I'm forwarding this request in case anyone on this list has leads for Leticia. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Julie Matthaei <[email protected]> Date: Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 3:23 PM Subject: Graduate Research in the US on the Solidarity Economy? To: Marianna Pavlovskaya <[email protected]> Dear all, See below -- Leticia is a graduate student in Brazil who is finishing a dissertation on the solidarity economy there -- among waste-picking families. She's interested in participating in a research interchange. If you have any ideas, please let her know. Her question makes me think, what graduate programs offer study of the solidarity economy? Marianna, your geography program at Hunter? Any others? In peace and solidarity, Julie ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ledalpicolo . <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 9:35 AM Subject: Phd Student To: [email protected] Dear Professor Julie Ann, I´m a PhD Student of Psychology from Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil. I´m finishing my project and it will be basically about the social representation of solidarity economy (we can talk more about that another time). I finished my Master Course this year, also at UFSCar, in Science, Technology and Society, and the title of my dissertation is "Solidarity economy and family dynamics of recyclable waste pickers: a study of the research field science, technology and society". I basically studied about the influence of the principles of solidarity economy in the family dynamics of recyclable material pickers, in a local context, reflecting about the science and technology they had contactcin the co-operatives they work. I use the social psychology theory about work and relations. I didn´t do a gender analysis, but there´s a good content for analysis in this way, considering how the work can influence the life of the individual and how the individual can influence family dynamics. The relations between the couples became really more equalitarian. I used a qualitative method. I have been studing about Solidarity Economy since 2006, when I was coursing my undergraduate, also in Psychology (at Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP). My course conclusion paper was about the creation of a regional marketing network of recyclable waste pickers co-operatives and their advancement in the production chain of recyclable materials. Well, I´m telling you all these things because I´m thinking about the possibilitie of do an interuniversity exchange doctorate. I did a research looking for professors in the USA, I found you curriculum and really liked your research profile. My start idea is about make a comparison of the social representation of solidarity economy of the movement members from Brazil and from the USA, considering their historical and social context and reflecting on the influence of this factor in the representation of individuals. I´m already looking for informations about the universities in the world that I can do that, but I wanted to know if you and your college have interest in do that with me. Anyway, I would love to be a partnership in researches with you. I´m studing english again because I didn´t pratice it for a long time. I studied so much about local context and now I think it's time to researche how solidarity economy happens in other countries. There´s a great movement in Latin American, where there´s a lot of common contexts. In this way, I really apologize for the mistakes in my writing. Thank you for atention. Best regards! -- Letícia Dal Picolo Dal Secco Doutoranda em Psicologia Mestre em Ciência, Tecnologia e Sociedade Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/7937554854987351 -- Julie Matthaei Professor of Economics, Wellesley College Boardmember, U.S. Solidarity Economy Network (SEN, www.ussen.org) Co-Coordinator, Boston Area Solidarity Economy Network (BASEN) Cornerstone Cohousing -- Kevin Carson Senior Fellow, Karl Hess Scholar in Social Theory Center for a Stateless Society http://c4ss.org "You have no authority that we are bound to respect" -- John Perry Barlow "We are legion. We never forgive. We never forget. Expect us" -- Anonymous Homebrew Industrial Revolution: A Low-Overhead Manifesto http://homebrewindustrialrevolution.wordpress.com Desktop Regulatory State http://desktopregulatorystate.wordpress.com