17th Monthly Meeting (August 2021)

Monthly Meeting – Minutes 

Date: 08/27/2021

Attendees: Matheus Zago, Matheus Hebling, Giovanna Imbernon, Lucas Fraga, Eric Nogueira, Luisa Turbino, Thais Cavalcanti and Claudia Pires.

Chairperson: Giovanna Imbernon

Minutes: Claudia Pires/ Giovanna Imbernon

Agenda:

1. Communication and PR Updates
2. Research Department

1. 1. BRaS-Blog updates
   2. Research Groups
   3. BRaS-J Updates
2. General Issues

The monthly meeting started with one issue previously discussed on the last monthly meeting regarding the member proposal of Professor Paulo Henrique Martinez (UNESP). Matheus Hebling had a short conversation with him, and the following was presented/said:

• Professor Paulo Henrique Martinez has already submitted an article of one of his students to BraS-Blog;
• Offered the contact with other groups studying Brazil worldwide he has been working with, e.g., in China;
• Suggested creating a Project/ Course of “Introduction to Brazilian Studies”, which he will be pleased to coordinate.

Matheus Hebling pointed out that this initiative would not be possible without this cooperation.

The members voted and approved unanimously Professor Paulo as a member of the Academic Committee.

After voting, the member proceeded to the approval of BRaS’s Financial Handbook. Lucas Fraga presented the group with an overview of the material he wrote and the basics procedures. The final version was sent to all members on April 26, 2021. The members voted and approved the Financial Handbook unanimously.

Communication and PR Updates

Claudia Pires presented the groups with the Analytics Report for all BRaS’s channels. The number of followers is increasing; however, the access has decreased due to the vacations and fewer articles published during august.

Matheus Zago showed the numbers of BRaS’s accesses and told that they decreased for the same reasons hereinabove indicated.

Luisa Turbino remembered all hat some BRaS’s members will participated in the III ABRE, panel “Desafios Democráticos e Perspectivas Transdisciplinares das Ciências Sociais no Brasil Contemporâneo” on September 22, from 02:00 to 04:15 p.m. (CEST)/ 9:00-11:15 a.m. (Brasília)/ 08:00 – 10:15 a.m. (EST).

Claudia Pires said that she will have a meeting with the members responsible for the events and check the availability/ possibility to record BRaS’s session in ABRE and upload it to BRaS’s YouTube Channel.

BRaS-Blog

Matheus Hebling commented on BRaS-Blog’s current status of publications, highlighting that they have articles scheduled for until the end of September.

Matheus Zago informed that 86 articles of BRaS-Blog are indexed. When they reach 100 articles, Matheus Zago and Claudia will post a notice on BRaS’s social media mentioning the fact.

BRaS-J Updates

Thais Cavalcanti gave the members some updates on the BRaS-J platform. She and Matheus are working on some tests and soon, all members will be able to test, besides participating in a workshop to present it and clear up any doubts.

Matheus Zago also commented that the BraS-J pop-up on BraS’s website has more than 300 views.

The committee has also found a professor for the book review, although there are no confirmations yet, the processes in going well.

General Issues

Claudia Pires told the members a bit of what is going on with the social media RG. Some members will participate in Congresso Internacional de Neuro Direito to talk about fake news at a University from Paraná and were also invited to a project of Agência Lupa (Member of the IFCN – International Fact-Checking Network) to analyses some of Bolsonaro’s speeches online.

She also informed that the Soft Opening is confirmed, and the events will start on September 14. Considering gender equality, BRaS’s efforts to provide equal opportunities and the lack of availability of some of the women invited to participate, only the female BRaS members were invited to present at the session.

For last, Matheus Zago requested all members to vote for including or not a “Events/Calendar Page” on BRaS’s website. People will have access to the events relevant to BRaS (organized by the committee, members participating, etc). Luisa Turbino and other members commented that this can be helpful to present to the audience more information about them, links, the “add to the calendar” option, etc. The members voted and approved unanimously to include the section.

Next meeting: Waiting for members to vote.