Culturas alimentares: identidades, trânsitos e metamorfoses

In this paper we make a thorough analysis of food from a sociologicalperspective. But not only. To do this, we first separately carry out a state of theart on the relationship of food with memory, gender, globalization and risksociety in the late modernity. Then, in order to cross all these variables, as wellas the question of food as an axis of national identity and perennial cultural trait, we analyze, first, a brief history of Portuguese gastronomy throughout history and then the analysis ...

Central nodes and surprise in content selection in social networks

Limited attention has been paid to the influence that social network dimensions associated to senders position relative to the receiver may have on an individuals choices of contents. Thus, it is relevant to know how network dimensions (i.e., network centrality, structural holes, and tie strength) may influence the content selection by receivers. This raises the question of what determines such content selection. These relationships are empirically tested by using both social network data and...

Apresentação: Cultura alimentar: abordagens interdisciplinares

An historical perspective on community resilience: The case of the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake

The study of community resilience - that is, of the ability of a community to anticipate, respond to, and recover from sudden or slow onset shocks - traces its origins to the earliest days of contemporary disaster research. In recent decades, conceptual frameworks - and precise empirical indicators - of community resilience have entered the literature for purposes of reducing disaster vulnerability at the community level. Given the long arc of research on community resilience, however, it is ...