Anthropophagic science
I am going through a difficult time. Between a thousand jobs, I keep rummaging through archives and links about my father, Professor Bernardo Beiguelman, who died on October 5.UNICAMP, the…
Writing
Pirates: Dissidents of the New Order
I recently wrote about the controversy surrounding the removal of the Creative Commons license from the Ministry of Culture, the privatization of culture, and the importance of creating…
Privatize or politicize culture?
Ana de Hollanda’s term at the Minc has barely begun, and it is already giving people plenty to talk about (and protest against). The first action to attract attention was the removal of the…
The depoliticization of culture
An article published today in Folha de S. Paulo reports a crisis at Paço das Artes and MIS. The crisis is said to stem from difficulties in the relationships between some employees and the…
The Political Tension of Social Networks
The Quit Facebook Day movement and the YouTube video war over Israel's attack on the Freedom Flotilla reveal the opposing potentials of Web 2.0 Giselle Beiguelman (@gbeiguelman)Social and…