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eBook: FROM BLACKOUT TO ERASED: ESSAYS ON THE AMAPA ENERGY QUESTION

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Chapter 3.4: Damming and changes to fish and fisheries

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Chapter 2.3: River values, uses and decision-making

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A river unites indigenous peoples of the Americas: a cultural exchange on the legacy of the impacts of hydroelectric dams on the Colorado and Tocantins rivers

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Learning from the other: perceptions and exchanges of knowledge on a field trip to traditional communities downstream of the Power Plant Lajeado hydroelectric (Tocantins River, Brazil)

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Assessment of inter-and trans-disciplinary collaboration between participants of the International Network of Amazon Dam Research (RBA): initial results of the Palmas workshop

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Learning from the other: perceptions and exchanges of knowledge on a field trip to traditional communities downstream of the Power Plant Lajeado hydroelectric (Tocantins River, Brazil)

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The second section of the e-book, titled ′′ Transdisciplinary Learning “, comprises three articles, in this post we’ll talk about the first ′′ Learning from the other: perceptions and exchanges of knowledge on a field trip to traditional communities downstream of the Power Plant Lajeado hydroelectric (Tocantins River, Brazil) “.

This text brings the perception of academics and non-academics who participated in a field activity in the municipality of Miracema do Tocantins (Brazil), in an excerpt of the Tocantins River about 20 km downstream of the Lajeado Hydroelectric Power Plant, for the purpose to stimulate the exchange of knowledge between professionals from different areas and fishermen and fishermen and residents rivers of the region. Interaction between the participants took place freely during the river boat trip. The perception of those involved was recorded before and after the activity was carried out. The initiative showed the importance of the field for understanding socio-environmental issues and the expectation of return created in the community from opening dialogue.

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We note that for each chapter the Portuguese version is followed immediately by the English version.

Assessment of inter-and trans-disciplinary collaboration between participants of the International Network of Amazon Dam Research (RBA): initial results of the Palmas workshop

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The latest article in the first section of the e-book is an ′′Assessment of inter-and trans-disciplinary collaboration between participants of the International Network of Amazon Dam Research (RBA): initial results of the Palmas workshop”. The lifting showed that network members generally conduct a positive attitude towards international research and collaboration and currently engage or have engaged in multi, inter and transdisciplinary work.

It also showed that most network researchers are strongly connected to each other, both collaborating and communicating about dam related works. Thus, initial discoveries indicate that the RBA is developing inter-and trans-disciplinary collaboration, as evidenced in the various ways in which different members interact with researchers from different disciplines, along with government and community entities.

Download Link: https://www.editorafi.org/19rios

We note that for each chapter the Portuguese version is followed immediately by the English version.

Making academic language more accessible to people who have no contact with scientific writing

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Neste vídeo, um grupo de estudantes apresenta resultados de um projeto cujo objetivo é tornar a linguagem acadêmica mais acessível às pessoas que não têm contato com a escrita científica. Trata-se de uma importante ferramenta de governança para auxiliar na consciência da comunidade geral sobre questões pertinentes inacessíveis, contribuindo no processo de decisão livre e consciente no debate público, nesse específico caso, sobre as consequências de projetos hidrelétricos.

In this video, a group of students present results of a project whose objective is to make academic language more accessible to people who have no contact with scientific writing. It is an important governance tool to help raise awareness among the non-scientists in the community about pertinent but often inaccessible issues and to contribute to enabling greater free and informed decision-making process in public debate, in this specific case, about the consequences of hydroelectric projects.

Elaborado pelo Grupo de Pesquisa em Direito, Território & Amazônia- DITERRA, Fundação Universidade Federal de Rondônia- UNIR
Autores: Neiva Araujo, Luís Fernando Novoa Garzon, Amanda Serafim, Anny Karolline Valério, João Victor Carneiro e Vânia dos Santos

Link: https://youtu.be/gcvbmEokypE