Homenagem a Dina e Claude-Strauss

Levi-strauss, Claude

Claude Lévi-Strauss’s theories have been fundamental to the renewal of modern anthropology, in particular the study of kinship systems, totemism, classification, and mythology. Throughout his works, he has sought to understand the functioning of so-called “primitive” modes of thought. In opposition to the theories formulated by influential predecessors such as Lucien LévyBruhl, he has revealed ...

CLAUDE LEVI-STRAUSS: The Man and His Works

Doja The shoulders of our giants : Claude Levi - Strauss and his legacy in current ́ anthropology

In the course of anti-structuralist criticism, the main thrust of LéviStrauss’s epistemological approach seems to have been lost, to the collective detriment of social sciences and anthropology. By its monumental character, Lévi-Strauss’s work evokes that of the founders of anthropology, whereas, by the way in which it puts in relation the cultural and the mental, it anticipates a theoretical a...

Strauss: a Specification Miner

Program verification tools (such as model checkers) are powerful tools for finding errors in programs. Unfortunately, these tools need lots of formal specifications of correct program behavior. Can we really expect programmers to write all of these specifications by hand? This dissertation is about Strauss, a tool I wrote to bring automation to specification-writing. By observing traces of work...

Claude Cachera

our synthetic ape C-il (46-58) gave a negative response when tested with purified native apolipoprotein C-fl. Double iminunodiffusion (Ouchterlony technique) of antibodies against our synthetic ape E (141-155) gave a positive immunoprecipitation line with Purified apolipoprotein E, which showed a partial identity with those obtained with polyclonal antibodies raised against the native protein. ...