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Ricardo Figueiredo is the CEO of K&A Scientific and Cultural Tourism, as well as a writer and seminar speaker. He has been teaching and developing research for more than 15 years. He holds a PhD in history of science and environment (related to global climate dynamics) from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), after which he completed a year's internship at Université Laval in Quebec, Canada. He has a master’s degree in cultural history from Universidade do Porto, Portugal, and a bachelor’s degree in history from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, where he also studied biological sciences.
RCC Research Project: Technology as Redemption of Global Climate and Its Social-Environmental Problems (1990–2015)
Selected Publications:
- “Sous le drapeau du progrès : la perte de biodiversité en lien avec la politique sur les transports publics et l’eau à Belo Horizonte, capitale de l’État de Minas Gerais—Brésil (1950-2010).” Journal L'interdisciplinaire l’Institut EDS 6, no. 1 (winter 2015): 4–5.
- “Sociedades, mundos naturais e historiografia: perspectivas holísticas.” Cadernos de História 13, no. 19 (2012): 9–31.
- “Scientific Instruments Crossing the Atlantic Ocean: Their Identification and Cultural Symbologies in Rio de Janeiro According to the Brazilian Literature and Journalistic Reports (1850–1930).” Paper presented at the XXXI Symposium of the Scientific Instrument Commission, Rio de Janeiro, 2012.
- “Diálogos entre as historiografias das ciências e as historiografias ambientais: Thomas Kuhn, Bruno Latour e Donald Worster.” Paper presented at the 6º Seminário Brasileiro de História da Historiografia—O giro-linguístico e a historiografia: balanço e perspectivas, Mariana, Minas Gerais, 2012.
- “Educação Escolar Brasileira e o Mundo de Oz.” Pedagogia em Ação 2, no. 2 (2010): 19–30.