Cognitive Areas

O presente artigo se refere ao projeto “Álbum de Família” constituído por três oficinas de atividades de artes desenvolvidas em um espaço assistencial e educacional sem fins lucrativos localizado na cidade de Campinas em São Paulo. Este projeto faz parte de uma pesquisa de pós-doutorado voltada à proposta intergeracional que está sendo desenvolvida em ambientes de Educação Não-Formal. Assim, as oficinas de artes foram elaboradas com o intuito de possibilitar encontros integradores entre gerações com pessoas da mesma família. A pesquisa desenvolveu-se através de um estudo de caráter qualitativo realizado pelo seguinte recorte metodológico: a espiral autorreflexiva de Carr e Kemmis (1988); a concepção de experiência de Jorge Larrosa (2002); a análise de narrativa de Connelly e Clandinin (2000) e a análise documental a partir do paradigma indiciário de Carlo Ginzburg (1989). Assim, esta iniciativa foi baseada na busca de respostas advindas da participação de familiares em atividades de Arte-Educação, os quais atuando e criando conjuntamente, através de âmbitos emocionais, intelectuais e cognitivos, vivenciaram novas possibilidades de aproximações afetivas positivas ligadas à criação de autoria compartilhada.Palavras-chave: Arte-Educação. Educação Não-Formal. Intergeracional. Criação. Afetividade. FAMILY ALBUM: creative pathways shared by artAbstract: This article refers to the project “Family Album” consists of three workshops of arts activities in a care and educational space-profit organization located in the city of Campinas in Sao Paulo. This project is part of a post-doctoral research focused on intergenerational proposal being developed in non-formal education environments. Thus, the art workshops have been prepared in order to enable integrators between generations with persons of the same family. The research was developed through a qualitative study conducted by the following methodological approach: a self-reflexive spiral of Carr and Kemmis (1988); the concept of “experience” of Jorge Larrosa (2002); Connelly the narrative analysis and Clandinin (2000) and document analysis from the evidential paradigm of Carlo Ginzburg (1989). Thus, this initiative was based on the search for answers arising from the participation of families in Art education activities, which working and creating together through emotional, intellectual and cognitive areas, experienced new possibilities for positive affective approaches relating to the creation of authorship shared.Keywords: Art Education. Non-Formal Education. Intergenerational. Creation. Affectivity. ÁLBUM FAMILIAR: vías creativas compartidas por el arteResumen: Este artículo se refiere al proyecto “Álbum familiar”, que se compone de tres talleres de trabajo artístico en un espacio asistencial y una organización educativa sin fines de lucros, ubicada en la ciudad de Campinas, en São Paulo. Este proyecto hace parte de una investigación post-doctoral que se centró en la propuesta intergeneracional desarrollada en entornos de Educación no formal. Por lo tanto, los talleres de arte se han preparado con el fin de permitir encuentros integradores entre generaciones con personas de la misma familia. La investigación se desarrolló a través de un estudio cualitativo realizado por el siguiente enfoque metodológico: una espiral auto-reflexiva de Carr y Kemmis (1988); el concepto de “experiencia” de Jorge Larrosa (2002); Connelly el análisis narrativo y Clandini (2000) y el análisis de documentos desde el paradigma probatorio de Carlo Ginzburg (1989). De este modo, esta iniciativa se basa en la búsqueda de respuestas que surgen de la participación de las familias en las actividades de educación artística, en las cuales trabajando y creando en conjuntos, a través del áreas emocionales, intelectuales y cognitivas, experimentarán nuevas posibilidades de aproximación de los enfoques afectivos positivos relacionados con la creación de la autoría compartida.Palabras clave: Educación Artística. Educación No Formal. Intergeneracional. Creación. Afectividad.

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Seasonal Variation of Suicide in the City of São Paulo, Brazil, 1996–2010

Crisis ◽

10.1027/0227-5910/a000222 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 35 (1) ◽

pp. 5-9 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Daniel Hideki Bando ◽

Fernando Madalena Volpe

Keyword(s):

Seasonal Pattern ◽

Total Sample ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

Seasonal Patterns ◽

São Paulo ◽

Health Statistics ◽

Males And Females ◽

June July ◽

The City ◽

Over Time

Background: In light of the few reports from intertropical latitudes and their conflicting results, we aimed to replicate and update the investigation of seasonal patterns of suicide occurrences in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Methods: Data relating to male and female suicides were extracted from the Mortality Information Enhancement Program (PRO-AIM), the official health statistics of the municipality of São Paulo. Seasonality was assessed by studying distribution of suicides over time using cosinor analyses. Results: There were 6,916 registered suicides (76.7% men), with an average of 39.0 ± 7.0 observed suicides per month. For the total sample and for both sexes, cosinor analysis estimated a significant seasonal pattern. For the total sample and for males suicide peaked in November (late spring) with a trough in May–June (late autumn). For females, the estimated peak occurred in January, and the trough in June–July. Conclusions: A seasonal pattern of suicides was found for both males and females, peaking in spring/summer and dipping in fall/winter. The scarcity of reports from intertropical latitudes warrants promoting more studies in this area.

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Reaching Out to the Needy? Access to Justice and Public Attorneys’ Role in Right to Health Litigation in the City of Sao Paulo

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2165209 ◽

2012 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Daniel Wang ◽

Octavio Luiz Motta Ferraz

Keyword(s):

Right To Health ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

Access To Justice ◽

São Paulo ◽

The City ◽

The Needy

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AEROSOLS OBSERVATIONS BY AN ELASTIC LIDAR SYSTEM OVER THE CITY OF SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL

Journal of Aerosol Science ◽

10.1016/s0021-8502(21)00186-5 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 32 ◽

pp. 407-408

Author(s):

E. LANDULFO ◽

A. PAPAYANNIS ◽

A. ZANARDI DE FREITAS ◽

M.P.P.. M. JORGE ◽

N.D. VIEIRA JÚNIOR

Keyword(s):

Sao Paulo ◽

São Paulo ◽

Lidar System ◽

The City

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Urban Agriculture in São Paulo, Brazil

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13116185 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (11) ◽

pp. 6185

Author(s):

André Ruoppolo Biazoti ◽

Angélica Campos Nakamura ◽

Gustavo Nagib ◽

Vitória Oliveira Pereira de Souza Leão ◽

Giulia Giacchè ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Urban Agriculture ◽

Technical Assistance ◽

Community Gardens ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

Food Chains ◽

São Paulo ◽

Sales Channels ◽

Paulo State ◽

The Impact ◽

The City

During the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic, farmers worldwide were greatly affected by disruptions in the food chain. In 2020, São Paulo city experienced most of the effects of the pandemic in Brazil, with 15,587 deaths through December 2020. Here, we describe the impacts of COVID-19 on urban agriculture (UA) in São Paulo from April to August 2020. We analyzed two governmental surveys of 2100 farmers from São Paulo state and 148 from São Paulo city and two qualitative surveys of volunteers from ten community gardens and seven urban farmers. Our data showed that 50% of the farmers were impacted by the pandemic with drops in sales, especially those that depended on intermediaries. Some farmers in the city adapted to novel sales channels, but 22% claimed that obtaining inputs became difficult. No municipal support was provided to UA in São Paulo, and pre-existing issues were exacerbated. Work on community gardens decreased, but no garden permanently closed. Post COVID-19, UA will have the challenge of maintaining local food chains established during the pandemic. Due to the increase in the price of inputs and the lack of technical assistance, governmental efforts should be implemented to support UA.

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