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The Broa Dam, in São Paulo state, is a small reservoir for hydroelectric power production, also used for touristic and recreational purposes, and as an outdoor laboratory for research in limnology and hydraulic Engineering. This paper aims to comprehend the production of scientific discourses about the Broa Dam, as well as the specific effects of power from this discourses on other social spheres, as the local press. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...

This short article aims to reflect on the impacts of Ulrich Beck’s work in Brazilian sociology. Particularly, it will be argued that Beck’s work has had a significant impact on the establishment of the conceptual field of environmental sociology in Brazil. His book Risk Society, for instance, had a great influence – since the late 1980s – among the Brazilian research groups dedicated to the debate on the relationship between society and nature in modern contexts. Although placed in the critical target condition through the years, the notion of risk developed by Beck is still undoubtedly an important pillar in the constitution of the field of socioenvironmental studies at an international level and in Brazil, in particular. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...

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