CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / Nesta pesquisa, MemÃrias e HistÃrias de Quilombos no Cearà analisamos inicialmente as condiÃÃes de entrar nos espaÃos quilombolas de maneira Ãntima, isto foi possÃvel a partir da valorizaÃÃo da empiria, assim conseguimos entrar nos territÃrios podendo contar com o patrimÃnio cultural e as subjetividades. Utilizando os objetos-instrumentos da memÃria, oralidade e fotografia no campo especÃfico das comunidades remanescentes de quilombos do Minador, Bom Sucesso e Cumbe, fomos descobrindo especificidades e ousamos penetrar em fatores que sÃo silenciados ou negados na historiografia cearense, vimos o quanto isto tem custado aos atores histÃrico-sociais afrodescendentes no CearÃ. Estes merecem e devem a partir de seus prÃprios olhares contar suas histÃrias. à importante conhecer sobre o que eles prÃprios teorizam, sobre o que significam as remanescÃncias e reminiscÃncias quilombolas, e como estes atores histÃrico sociais se encontram nos diversos contextos que os inclui ou, poderÃamos dizer, exclui. Negro no Cearà nÃo à sinÃnimo de descendente de ex-escravizados. A essÃncia da idÃia da escravizaÃÃo perdura nas peles dos pretos e pardos cearenses trazendo sÃrios prejuÃzos na vida cotidiana destes. Hà necessidade de uma revisÃo de pontos e lacunas na historiografia cearense a fim de que a exclusÃo histÃrica dos negros no Cearà perca seu espaÃo nos registros historiogrÃficos. Os estudos realizados nestas trÃs comunidades remanescentes de quilombos evidenciam pontos e lacunas que negam, ou marginalizam os pretos e pardos em sua relevÃncia no processo histÃrico da construÃÃo deste estado. A necessidade de incluir estes atores de forma responsÃvel e com justiÃa histÃrica e social à visÃvel para quem nÃo fechar os olhos para o social, o econÃmico e o cultural cearenses. / In this research, Memories and stories of quilombos in CearÃ, we first analyze the means to enter the quilombo areas in an intimate manner, which was possible due to the value given to empiric data. Therefore, it was possible to enter the territories and to rely on the cultural heritage and the subjectivities. In order to achieve that goal, we specifically used memories, talks, and photographs as tools in the remaining quilombo communities in Minador, Bom Sucesso and Cumbe. We managed to unearth specificities and we were challenged to gain access to factors which are silenced or denied in Cearà historiography, and were thus able to witness the disturbing impact for the social-historical African descendants in CearÃ. These actors deserve to and must give a detailed account of their stories from their own perspective. It is important to acknowledge their own theories about what is the meaning of the quilombo remains and reminiscences and how these social historical actors gather in the various contexts where they are included or, if we may say, excluded. Although being a negro in Cearà is not synonymous with being a descendant of an ex-slave, the essence of the idea of slavery remains in the skin of the Blacks and Pardos from that state, which brings serious harm to their quotidian life. There is a necessity to revisit the points of view and the gaps in the historiography of Cearà in order for the historical exclusion of the Blacks to lose their space in the historiography records. The studies conducted in these three remaining quilombo communities highlight points of view and gaps which deny or marginalize the Blacks and Pardos in their relevance in constructing the historical process of this state. The need to include Blacks and Pardos in a responsible manner and with social and historical justice is visible for those who do not intend to close their eyes to the social, economic and cultural way of life in CearÃ.

A presente dissertação tem como objetivo geral propiciar uma reflexão sobre as mudanças na educação a partir do olhar de profissionais especializados da Rede Municipal de Ensino de São Paulo que atuaram na inclusão de alunos com surdocegueira. Os objetivos específicos eram: pontuar elementos das histórias de vida das colaboradoras que participaram da pesquisa e sobre a sua atuação profissional, principal-mente na EMEBS; problematizar as escolhas e ações durante o exercício de sua profissão, visando com-preender seu olhar sobre o objetivo da educação; analisar os relatos dessas profissionais sobre as mu-danças metodológicas, buscando reunir informações sobre esse processo. As questões que nortearam o estudo foram: Como se deu a chegada de alunos com surdocegueira nessas unidades? O que essa che-gada causa nos professores especialistas? Como compreender a educação especial em uma perspectiva inclusiva, frente a uma escola bilíngue para Surdos? Qual o papel dos profissionais envolvidos nesse processo e qual a relevância de um espaço especializado? Optou-se pela abordagem qualitativa e as fontes primárias para a realização da pesquisa foram as histórias de vida de quatro colaboradoras, todas mulheres, todas da mesma unidade educacional. A coleta foi feita por meio de entrevistas orais e os critérios utilizados para a escolha das participantes foram: profissionais que atuassem ou tivessem atu-ado nas EMEBS; que soubessem Libras; que tivessem atuado direta ou indiretamente na inclusão de alunos com surdocegueira nessas unidades; e que tivessem interesse em contribuir, voluntariamente, com o estudo. Após da realização das entrevistas, todo o material em áudio foi transcrito, mas apenas parte das informações foram utilizadas em uma discussão que teve como base teórica as obras de Arendt, Adorno e Horkheimer. Foi possível propor e aprofundar algumas reflexões sobre a educação a partir da inclusão de alunos com surdocegueira. Pudemos constatar que a chegada desses alunos provocou, em um primeiro momento, resistência por parte de alguns profissionais. Entretanto, ações coletivas garan-tiram a entrada e a permanência desses alunos, com qualidade, na rede municipal de ensino. As reflexões seguiram duas categorias de análise: a concepção de educação dessas profissionais especializadas e a questão de como a ideia de normalidade comparece na EMEBS. Foi possível propor palavras-síntese para representar o olhar dessas educadoras: direito, acolhimento, respeito e responsabilidade. A soma desses diferentes olhares propiciou a inclusão, libertando esta palavra de sua origem etimológica, que remete à ideia de clausura. A reestruturação das EMEBS, a opção pelo exercício da profissão na rede pública e as experiências passadas dessas educadoras, favoreceram o estabelecimento de um repertório que permitiu a formulação de respostas novas. Foi possível perceber que a EMEBS é um lugar que tem estabelecido teias de relações, não apenas com outros profissionais da rede municipal de ensino, como também com pessoas da Comunidade Surda e pessoas com surdocegueira adultas, constituindo-se como um espaço bicultural. Essa reflexão passou a apresentar-se como chave para a compreensão da perspec-tiva inclusiva. Este trabalho também buscou registrar uma versão que se afasta do discurso do fracasso da educação pública / The general objective of the present dissertation is to propitiate a reflection on the changes in education from the view of specialized professionals who took part in the process of the inclusion of students with deafblindness in the municipal education network of São Paulo. Its specific goals are to point out the cooperators life history and their professional performance, especially in the EMEBS (Municipal School of Bilingual Education for the Deaf); question their choices and actions as professionals, in order to comprehend how they understand education; analyze their stories on the methodological changes, trying to gather information about this process. The guiding questions of this study were: How do the students with deafblindness get to these educational units? What do their arrival cause in the specialized profes-sionals? How can we understand the special education in an inclusive perspective, facing a bilingual school for the Deaf? What is the involved professionals role and whats the importance of a specialized space? Weve chosen the qualitative approach and the primary sources for the execution of the research were the life histories of four cooperators, all women, all from the same educational unit. The collection was done through oral interviews and the criteria for the selection of the participants were: professionals who work or had worked in the EMEBS; who knew Libras; who had worked directly or indirectly in the inclusion of students with deafblindness in these units; and who had the interest to contribute, vol-untarily, with this study. After recording the interviews, all the audio material was transcribed, but only part of the information was used in a discussion that had as a theoretical basis the studies of Arendt, Adorno and Horkheimer. It was possible to propose and to deepen some of the ideas related to the education from the inclusion of students with deafblindness. We could ascertain that the arrival of these students caused, in a first moment, resistance of some of the professionals. However, collective actions guaranteed the entrance and the permanence of these students, with quality, in the municipal education network. The reflections followed two categories of analyses: the notion of education of the specialized professionals and the question of how the idea of normality is present in the EMEBS. It was possible to propose some synthesis-words to represent the point of view of these educators: right, welcoming, respect and responsibility. The sum of these different views fostered the inclusion, making this word get free from its etymological origin, that refers to the idea of enclosure. In the very structure of the EMEBS, the option to work as a professional in the public schools, and the past experiences of these educators, promoted the establishment of a repertoire that enabled the shaping of new answers. With the reflections, it was possible to comprehend that the EMEBS are places where a web of relations are being settled, not only with other professionals of the municipal education network, but also with adult people from the Deaf Community and adult persons with deafblindness, arising as a bicultural space. These thoughts became a key for the comprehension of the inclusive perspective. This research aimed to register a version that gets apart from the failure discourse of public education

Magister Educationis - MEd / This study endeavoured to gauge the impact of globalization on the intergenerational diffusion of oral literature and its pedagogic role in Namibia. The study also sought to highlight the contribution of oral literature and its pedagogic value in addressing the aims and objectives of the Namibian education system in regard to the training of learners to acquire the skills, knowledge, attitudes and values needed for them to become effective and valuable members of society. The theoretical framework that underpins the study, the functionalist approach, foregrounds the functional values of social systems and structures. Oral heritage is seen as having various societal functions, pre-eminently that of moulding, educating and shaping young people to be functional members of the society (Finnegan, 1970). The aims of this study were pursued through a case study of two educational contexts in the Zambezi (formerly Caprivi) region of north-east Namibia. The inquiry in the formal educational setting was done in four schools, while that into the non-formal educational setting took place in four rural villages. The latter were crucial in the study in that they were home to research subjects who possessed valuable insights into the pedagogic role of oral literature as a form of community based education. The four schools were purposefully selected for offering Silozi, a lingua franca in Zambezi region, as a first language subject

Magister Artium - MA / This thesis is a critical study of a conservation project on restoration of a Stone Wall at Bluestone Quarry on Robben Island, a world heritage site. The Stone Wall was built by the ex-political prisoners, in the early 1960s, as part of their hard labour. The thesis mainly focuses on the contestations that arose during the twelve year period of the project (2002 to 2014) among the stakeholders that included the ex-political prisoners, the environmentalists, the heritage managers and South African Heritage Resource Agency. Central to this study was the question, when a restoration project of a significant heritage site is informed by oral history and memories how are the concerns of diverse range of interest groups addressed and resolved? The thesis is grounded in the theoretical frameworks of sites of memory, heritage and conservation. The study involved both archival research and oral history as its research methodologies. The thesis shows that during the restoration project of the Stone Wall, the proposed designs had impacts on authenticity and biodiversity of the site. The various stakeholders that were involved debated and sought ways to influence decisions in resolving these impacts. Where necessary compromises were made. The thesis argues that during the project, oral history and memory work, and by extension the ex-political prisoners, had a significant role in influencing some of the important decisions. Among other things, the thesis seeks to provide a critical understanding of issues of heritage and conservation management on sites that are of cultural/historical significance.

This thesis focuses on phenomenon "ostalgie" in current society in Czech Republic. I will analyze the attitude of contemporary witnesses to the period of sixties in 20th century in Czechoslovakia and try to clarify whether their potential nostalgic feelings are based on rational facts (better standard of living, working conditions, social security etc.) or whether they are caused by subjective perception of the past in connection with aging. In the first part of my thesis I will explain the ways how this "ostalgie" occurs in life of former GDR citizens. Then I will transfer those individual aspects to the environment of Czech society and analyze them in more detailed way. The thesis will be based on unpublished sources, followed by monographs and special studies of Czech, German and English origin, by use of the methods of oral history, social history and the history of everyday life.

This intrinsic case study documents a community-based history expedition implemented as a project-based, voluntary, out-of-school history activity. The expedition's development was informed by the National Education Association's concept of the intensive study of history, its structure by the history seminary, and its spirit by Webb's account of seminar as history expedition. Specific study objectives included documentation of the planning, implementation, operation, and outcomes of the expedition, as well as the viability of the history expedition as a vehicle for engaging teenagers in the practice of history. Finally, the study examined whether a history expedition might serve as a curriculum of identity. Constructivist philosophy and situated learning theory grounded the analysis and interpretation of the study. Undertaken in North Central Texas, the study followed the experiences of six teenagers engaged as historians who were given one year to research and write a historical monograph. The monograph concerned the last horse cavalry regiment deployed overseas as a mounted combat unit by the U.S. Army during World War II. The study yielded qualitative data in the form of researcher observations, participant interviews, artifacts of participant writing, and participant speeches. In addition, the study includes evaluations of the historical monograph by subject matter experts. The data indicate that participants and audience describe the history expedition as a highly motivational experience which empowered participants to think critically, write historically, and create an original product valuable to the regiment's veterans, the veterans' families, the State of Texas, and military historians. The study supports the contention of the National Education Association that the intensive study of history can be beneficial both to expedition participants and to their community. The assertion that engaging teenagers as researchers within a discipline serves as a curriculum of identity was supported in the study as well. The study underscored the importance of oral history as a gateway for learning about modern history.

The aim of this thesis is to develop a theoretical framework that could account for the problems arising in the translation of oral history interviews. While focusing on literary, economic and technical texts, Translation Studies has neglected the examination of Oral History. In order to fill in this major lacuna in the research literature, I ask two fundamental questions: Which are the linguistic problems and challenges (if any) of such texts in translation? How do these translated oral history interviews articulate the communist experience? I do so to call attention to the mutual benefits that can be gained from such an intersectional approach. To instantiate the case, I translate from Romanian into English transcribed interviews given by three categories of people: those involved in the anti-communist armed resistance in the Carpathian Mountains (extracted from the book Memorialul Durerii: Întuneric şi Lumină, by Lucia Hossu-Longin), political prisoners (Supravieţuitorii: Mărturii din temniţele comuniste ale României, by Raul and Anca Ştef) and King Michael I of Romania (Convorbiri cu Mihai I al României, by Mircea Ciobanu). Importing Portelli’s theoretical framework from the field of Oral History allows me to identify the features of historical interviews (orality, narrative, subjectivity, performativity) and account for their difficulties in translation. However, since the Italian researcher negates the orality of transcribed interviews, I manage to solve this problem by proposing the term ‘fictive orality’ (Koch&Osterreicher) and the triad ‘vividness (repetitions/imagery), immediacy (direct speech), fragmentation (ambiguity/ellipsis)’. Defining thus the orality of my written data, I map out the translational problematics of oral testimonies on communism and contend that fragmentation presents the most difficult challenges in translation. Additionally, my results point at the copious use of repetitions, visual/kinaesthetic/organic images, and direct speech. The findings also confirm the effectiveness of a literal translation given the emphatic role acquired by the linguistic strategies previously mentioned. Conclusively, recommendations are made for proximity to the source text as the translational processs assumes the form of a ‘dialogue’ that the translator has to establish with the original, so that he/she could hear all the participants talking. Hence, I rely on foreignization as an over-arching method, demonstrating its compatibility with Oral History on communism. On the one hand, this strategy captures the cognitive and emotive dimensions of the interviewees’ language of suffering and trauma. On the other hand, it preserves the foreignness of the original, by bringing into focus the distinctively Romanian communist experiences. / Doctorat en Langues, lettres et traductologie / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

This thesis is about the now vanished mining village Dennewitz. The focus of the paper is to examine the memories that previous residents have from the village. This has been done with the help of three semi-structured interviews. Previous descriptions from Dennewitz have also been used to broader the empirical evidence. The result has then been analyzed using the thesis theoretical frame of reference place identity. Several interesting aspects of the resident’s memories have been discovered. The inhabitants have a positive image of their years in Dennewitz. The place is described as an idyll for several of the inhabitants. Similar narratives about the place have been found with the residents. A common theme from the place that has been highlighted is a sense of community among the residents. The village was strongly influenced by the power relationship with the mine and the mining company. Both in negative and positive aspects. The inhabitants feel a sorrow about the fact that Dennewitz no longer exists. It has also been found that there is a strong connection between Malmberget and Dennewitz among interviewees. They see similarities with Dennewitz and the current situation in Malmberget.

This essay is about the children who came from Finland to the province of Norrbotten in northern Sweden during World War II, how local communities came to help Finnish warchildren and the experiences of Finnish war-children in northern Sweden during the latter part of the twentieth century. This will be investigated by the help of the social affinity theory, that comes with solidarity with people and places experienced as “close”. The social affinity theory helps explaining why Sweden was inclined to help Finland during World War II. The essay includes three interviews, two with war children, and one with a child of a war child that came to stay in Sweden after the war.

Making extensive use of oral interviews with the surviving children, this thesis is an biography of Oscar and Emma Swett and their children, who lived on a homestead in Greendale, Utah, (near Flaming Gorge Reservoir) from 1909 to 1970. The family is representative of a group of families who moved to Greendale and engaged in small-scale cattle ranching. The introduction of new technology changed their lifestyles and homestead economics, while simultaneously Greendale evolved from a rural agricultural environment to become part of a National Recreation Area.