Praxe académica

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Praxe académica is a traditional Portuguese academic initiation and ritual system, especially prominent in universities like Coimbra, involving codified customs, ceremonies, and hierarchies among students.

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instanceOf Portuguese cultural practice
academic tradition
student initiation system
aimsTo integrate new students into academic life
strengthen group cohesion
transmit university traditions
appliesTo first-year students
senior students
controversialFor alleged hazing practices
alleged physical violence
alleged psychological violence
alleged social exclusion
country Portugal
developedIn 19th century
20th century
hasAspect codified gestures
collective singing
creation of in-group identity
group bonding
informal discipline
intergenerational transmission of norms
maintenance of traditions
public performances
reproduction of academic hierarchies
ritual obedience
ritual transgression
ritualized humiliation
social integration of newcomers
street processions
symbolic submission of freshmen
use of nicknames
use of symbolic power
use of whistles and commands
hasOrigin University of Coimbra traditions
hasPart academic parades
ceremonies
codified rules
collective chants
dress codes
hierarchical structures
initiation games
initiation rituals
mentoring relationships
symbolic punishments
hasRole caloiros
doutores
dux veteranorum
praxe commission
veteranos
influencedBy Catholic ritual culture
medieval university customs
military discipline traditions
language Portuguese
opposedBy anti-praxe student movements
human rights organizations
some university authorities
practicedAt Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra
surface form: Coimbra Polytechnic Institute

University of Coimbra
University of Lisbon
University of Porto
other Portuguese higher education institutions
regulatedBy local praxe codes
student associations
relatedTo Latada
Portuguese academic dress
Queima das Fitas
student fraternities
subjectOf anthropological research
media debates in Portugal
sociological studies
supportedBy some alumni associations
traditionalist student groups
timePeriod beginning of academic year
throughout first year of studies

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Queima das Fitas de Coimbra relatedTo Praxe académica