A interpretação musical, enquanto campo de pesquisa, trava ainda importantes embates em torno da epistemologia. A sua auto-compreensão alterna-se entre posturas subjetivas e normatividades estanques, deixando em estado latente os pressupostos históricos que validam as possibilidades interpretativas. Como a hermenêutica estuda as condições de validade da interpretação, propusemo-nos apresentar uma formulação da interpretação musical baseada nessa vertente filosófica tal qual é elaborada por Hans-Georg Gadamer. A consciência hermeneuticamente formada propõe uma sistematização que visa tanto à obra quanto ao intérprete, no potencial de crítica e superação dos limites normativos que a discussão de sua estrutura prévia de compreensão permite. Dois estudos de caso exemplificam o ganho interpretativo que a abordagem hermenêutica oferece: um manual técnico de Andrés Segovia e uma obra de Domenico Scarlatti, transcrita para violão por Sérgio Abreu / Performance, as research field, takes an argumentation about epistemology. Its self-comprehension changes from a subjectivity to fixed normativities, letting hidden the historic pre-supositions that makes valid the statements of validly. Since hermeneutics, in the proposition of Hans-Georg Gadamer, studies the conditions of validly of interpretation, we propose think musical interpretation based on this philosophical approach. The conscience hermeneutically formed makes systematic study of the interpreter as well as the work, in the potential critics and overwhelming of the normativity limits that the discussion about the previous structure of comprehension allows. Two cases give the examples of the interpretative gain of hermeneutic offers: a manual of technics by Andrés Segovia, and a Domenico Scarlatti\'s work transcribed for guitar by Sérgio Abreu.

Submitted by Rosivalda Pereira (mrs.pereira@ufma.br) on 2017-05-22T19:15:23Z No. of bitstreams: 1 ValeriaChristineMatos.pdf: 598204 bytes, checksum: b7111db623c0fe704380805332854a68 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-22T19:15:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ValeriaChristineMatos.pdf: 598204 bytes, checksum: b7111db623c0fe704380805332854a68 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-04-08 / This research proposes to investigate the philosophical hermeneutic understanding of health and disease phenomena as opposed to biological medical perspective; thereby identifying contributions of philosophical hermeneutic perspective to the practice of health psychologist. Psychological operations in hospital, today, has required an understanding of healthcare phenomena beyond the physical, biological aspects of the human being as focused on a guided activity in biological medical parameters, covering issues related to existential subjects from a perspective that points for the totality of being. In this sense, philosophical hermeneutics proposed by Hans-Georg Gadamer develops a criticism of the notion of modern scientific knowledge in its methodological primacy of reaching experiences of truths, and in opposition articulates a new paradigm for understanding human phenomena, namely the ontological-hermeneutic. Besides Truth and Method, the research takes as hermeneutic foundation of reference collection of texts entitled The hidden nature of health, in which Gadamer discusses the phenomena of health and disease in a hermeneutic-existential and historical perspective, confronting so to set up from the medical-biological model in a reductionist perspective. To achieve the stated objectives, is taken as a starting point the psychological know-how in hospital context. Subsequently, it presents a characterization and criticism of the biological medical model, highlighting the scientific rationality while support this paradigm. It emphasizes the contributions of gadameriano thought for the health field, trying to think these thoughts in proximity to the practice of health psychologist. It is understood that is between paradoxes and challenges for a doing that can accommodate the human subjectivity is that the psychologist must understand health phenomena and illness in a different perspective, extending the look and discussion on this topic by checking with its practice a place specific, peculiar because of their training focusing on the human phenomenon, considering the existential of subject’s ill. / A presente pesquisa propõe-se a investigar a compreensão hermenêutico-filosófica dos fenômenos da saúde e doença como contraponto à perspectiva médico-biológica, bem como identificar contribuições na perspectiva hermenêutico-filosófica para a prática do psicólogo hospitalar. A atuação psicológica em ambiente hospitalar, na atualidade, tem requerido uma compreensão dos fenômenos do campo da saúde para além dos aspectos físicos, biológicos do ser humano, tão enfocados numa atuação pautada nos parâmetros biomédicos, abarcando questões relativas à existencialidade dos sujeitos numa perspectiva que aponte para a totalidade do ser. Nesse sentido, a hermenêutica filosófica fundada pelo filósofo Hans-Georg Gadamer estabelece uma compreensão dos fenômenos humanos num contraponto ao cientificismo. Em Verdade e método, Gadamer repensa o problema da compreensão e dirige uma crítica à racionalidade científica moderna. Em sua coletânea de textos intitulada O caráter oculto da saúde, Gadamer faz uma reflexão sobre os fenômenos da saúde e doença numa perspectiva humana, histórica, em contraponto a concepção médico-biológico com enfoque na perspectiva biológica, e desta forma, reducionista. Para o alcance dos objetivos estabelecidos, pretende-se estabelecer uma caracterização e crítica ao modelo médico-biológico, numa análise hermenêutico-comparativa do conceito de saúde-doença, buscando uma melhor compreensão destes fenômenos para uma orientação das ações do psicólogo hospitalar em sua prática profissional. Entende-se que é nesse espaço de enorme complexidade, entre paradoxos e desafios para um fazer que possa acolher a subjetividade humana, que o psicólogo precisa compreender os fenômenos de saúde e doença numa perspectiva diferenciada, ampliando o olhar e a discussão sobre esse tema, marcando com sua prática um lugar específico, peculiar, em decorrência de sua formação com enfoque sobre o fenômeno humano, considerando a existencialidade do sujeito adoecido.

A dissertação problematiza e investiga o papel da canção no panorama brasileiro, cotejando as matrizes indígenas (Jecupé, 1998 e 2001) e afrodescendentes (Hampate-Ba, 2010), como forma de contribuir para um re-encantamento das relações e das jornadas pessoais de autoformação frente ao capitalismo massificador, ao racionalismo instrumental e os limites aristotélicocartesianos da herança escolar. Baseado numa perspectiva mitohermeneutica (Ferreira-Santos & Almeida, 2012), desenvolve reflexões lastreadas nos fenomenólogos da existência (Merleau- Ponty e Gaston Bachelard), além das contribuições básicas no estudo da forma canção em Tatit (2002 e 2004), Jorge (1998) e Wisnik (1989). Dessa forma, uma possível resposta frente ao desolamento das instituições burocráticas, e em especial, na escola; seja precisamente um processo de re-encantamento que proprie o início das jornadas das pessoas (aprendizes e professores, comunidade e gestores) pelo viés da autoformação através do acalanto. / The dissertation discusses and investigates the role of song in the Brazilian landscape, comparing indigenous arrays (Jecupé, 1998 and 2001) and African descent (Hampaté-Ba, 2010), in order to contribute to a re-enchantment of relations and personal journeys self-formation against the massificador capitalism, instrumental rationality and the Aristotelian-Cartesian limits of school heritage. Based on myth-hermeneutical perspective (Ferreira-Santos & Almeida, 2012), develops reflections backed the phenomenologists of existence (Merleau-Ponty and Gaston Bachelard), beyond the basic contributions in the form-song study Tatit (2002 and 2004), Jorge (1998 ) and Wisnik (1989). Thus, one possible response facing the desolation of bureaucratic institutions, and in particular in schools; is precisely a process of re-enchantment that proprie the start of journeys people (learners and teachers, community and managers) the bias of self-training through the lullaby.

abstract: The emergence of social media in concert with improved camera and cell phone technologies has helped usher in an age of unprecedented visual communication which has radically changed the tourism industry worldwide. Serving as an important pillar of tourism and leisure studies, the concept of the tourist gaze has been left relatively unexamined within the context of this new visual world and more specifically image based social media. This phenomenological inquiry sought to explore how image based social media impacts the concept of the tourist gaze and furthermore to discover how the democratization of the gaze in concert with specific features of image based social media applications impacts the hermeneutic circle of the tourist gaze. This in-depth analysis of the user experience within the context of travel consisted of 19 semi-structured photo elicitation interviews and incorporated 57 participant generated photos. Six salient themes emerged from the study of this phenomenon; 1) sphere of influence, 2) exchange of information, 3) connections manifested, 4) impression management and content curation, 5) replicated travel photography, and 6) expectations. Analysis of these themes in conjunction with examples from the lived user experience demonstrate that the tourist gaze is being accelerated and expanded by image based social media in a rapid manner. Furthermore, democratization of the gaze as enabled by technological developments and specialized social media platforms is actively shifting the power role away from a small number of mass media influencers towards a larger number of branded individuals and social media influencers. Results of this inquiry support the theoretical assertions that the tourist gaze adapts to social and technological developments and demonstrates that the concept of the tourist gaze is increasingly important within tourism studies. Practical implications regarding the prevalence of real-time information, site visitation, and “taking only pictures” as sustainable touristic behavior are discussed. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Community Resources and Development 2019

Knowledge of genetic predisposition to future illness and disability creates uncertainties that shape and influence life decisions about reproduction, career, health behavior, and the need for care. Current research has not yet identified the meaning of the experience of feeling uncertain among intimate partners of persons who have received genetic information pertaining to future health status. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to understand the meaning of uncertainty as a lived experienced among intimate partners of persons who have tested positive for a mutation in the gene causing Huntington disease (HD) but have not yet been clinically diagnosed with HD. The specific aims were to create a rich, vivid description of uncertainty as experienced by this population and to present these findings within an existential phenomenological perspective. Using van Manen's hermeneutic-phenomenological methodology, experiential descriptions from 10 intimate partners of persons in the prodromal phase of HD were obtained. Thematic aspects of the lived experience of uncertainty were uncovered and isolated; essential themes were determined; and linguistic transformations were composed. The analysis revealed four essential themes, indicating that the meaning of the lived experience of uncertainty was 1) an intangible reality characterized by 2) anticipating with ebbing and flowing disquietude while feeling 3) a weighty pull to dwell upon, towards inner turmoil and 4) a subdued presence with freeing possibilities. The implications of these findings are that nurses need to ensure adequate opportunity is created in which the meaning of the lived experience of uncertainty can be ascertained and explored among persons who are on the cusp of the inevitable but not yet graspable. Continued research is needed to further address the implications of being situated in this potentially fracturing phase of the disease trajectory and to determine appropriate interventions.

The New Zealand education system has undergone some two decades of substantial reform. There can be little doubt that this has brought significant change to the nature of what is expected of people occupying positions of leadership in schools and educational institutions (Ball, 2007; Bottery, 2004; Codd, 2005). Against this contextual backdrop, and in the researcher’s experience as a teacher and former holder of a position of leadership, there is an observable phenomenon of educational leaders stepping aside from position and yet continuing to work as teachers within the same workplace. Despite claims of a leadership ‘crisis’, and international acknowledgement of concern over the retention of educational leaders (Brooking, 2007; Brundrett & Rhodes, 2006; Fullan, 2005), the human experience of this phenomenon appears unrepresented in current research literature. The present study has sought to capture this experience through addressing the central research question “What is the lived experience of the voluntary relinquishing of the position of leader, yet choosing to remain within the same educational workplace?” In order to gather rich qualitative data, a descriptive multiple case study design was employed. In-depth unstructured interviews were carried out with eight educational leaders who had relinquished position within the contexts of New Zealand State Secondary Schools and Private Training Establishments, and chosen to continue working in these same contexts. The subsequent analysis drew on the tradition of hermeneutic interpretation (van Manen, 1990) to arrive at interpretations of the uniqueness of individual experiences, and offer understandings of the shared meanings of the experience in the form of essential themes. The key findings which emerged in this study were those of a sense of the ‘a-lone-ness’ of leadership, the ‘ready-suddenness’ of the decision to step aside, a seeking of ‘balance’ in the relinquishing of position, a powerful sense of ‘re-turning’ to the call of teaching, and varying degrees of ‘ease’ and ‘dis-ease’ in the experience of ‘letting go and holding on’ following positional relinquishment. These findings serve to extend aspects of those of earlier leadership and role exit studies, and offer previously undocumented understandings. Thus, a major contribution of this study is in the bringing-to-voice of the stories of those who step aside from leadership position yet remain in the workplace, and in the opening of avenues for further research.

The topic of my research is the lived experiences of eight psychotherapists and counsellors who consciously work with unusual phenomena as it arises in the therapeutic encounter. Unusual phenomena in this thesis refers to felt experiences which are considered to be beyond the everyday in the Cartesian paradigm and are often referred to as spiritual and/or mystical phenomena. Exploring these phenomena brings to light the potentialities in the vastness of consciousness which is considered to be an integral aspect of human existence in the thesis. I chose Heidegger’s hermeneutic phenomenological methodology for the research because it gives credence to the many and varied possibilities and potentialities both in particular lived experiences and in human existence as a whole. Van Manen’s lived existential provides the framework in which the participants’ experiences are explored. What emerged from the research is that unusual phenomena are not unusual for the participants. Although such phenomena are less visible and therefore less familiar in the everyday world, they are recognizable through their consistent presentation. This includes the participants having a powerful sense of ‘knowing’ which is all-encompassing and is beyond familiar landmarks such as the linear models of time and space. The participants bring their ‘knowing’ into the everyday world through embodiment and through their acknowledgment of the interconnectedness of existence. The expression of interconnectedness is experienced by the participants as lovingness, from which the ability for immediate healing in their therapeutic work becomes apparent. The participants’ accounts show a capacity for accessing the subtleties of human existence which emerge in the phenomenological process as the forgotten feminine of consciousness. The feminine of consciousness is a term used to describe a fundamental state of ‘being’ in contrast to the everyday masculine principle of ‘doing’. The research has implications for psychotherapy and counselling as it illuminates the need for a holistic approach which acknowledges the multidimensionality of human existence.

This study explores the phenomenon of dilemma in paediatric practice. Using a hermeneutic phenomenological method informed by the writings of Heidegger [1889-1976] and Gadamer [1900 -2002] this study provides an understanding of the meaning of ‘being in dilemma’ from the perspective of predominantly paediatric health care professionals but also families in New Zealand. Study participants include four families who had a child requiring health care and fifteen health care practitioners from the disciplines of medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, play specialist and occupational therapy who work with families and children requiring health care. Participants’ narratives of their experiences of ‘being in dilemma’ were captured via audio taped interviewing. These stories uncover the everyday realities facing health professionals and families and provide an ontological understanding for the notion of dilemma. The findings of this study suggest that experience of dilemma for health professionals reveals a world that is uncertain and questionable where they are thrown into having to make uncomfortable choices and must live with the painful consequences of their actions. The consequences of being in such dilemma have to find ways of living with the angst, or risk becoming too sensitive or desensitizing. For families the experience of dilemma reveals a similar phenomenon most evident in circumstances where they feel totalized by the impact of heath care encounters. This study has uncovered that the perspectives that health professionals and families bring to the experience of dilemma reveal different concerns and commitments and may be hidden from each other. This thesis proposes that health professionals and families need support in living with their own personal encounters of enduring experiences of dilemma.

This critical hermeneutic study explored what it is like to re-enter the workforce following long-term forensic hospitalisation. An in-depth analysis of the phenomenon was completed, with the aim of evoking insights and developing understandings about the lived return-to-work experience. As this research was situated within the critical paradigm, the process of seeking, securing and sustaining employment was viewed in terms of power relationships, and through the multiple positionings of psychiatric disability, employment status and social capital.An unstructured interview process was used to explore the return-to-work experiences of eight purposefully selected informants with a history of mental illness and prior illness-related offending. They were living in the community and had returned to part or full-time employment, which they had sustained for at least six months. The gathered data was interpreted using hermeneutic analysis. This process revealed a number of themes, which were clustered into related groups, under eleven essential overarching themes. Freire's (1972) critical social theory was used to add critical depth to the findings.The findings reveal that returning to work exposes people who are affected by mental illness to an array of challenges and personal opportunities. People who have a forensic psychiatric history can encounter complex employment barriers related to stigma and misunderstanding. Therefore, the selected critical hermeneutic design provided a congruent framework with which to view the informants' quest to seek, secure and sustain employment. Despite significant obstacles, securing employment provides opportunities for individuals to test their skills while engaged in meaningful work activity. The acquisition of work skills can result in individuals' experiencing a strong sense of self-satisfaction. The experience of being bolstered by personal accomplishment often co-exists with, but is not necessarily negated by, difficulties that arise on-the-job.As there is scant reference to forensic rehabilitation within the mental health vocational literature, this study may be a timely contribution. It may also be used to add depth to the knowledge base within the field of mental health rehabilitation, in particular the specialised areas of forensic rehabilitation and vocational practise. Therefore, it may be a positive precursor to further discussion and analysis regarding work and education outcomes from the unique forensic psychiatric perspective.

<p>This essay puts its focus on examining vendors’ underlying decision criterias when choosing an estate agent at the purpose of selling an apartment. The purpose is on one hand to expound the knowledge of the vendor’s decision process and on the other hand to evaluate how the choice of an estate agent is perceived to the vendor. By nine interviews we explored what reasons made vendors choose their agents and whether they were contented with their choice. The respondent’s first impression of the estate agent is the most determining for their final choice. According to the respondents the attitude of the agent was concluding their choice. Whether the respondents were satisfied with their agents or not was due to several elements. Finally, the most important factor was how much money the vendor got for the sale of his apartment.</p> / <p>Uppsatsen fokuserar på att undersöka hur säljare tänker när de ska välja fastighetsmäklare inför en bostadsförsäljning. Syftet är att dels utveckla kunskapen kring säljarens beslutsprocess och dels att utvärdera hur valet av mäklare upplevs av säljaren. Genom nio intervjuer framkom på vilka grunder säljarna valde mäklare och om de var nöjda med sitt val av mäklare eller inte. Respondenternas första intryck av mäklaren blev i de flesta fall avgörande för deras val. Enligt respondenterna var det mäklarens attityd som avgjorde valet. Om respondenterna blev nöjda med mäklaren berodde på flera faktorer. Den viktigaste faktorn var hur mycket pengar säljaren till slut fick för sin bostad.</p>