Summer Traineeships 2008
July 7, 2008
Holidays Scientific Occupation of Youths 
From July 21st to 25th, secondary school students will have the opportunity of contacting with research carried out by CES.
Shooting-point
Researchers: José Manuel Pureza, Sílvia Roque e Rita Santos
‘Beyond several hunting weapons, pistols and ammunition, two war weapons were also apprehended (…)’. News such as this give notice of the frequent presence of light arms in violence practices in Portugal. But, this is a reality poorly studied, both regarding the dimension of the problem, as the profound motives and different types of effects. This traineeship integrates two main components. One incurs on the study of the proliferation and use of weapons in Portugal (survey of bibliography, statistical data, etc). The other falls upon the realization of questionnaires and interviews to specialists of the public security sector in Coimbra.
The digital deferential in internet uses
Researchers: Virgínia Ferreira e Mónica Lopes
The digital gap between sexes is a phenomenon internationally studied by social analysts. We know, since the 80s, that men and women have different uses and approach styles regarding computers. Recent studies continue to confirm different uses of internet by boys and girls – boys with a more ludic and exploratory style and girls with a more utilitarian and communicative one. The aim of this traineeship consists in verifying, through interviews, possible alterations in the using styles of boys and girls (age group 18 to 24), now that the age group differential narrows more and more in Portugal.
Possible views: the different uses of image in contemporary societies
Researchers: Giovanni Allegretti, Juliana Torquato e Cristiano F. Lima
Image can be used as a forma of observation, revelation and discovery of the world, offering a more critical reflection on social, political, cultural and environmental issues. Hence, this traineeship has as aim the comprehension of the different uses of image in the Social Sciences and their contribution towards a critically based construction regarding social issues. The activities taking place will include the exploration of audiovisual resources (such as films and photographs), illustrating the possible uses of images in Social Sciences, and field trips during which images concerning relevant themes of contemporary societies, shall be created (photographs).
Information – cienciaviva@ces.uc.pt
