Theoretical-methodological Framework Research Articles

INOVAÇÃO E TEORIA ATOR-REDE

Sociology of innovation is a transdisciplinary approach to research and development whose theoretical-methodological framework is based on the Actor-Network Theory. The article aims to map scientific communications produced in the literature about innovation and Actor-Network Theory (ANT). As bibliographical research, a semiotic-material approach is used to map these research interests on the Dimensions scientific data platform, seeking to explore their problematization networks via word co-occurrence and clustering with the VOSviewer network analysis software, in addition to describing their translational movements based on the titles and summaries of the mapped research itself and the literature itself in some way related. Two problematization networks about innovation and ANT are explored, one being multidisciplinary (see relationships between different fields of research such as health, management and technologies) and the other interthematic (through actor-words such as “implementation”, “framework” and “knowledge”. Such research interests are crossed by the very semiotic-material complexity of scientific production and communication related to ANT and innovation, performing socio-technical and political-economic processes of invention, negotiation and commercialization between human and non-human actors, of somehow linked to different knowledge and domains of scientific and technological knowledge.

Descrição e análise de um projeto interdisciplinar sobre a Covid-19: uma proposta de divulgação científica a partir do gênero 3MT

The aim of this article is to describe a project for the scientific dissemination of videos about Covid-19 focusing on primary school students (6 to 11 years old) in a school in the northwest of São Paulo state. It also aims to present the results of the analysis of two of the scripts and videos, highlighting linguistic and multimodal aspects based on the theoretical-methodological framework of Sociodiscursive Interactionism (ISD) and the didactic genre model (3MT), in order to verify similarities and differences with the genre model of the 3MT proposed by Abreu-Tardelli (2020; 2021). The criteria for the videos’ selection was the ones that had the highest number of views on YouTube. The analysis highlights the presence of explicative sequences, voices in direct speech to present the problematization and resolution phase, and the use of comparisons of the theme with familar locations and comparisons of scientific terms with everyday actions, showing a close approximation with the proposal of 3MT. It also contributes to health literacy, as they highlight the importance of considering language usage strategies to be understood by the target audience, as proposed by the 3MT.

Uma roteirização midiática para a pandemia de Covid-19 no Brasil

Faced with the pandemic crisis caused by the spread of a new type of coronavirus, an undeniable representative of an imminent danger to public health, there has been a huge mobilization of the media towards disseminating information about this health crisis of global proportions. Within this context, this article aims to identify how and which socio-discursive imaginaries are activated to guide the construction of narrative scripts about the disease throughout 2021 on the covers of O Globo, a news outlet with huge diffusion in the State of Rio de Janeiro. For this mapping, this research aims to focus, from a microtextual perspective, on linguistic-discursive resources that emerge from this text, as well as dealing, in a macrotextual dimension, with the mode of narrative organization. To this end, the study is based on the theoretical-methodological framework of the Semiolinguistic Theory of Discourse Analysis (Charaudeau, 2012).

Occupational therapy, social assistance and social work with people with disabilities: experience report in a Day-Care Center

This article aims to describe and analyze the work with people with disabilities in a Day-care Center of the Brazilian Welfare Policy System, based on an internship experience in occupational therapy carried out in the city of Rio de Janeiro in the year 2022. Taking as a basis a critical Marxian perspective and the theoretical-methodological framework of social occupational therapy, three categories of discussion were outlined, namely: social needs and objectives of professional action; the methodologies and resources used; the challenges in constructing the work: the contradictions involving the social assistance policy and the overcoming of clinical practices, both in terms of reading social needs and responding to the demands presented by service users. The experience showed that there is coherence and relevance between the objectives of the work and the purposes of the Welfare Policy, in addition to activities being an element that enhances actions, imparting a differentiated quality to the professional practice of occupational therapists in this social policy. We reflect that social occupational therapy is a coherent framework to inform social assistance work in this professional context.

The concept of performative national identity: the theoretical methodological framework

Modern social and political changes emphasize the particular relevance of the problem of forming national identity in the context of often contradictory sociocultural processes. Leveling out negative social phenomena that exploit the category of national identity and developing its potential for the formation of civic values and harmonization of interethnic relations in Russian society necessitates a deep understanding of this phenomenon, which is considered primarily as a result of its construction by social institutions. However, this process also takes the form of assimilation of elements of nation-building, passed through the filters of personal attitudes, representation of individual national identity in various social situations, which constitutes the problem of this research. Based on the study of theoretical data, the author proposed a category of performative national identity based on the application of the approaches of social constructivism and symbolic interactionism. The methods of theoretical research were theoretical analysis and synthesis, induction and modeling. As a result, the category of performative national identity has been developed, which includes technologies, features, resources for construction and conscious and unconscious representation of national identity in everyday practices. The results of the research develop the theory and methodology of constructing national identity, expand the understanding of the process of formation of national identity as a result of the assimilation of collective memory through the prism of personal attitudes, and also allow us to study the features of the representation of national identity in various situations from the point of view of the dramaturgical approach.

What enables ‘real social work’ in adult social work? Examining mechanism-based explanations

The enduring contradiction between managerialism and professional social work has been a central focus of social work research for decades. This article explores the feasibility of implementing the original values and ideals of social work in the face of the pervasive managerialism brought about by New Public Management, which has infiltrated nearly every sector of society. Utilising qualitative research conducted within adult social work on local public welfare agencies, we investigate the mechanisms that enable social workers to align with their ideal professional goals, referred to here as ‘real social work’, as outlined by social workers themselves. Our analysis, grounded in critical realism and the associated theoretical-methodological framework of CAIMeR theory, revealed five key mechanisms that facilitated real social work: the role-taking mechanism, the response mechanism, the organisational autonomy and responsibility mechanism, the collective attraction and cohesion mechanism, and the critical consciousness mechanism. Our findings suggest the need for further investigation of these mechanisms that empower social workers to resist managerialism and implement real social work in their daily work. This study advocates for prioritising professional aspirations and offers insights for advancing discussions in the realm of adult social work.

Chronic pelvic pain in women: the path to outpatient discharge

Objective: To understand the meaning of chronic pelvic pain from the perspective of diagnosed women and analyze the determining factors for outpatient discharge. Methods: This is qualitative research, using strategic social research as its theoretical methodological framework. 14 women participated in the study, seven of whom were undergoing outpatient follow-up and seven who were discharged from the gynecology outpatient clinic of a university hospital in the city of Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with guiding questions. The analysis of results was based on the thematic modality of content analysis, according to Bardin. Results: Data analysis culminated in three thematic categories: “Before the pain”, “Living with the pain” and “Treating the pain”. Parental emotional abandonment, grief, disagreement with parents and childhood difficulties were prominent before the onset of pain. The onset of pain was related to the birth of children, menarche, surgeries and family conflicts. Living with pain promoted great suffering, fear, harm to relationships and work activity. The improvement in emotional state and financial conditions, the resolution of marital conflicts, the opportunity to express oneself and talk to other patients, the use of medication and some surgical procedures were decisive for pain control and outpatient discharge. Conclusion: Chronic pelvic pain was related to socioeconomic, emotional and physical suffering. The resolution of these aspects contributed to outpatient discharge.

MEANINGS ABOUT CRAS: “LET’S GIVE THEM A HAND, RIGHT, THEY ARE POOR PEOPLE”

This research adopted a qualitative, reflective and critical approach, being guided by the socio-historical theoretical-methodological framework. We studied the meanings of users about the services offered by the Social Assistance Reference Center (CRAS) in a small municipality in the state of Santa Catarina. Eight users who integrate the services offered in the aforementioned CRAS participated in the research. Listed through a draw and data analysis was carried out using the meaning nucleus technique (Aguiar and Ozella, 2006; 2013; Aguiar, Soares and Machado, 2015). The following indicators were discussed: CRAS as “help ”; Contributions of CRAS to the emancipation of subjects and Prejudice against users of SUAS. The results highlighted the contradictions that permeate this device, between the guarantee of rights and assistance conceptions. Finally, the need for construction of psychosocial practices guided by ethical-political commitment.

Literacy for everyone: the privileged role of journalism in promoting media literacy

In contemporary societies, communication becomes increasingly plural, with the multiplication of information channels, connections, and social actors. On the one hand, this promotes greater democratization of communication and information systems, but, on the other hand, these become increasingly complex, requiring a growing degree of literacy to understand the value of each message and its potential impact. In this context, this article highlights the privileged role that professional journalism has in promoting media literacy, largely thanks to its ability to reach different audiences and actively contribute to opinion-forming processes. With this objective in mind, three projects are discussed involving the newspapers Público (Portugal) and O Estado de S.Paulo (Brazil), as well as the BBC (United Kingdom). It concludes that there is a need to diversify the role of journalism, which is often reduced to promoting knowledge about news production methods. The theoretical-methodological framework adopted is based on Cultural Studies, Critical Discourse Studies and Communication and Media Studies.

Active methodologies in textbooks for teaching the mother language

This research aims at undertaking a discursive-interpretive analysis of the way in which language teaching textbooks give visibility to methodologies, in order to track possible signs of active methodologies. The theoretical-methodological framework of this research is the discursive-deconstructive perspective (CORACINI, 2011; DIAS, 2016), guided by discourse theories (mainly based on Foucault), Derridean deconstruction, and Lacanian psychoanalysis. With the problematization being engendered, we expect critical-reflexive stances to be taken by users of language teaching textbooks, academic researchers and the scientific community, so that they can question and relativize what seems to be established as naturalized truth.

The Jo Benetton’s theoretical-methodological framework in occupational therapy with children: a scoping review

Resumo Introdução O referencial teórico-metodológico brasileiro construído por Jô Benetton, atualmente chamado de Método Terapia Ocupacional Dinâmica, sustenta a prática de terapia ocupacional com diversas populações, inclusive crianças. Há vasta produção de artigos que demandam sistematização para compreender seu escopo. Objetivo Resumir e descrever as produções que utilizam este referencial com crianças e identificar lacunas na literatura. Metodologia Revisão de escopo, com seleção de estudos em bibliotecas e bases digitais (BVS; Portal de Periódicos CAPES, SciELO), sites (Google Acadêmico) e ferramentas de buscas de revistas nacionais da área; busca manual na Revista CETO, e estratégias complementares. Foram incluídos artigos revisados por pares, literatura cinzenta, sem data limite, em português ou inglês. Dados descritivos foram analisados por estatística simples e dados qualitativos receberam análise temática. Resultados Identificaram-se 2.152 estudos, selecionados 106 após leitura de título/resumo, sendo 56 duplicados. Dos 50 estudos lidos na íntegra, 26 foram para análise final. A maioria caracterizou-se por relatos de experiência publicados na Revista CETO, na década de 2000, em português. Os cinco temas identificados explicitam adesão dos estudos ao Paradigma da Terapia Ocupacional, analisando as necessidades das crianças situacionalmente, com intervenções livres e dinâmicas centradas na relação triádica, incluindo pessoas relevantes do cotidiano das crianças, e com uso ainda tímido da análise de atividades pelas crianças. Conclusão Este estudo contribui para dar visibilidade a um corpo de conhecimento teórico-prático construído na realidade brasileira congruente com as principais evidências que visam ampliar o engajamento e a participação de crianças com diferentes problemáticas nas atividades do cotidiano.

Theoretical-methodological framework, functions, and effects of institutional support in health within the Brazilian National Health System (SUS)

Resumo Os arranjos de apoio institucional têm se destacado como um modo inovador de gestão. Este artigo objetivou sumarizar e analisar o arcabouço teórico-metodológico e os efeitos do apoio institucional no contexto do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) e sintetizar os conceitos, as funções e as habilidades do apoiador institucional. Uma revisão de escopo foi empreendida em diferentes bases científicas, resultando em 89 publicações, cuja análise indicou que os conceitos e métodos de apoio se ancoram no Método Paideia, que intenciona a democratização da gestão. Os apoiadores institucionais, com esse objetivo, atuam como articuladores dos diversos jeitos de gerir a micropolítica dos espaços coletivos, fornecendo suporte para o movimento de ampliação da descentralização do poder e para a geração de autonomia. Os efeitos de sua aplicação expressam processos de democratização institucional, que se traduzem como dilatação da autonomia dos sujeitos nos processos decisórios, da reflexão crítica e compreensão dos processos instituídos. Esses efeitos também expressam novos modos de produzir saúde, que buscam romper com as práticas de saúde repetitivas, cristalizadas e cronificadas. As evidências publicadas não nos permitiram refletir a respeito dos limites macro e microinstitucionais concretamente encontrados na implementação do apoio, colocando-nos o desafio de adentrarmos cientificamente nas práticas de socialização de recursos de poder operadas pela função apoio.

Caring for children and families during the COVID-19 pandemic: innovations and changes experienced by nurses.

To understand the experience of nurses working in pediatric units in the face of innovations and changes in the process of caring for children and families during the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, the objective is to understand the typical experience of nurses in this care. Qualitative research, which involved the participation of 16 nurses from pediatric units of a public teaching hospital. The data were analyzed according to the theoretical-methodological framework of Alfred Schütz's social phenomenology. The participants' reports generated the categories: the challenge of experiencing changes amid fear, the team's adaptation to innovations and changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the expectation for care and the work process. The understanding of the nurses' experience highlighted changes, team adaptations and expectations for the care of children and families, which, although permeated by learning, were experienced by ethical dilemmas and moral suffering for these professionals.

Therapeutic itineraries in health care in Quilombola communities.

This article aimed to map therapeutic itineraries in health care within rural Quilombola communities in the north of Minas Gerais, Brazil. This is a section of a qualitative research conducted in six visited communities. The data was collected through 18 individual interviews, analyzed using the theoretical-methodological framework of Therapeutic Itineraries, and organized into three empirical themes. The narratives allowed for understanding the paths taken in health care by the Quilombola population, identifying the components of the popular subsystem (natural resources, the use of teas and home remedies), the family subsystem (transmission of knowledge and cultural heritage of care), and the professional subsystem (hospital level, medical care, primary and specialized attention). The difficulties of access are not only due to geographical distances, but also broader aspects of social determination, such as institutional racism, low availability of services, the need for payment for transportation and medical procedures. In this sense, it is necessary to have an approach and interventions from public policies to address ethnic-racial, economic, and access inequalities in health care services.

O referencial teórico-metodológico de Jô Benetton nas intervenções de terapia ocupacional com crianças: uma revisão de escopo

Abstract Introduction The Brazilian theoretical-methodological framework constructed by Jô Benetton, now called the Dynamic Occupational Therapy Method, supports the practice of occupational therapy with different populations, including children. There is a vast production of articles that require systematization to understand their scope. Objective Summarize and describe productions that use this framework with children and identify gaps in the literature. Methodology Scope review, with selection of studies in libraries and digital databases (VHL; CAPES Periodical Portal, SciELO), websites (Google Scholar) and search tools for national journals in the area; manual search in CETO Magazine, and complementary strategies. Peer-reviewed articles, gray literature, without deadline, in Portuguese or English were included. Descriptive data were analyzed using simple statistics and qualitative data received thematic analysis. Results 2,152 studies were identified, 106 selected after reading the title/abstract, 56 of which were duplicates. Of the 50 studies read in full, 26 were for final analysis. The majority were characterized by experience reports published in Revista CETO, in the 2000s, in Portuguese. The five identified themes explain the studies' adherence to the Occupational Therapy Paradigm, analyzing the needs of children situationally, with free and dynamic interventions centered on the triadic relationship, including relevant people from the children's daily lives, and with the still timid use of activity analysis by the children. Conclusion This study contributes to giving visibility to a body of theoretical-practical knowledge built in the Brazilian reality, congruent with the main evidence that aims to increase the engagement and participation of children with different problems in everyday activities.

“Eu tenho a fama de ser um pouco transgressora!”: perspectivas interseccionais de enfermeiras negras

This study used the theoretical-methodological framework of intersectional and decolonial feminisms, conceiving the need to problematize discrimination/oppression of gender, race, class, professional training and others, as phenomena in the field of social psychology. The objective of this study was to analyze the perception of self-declared black nurses regarding the hierarchies of knowledge and power in health care work. Seven nursing professionals who work/have worked in hospital units of the SUS in the State of Rio de Janeiro from March 2020 to the moment of the fieldwork were interviewed. The results were divided into two analytical categories: 1.“The Doctor is the demigod!” and the “Doctor without a doctorate!”; 2. Knowledge-power hierarchies and racial relations in health. The results showed that according to their perception, the medical category still exerts a discursive hegemony mainly in general hospitals and psychiatric hospitals. Nurses who hold a managerial/leadership position reported experiences of discrimination linked to gender, race, professional class, among others, and that they react to these through a posture of confrontation and fight against racist and sexist structures. It was concluded that the research shows the importance of questioning the socio-sexual and racial division of work in health and its implications, of acknowledging the protagonism to black women in research, and also the importance of the role of these women within health care in the SUS.

USO DE TECNOLOGIAS DA INFORMAÇÃO E COMUNICAÇÃO PELA GESTANTE PARA SEU EMPODERAMENTO NO PROCESSO PARTURITIVO-PUERPERAL

ABSTRACT Objective To understand the meaning of information and communication technologiy use by pregnant women for their empowerment in the parturition-puerperal process. Method This is qualitative research, with a Grounded Theory theoretical-methodological framework in the Straussian version. Data collection took place in two maternity wards in homes in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, with theoretical sampling of 15 in-depth interviews with postpartum women, from July to November 2019. Data analysis was carried out concomitantly with collection, through open, axial and selective coding/integration, using the paradigmatic model. Results The central phenomenon entitled “Expressing the meaning of information and communication technologiy use for the empowerment of women in the birth process and breastfeeding” was constructed with four related categories: “Noticing gaps in prenatal care”; “Needing to confirm information from information and communication technologies with healthcare professionals”; “Empowering themselves for work, childbirth, and breastfeeding”; and “Highlighting women as leading actors”. Conclusion Information and communication technologiy use as complementary preparation for the parturition and puerperal process is significantly positive and essential for pregnant women. The search for these technologies encourages autonomy and empowerment, and is necessary, mainly, to fill gaps left by insufficient prenatal appointment time. Despite being part of everyday life, healthcare professionals continue to be irreplaceable in monitoring and welcoming these pregnant women. However, they need to adapt to reduce the possible negative impacts of these technologies and to make advances in the care process.

A paradox of the social production of urban space: environmental sustainability and vulnerable territories in Londrina/PR/Brazil

The social production of urban space is marked by the segregationist pattern. This encourages denial of decent housing for a portion of the Brazilian population, which has to seek vulnerable territories (favelas) as a survival strategy. The aim of this article is to present the reality scenario where these vulnerable territories (favelas) are present in the urban space of Londrina/PR, which unfolds in the concern to enter into the paradox between the formal construction environment and these territories, as most of them are located in areas of permanent preservation (APP's), which by precept of the Laws: Forest Code (2012) Environmental Code of Londrina (2012), should be preserved. A qualitative approach was the used methodology in the research, with the theoretical-methodological framework based on Lefebvre (2006) and primary and secondary sources were used to obtain the data. Environmental laws clash with the information obtained in the survey: the existence of 69 vulnerable territories, with 3,160 families (10,867 people, 2017) rising to 3,815 families (12,240 people) in 2020 (LONDRINA, 2021). This reality results in the lack of convergence between the territorial planning policy (PDM) and policies such as: environmental, housing, environmental sanitation (other sectoral policies) that should be integrated in favor of the development of inclusive and socially and environmentally sustainable cities, which could contribute to overcoming the paradox of the social production of space

THE NORTH AMERICAN CIVILIZING PROJECT FOR THE BRAZILIAN HINTERLAND

This article aims to analyze the North American Presbyterian missionary action in the inside of Brazil that had three axes of action: religion, education and health. And education would serve as a vehicle for the implementation of its proposal. The theoretical-methodological framework is based on the concepts of representation and practices (CHARTIER, 1990), school culture (JULIA, 2001) and civilization (ELIAS, 1994). The missionary station planned and founded in 1906 by William Alfred Waddell, in the city of Wagner (Bahia), intended to dominate and civilize its surroundings. Created by the Central Mission of Brazil, in accordance with North American Presbyterian educational standards, the Ponte Nova Institute played a governamental role in formulating the action policy of that missionary organization. The rural secondary education institution aimed to train teachers for its schools and men who would be evangelists and future ministers of their churches, transforming them into agents of a new civilizing proposal. The school offered an integral education, that is, the intellectual, moral and spiritual formation of God-fearing men and women, well instructed and disciplined, lovers of freedom. In addition to being true Christians, they would be citizens participating in the civil and political life of their country, builders of a democratic, modern and progressive society, similar to North American society. For one hundred years – 1871 to 1917 – missionaries linked to the Central Mission of Brazil, departing from Bahia, organized churches, schools and hospitals in their area of jurisdiction.

Johann Albrecht von Reiswitz: From “Uneasy Scholar” to Ahnenerbe Collaborator. Notes about a Book


 The paper critically examines some of the conclusions of the historian Andreas Roth concerning the activities of Johann Albrecht von Reiswitz in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the occupied Serbia. It is stressed that biographies or studies aiming at biographical representation require a clear theoretical-methodological framework, situating the actors into relevant social structures. Instead of picturesque details, abounding in traditional biographies, it is essential to analyse the protagonist through various social orderings in which he acted and to which he adapted. Following this principle, the inconsistencies and contradictions apparent in Roth’s book are pointed out. Contrary to his opinion, in this paper it is argued that the work of Reiswitz cannot be ideologically and practically separated from the activities of the Military-Administrative Headquarters, or the organization Ahnenerbe. None of Reiswitz’s actions took place outside of the general ideology of Nazism, where personal professional advancement was linked to the cumulative radicalisation of the regime. Here it is demonstrated that he not only was ambivalent towards the crimes taking place around him, but was also actively involved, through his collaboration with SS Ahnenerbe, to justify the newly established order in the occupied Serbia. Roth leans upon the authority of some private testimonies, but instead of de-mystifying them, he contradicts his own previous conclusions.