Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2008.

Dissertation (Ph.D.)--The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2010. / Directed by Christian Moraru; submitted to the Dept. of English. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Jul. 19, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-272).

Thesis (Psy.D.)--James Madison University, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.I.T.)--The Evergreen State College, 2010. / Title from title screen (viewed 7/7/2010). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 142-149).

Thesis (M.A.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2005. / Vita. "May 2005." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-65).

Thesis (M.A.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2005. / Vita. "May 2005." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-65).

This study set out to investigate the learning and change that emerged in and through participatory mapping in the context of biocultural diversity and resilience in rural Ethiopia. It did this through examining the learning and agency emerging from three participatory mapping practices (Participatory 3 Dimensional Modelling, sketch mapping and eco-cultural calendars) using two case study sites, located in the Bale Mountains and the Foata Mountains in Ethiopia, and honing in on in-depth reflective processes in two community contexts located within the broader case study sites, namely Horo Soba, Dinsho wereda in Bale; and Telecho, in Wolmera wereda, in the Foata Mountain complex. This study tried to answer three research questions related to participatory mapping: its role in mobilizing knowledge related to biocultural landscape, its role in learning and change, and its value in building resilience. The study used qualitative case study research methodology underpinned by critical realist philosophy, and used photographic ‘cues’ to structure the reporting on the cases. It used four categories of analysis: biocultural diversity, educational processes, learning and agency, in the first instance to report on the interactions associated with the participatory mapping practices as they emerged in the two case study sites. This was followed by in-depth analysis and interpretation of participatory mapping and biocultural diversity, as well as participatory mapping and learning, with an emphasis on acquisition, meaning making and identity formation processes. The in-depth analysis drew on social and learning theory, and theory of biocultural diversity and social-ecological resilience. The study also included analysis of broader change processes that were related to and emerged from the social interactions in the mapping activities, and the resultant morphogenesis (change), showing that morphogenesis, while broadly temporal, is not linear, and involves ‘little iterative morphogenic cycles’. These insights were then used to interpret how participatory mapping may contribute to resilience building in a context where social-ecological resilience is increasingly required, such as the two case study sites, where socialecological degradation is highly visible and is occurring rapidly. The study’s contribution to new knowledge lies in relation to the role of participatory mapping in facilitating learning, agency and change which, to date, appears to be under-theorised and under-developed in the participatory mapping and environmental education literature. As such, the study findings provide in-depth insight into how participatory mapping methodologies may ‘work in the world’, in contexts such as those presented in the two cases under study. It has tried to demonstrate how participatory mapping has managed to mobilize knowledge related to biocultural diversity, facilitated the acquisition of knowledge and helped members of the community to engage in meaning making activities relevant to their biocultural landscape and renegotiate their identity within the wider community context. It has also shown that dissonance is an important dynamic in the learning process; and that morphogenesis (or change) occurs over time, but also in smaller cycles that interact at different levels; and that participatory mapping cannot, by itself mobilise significant structural change, at least in the short term. It has also shown, however, that learning and the desire for change can emerge from participatory mapping processes, and that this can be utilized to adapt to the changing socio-ecological environments, potentially contributing to longer term resilience of social-ecological systems.

A presente dissertação tem como objetivo principal a investigação dos significados da inserção do tema da diversidade cultural no desfile da Festa da Uva 2014, em Caxias do Sul. O desfile foi escolhido como campo de estudo para a pesquisa por ser um momento em que se manifestam principalmente as representações da italianidade – imigrantes italianos como heróis civilizadores que construíram Caxias do Sul através do trabalho - e com maior força, desde os desfiles da década de 90, em que se comemoraram os 120 anos de imigração italiana. A partir da Festa da Uva de 2006 iniciou-se um processo de inclusão do tema da diversidade cultural, com a inserção de representações referentes a outros grupos sociais que também teriam construído a cidade de Caxias do Sul. Para atingir os objetivos da pesquisa foi necessária a compreensão do complexo conceito de identidade, através da elaboração de um referencial teórico, bem como o desenvolvimento de um panorama sobre as transformações da identidade em Caxias do Sul. Estes dados somados às análises das entrevistas com informantes participantes do desfile da Festa da Uva 2014 permitiram a compreensão das camadas de significados presentes nos fenômenos identitários na cidade e a identificação dos significados presentes na diversidade. / Submitted by Ana Guimarães Pereira (agpereir@ucs.br) on 2016-02-22T13:49:38Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Ana Lia Dal Pont Branchi.pdf: 1509613 bytes, checksum: df65f167e257c50fc1a12e57b42f1740 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-02-22T13:49:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Ana Lia Dal Pont Branchi.pdf: 1509613 bytes, checksum: df65f167e257c50fc1a12e57b42f1740 (MD5) / The main objective of the present dissertation is to investigate the meaning of the insertion of the theme of cultural diversity on the Festa da Uva 2014 parade at Caxias do Sul. The parade was chosen as the field of study of the research because it is the moment where mainly the representation of italianity – Italian immigrant as civilizing heroes that built Caxias do Sul through work – and with greater strength, since the parades of the decade of 90, in which the 120 years of Italian immigration was celebrated. Starting from the Festa da Uva of 2006 the process of inclusion of the cultural diversity theme has begun with the insertion of representations related to other social groups that would also have built the city of Caxias do Sul. In order to accomplish the objectives of the research it has necessary to understand the complex concept of identity, through the preparation of a theoretical framework, as well as the development of an overview about the transformations of identity in Caxias do Sul. Said data added to the analysis of the interview with the informants that participated of the Festa da Uva 2014 parade allowed the comprehension of the layers of significates existing in the identity phenomenon on the city and the identification of the meanings present in the diversity.

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No. of bitstreams: 1 bastianini_mad_me_fran.docx: 238570 bytes, checksum: 6a2f534003930f03621ecaaa5c92f46d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-06-30 / Este presente trabalho analisa através de um estudo alicerçado na perspectiva do materialismo histórico dialético a existência de ações de incentivo ao respeito, afirmação e valorização da diversidade sexual e de gênero como efetivação de direitos humanos no âmbito da educação escolar, tendo como objeto primário de investigação bibliográfica e de campo os Temas Transversais apontados nos Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais de 1998. Empreendeu-se investigação bibliográfica sobre a questão da diversidade sexual e de gênero, em que foi possível verificar que as dimensões de sexualidade e de criação e recriação de identidades sociais de sexo, ou seja, o gênero, possuem sustentações calcadas no patriarcalismo. Através da pesquisa exploratória de campo e de abordagem quanti-qualitativa, foi possível nos aproximarmos da realidade de uma escola pública estadual de ensino fundamental de um município médio a fim de se investigar quais são as ações e projetos existentes referentes à questão da diversidade sexual e de gênero no contexto escolar, dando voz aos educadores. Os dados da pesquisa foram coletados através de aplicação de questionários e realização de entrevistas, e foram empreendidas análises de conteúdo e análises de discurso para compreensão das informações e dos significados das mesmas. Observou-se que a materialidade das propostas de trabalho dos educadores sobre a referida temática não necessariamente tem como referência os Temas Transversais, sendo que na maior parte das vezes o que se percebe são intervenções pontuais realizadas devido à emersão de demandas e manifestações dos estudantes, bem como foi atestado que ainda existe muito desconhecimento, estranhamento e equívocos por parte dos educadores a respeito da questão da diversidade sexual e de gênero. Também se verificou que as manifestações e demandas sociais latentes suscitadas a partir da ação dos educadores são relacionadas à preconceitos, discriminações, conflitos internos, receios e curiosidade pelo assunto. Foi possível compreender circundam no ambiente escolar para a materialização de ações que pautem a diversidade sexual e de gênero a partir do lugar dos educadores dificuldades de ordem pessoal, do contexto escolar e do contexto extraescolar, bem como também possibilidades de ordem pessoal, do contexto escolar e também do contexto extraescolar. A partir das análises e reflexões empreendidas verificou-se que são múltiplos os desafios de tais ações no cotidiano escolar, e que se faz necessário que se ampliem os estudos e pesquisas sobre o assunto. / This present work analyzes, through a study grounded in the perspective of historical materialism, dialectics, the existence of actions to encourage respect, affirmation and appreciation of sexual diversity and gender as the realization of human rights in the context of school education, having as their primary object of research of the literature and of field the Cross-cutting Themes identified in the National Curriculum Parameters, 1998. Undertook-if the research literature on the issue of sexual diversity and of gender, in which it was possible to verify that the dimensions of sexuality and the creation and recreation of social identities of sex, or gender, have the supports marked in the patriarchy. Through exploratory research and field approach, quantitative-qualitative, it was possible to approach the reality of a public school state elementary schools of a municipality middle in order to investigate what are the actions and existing projects relating to the issue of sexual diversity and gender in the school context, giving voice to the educators. The research data were collected through questionnaires and interviews, and have undertaken analyses and content analyses of discourse for the understanding of the information and of the meanings of the same. It was observed that the materiality of the proposed work of the teachers on the said subject-matter does not necessarily have as a reference the Cross-cutting Themes, being that most of the times what is perceived are occasional interventions carried out due to the emergence of demands and protests of the students, as well as was attested that there is still much ignorance, estrangement and misunderstanding on the part of educators of the question of sexual diversity and gender. It was also found that the manifestations and social demands latent arising from the action of educators are related to prejudice, discrimination, internal conflicts, fears and curiosity for the subject. It was possible to understand the surrounding in the school environment for the materialization of actions that guided the diversity of sexual and gender-based from the place of the educators personal difficulties, the school context and the context extracurricular, as well as also possibilities of the personal order, the school context and also the context extracurricular. From the evaluations and reflections undertaken it was found that there are numerous challenges of such actions in the everyday school life, and that if makes necessary to broaden the studies and research on the subject.

A presente dissertação tem como objetivo principal a investigação dos significados da inserção do tema da diversidade cultural no desfile da Festa da Uva 2014, em Caxias do Sul. O desfile foi escolhido como campo de estudo para a pesquisa por ser um momento em que se manifestam principalmente as representações da italianidade – imigrantes italianos como heróis civilizadores que construíram Caxias do Sul através do trabalho - e com maior força, desde os desfiles da década de 90, em que se comemoraram os 120 anos de imigração italiana. A partir da Festa da Uva de 2006 iniciou-se um processo de inclusão do tema da diversidade cultural, com a inserção de representações referentes a outros grupos sociais que também teriam construído a cidade de Caxias do Sul. Para atingir os objetivos da pesquisa foi necessária a compreensão do complexo conceito de identidade, através da elaboração de um referencial teórico, bem como o desenvolvimento de um panorama sobre as transformações da identidade em Caxias do Sul. Estes dados somados às análises das entrevistas com informantes participantes do desfile da Festa da Uva 2014 permitiram a compreensão das camadas de significados presentes nos fenômenos identitários na cidade e a identificação dos significados presentes na diversidade. / The main objective of the present dissertation is to investigate the meaning of the insertion of the theme of cultural diversity on the Festa da Uva 2014 parade at Caxias do Sul. The parade was chosen as the field of study of the research because it is the moment where mainly the representation of italianity – Italian immigrant as civilizing heroes that built Caxias do Sul through work – and with greater strength, since the parades of the decade of 90, in which the 120 years of Italian immigration was celebrated. Starting from the Festa da Uva of 2006 the process of inclusion of the cultural diversity theme has begun with the insertion of representations related to other social groups that would also have built the city of Caxias do Sul. In order to accomplish the objectives of the research it has necessary to understand the complex concept of identity, through the preparation of a theoretical framework, as well as the development of an overview about the transformations of identity in Caxias do Sul. Said data added to the analysis of the interview with the informants that participated of the Festa da Uva 2014 parade allowed the comprehension of the layers of significates existing in the identity phenomenon on the city and the identification of the meanings present in the diversity.