The aim of the present study is to theoretically ground and practically present how the sexual identity of homosexual individuals is constructed through the language they use in an American TV series Queer as Folk. Since the LGBT (Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) individuals have become a more visible group in the present-day society both in Lithuania and abroad, it is natural that there is a certain degree of interest in the lives of non-heterosexual people, their customs, communication patterns, the relationship among themselves as well as the relationship between them and the heterosexual, heteronormative society around them. One of the most recent branches of linguistics researches the peculiarities of the speech and speaking patterns of homosexual individuals. This study is a humble attempt to look, at least superficially, at this new branch of linguistics which has not yet been research in Lithuania. The thesis is divided into two separate parts: the first part of the thesis, the theoretical part, deals with aspects of alternative human sexualities and explains some sociological aspects of homosexuality. Also, some basic features of the Lithuanian and American LGBT communities are presented. This part theoretically covers the link between sexual identity and language. Theoretical part also presents earlier research carried out by scholars in the fields of sociolinguistics, sexuality and sociology. Also explained are the gay communication strategies, according to... [to full text] / Šio darbo tikslas – teoriškai pagrįsti ir pristatyti kaip homoseksualių žmonių identitetas, jų lytinė tapatybė, yra konstruojama per kalbą amerikiečių televizijos seriale Queer as Folk. Homoseksualūs asmenys šiandieninėje visuomenėje, tiek Lietuvoje, tiek užsienyje, tapo pakankamai matoma grupė, todėl natūralu, kad kyla susidomėjimas homoseksualių žmonių gyvenimo, bendravimo, jų tarpusavio santykių bei santykių su kitais heteroseksualios ir heteronormatyvios visuomenės nariais ypatumais. Viena iš naujausių lingvistikos mokslo šakų tiria homoseksualių žmonių kalbėsenos ir kalbos vartojimo ypatumus. Šis darbas – tai kuklus bandymas bent paviršutiniškai pažvelgti į šią naują lingvistikos mokslo šaką, kol kas netyrinėtą Lietuvoje. Studija yra padalyta į dvi dalis: pirmojoje, teorinėje dalyje apie alternatyviąsias seksualines tapatybes aiškinami kai kurie homoseksualumo sociologiniai aspektai, bei bendrais bruožais pristatomos Lietuvos ir Jungtinių Valstijų homoseksualų bendruomenės. Taip pat teoriškai grindžiama seksualinio identiteto ir kalbos sąveika. Teorinėje dalyje pristatomi anksčiau atlikti mokslininkų tyrimai sociolingvistikos, seksologijos ir sociologijos srityse bei paaiškinamos gėjų komunikacijos strategijos, kuriomis remiantis praktinėje dalyje šifruojami homoseksualių asmenų bendravimo ypatumai. Praktinėje šio darbo dalyje pristatomas 2010 m. balandžio mėn. Vytauto Didžiojo universitete atliktas studentų požiūrio į homoseksualumą tyrimas bei analizuojama medžiaga... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]

The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between language, identity construction and learning in the context of the Vehicle programme, a vocational program in Swedish upper secondary schools. The study focuses on language practices and the norms of language, gender and school work that are negotiated in conversations between pupils and between pupils and teachers. The language practices are considered as talk-in-interaction, and identity construction and learning are understood as processes in socially situated activities. The Vehicle programme has its basis in mechanics with links to the vehicle and transport trades, and can be identified as a male-coded program in several respects. The pupils participating in this study were both boys and girls attending a school situated in the North of Sweden. The study was conducted through an ethnographic approach, employing plural methods including observation, field notes, audio-recordings of conversations, and interviews with pupils in focus groups and individually. Recorded conversations were analysed using tools from conversation analysis. The analysis is based on Judith Butler’s theory of gender as performance, Raewyn Connell’s theory of hegemonic masculinity, and Penelope Eckert’s theory of the heterosexual market. A socio-cultural theory of learning describing communities of practice, by Lave and Wenger, which has also been applied to linguistics by Eckert and McConnell-Ginet, forms the basis of the theoretical framework. The analyses of conversations show that the language practices were confrontational, direct and humorous; characteristics that have strong connections to notions of a masculine conversational style. The pupils were not as aware of interactional patterns as they were of the words they used. Thereby the norms in the community of practice, which were based on notions of masculinity and heterosexuality, were not noticed, and worked as undercurrents in the interaction. The girls participated in the language practices in the same ways as the boys, but contrary to the boys, the girls interpreted the language practices as effects of other things than gender, for example as signs of being independent or daring. They also experienced that adjusting to the expectations of normative middle-class femininity was more oppressive than adjusting to the norms that were negotiated within the community of practice. The conversation analyses also show some of the complexity in teachers’ work and their role as mediators of norms and values. Peer reactions to individual pupil turns in the classroom conversations were of more importance for the development of the conversations than teacher responses. Thus there was usually a homogenization of the expressed perspectives. Norms of heterosexuality were constantly reconstructed in interaction within the community of practice and they controlled the pupils’ understanding of what was perceived as normal or deviant behaviour. Thereby the pupils constrained each other’s school performances in the core subjects and reconstructed a difference between being theoretical and practical, a process that was partly supported by the school as an institution. Generally, the pupils in the community of practice had to balance their identity constructions in relation to the peer group, teacher expectations, and their own ambitions, for which reason learning turned out to be more than just a process of acquiring knowledge.

Online Self-portrayal has been attracting attention since the rise of social networks and their integration into everyday life. Social media have been said to support the idea of an “endlessly constructed self,” transporting culture and shaping people’s online experiences. Research often focused on the if and why when mostly college students portrayed themselves on social networks and in online communities. The aim of this study is to deepen the understanding of how a certain demographic of women uses Facebook and Instagram for self-portrayal and what it means to them. The focus is on interesting but seldom studied personalities: well-educated, urban women in their late 20’s up to their late 30’s that are well integrated into the labor market. A combination of netnographic study and semi-standardized interviews of Facebook and Instagram activities are conducted within the framework of Erwin Goffman’s "representation of the self in everyday life." Results show a high appreciation of Instagram in order to present a curated portrayal of one’s life and a communication through 'likes'. Interestingly, the women, although highly skilled, often successful and living in one of the most appreciated urban centers of the world, occasionally feel pressure and insecurity to live up to the expectations of their networks.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) / ABSTRACT Background: Since British arrival, Aboriginal people have experienced marginalisation and extreme disadvantage within Australian society. Urban-based Aboriginal people, even more than those living in remote communities, have been subject to the impact of racism and discrimination on self-identity. Nonetheless, many urban-based Aboriginal people proudly identify with their Aboriginality. Having long been the subject of others’ research, it is only in recent times that the question of identity has attracted attention in Aboriginal research. Furthermore, few studies have addressed urban Aboriginality from an insider’s perspective. Aim and significance: The main aim of this research was to understand better the process of the construction of Aboriginal identity. Knowing how Aboriginal people see themselves and their future as Aboriginal within the broader Australian community is significant in providing a foundation for both the protection and the preservation of urban-based Aboriginal identity, while helping to create positive practical benefits and minimising the damage to Aboriginal culture that result from collective memory loss. A secondary aim was to test whether tools of narrative analysis could be used within an Indigenous Australian context, utilising Aboriginal Australian English language, and in the context of a specific urban setting. Method: The study used purposeful sampling to recruit 11 individuals from three age cohorts of mixed-descent Aboriginal people living in urban communities on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia. Data were collected through in-depth semi-structured interviews which were tape-recorded and then transcribed in full. Both thematic and narrative methods were employed to analyse the data. Interpretations benefitted from an insider perspective, as the researcher is a member of the community under study. Results: Findings from both methods of analysis show that participants experience their Aboriginality as problematic. Nonetheless, they make strong claims to Aboriginal identity. In making such claims, they link the personal to the social in a variety of ways, drawing on both negative and positive aspects of being part of a marginalised culture to explain the construction of the problem of Aboriginal identity and, as importantly, its on-going resolution through processes of identity construction and re-construction. The Shoalhaven Aboriginal worldview is revealed thorough a thematic analysis of 11 interviews and shows that participants are able to construct positive versions of self when they perceive themselves as living in accordance with the prescribed worldview. Results from case study analyses reveal how four participants distinctly craft the Shoalhaven worldview. The adoption of multi-method qualitative analysis documents the construction of both collective and personal Aboriginal identities and shows how these become core elements of the various strategies for solving the broader problems of Aboriginal identity in contemporary urban Australian society. Conclusion: Understanding the construction of Aboriginal identity from a micro-sociological perspective, with the added benefit of an insider’s analysis, can point the way to the development of more meaningful and appropriate strategies to both address and alleviate the broader problems of Aboriginal marginalisation in Australia. The findings from this research have documented the narrative construction of urban Aboriginal identity revealing the positive and negative aspects of the urban Aboriginal identity concept. A starting point to address the broader problem of Aboriginal marginalisation in Australia is to focus on the positive elements of the urban Aboriginal identity concept, with a view to devise, develop and implement culturally appropriate strategies and policies. The researcher’s life experience, informed by the ontology (collective values and perspectives) of the community, influenced and informed the analysis and results of the study. This shared ontology and community acceptance was integral in the process of developing and maintaining rapport and trust with participants which ultimately shaped the interaction process influencing personal accounts told in the interview.

To get a deeper understanding of mothers own experiences this bachelor thesis will investigate mothers' perceptions of her own motherhood and the characteristics of a good versus a bad mother based on themes of class and femininity , parenthood and identity. This will be examined on the basis of questions about what is a good versus bad mother and how this dichotomisation affect mothers in the role of mother. Through breif interviews in two places with different socioeconomical background the informants, moms with children under 24 months visiting open preschool, expressed their view on motherhood and how to find new knowledge. The results show that mothers obtains knowledge from various forums , depending on the socio-economic status , but that the mothers preferred to discuss with other parents to share experiences and tips.

Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2015. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis explores the attitudes of South African expatriates in the Middle East towards the Afrikaans language. It also examines the reported language behaviour of South Africans when meeting and interacting with fellow South Africans irrespective of what their first language (L1) is. The participants who form part of the study all work in the educational, medical and business sectors in the Middle East. This study is particularly interested in what the language repertoires of South African expatriates are and whether these repertoires form part of how they define themselves as a group and contribute to their identity construction. Whilst Afrikaans has had a contested history within the South African context, and is often viewed as the language of the oppressor, it has undoubtedly also been a first language to some of the “oppressed” and has served a function as lingua franca (McCormick 2006). This thesis therefore focuses specifically on attitudes towards Afrikaans and the use of Afrikaans in linguistic identity construction. This research is informed by literature which views identity not only as complex, contradictory, multivoiced and multifaceted, but also as dynamic and subject to constant negotiation across space and time. The number of South African expatriates around the globe has increased to such an extent that the term “diaspora” (Kotze 2003: 63) has been used on occasion. While there have been some studies done on language repertoires of South African abroad, little is known about the attitudes and ideologies attached to these languages in diasporic contexts. This study uses a multimodal approach in data collection and analysis in an attempt to investigate the multi-semiotic nature of the linguistic identities of the participants. There are 33 participants in this study who are all South African citizens working or living in the Middle East. All participants are bi- and/or multilingual in mainly English and Afrikaans, with some speaking a third or fourth language such as another African indigenous language (for example, Zulu or Xhosa) or an Asian language (such as Urdu). In summary, this study finds that whilst English is clearly regarded as the global language of wider communication, people continue to identify strongly with their languages from “home” or their mother tongues, where these amplify their personal and group identities or are markers of their ethnolinguistic distinctiveness. Data collected in this research points to South African expatriate groupings that prefer communicating in Afrikaans and other indigenous languages outside the borders of South Africa as the languages give them a sense of comfort and belonging. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis ondersoek die houding van Suid-Afrikaners wat in die Midde-Ooste werk of woon, teenoor die Afrikaanse taal. Dit ondersoek verder die raporteerde gedrag van Suid- Afrikaners wanneer hulle mede Suid-Afrikaners teekom of ontmoet, ongeag wat hul moedertaal is. Die deelnemers aan die studie werk almal in die onderrig, mediese- of besigheidsektore in die Midde-Ooste. Die tesis is spesifiek gemik op die taal repertoire van die groep Suid-Afrikaners in die buiteland, met die fokus op die moontlike bydrae tot hoe die groep hulself defineer en selfs ook bydra tot die konstruering van hul identiteite. Alhoewel die geskiedenis van Afrikaans dikwels gekoppel is aan die van ‘die onderdukker’, dien dit sonder twyfel ook as eerste taal vir baie van die ‘onderdruktes’ sowel as die van ‘n lingua franca (McCormick 2006). Die tesis het dus ‘n spesifieke fokus op houding teenoor Afrikaans en die gebruik van Afrikaans in die skepping van taalidentiteite. Die studie gebruik as uitgangspunt literatuur wat ‘identiteit’ as kompleks, teenstellend, veelstemmig en dinamies beskou. Verder word ‘identiteit’ ook beskou as onderworpe aan konstante heronderhandeling in elke spesifieke situasie en konteks. Die getalle Suid-Afrikaners wat dwarsoor die wereld werk of woon het so vermeerder, dat die term ‘diaspora’ nou as beskrywing gebruik word (Kotze 2003: 63). Alhoewel daar al studies gedoen oor die ‘taal repertoire’ van Suid-Afrikaners in die buiteland, is daar min bekend oor die houding en ideologiee wat met die tale in ‘diasporiese’ kontekste gepaard gaan. Die studie probeer vasstel wat die volle taalrepertoire van elke deelnemer is en of die deelnemers hulself deur middel van taal identifiseer. Die studie maak gebruik van ʼn multimodale metode van data insameling en analise in ʼn poging om die multisemiotiese aspekte van die ‘taalidentiteite’ van die deelnemers te ondersoek. Die 33 deelnemers in die studie is almal Suid-Afrikaanse burgers wat in Midde- Ooste werk of woon. Die deelnemers is almal twee of meertalig, meestal in Engels en Afrikaans en sommige praat ‘n derde of vierde taal soos ‘n inheemse Afrika (byvoorbeeld, Zulu of Xhosa) of Asiese taal (soos Urdu). Opsommend vind die navorsing, dat al word Engels as die wereldstaal van wye kommunikasie beskou, mense nog steeds sterk identifiseer met hul ‘huis’ of moedertale wanneer dit hul individuele en groep identiteite beklemtoon, of n merker is van hul etnolinguisitiese andersheid. Data in hierdie navorsingstudie dui ook daarop dat hierdie Suid Afrikaanse groepe verkies om in Afrikaans of ander Suid Afrikaanse inheemse tale te kommunikeer terwyl hulle buite the grense van Suid Afrika woon en werk, want nie net troos dit hulle nie, maar besorg ook ‘n gevoel van erens behoort.

Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2013. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis uses narrative analysis to explore the ways by which consultants seek to improve their perceived trustworthiness in initial client-consultant interactions. It is argued that consultants rely on identity-based trust perceptions by the clients and that this basis for trust can be favourably presented, within certain constraints, through narrative positioning. This narrative positioning, in the service of identity construction, is called identity positioning in the thesis. The thesis is situated in the literature on management consulting aimed at micro-level high-contact client-consultant interactions. These kinds of interactions trade on trust and identity. The various bases for trust are described, namely identity, structural, and dispositional based trust. Amongst these three bases, identity trust is highlighted as the most dominant in the context of clientconsultant interactions, especially in initial interactions where the consultant is unknown to the participants. It is to be expected in initial interactions that there will be a lot of scope for identity construction. A framework is then developed to relate identity construction and trust, which can be used as the basis for narrative positioning analysis. The framework consists of two dimensions along which identities can be positioned: social obligations and relational positioning latitude. It is argued that dispositional trust relates to relational positioning latitude, whereas structural bases of trust relates to social obligations. Identity based trust therefore indicates where the consultant fits within the structural or dispositional bases of trust. It is then shown how context moderates which of the trust bases will be dominant, and how this might manifest in the narrative of the consultant. It provides three general contexts, each leading to the emergence of a particular dominant basis for trustworthiness perceptions by the clients. The particular case analysed in this thesis correlates to a specific contexts within the framework. This context is where the consultant is unknown. The last part of the thesis illustrates the use of the framework and context as it guides the analysis of a particular consultant’s personal narrative during an initial interaction with clients. The analysis is then repeated for the consultant's software product narrative. The structures of the two narratives are then compared to show how the consultant also attempted to extend the identity-based trust to his software product. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis maak gebruik van narratiewe analise om die maniere te verken waarop konsultante die persepsies van hul betroubaarheid probeer verbeter in die aanvang fase van kliënt-konsultant interaksies. Daar word aangevoer dat konsultante staatmaak op identiteit-gebaseerde vertroue persepsies deur die kliënte en dat dié basis van vertroue gunstig aangebied kan word, binne sekere beperkings, deur middel van narratiewe posisionering. Hierdie narratiewe plasing, wat in die diens van die konstruksie van identiteit is, word identiteit posisionering genoem in die tesis. Die tesis is geleë in die literatuur oor bestuurs konsultering met die oogmerk op mikrovlak hoëkontak kliënt-konsultant interaksies. Hierdie soort interaksies handel in vertroue en identiteit. Die verskillende basisse vir vertroue word beskryf, naamlik identiteit, strukturele, en disposisionele gebaseerde vertroue. Onder hierdie drie basisse, word identiteit gebaseerde vertroue as die mees dominante in die konteks van die kliënt-konsultant interaksies uitgelig, veral in die eerste interaksies waar die konsultant onbekend is aan die deelnemers. Dit is verwag, in die aanvangs fase van sulke interaksies, dat daar baie ruimte vir die konstruksie van identiteit is. 'n Raamwerk word dan ontwikkel om die konstruksie van identiteit en vertroue in verband te bring, wat dan kan gebruik word as die basis vir die analise van narratiewe posisionering. Die raamwerk bestaan uit twee dimensies waarlangs identiteite kan geplaas word: sosiale verpligtinge en relasionele posisionering omvang. Daar word aangevoer dat disposisionele vertroue betrekking het tot relasionele posisionering omvang, terwyl die strukturele basis van vertroue verband hou met sosiale verpligtinge. Identiteit gebaseerde vertroue dui dus waar die konsultant pas binne die strukturele of disposisionele basisse van die trust. Daar word dan getoon hoe konteks modereer welke van die vertroue basisse oorheersend sal wees, en hoe hierdie kan manifesteer in die narratief van die konsultant. Dit bied drie algemene kontekste, wat elk lei tot die opkoms van 'n bepaalde dominante basis vir betroubaarheid persepsies deur die kliënte. Die besondere geval geanaliseer in die tesis korreleer met 'n spesifieke kontekste binne die raamwerk. Hierdie konteks is waar die konsultant onbekend is aan die kliënte. Die laaste deel van die tesis illustreer die gebruik van die raamwerk en konteks waar dit die ontleding van 'n spesifieke konsultant se persoonlike narratief tydens 'n aanvanklike interaksie met kliënte lei. Die analise word dan vir die konsultant se sagteware produk narratief herhaal. Die strukture van die twee verhale word dan vergelyk om te wys hoe die konsultant ook probeer het om die identiteit-gebaseerde vertroue uit te brei na sy sagteware produk.

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Believing in collective spaces as places of interaction and creation of all the aspects related to humans and therefore the only possibility of transforming the social reality in which humanity lives, it uses the theoretical subsidies offered by the Social-Discursive Interactionism, the Theory of Communicative Action and the Theory of Complexity in Applied Linguistics. The intersection point between them is a singular human being with endless potential for emancipation, because of the language he uses and his ability to represent the multiple realities that he experiences. Starting out with this point of view, a field research was carried out in a public institution dedicated to professional education. The research was built on the assumptions that language actions materialize representations of confidence that teachers have about the work in the world, their own profession, and the future life and that the students identity formation for the future and work in the world is influenced by experienced trust and shared in the actions of language between them and teachers. Data were collected through questionnaires and interviews with four teachers and eight teenage students from the Technical Course on Building Integrated High School. The proceedings of data analysis (mainly qualitative) derive from the intercrossing of modal marks and representations of the formal worlds, according to Habermas (1987 apud BRONCKART, 2003) and how they suggest the teacher s acts: the communicative or the instrumental one, and then, analyze the students discursive-texts in search of the effects of the teachers actions. The results indicate that only modal marks do not necessarily give a certain kind of acting teacher, and that living with the instrumental and communicative actions allows students to learn how to cope with the complexity of life. / Esse estudo investigou as representações da confiança no futuro e na vida, nos textosdiscursos de professores e alunos, e os possíveis efeitos de sentido na construção da identidade profissional dos alunos, mais especificamente, na forma de verem o mundo, o futuro e a si mesmos nesse mundo. O desenvolvimento acelerado das tecnologias de informação e comunicação tem determinado novas configurações sócio-econômicas e culturais, reproduzindo uma cultura massificante, em que prevalece a lógica da mecanicidade e que fragmenta cada vez mais o ser humano e suas apreensões no mundo, principalmente a sua capacidade de reflexão. Acreditando nos espaços coletivos como locais de interação e de constituição de tudo que diz respeito ao humano e, por isso, única possibilidade de transformação da realidade social em que vive a humanidade, utiliza-se a fundamentação teórica do Interacionismo Sociodiscursivo, bem como da Teoria do Agir Comunicativo e da Teoria da Complexidade na Linguística Aplicada, tendo como ponto de interseção um ser humano singular, com infindável potencial de emancipação, por conta da linguagem que utiliza e da capacidade de representação das múltiplas realidades que vivencia. A partir desse olhar, é realizada pesquisa de campo dentro de uma instituição pública voltada para a educação profissional, partindo dos pressupostos de que as ações de linguagem materializam as representações de confiança que o professor possui com relação ao trabalho no mundo, a sua própria profissão, ao futuro e a vida e de que a formação identitária dos alunos com relação ao futuro e ao trabalho no mundo é influenciada pela confiança vivida e compartilhada nas ações de linguagem entre eles e os professores. Os dados foram coletados através de questionários e entrevistas com quatro professores e oito alunos adolescentes do Curso Técnico em Edificações integrado ao Ensino Médio. O encaminhamento da análise (essencialmente qualitativa) dos dados deriva do entrecruzamento das modalizações e das representações dos mundos, segundo Habermas (1987 apud BRONCKART, 2003) e de como elas indiciam o agir docente: no agir comunicativo ou no agir instrumental, para, a partir daí, analisar os textos-discursos dos alunos em busca dos efeitos do agir do professor. Os resultados indicam que somente a identificação das modalizações não indicia, obrigatoriamente, um determinado tipo de agir do professor, e que a convivência com o agir comunicativo e o instrumental possibilita aos alunos aprenderem a lidar com a complexidade da vida.

Le Temple Guaracy de Paris fait partie d’une maison d’umbanda internationale présente au Brésil et dans plusieurs pays d’Europe et d’Amérique. Tout en s’inspirant de l’umbanda, une religion afro-brésilienne centrée sur le culte d’entités spirituelles et de divinités associées à la nature ainsi que sur la médiumnité, le Temple s’inscrit dans l’univers plus large des spiritualités contemporaines et propose à ses adeptes, en France comme ailleurs, un parcours dit de « développement spirituel ». Cette thèse porte sur les mécanismes de construction identitaire à l’œuvre dans ces pratiques et qui permettent aux adeptes du Temple de se définir comme étant « spirituels ». La description détaillée et l’analyse formelle des activités rituelles du groupe visent à circonscrire les soubassements pragmatiques qui soutiennent la construction de la figure de l’adepte et du médium dans ce contexte. Elles montrent ainsi que la pratique généralisée de la médiumnité consiste dans ce cas à révéler les participants à eux-mêmes sous un autre regard, qui est celui d’entités spirituelles dotées de la capacité de déceler la « véritable nature » des êtres humains. La production, par ce biais, d’un soi spirituel passe par des glissements relationnels subtils entre participants, opérés au sein d’un dispositif rituel finement régulé qui fait émerger des individus ambigus et « extraordinaires », humains et entités à la fois. Il s’avère que le sens de soi ainsi produit habilite les participants à apprécier et à créer d’autres pratiques similaires qui, toutes, s’inscrivent dans l’univers des spiritualités contemporaines et du New Age. / The Temple Guaracy de Paris is part of an international Umbanda shrine house located in Brazil and also established in several European and North American countries. In order to offer participants a “spiritual development”, in France and its other locales, the Temple draws on the mediumistic practice of Umbanda, an Afro-Brazilian religion focused on the worship of spiritual entities and divinities related to nature, in the elaboration of its ceremonial activities. The Temple is thus part of the wider universe of contemporary spiritual practices. This thesis studies the ritual mechanisms that bestow participants a special identity which allows them to define themselves as “being spiritual”. The detailed description and the formal analysis of the group’s ritual practices aim to define the pragmatic foundations of the identity processes at work in this context. They show that mediumistic practice consists of revealing the participants to themselves and to others in a new perspective which is that of the spiritual entities invoked in ritual, endowed with the capability to unveil the “real nature” of human beings. The making of a spiritual self by this means depends on complex relational shifts generated by a subtly regulated ritual device which produces ambiguous and “extraordinary” persons who are both humans and entities. The spiritual sense of self produced in this way enables participants to engage in and to create analogous practices that make up the universe of contemporary spirituality.

Submitted by Noeme Timbo (noeme.timbo@metodista.br) on 2017-01-18T19:18:30Z No. of bitstreams: 1 AlexandreTome.pdf: 595289 bytes, checksum: f01fe9deacae100874ef01919390f12c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-18T19:18:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AlexandreTome.pdf: 595289 bytes, checksum: f01fe9deacae100874ef01919390f12c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-08-26 / This study aims to understand the importance of the elements of organizational culture and how each contributes to the process of individual identity formation, in this specific case, the bank manager, the leader of a team. This work had its theoretical basis rooted in the concepts of organizational culture, and in the formation and identity construction process, relative to its formation, construction and demonstration. From its theoretical relevance, this paper intends to bring to the academic community significant contributions about organizational culture and identity construction studies. It was chosen the qualitative-exploratory research approach for the elaboration of this work. The study instrument used in this research was script based semi structured interview. From the data obtained through interviews with seven bank managers of the State of São Paulo properly guided and supported by theoretical support, based on the following categories: Managers identity profiles, Organizational identification, the Teamwork and identity formation. Based on this effort, it was noticed the manager’s need to take a commercial identity for himself, and the finding that after becoming managers, the discretion and the responsibility and the discipline were some of the aspects that had a bigger impact on their lives. Another important result was the possibility of characterizing the forming elements of professional identity from the organizational culture elements relative to its influence in the exercise in the management activities, as in the norms, rules, values, rites, rituals and ceremonies, and lastly, the evidence of the importance of organizational culture on the formation of identity in the manager’s performance. / O objetivo deste estudo visa compreender a importância da manifestação dos elementos da cultura organizacional e de que forma cada um deles contribui para o processo da formação da identidade do indivíduo, no caso específico, o gerente bancário, o líder de uma equipe. Esta averiguação teve sua fundamentação teórica alicerçada nos conceitos em torno da cultura organizacional, e no processo da formação e construção identitária, quanto a sua formação, construção e manifestação. A partir de sua relevância teórica, o estudo procura trazer para a comunidade acadêmica, contribuições significativas a respeito de estudos realizados sobre cultura organizacional e construção identitária. Para a elaboração deste trabalho optou-se pela abordagem da pesquisa qualitativa, tipo de estudo exploratório. O instrumento de investigação utilizado neste estudo foi entrevista semiestruturada baseada em roteiro. Mediante os dados obtidos com as entrevistas de sete gerentes bancários do estado de São Paulo, devidamente norteadas e respaldadas pelo aporte teórico, assumindo por base as seguintes categorias: Perfil identitário dos gerentes, Identificação organizacional, e o Trabalho em equipe e a formação da identidade. Com base neste esforço constatou-se a necessidade de o gerente adotar uma identidade comercial, identificar que após se tornarem gerentes, a discrição, responsabilidade e a disciplina foram uns dos aspectos que tiveram maior impacto em suas vidas. Outro resultado importante foi a possibilidade da caracterização dos elementos formadores da identidade profissional, a partir dos elementos da cultura organizacional quanto à sua influência no exercício das atividades de gerência como no caso as normas, regras, valores, ritos, rituais e cerimônias, e por fim, a comprovação da importância da cultura organizacional sobre a formação da identidade na atuação do gerente.