Professors Rachel Duarte Abdala and André Luiz da Silva, respectively, General Coordinator and Deputy Coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Human Development (UNITAU) participated in the XIV CONINTER, with four other teachers and six students, four from the PPGDH and one from the Undergraduate Course in History.
The teachers who participated were: Elisa Maria Andrade Brisola, Julio César Voltolini and Leandro Roberto Neves
The PPGDH teachers who participated were:Camila Borges Honorato, Gabriel Fujarra Magalhães Capello, Pedro de Araújo Melo Alves da Cruz, Rafael Nathan Humel Capucho and Rafael Vicente Morishita
The XIV International Interdisciplinary Congress on Social and Humanities was held between 27 e 31 October 2025 at the University of Vila Velha-UVV, in the city of Vila Velha/ES and was promoted by ANINTER- National Association for Interdisciplinary Research and Postgraduate Studies in Social and Humanities.
Teachers and students participated in workshops and short courses and presented their research in GTs. The following works were presented.
GT 09 “CONTEMPORARY DILEMMA AND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE: INTERDISCIPLINARITY AND CHALLENGES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, DIVERSITY AND DEMOCRACY” – Coordination by Crisóstomo Lima do Nascimento (PPG Cognition and Language at UENF), Adriano Furtado Netherlands (PPGs in Psychology and Education at UFPR) and Renato Faria da Gama (PPG in Neurology and Neurosciences at UFF);
Works presented by PPGDH teachers and students:
BETWEEN DEATH AND LIFE: TENSIONS AND MEANINGS IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE, by Camila Borges Honorato, Débora Inácia Ribeiro and Mirian Cristina de Moura Garrido;
– THE CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY AND THE SOCIAL EXPERIENCE OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY LOOK, by Pedro de Araújo Melo Alves da Cruz and André Luiz da Silva;
GT 14 “CULTURAL STUDIES: INTERDISCIPLINARY PRACTICES, DIFFERENCES AND LANGUAGES” – Coordination by Miguel Rodrigues de Sousa Neto and Aguinaldo Rodrigues Gomes (Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Postgraduate Program in Cultural Studies) and Róbson Pereira da Silva (Federal University of São Carlos, Postgraduate Program in Anthropology)
Works presented by PPGDH teachers and students:
– CREATION, AFFECTION, SPONTANEITY: A PSYCHOSOCIAL LOOK AT EVERYDAY SELF-ASSESSMENT, by Leandro Roberto Neves;
– MONSTRUOSITIES, DRAWINGS AND STORIES: AN ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUAL MYTHS IN THE PARAÍBA VALLEY, by Gabriel Fujarra Magalhães Capello, Paulo Roberto Granjeiro Rodrigues and André Luiz da Silva.
– THEORY OF EVERYDAY LIFE AND SOCIAL CRITICISM THEATER IN AN URBAN SPACE, by Denilson Augusto de Campos and Julio Cesar Voltolini
GT 20 "MEMORY, NARRATIVES AND SPEECHES” – Coordination by Diana de Souza Pinto (PPGMS UNIRIO) and Tamara de Souza Campos (PPGHCA UNIGRANRIO)
Works presented by PPGDH teachers and students:
– PLURALITY, NARRATIVES AND AGENCY IN THE WALKING PILGRIMAGE TO THE NATIONAL SANCTUARY OF APARECIDA, by André Luiz da Silva, Rachel Duarte Abdala and Julio Cesar Voltolini;
– INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY: THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY CONSTITUTED BY SCALES OF DISCOURSES WOVEN FROM AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE, by Rachel Duarte Abdala.
GT 25 “WORK AND JUSTICE” – Coordination by Carolina Pereira Lins Mesquita, Joaquim Leonel de Rezende Alvim, Carla Appolinário de Castro and Roberto da Silva Fragale Filho (Fluminense Federal University, Postgraduate Program in Sociology and Law – PPGSD/UFF)
Works presented by PPGDH teachers and students:
– MEANINGS OF WORK IN THE NEOLIBERAL ERA: INDUSTRY WORKERS AND NEW FORMS OF WORK ORGANIZATION, by Jonathan Fon Garcia, Camila Borges Honorato, Gabriel Fujarra Magalhães Capello and André Luiz da Silva;
– NEOLIBERALISM AND SUBJECTIVITIES: NOTES ABOUT PRECARIOUS WORK AND MENTAL HEALTH IN CONTEMPORARY TIME, by Pedro Fernandes Corrêa, André Luiz of the Silva and Jonathan Fon Garcia;
Participation in the GT 28 “JUDITIARY POWER, PUBLIC POLICIES AND LEGAL PROFESSIONS” – Coordination by Joaquim Leonel de Rezende Alvim (Postgraduate Program in Sociology and Law at UFF), Andrea Catalina León Amaya (NUTEAP researcher and post-doctoral student of the Postgraduate Program in Sociology and Law at UFF) and Alberto Correia de Oliveira Filho (Postgraduate Program in Human Rights and Citizenship at the State University of Roraima);
Works presented by PPGDH teachers and students:
ALIMONY AND THE DETERMINANTS OF CHILD HEALTH: LEGAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS, de Rafaela Vicente Morishita and Elisa Maria de Andrade Brisola;
Teachers and students also participated in the ANINTER Assembly, in which positions were presented regarding Interdisciplinary PPGs, proposals and upcoming CONINTER.
The General Coordinator and the Deputy Coordinator participated, in day 29 October, of the “Interdisciplinary PPG Coordination Meeting”, with Djalma Thürler (UFBA and Capes), Rafael Santos (COMMIT) e Veronica Marques (ANINTER).
Participation in the XIV International Interdisciplinary Congress on Social and Humanities – CONINTER was very important as an opportunity to, once again, highlight the name of the University of Taubaté among the country's higher education research institutions and, too, among the PPGs in the Interdisciplinary Area. The participation of PPGDH-UNITAU teachers and students with the presentation of work carried out in various GTs was relevant to demonstrate the scientific production carried out and to promote scientific dialogue between peers. also, It was important as an opportunity to consolidate and expand the network of contacts in the field of social and human sciences, providing opportunities for debate for the development of ongoing research projects.
