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Urban locations with high centrality are associated with locational advantages, making them more desirable and expensive. There is not a consensus yet on how centrality affects real estate prices for different markets and income groups. In Brazil, this theme is relatively unexplored. This article uses an approach based on urban spatial networks, going beyond simple centrality descriptions considering the distance to the Central Business District (CBD). The objective is to analyse how apartment prices relate to two location attributes: accessibility (relative distance) and centrality (relative importance). Weighted network models are applied at two scales: city-wide and neighbourhoods. The database includes a sample of 400 offers for the sale of used apartments in 2022 and 2023 in Porto Alegre, analysed collectively and segmented into three price classes. Configurational indicators were calculated using the Graph Analysis Urban Networks (GAUS) plugin. Both configurational measures and prices were normalized using the Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) technique and correlated in a GIS environment. Results indicate that the most accessible areas of Porto Alegre have higher unit price (per square meter) apartments. Conversely, areas with higher centrality have cheaper properties, likely due to the availability of services and transportation. The more expensive apartments tend to avoid locations with higher centrality values, both globally and at the neighbourhood level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper has as a theoretical framework the diversity management and cultural competence. It aims to identify ways of managing diversity in a public library in the interior of the state of São Paulo, establishing a theoretical reflection between this management and the development of cultural competence in the organization. The relations between the purposes of organizational planning and the actions developed by the library team, was evaluated. The importance of information and communication to promote diversity was identified, and the perception of conflicts in the library was also evaluated. Cultural diversity and cultural competence were considered in the organizational processes. The Case Study research method was applied. The findings consist of the following: the library has a management approach aligned with the goal of being a cultural reference locally for the various cultures, experiences, and subjectivities; library staff itself indicates the library's diversity perception and the importance of representativeness for the development and execution of intercultural projects; the information and communication between the library and the public assist with the commitment of diversity; the library aims to promote activities that help different social groups. The survey concluded that the development of competences at the individual and organizational levels is the solution to achieve coexistence and integration of multicultural groups. Thus, cultural competence demands actions that involve efficient information and communication flows between groups of distinct individuals; this can enhance the diversity management in organizations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The Covid19 pandemic has affected our routines in varied contexts presenting challenges that have resulted in different learnings, such as the formation and strengthening of alliances and the sharing of affections that extended from facetoface to virtual. In this article, we discuss the experiences we have built as educators in the framework of remote work at a federal public university in a capital city in northeastern Brazil. We refer to the contributions of black feminist thinkers the possibility of building clues, in a collective, solidary and plural way, which provide us with ways to encounter a type of education that has unparalleled power in care and affection, subverting the necropolitics that prevails in the current government. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Squares as public spaces constituted throughout history important urban references of human coexistence. These spaces perform several functions, among them aesthetic, environmental, symbolic, and social one. This survey aimed to analyze the squares of the small city Mamborê in south Brazil, by means of the categories of spatial analysis proposed by Milton Santos: structure, function, and form. The methodology was based on qualitative and quantitative research, followed by a survey applied to users of the square. The results indicate that accessibility is fundamental to the squares appropriation, therefore, arrangement and maintenance are essential governmental responsibilities to become public spaces more inviting, promoting access and collective use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]