The Temáticas Journal is a semiannual publication of the Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences of the State University of Campinas. Edited since 1993 by graduate students in Social Sciences of different departments of IFCH / UNICAMP, it is an interdisciplinary journal, focused on publications in the areas of social sciences, sociology, anthropology, political science, demography, economics, literature, etc. Temáticas seeks to promote the exchange and circulation of ideas among graduate students, professors and researchers in both the national and international scopes through the publication of unpublished articles with recognized academic and scientific merit.