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Boaventura de Sousa Santos, the Glossary

Boaventura de Sousa Santos (born November 15, 1940, in Coimbra, Portugal) is a sociologist, Professor emeritus at the Department of Sociology of the School of Economics of the University of Coimbra (FEUC), Distinguished Legal Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School, and Director Emeritus of the Centre for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra.^[1]

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Sexual harassment in Portugal
Social epistemologists

Abuse of power

Abuse of power or abuse of authority, in the form of "malfeasance in office" or "official abuse of power", is the commission of an unlawful act, done in an official capacity, which affects the performance of official duties.

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Amblyopia

Amblyopia, also called lazy eye, is a disorder of sight in which the brain fails to fully process input from one eye and over time favors the other eye.

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American studies

American studies or American civilization is an interdisciplinary field of scholarship that examines American literature, history, society, and culture.

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Bella Gonçalves

Isabella Gonçalves Miranda (born 20 November 1988), better known as Bella Gonçalves, is a Brazilian political scientist and politician.

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Birkbeck, University of London

Birkbeck, University of London (formally Birkbeck College, University of London), is a research university located in London, England, and a member institution of the University of London.

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Cancel culture

Cancel culture is a cultural phenomenon in which an individual deemed to have acted or spoken in an unacceptable manner is ostracized, boycotted, shunned, fired or assaulted, often aided by social media.

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Charles III University of Madrid

University Charles III of Madrid (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) (UC3M) is a public university in the Community of Madrid, Spain.

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Chef

A chef is a professional cook and tradesperson who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation, often focusing on a particular cuisine.

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Coimbra

Coimbra (also,, or) is a city and a municipality in Portugal.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Comparative literature

Comparative literature studies is an academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across linguistic, national, geographic, and disciplinary boundaries.

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East Germany

East Germany (Ostdeutschland), officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik,, DDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany on 3 October 1990.

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Emeritus

Emeritus (female version: emerita) is an honorary title granted to someone who retires from a position of distinction, most commonly an academic faculty position, but is allowed to continue using the previous title, as in "professor emeritus".

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Epistemology

Epistemology is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge.

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European Research Council

The European Research Council (ERC) is a public body for funding of scientific and technological research conducted within the European Union (EU). Boaventura de Sousa Santos and European Research Council are European Research Council grantees.

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Exploitation of labour

Exploitation is a concept defined as, in its broadest sense, one agent taking unfair advantage of another agent.

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Farmhouse

A farmhouse is a building that serves as the primary quarters in a rural or agricultural setting.

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Favela

Favela is an umbrella name for several types of working-class neighborhoods in Brazil.

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Field research

Field research, field studies, or fieldwork is the collection of raw data outside a laboratory, library, or workplace setting.

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Free University of Berlin

The Free University of Berlin (often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin.

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Ghent University

Ghent University (Universiteit Gent, abbreviated as UGent) is a public research university located in Ghent, Belgium.

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Gulbenkian Prize

Gulbenkian Prize is a series of prizes awarded annually by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

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Harassment

Harassment covers a wide range of behaviors of offensive nature.

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Jurisprudence

Jurisprudence is the philosophy and theory of law.

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The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) is an national non-governmental institution, created in 1967 from an initiative of UNESCO, an institution in which it has Associative status.

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Lawfare

Lawfare is the use of legal systems and institutions to damage or delegitimize an opponent, or to deter an individual's usage of their legal rights.

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Left-wing politics

Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy as a whole or certain social hierarchies.

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Livestock

Livestock are the domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting in order to provide labour and produce diversified products for consumption such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool.

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Maria Irene Ramalho

Maria Irene Ramalho de Sousa Santos, usually known as Maria Irene Ramalho, is a Portuguese professor emerita of American Studies and Feminist Studies at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Coimbra (FLUC), in Portugal, as well as a former Assistant Professor International in the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in the USA. Boaventura de Sousa Santos and Maria Irene Ramalho are academic staff of the University of Coimbra, People from Coimbra and university of Coimbra alumni.

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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) is a set of major research fellowships created by the European Union/European Commission to support research in the European Research Area (ERA).

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Marxism

Marxism is a political philosophy and method of socioeconomic analysis.

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Military Order of Saint James of the Sword

The Military Order of Saint James of the Sword (Ordem Militar de Sant'Iago da Espada) is a Portuguese order of chivalry.

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Moira Millán

Moira Ivana Millán (born August 1970), is a Mapuche activist from Argentina.

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Municipal Chamber of Belo Horizonte

The Municipal Chamber of Belo Horizonte is the legislative body of the government of Belo Horizonte, the capital of the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil.

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Olive

The olive, botanical name Olea europaea, meaning 'European olive', is a species of small tree or shrub in the family Oleaceae, found traditionally in the Mediterranean Basin.

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Orchard

An orchard is an intentional plantation of trees or shrubs that is maintained for food production.

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Participant observation

Participant observation is one type of data collection method by practitioner-scholars typically used in qualitative research and ethnography.

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Público (Spain)

Público is a Spanish online newspaper.

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Penacova

Penacova is a town and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal.

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Prêmio Jabuti

The Prêmio Jabuti (the "Tortoise Prize") is the most traditional literary award in Brazil, given by the Brazilian Book Chamber (CBL).

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Premise

A premise or premiss is a proposition—a true or false declarative statement—used in an argument to prove the truth of another proposition called the conclusion.

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Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro.

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São Pedro de Alva e São Paio do Mondego

São Pedro de Alva e São Paio do Mondego is a civil parish in the municipality of Penacova, Portugal.

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Sexual harassment

Sexual harassment is a type of harassment involving the use of explicit or implicit sexual overtones, including the unwelcome and inappropriate promises of rewards in exchange for sexual favors.

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Socialism and Liberty Party

The Socialism and Liberty Party (Partido Socialismo e Liberdade, PSOL) is a left-wing political party in Brazil.

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Sociology of law

The sociology of law, legal sociology, or law and society is often described as a sub-discipline of sociology or an interdisciplinary approach within legal studies.

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Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals.

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University of Coimbra

The University of Coimbra (UC; Universidade de Coimbra) is a public research university in Coimbra, Portugal.

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University of Warwick

The University of Warwick (abbreviated as Warw. in post-nominal letters) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands and Warwickshire, England.

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University of Wisconsin Law School

The University of Wisconsin Law School is the law school of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, a public research university in Madison, Wisconsin.

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University of Wisconsin–Madison

The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.

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West Berlin

West Berlin (Berlin (West) or West-Berlin) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin from 1948 until 1990, during the Cold War.

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West Germany

West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until the reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. The Cold War-era country is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic (Bonner Republik) after its capital city of Bonn. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc.

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Western world

The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and states in the regions of Australasia, Western Europe, and Northern America; with some debate as to whether those in Eastern Europe and Latin America also constitute the West.

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Women's studies

Women's studies is an academic field that draws on feminist and interdisciplinary methods to place women's lives and experiences at the center of study, while examining social and cultural constructs of gender; systems of privilege and oppression; and the relationships between power and gender as they intersect with other identities and social locations such as race, sexual orientation, socio-economic class, and disability.

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The World Social Forum (WSF, Fórum Social Mundial) is an annual meeting of civil society organizations, first held in Brazil, which offers a self-conscious effort to develop an alternative future through the championing of counter-hegemonic globalization.

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