The aim of the paper is to explore the dominating perception of the Other after the conflict regarding the Danish Mohammed caricatures. How Swedish newspapers have portrayed Arabs, which role they have been given in society and what problems they are struggling with is going to be the focus of this thesis. As methodological approach I chose discourse analysis, since it presents a view where language defines and structures our understanding of reality. Through the study of various Swedish newspaper articles, this essay tries to illustrate the implicit yet existent negative image of the Arabs as a group and potential alternative ways of understanding the Other. The perception of Arabs is a product of a necessary imaginary foe, a mirror image of the bad and strange in contrast to the idyllic and safe Swedish nationality. The rhetoric’s of the discourse are therefore constructed between a politics of acknowledgement and a will to culturally dominate the Other. To challenge this view the citizens of a nation must accept it as nothing more than an imaginary design.

Orientador: Angela Kleiman / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-06T10:22:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tapias-Oliveira_EvelineMattos_D.pdf: 1497034 bytes, checksum: 6756d0bb5e78494c6a8c0394bdb68913 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: A presente tese de Doutorado conduz análise lingüístico-enunciativo-discursiva de diários produzidos por alunos universitários, iniciantes no curso de Letras, buscando evidências da sua construção identitária profissional no mundo figurado do Ensino Superior. Os dados dos diários foram obtidos em uma pesquisa-ação, em que as vivências ocorridas nas atividades partilhadas em sala forneceram subsídios para autopercepção dos alunos (desde o que aprendiam, em que medida, até como o faziam ¿ com dificuldade, facilidade, assombro). Os objetos de análise (os enunciados dos diários) mostram os alunos configurando-se em professores de várias maneiras. Uma delas refere-se ao posicionamento dos sujeitos (pelo uso das pessoas verbais, do tratamento mais ou menos cerimonioso) nos diários. O modo como vêem a si mesmos (sua imagem) também configura a imagem (ethos) de seu interlocutor nos diários, geralmente seu professor. Esses posicionamentos assumidos acabam por configurar, inclusive, o próprio gênero que está sendo escrito pelos sujeitos nos diários, no seu estilo e forma. Os dados também evidenciaram que a construção identitária não é incólume, nem fácil, nem sem problemas; pelo contrário, os sujeitos apresentam diferentes vozes em orquestração, em seus enunciados. A orquestração muda ao longo do tempo nas percepções dos sujeitos. Escolha lexical, adjetivos e comparações, entre experiências presentes e passadas, são as evidências principais. Além disso, foi analisada a relação dos sujeitos com o saber (como um objeto a ser possuído, uma atividade a ser partilhada, ou uma forma de ser e de agir na profissão), em suas metáforas e referenciações. Investigamos, também, o que significa, para os sujeitos, ser professor. Na modalidade deôntica, na assertividade e nos verbos de processo mental com caráter volitivo, os sujeitos tecem novas imagens profissionais para si, diferentes das de seus antigos professores. A prática diarista, em razão dos resultados obtidos, configura-se um instrumento cultural útil, por prover os sujeitos de um espaço-tempo para reflexão e verbalização de suas idéias e pensamentos, cada um a seu ritmo, o que os ajuda na própria construção identitária profissional e faz com que haja a possibilidade da constituição de novos mundos / Abstract: The present thesis develops a linguistic-discursive analysis of diaries, produced by freshmen language college students. The aim is to detect evidences of their professional identity construction as teachers in the figured world of Higher Education. In the diaries, subjects tell of their perception about their own learning in activities they were enrolled in their Portuguese language classes. They also tell of their quest, their discoverings and difficulties in the process. Data (their utterances in the diaries) analysis shows students becoming teachers from the very beginning in a manifold of ways. One of these ways is their positioning in the diary that we can perceive, for instance, by verb tense voice and formality. By positioning themselves according to an image (ethos) they have for themselves, they also show the image they have of their teacher ¿ the person usually addressed to in the diaries. By the constitution of these imagined personae, subjects constitute genres as far as style and form are concerned. Data analysis also shows that identity construction is not a safe and easy path. Subjects have different voices in orchestration while they utter. This orchestration changes over time in the subjects perceptions. Adjectives, word choice, and comparisons between what is new to them and what previously took place in their education are the main evidences. The relation students have with knowledge (as an object, as an action and as a way of being) is also studied in metaphors and in ways of referring to it. The research also deals with what for the students, constitutes being a teacher. Using deontic mode and assertivity, as well as verbs in the mental process expressing will, the beginners build for themselves a new image of being a teacher, different from that of their past teachers. According to the results, diary practice is understood as a cultural tool to help students, since it provides a privileged space and time for thinking out and wishing for a different more engaged and responsible future teacher practice, making it possible for new worlds to come about / Doutorado / Linguistica Aplicada / Doutor em Linguística Aplicada

Esta tese analisa o livro Infância, de Graciliano Ramos. A leitura proposta sublinha experiências do menino no entroncamento de questões relacionadas à violência, à não violência e à expressão literária. Sustentamos que a construção das memórias contém tensões e ambiguidades presentes na articulação temporal da obra, mas ao mesmo tempo incorpora certa dimensão conciliatória como marca identitária do narrador. Investigamos como a significação de si é elaborada de forma que o sentido atribuído às experiências converge para apresentar um modo de agir e intervir no mundo que combate esteticamente em favor da paz e da cultura. / This thesis analyzes the book Infância, by Gracilano Ramos. The proposed approach underlies the experiences the boy had at the junction of issues concerning violence, non-violence and literary expression. It is our understanding that the building of memories involves tensions and ambiguities which are present in the books temporal articulation, but at the same time it also incorporates a certain reconciling dimension as one of the narrators distinguishing identity marks. We investigate how the signification of the self is elaborated, so as the meaning imparted on the experiences eventually converge to introduce a way of acting and intervening in the world, aesthetically fighting in favor of peace and culture.

Les marques suscitent un engouement particulier qui témoigne de la place qu’elles prennent désormais dans la vie d’un grand nombre de personnes, notamment dans la construction de leur identité sociale. Ce phénomène est encore plus accentué pour les fans de marques. Elles deviennent ainsi des symboles sociaux qui servent de supports de communication pour l’expression de leur identité sociale. C’est en effet à travers la communication que se développe cette construction identitaire. Or, depuis quelques années, les réseaux sociaux numériques sont devenus d’importants espaces de communication pour les marques mais également pour leurs fans, nécessitant dés lors de repenser les relations entre la communication des marques et ce type particulier de public. Le principal objectif de cette thèse est de mieux comprendre les internautes des réseaux sociaux numériques quand ils sont face aux actions de communications des marques dont ils sont fans, leurs perceptions de cette communication ainsi que d’étudier les processus identitaires qui s’opèrent dans le cadre de cette communication. Dans une perspective communicationnelle pluridisciplinaire, nous avons donc notamment mobilisé des concepts issus de la recherche en marketing et de la psychologie sociale parmi lesquels les concepts de fans, d’identité individuelle, sociale et numérique pour étudier ce phénomène. / The spread of the Internet and the simultaneous development of Web 2.0 have led to the emergence of a digital presence for internet users which is an extension of the identities of the Internet users. In the Internet, identity is characterized by various highly patterns of self-expression on the social networks websites and on Facebook in particular. Simultaneously, the emancipation of the individual from traditional social frameworks leads that individual to construct and re-shape his or her identity which is now seen as a process of identity construction based on a search for benchmarks and relationships. The results show that in the context of brand - fan interactions, social networks websites allow new spaces for individual and collective expression that are implementing unprecedented social groups and coconstruction process. By relating distant fans, the multiplication of such links creates a social identity that can be described as "digital" and a particular form of digital capital. Through their interactions, the fans contribute to the maintenance of this capital. Fan pages and become a shared social territory, a space for co-building and their identity but also a place of confrontation identity for the fans. Depending on the brand they are fans, individuals have tendencies to intra- groupal or intergroupal comparisons.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects thousands of people in South Africa. Our knowledge regarding this phenomenon has expanded rapidly and the problematic psychological wellbeing of persons who have been injured through TBI has been well documented. When reviewing the published literature regarding TBI it would appear that the majority originate from a positivist epistemology, quantitative methodology, and focus mainly on cognitive and/or motor ability changes of the injured individual. Furthermore, literature regarding interaction between the injured person and others tend to focus on uninjured family members’ experience of and adaptation to the injured person – generally ignoring the injured person’s experience of others. This study addressed this gap in the literature by making use of a qualitative research design to explore how injured persons' experience of others might contribute to the challenges, other than those related to cognitive and physical changes, persons face following TBI. Specifically, this study investigated whether themes that suggest a "loss of self" could be identified in the narratives of the participants' experiences of others. While not being able to support the idea of “loss of self” in the participants' narratives, there are indications that experiences of others may add to the challenges injured persons face following TBI. / Dissertation (MA (Counselling Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Psychology / MA / unrestricted

Cette thèse s'intéresse au rôle des pratiques médiatiques dans la construction des adolescences lycéennes à La Réunion. Les adolescences lycéennes sont ici envisagées comme des périodes de multiples changements durant lesquelles les individus apprennent à acquérir le statut de lycéen. Cette mutation passe par trois stades qui constituent des « finalités intermédiaires » : les différenciations, les négociations, les adhésions. Les différenciations se construisent par rapport aux autres (enfants, adultes, parents, le sexe opposé). Les négociations résultent de la volonté des adolescents de bricoler avec les éléments qui leur sont imposés et qui font partie de leur identité. Enfin, les adhésions marquent le désir des individus d'adopter des codes et des activités participant à la reconnaissance de leur identité. L'analyse d'entretiens réalisés avec des lycéens en classe de seconde montre que ces adolescents mobilisent leurs pratiques médiatiques pour définir des « stratégies identitaires » facilitant la construction de soi. La thèse interroge au final le lien rites de passage et pratiques médiatiques par ailleurs largement travaillées par les dynamiques culturelles à l'œuvre dans cette île de l'océan Indien. / This dissertation is about the role played by media practices in the identity construction of adolescent secondary school (lycée) students in La Réunion. Secondary school adolescence is considered here as a period of multiple changes during which young individuals learn to be part of this moment of life. The transformation for students from college to lycée goes via the realization of “intermediary finalities”: differentiation, negotiation and identification. Differentiation means taking a distance from other individuals (children, adults, parents, opposite sex). Negociation results from the adolescents ‘ willingness to compose with different elements which are forced upon then and which are parts of their identity. Finally, indentification marks the individuals ‘ desires to adopt codes and activities playing a part in the recognition of their identity. The analysis of interviews conducted with students from the fifth of secondary school (seconde) shows that these teenagers are inspired by their media practices to define “strategies of identity” which help them in the construction of their personal selves. This research observes that media practices are not the only agents for the definition of adolescence: cultural dynamics operating in the island are equally important factors. The thesis also questions the links which can be made between media practices and rites of passage.

Cette thèse entend contribuer à l’étude des carrières des associés des firmes professionnelles en s’intéressant en particulier au processus de construction de l’identité d’associé. En nous appuyant sur le concept interactionniste de carrière nous analysons le « devenir associé » dans le contexte des grands cabinets d’audit internationaux (les Big 4). Ce devenir est un processus qui débute quasiment dès le recrutement et qui relève de mécanismes informels et tacites et de manœuvres politiques. Nous caractérisons ces mécanismes par la notion « d’écurie » qui permet à la fois de comprendre le fonctionnement des procédures de cooptation dans sa dimension non-officielle, mais également la hiérarchisation de la partnershipet le déroulement des carrières en son sein, une fois le stade de l’association passé. La conclusion à laquelle nous parvenons est que l’auditeur devient associé bien avant sa cooptation, en se reconnaissant lui-même comme un professionnel. Ce turning point n’est cependant que le premier sur le chemin qui mène à la partnership car c’est seulement au moment où il rejoint cette dernière que l’auditeur devient l’associé qu’il était, en se faisant reconnaître comme tel par ses pairs, achevant ainsi sa conversion identitaire d’auditeur en associé. Par notre travail, nous nous inscrivons dans la lignée des études en sociologie des professions et en théorie des organisations qui ont exploré le champ de la socialisation des professionnels de l’audit et de la construction de leur identité ainsi que le fonctionnement des grands cabinets internationaux / This PhD studies the process of becoming a partner in professional services firms, envisaged through the lens of the building of the partner identity. To this end, it implements the concept of « career » developed by interactionist sociology to analyse the making of a partner in the context of the Big 4 international audit firms. Becoming a partner is a process that starts right after recruitment and which is governed by complex and largely informal mechanisms and political manoeuvring. We characterize these mechanisms with the help of the notion of “stable”, whose purpose is to understand procedures of co-option in their unofficial dimension but also to account for the structuration of the partner level in firms and the role played by hierarchies within this level in post-partner career progression. We come to the conclusion that auditors actually become partners much earlier than their official promotion to the rank, from the moment they consider themselves as such. This awakening is yet only the first turning point on the road to partnership. It is only when they are officially co-opted that auditors become the partners they were, by being recognised as such by their peers, completing therefore their identity conversion.This work contributes to the literature in the sociology of professions and organizational theory fields by investigating how professionals are socialized and how their identity is constructed and by grasping more accurately the organization of professional services firms

I den här studien har jag undersökt utlandsfödda studenters upplevelser av svenskt universitet. Det de har gemensamt är att de kommer från en annan bakgrund än svensk, att de studerar eller har studerat på ett svenskt universitet och att de talar god svenska. Undersökningen visar prov på hur etnicitet och identiteter skapas och synliggörs i olika situationer, och att det svenska språket och tiden i Sverige är viktiga faktorer för att förstå normer och koder. Detta material har framtagits genom att jag intervjuat personer som överensstämmer med beskrivningen, kodat materialet, intervjuat igen och sedan analyserat och jämfört med tidigare forskning. / In this study, I have examined how foreign-born students experience studying at a Swedish university. What they have in common is that they originally come from a different country than Sweden, that they study or have studied at a Swedish university and that they speak and understand the Swedish language well. The survey shows how ethnicity and identities are created and made visible in certain situations, and that both the Swedish language and time in Sweden are important factors for understanding norms and codes. The material is collected by me intervjuing individuals that falls under the above discription. Then I have analysed the material and compared it with privious, similar studies.

El objetivo del estudio fue describir la construcción del sentido de pertenencia y la valoración de la trascendencia de la pertenencia en ex barristas de un club de fútbol de Lima (Perú). Para tal fin, se desarrolló un estudio cualitativo con diseño fenomenológico a través de la aplicación de entrevistas semi estructurada a siete ex barristas que asistían a los estadios en los años 90 y ejercieron un rol protagónico dentro de la barra. Los resultados muestran que los ex barristas han construido su identidad mediante la interacción con sus pares con los que comparten la misma afición por un equipo de fútbol y han establecido códigos, comportamientos y valores que los distinguen e identifiquen como grupo. Asimismo, identifican que lo más valioso de haber vivido esta experiencia de pertenencia, es haber aprendido a luchar por sus metas e ideales y el orgullo de haber forjado vínculos que mantienen hasta hoy. Se concluye que los ex barristas han desarrollado competencias como el liderazgo y la resiliencia; y su pertenencia ha tenido impactos significativos en su autoestima y forma de percibirse en el mundo que constituye su expresión de identidad, lo que confirma la identidad social positiva. / The objective of the study was to describe the construction of the sense of belonging and the assessment of the significance of belonging in ex barristas of a soccer club in Lima (Peru). For this purpose, a qualitative study with phenomenological design was developed through the application of semi-structured interviews to seven ex barristas who attended stadiums in the 90s and played a leading role within the bar. The results show that the ex barristas have built their identity by interacting with their peers with those who share the same fondness for a soccer team and have established codes, behaviors and values ​​that distinguish and identify them as a group. Likewise, they identify that the most valuable thing in having lived this experience of belonging is having learned to fight for their goals and ideals and the pride of having forged bonds that they maintain to this day. It is concluded that the ex barristas have developed skills such as leadership and resilience; and their belonging has had significant impacts on their self-esteem and way of perceiving themselves in the world that constitutes their expression of identity, which confirms their positive social identity. / Tesis

Das Begriffsfeld zu Transgender und verwandten Begriffen ist stark ausdifferenziert. Es soll hier nun nicht der Versuch unternommen werden, einen umfassenden Überblick über die komplexe Transgender-Thematik zu geben. Die Frage ist vielmehr, wie eine Pädagogik der Vielfalt am Beispiel von Transgender auch in Schulen umgesetzt werden kann und Schülerinnen und Schüler für dieses Thema sensibilisiert werden können. Für eine pädagogische Auseinandersetzung eignen sich insbesondere Spielfilme – und mittlerweile gibt es eine ganze Reihe geeigneter Filme zum Thema Transgender. Der Film „Transamerica“, den Hamisch in ihrem Beitrag analysiert, verdeutlicht vor allem die Identitätsherausforderungen, denen sich die Protagonistin des Films stellen muss. Dies ermöglicht einen pädagogisch-didaktischen Zugang zum Thema, der nicht von normativen Positionen ausgeht, die die Schülerinnen und Schüler mitbringen, sondern zur Reflexion über die eigene Identität anregt.