Categoria: Books

This book refers to the objectives, the various phases of the project, the new strategies and the methodologies applied in what was the only innovative project approved for Portugal by the European Commission, under the 3rd Programme to Combat Poverty.

How do children live in the city(ies)? What new opportunities and new risks are involved in the processes of socialization in large urban centers? What are the implications of these factors in the definition of education, health and urban planning policies? Will the profound changes in the framework of family life and in the structure of families impose a rethinking of children’s rights? How do children see and represent the city where they live?

It is a cliché expression but it remains true that man has already surpassed the boldest predictions of Huxley and Orwell regarding the techniques of reproduction. Current assisted reproduction techniques dissociate, first, the sexual act from fertilization, and then, fertilization from pregnancy.

The themes chosen for this Meeting, although they have already been the subject of the previous reflection, continue to be of extreme relevance, which is why it is justified to continue with their in-depth study and debate.

The Humanization sector of the IAC decided to compile and edit the minutes of the Meeting “Reflecting Practices to Improve Performance” held in Porto in November 1999, given the interest shown by all participants and taking into account the importance of the topics covered.

Collection of drawings made by children/young people accompanied by the IAC-Projecto Rua sector. The vast majority of drawings were produced during leisure activities and others were conceived in other places, such as vacation spaces. Houses, animals and aspects of nature, along with the human figure, appear in many of the drawings and are wealth that belongs to the knowledge each child possesses and that, with this publication, the IAC helps to preserve.