Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-20T13:44:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 tese_mauro_pacheco.pdf: 456588 bytes, checksum: bb08766000dc3d6ffc71ea6b68148425 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-07-16 / Dimorphandra mollis Benth. (Caesalpiniaceae) is a woody species coming from Cerrado and Caatinga. It is used on the recuperation of impacted areas as well as ornamental plant. From the fruits (without the seeds) it is extracted the rutin, the bioflavonoid used in the pharmaceutical industry which acts in the permeability and the resistance of the blood vases. The seeds contain high levels of the galactomanan which are very important to the food industry. In order to contribute to the silviculture about this species, methodologies were studied to overcome dormancy of the seeds, as well as the effect of the temperature and substrates on the germination under controlled conditions, beyond the different substrates evaluation and the fertilization on the initial growth of the seedlings in greenhouse The best results for overcoming dormancy of D. mollis seeds are when these ones suffered mechanical scarification with sandpaper number 50 or boiled in water at 100ºC for 10 seconds. The best germination are obtained at 30 and 35ºC. The substrates towel paper and vermiculite allow satisfactory germinative performance of seeds; they could be suitable for the evaluation of the physiological quality of seeds. The coconut fiber and vermiculite are good substrates for seedling production of D. mollis. The concentration of nutrients supplied by the fertilization source is insufficient to improvement of the initial growth of the seedlings. / Dimorphandra mollis Benth. (Caesalpiniaceae) é uma espécie arbórea, encontrada nos biomas Cerrado e Caatinga, útil na recuperação de áreas degradadas e como planta ornamental. Dos frutos (sem as sementes), extrai-se a rutina, um bioflavonóide utilizado na indústria farmacêutica o qual atua na permeabilidade e na resistência dos vasos capilares. As sementes contêm altos teores de galactomananos que são de grande importância na indústria de alimentos. Visando contribuir para a silvicultura a respeito dessa espécie, foram estudadas metodologias para superação da dormência das sementes, bem como os efeitos da temperatura e dos substratos sobre a germinação em condições controladas, além da avaliação de diferentes substratos e da fertilização sobre o crescimento inicial das mudas em viveiro florestal Os melhores resultados para superação de dormência das sementes de D. mollis são obtidos quando há escarificação das sementes com lixa para ferro ou por fervura em água durante 10 segundos. As temperaturas de 30 e 35ºC proporcionam às sementes os melhores resultados de germinação. Os substratos papel e entre vermiculita permitem bom desempenho germinativo, mostrando-se adequados para a avaliação da qualidade fisiológica das sementes. O pó de coco e a vermiculita são bons substratos para produção de mudas de D. mollis. A concentração de nutrientes fornecida pelos fertilizantes é insuficiente para melhoria do crescimento inicial das plantas.

I have explored spaces, where negotiations of border transgressions take place and where issues of technology and politics mingle. We meet a diversity of actors in the world of information technology (IT): political texts, people and technology participating in numerous sociomaterial relations. Time is the end of the 1990s and the beginning of the new millennium, 2000. Years, when IT occupied the western world and created its own fuzzy discourse. Years, when IT stole the biggest newspaper headlines and years, when IT became a mundane everyday part of our work practices. Years, when we learned to live in heterogeneous worlds. Actor-Network Theory (ANT) and Actor-Network Theory and After (ANTa) provide analytical and methodological perspectives when working with the empirical material. I present a chronological exposé of some of the key concepts of ANT and ANTa. I also discuss how the classical ANT perspective has changed during the last few years from being a theory of networks to become a methodological and analytical approach to other kinds of spaces such as fluid and fire. The heart of the thesis consists of six empirical cases. My aim of writing stories of information technology has been to investigate the black box of information technology. Investigating includes also efforts of opening. Concepts that are taken for granted, such as the very notion of information technology in my case, can be explored, questioned, transgressed, blurred and opened up. Each of the diffracted stories is specific and unique, with its own actors, context, location and situatedness. But the stories are also connected through ANT, and feminist technology and technoscience studies. Case number one, ‘Discourses and Cracks – A Case Study of Information Technology and Writing Women in a Regional Context ’, is about a project, where questions concerning discourses of information society with a special focus on citizenship are discussed and where global and national politics are translated to local and situated practices. Case number two, ‘Translating and Negotiating Information Technology ’, consists of two main parts. The fi rst one is about a regional library project. The analysis of the project is based on the classical Actor Network Theory (ANT) approach that invites the study of the heterogeneous and negotiable shaping of IT. The second part is about librarians developing web-based services. The analysis is inspired by the later development of ANT (called ANTa in the thesis) in order to include more invisible actors, relations and negotiations. Case number three, ‘Negotiating Information Technology: Politics and Practices of The Public Sector Web Production’, is about work practices of a municipal web developer, through which creation of sociotechnical relations of everyday information technology practices is analysed and also mirrored to national and local IT politics. Case number four, ‘Making e-Government Happen – Everyday Co-Development of Services, Citizenship and Technology’, is presenting the same web developer as in the third case, but now his everyday practices are connected with an expanded and wider circuit of co-constructors of information technology. The text is a co-production of a multidisciplinary research group aiming to describe, analyse and problematise connections when creating practices, where technology and society collaborate. Case number fi ve, ‘Citizenship at the Crossroads of Multiple Layers of Sociotechnical Relations’, enrols technology as an active actor in the construction of citizenship in an IT context in Sweden. The perspective emphasising the active agency of non-humans both enhances and challenges the Scandinavian approach of systems development by suggesting a direction towards a cyborgian approach towards technology design. Case number six, ‘Between Stability and Instability – a Project about e-Democracy ’, takes its point of departure from a small-scale project having as its goal the development of e-democracy in a municipal context. In the text the focus is on the stabilisation processes in shaping the technology (‘e’) and democracy parts of the project. I also discuss what kinds of spaces exist in between (the hyphen in e-democracy) and ask if integration between technology and democracy is possible as a whole. Finally, my intention is to step further into stories and practices not yet existing. Inspired by the French philosopher Michel Serres, I introduce the fi guration of an angel as a cartographer, intermediator and (co-) constructor of sociomaterial relations. Angels are needed to sew the separate fi elds of technology, politics and everyday practices to a rich seamless tapestry. They are the ‘artful integrators’ (Suchman).

Orientador: Mauro Galetti / Coorientador: Alexandra Sanches / Banca: Marina Correa Cortes / Banca: Mercival Roberto Francisco / Resumo: A implementação de corredores tem sido sugerida para atenuar os efeitos negativos da fragmentação de habitat, por restaurar ou manter a conectividade entre as populações. No entanto, o papel dos corredores para grandes mamíferos raramente tem sido avaliada objetivamente. Nesta pesquisa usei uma amostragem não-invasiva (análises genéticas de fezes), análise de microssatélites e o método Bayesiano para avaliar a eficácia da Serra do Mar como corredor para grandes mamíferos na Mata Atlântica. As localidades amostradas dentro da Serra do Mar foram o Parque Estadual Intervales e o Núcleo Caraguatatuba, as quais estão separadas por aproximadamente 300 km de distância em linha reta. A anta (Tapirus terrestris, Linnaeus 1758) é um dos maiores membros sobreviventes da megafauna neotropical, tendo sua distribuição em regiões de terras baixas do norte e do centro da América do Sul nos países da Argentina, Bolívia, Brasil, Colômbia, Equador, Guiana Francesa, Guiana, Paraguai, Peru, Suriname e Venezuela. É considerada o maior mamífero terrestre nativo do Brasil, sendo bastante caçada como fonte de proteína. Esta espécie é um ótimo modelo para testar a efetividade da Serra do Mar como corredor para grandes mamíferos porque está presente em todo esse contínuo, pode ter grandes deslocamentos e tem a capacidade de atravessar a matriz em paisagens fragmentadas. No Parque Estadual Intervales foram coletadas 55 amostras fecais em um gradiente altitudinal entre 302 até 976 metros, em um esforço percorrido de 258,9 km. No Núcleo Caraguatatuba foram coletadas 76 amostras fecais em um gradiente altitudinal entre 530 até 865 metros, em um esforço percorrido de 351,6 km. Para o Parque Estadual Intervales e Núcleo Caraguatatuba foram identificados 16 e 23 indivíduos, com sucesso de amplificação... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The implementation of corridors has been suggested as a means of mitigating the negative effects of fragmentation by restoring or maintaining connectivity between populations. However, the role of corridors in facilitating the movement of large mammals has rarely been evaluated objectively. In this study, we used non-invasive techniques (genetic analysis of feces), microsatellite analysis and the Bayesian method to evaluate the effectiveness of the Serra do Mar as a corridor for large mammals in the Atlantic Forest. Two locations were sampled in the Serra do Mar - Intervales State Park and the Caraguatatuba Nucleus - and were separated by a distance of 300 km. The lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris, Linnaeus 1758) is one of the largest surviving members of neotropical megafauna. The tapir is found in northern and central lowland regions of South America, encompassing Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. This species, the largest mammal native of Brazil, is an ideal model to test the effectiveness of the Serra do Mar as a corridor for large mammals because it has a large displacements, has the ability to cross the matrix in fragmented landscapes and is hunted for its meat. At Intervales State Park, 55 fecal samples were collected along an altitudinal gradient of 302 to 976 meters, while 76 fecal samples were collected along an altitudinal gradient of 530 to 865 meters at the Caraguatatuba Core (Serra do Mar State Park). The sampling effort consisted of 258.9 km and 351.6 km traversed at Intervales State Park and Caraguatatuba, respectively. Similarly, 16 and 23 individuals were identified with an amplification success of 31% and 33%, respectively. We estimated the population density at Intervales State Park between 0,20-0,57 individuals per km2. For... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

This thesis uses institutional ethnography to explore the text-based regulatory framework of the Australian Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector. Training Packages are national competency standards used to assess local workplace practice. The Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) is a national compliance framework used to audit local learning and assessment practice. These texts operate in a ‘symbiotic relationship’ to achieve a policy goal of national consistency. The researcher explicates the social relations of VET starting from her disquiet as a practitioner. The thesis argues that Training Packages and the AQTF socially organise the content and delivery of local learning and assessment activities. VET practitioners struggle to use these texts to support good practice, and their hidden work maintains an unstable VET system. Yet the extralocal mode of ruling offers no room to challenge VET policy. The thesis explicates three themes. Interview data is used to explore the contrast between the institutional language of Training Packages and the vernacular of workplaces in which these texts are activated. Many practitioners and participants simply do not understand Training Package competency standards. Using these texts to judge employee performance shifts the policing of workplace practice from local sites to external VET authorities. A second theme emerges as the analysis explores why VET practitioners use this excluding language in their work with participants. Interview data reveals that local training organisations achieve different readings as they engage with ruling VET texts. Some organisations use the national texts as broad frameworks, allowing practitioners to create spaces for meaningful learning. Other organisations adopt a narrow and rule-bound reading of national texts, displacing practitioners’ authority over their own practice. A third theme is explored through examination of a sequence of VET texts. The review and redevelopment of the mandatory qualifications for VET practitioners identified the language of the competency standards as a significant accessibility issue. These concerns were reshaped and subsumed in an official response that established the use of this language as a compulsory assessable requirement and a language and literacy benchmark. The thesis presents a new understanding of VET as a regulatory framework established through multiple levels of ruling texts that connect local sites to national government agendas. While some individual practitioners are able to navigate through this system, there is an urgent need for practitioners as a profession to challenge national hegemony.

Submitted by Marco Antônio de Ramos Chagas (mchagas@ufv.br) on 2017-04-03T10:43:10Z No. of bitstreams: 1 texto completo.pdf: 280347 bytes, checksum: 68e87723257157cc5eabd0b6451ffe3f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-03T10:43:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 texto completo.pdf: 280347 bytes, checksum: 68e87723257157cc5eabd0b6451ffe3f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-06-29 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / A agricultura familiar é um setor da produção agrícola de expressiva relevância para o agronegócio brasileiro. Tal importância pode ser observada tanto na produção quanto no consumo de alimentos, e uma das explicações para tal situação pode ser a existência de elevado número de agricultores, que contribui para a grande diversidade encontrada entre os participantes deste setor. De um lado, há produtores que utilizam intensamente as tecnologias e cuja produção visa atender às demandas do mercado consumidor; de outro, produtores que alcançassem baixos índices produtivos e cuja produção atende, basicamente, à demanda da família. Diante dessas disparidades, questiona-se como é o ambiente gerencial do agricultor familiar em que ele adota os mecanismos e procedimentos que subsidiam a definição e implantação das estratégias produtivas. Tal questionamento se faz necessário, quando anseia compreender o processo gerencial do agricultor, o que pode facilitar a inserção desta classe em uma economia de mercado globalizada. Objetivou-se, então, identificar as principais características do ambiente gerencial e do processo de tomada de decisão nas propriedades rurais familiares, enfocando seus impactos na definição de estratégias produtivas. Assim, analisou-se um grupo de produtores familiares localizados no município de São Miguel do Anta-MG, quanto aos aspectos relacionados com forma de contato destes com o mercado comprador da produção e fornecedor de insumos. Outro ponto abordado foi o processo de gestão dos produtores, com enfoque na utilização das ferramentas da administração no auxílio à tomada de decisão. Detectou-se grande dependência dos produtores familiares do município para com o mercado, a qual se revela tanto no ato de comprar insumos e vender a produção, quanto na busca de informações técnicas e econômicas. / Family farming is a sector of agricultural production of expressive relevance for the Brazilian agribusiness. Such importance can be observed both in food production and consumption, with one of the reasons for this likely being the high number of farmers, which contributes to the great diversity found among this sector’s participants. Some farmers make an intense use of technology, whose production aims to meet the consumer’s market and other farmers reach low productive indices with production basically limited to meet their own family demand. Faced with such disparities, one questions the type of family farmers’ managerial environment in which these farmers adopt the mechanisms and procedures underlying the definition and implantation of productive strategies. Such questioning is necessary in that it seeks to understand the managerial process applied by farmers in order to facilitate their insertion into a globalized market economy. Thus, the aim of this work was to identify the main characteristics of the managerial environment and decision- making process of family farms, focusing on their impacts on the definition of productive strategies. A group of family farmers, located in the municipality of São Miguel do Anta- MG, was analyzed regarding aspects related to their form of contact with production buyers and input supply markets. Another aspect was the producers’ management process, focusing on the use of administration tools to help the decision making process. It was concluded that family farmers are highly dependent on the market, not only for purchasing inputs and selling production but also in the search for technical and economic information. / Dissertação importada do Alexandria

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:30:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2013-06-21Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:18:47Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 ramirez_jfm_me_rcla.pdf: 458482 bytes, checksum: 1820e46ce1c16cfd82a24544cbbd844f (MD5) / A implementação de corredores tem sido sugerida para atenuar os efeitos negativos da fragmentação de habitat, por restaurar ou manter a conectividade entre as populações. No entanto, o papel dos corredores para grandes mamíferos raramente tem sido avaliada objetivamente. Nesta pesquisa usei uma amostragem não-invasiva (análises genéticas de fezes), análise de microssatélites e o método Bayesiano para avaliar a eficácia da Serra do Mar como corredor para grandes mamíferos na Mata Atlântica. As localidades amostradas dentro da Serra do Mar foram o Parque Estadual Intervales e o Núcleo Caraguatatuba, as quais estão separadas por aproximadamente 300 km de distância em linha reta. A anta (Tapirus terrestris, Linnaeus 1758) é um dos maiores membros sobreviventes da megafauna neotropical, tendo sua distribuição em regiões de terras baixas do norte e do centro da América do Sul nos países da Argentina, Bolívia, Brasil, Colômbia, Equador, Guiana Francesa, Guiana, Paraguai, Peru, Suriname e Venezuela. É considerada o maior mamífero terrestre nativo do Brasil, sendo bastante caçada como fonte de proteína. Esta espécie é um ótimo modelo para testar a efetividade da Serra do Mar como corredor para grandes mamíferos porque está presente em todo esse contínuo, pode ter grandes deslocamentos e tem a capacidade de atravessar a matriz em paisagens fragmentadas. No Parque Estadual Intervales foram coletadas 55 amostras fecais em um gradiente altitudinal entre 302 até 976 metros, em um esforço percorrido de 258,9 km. No Núcleo Caraguatatuba foram coletadas 76 amostras fecais em um gradiente altitudinal entre 530 até 865 metros, em um esforço percorrido de 351,6 km. Para o Parque Estadual Intervales e Núcleo Caraguatatuba foram identificados 16 e 23 indivíduos, com sucesso de amplificação... / The implementation of corridors has been suggested as a means of mitigating the negative effects of fragmentation by restoring or maintaining connectivity between populations. However, the role of corridors in facilitating the movement of large mammals has rarely been evaluated objectively. In this study, we used non-invasive techniques (genetic analysis of feces), microsatellite analysis and the Bayesian method to evaluate the effectiveness of the Serra do Mar as a corridor for large mammals in the Atlantic Forest. Two locations were sampled in the Serra do Mar - Intervales State Park and the Caraguatatuba Nucleus - and were separated by a distance of 300 km. The lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris, Linnaeus 1758) is one of the largest surviving members of neotropical megafauna. The tapir is found in northern and central lowland regions of South America, encompassing Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. This species, the largest mammal native of Brazil, is an ideal model to test the effectiveness of the Serra do Mar as a corridor for large mammals because it has a large displacements, has the ability to cross the matrix in fragmented landscapes and is hunted for its meat. At Intervales State Park, 55 fecal samples were collected along an altitudinal gradient of 302 to 976 meters, while 76 fecal samples were collected along an altitudinal gradient of 530 to 865 meters at the Caraguatatuba Core (Serra do Mar State Park). The sampling effort consisted of 258.9 km and 351.6 km traversed at Intervales State Park and Caraguatatuba, respectively. Similarly, 16 and 23 individuals were identified with an amplification success of 31% and 33%, respectively. We estimated the population density at Intervales State Park between 0,20-0,57 individuals per km2. For... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

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La problemática por la que atraviesan los minifundios agrícolas comprendido en su mayoría por situaciones relacionadas con la limitación en la eficiencia productiva y la escasa gestión administrativa, han generado diversos problemas como: la falta de empleo, bajos ingresos para los agricultores y la ausencia en el mercado; estas situaciones denotarían claramente un rotundo fracaso para los agricultores de Misquiyacu Bajo Región Amazonas. Esta investigación tiene como objetivo elaborar una propuesta de asociatividad agrícola para la gestión administrativa en los minifundios de la localidad Misquiyacu Bajo Región Amazonas 2022. El enfoque aplicado a la investigación fue cualitativo, de tipo básica y nivel explicativo-descriptivo; con un diseño no experimental. Los resultados en relación con los objetivos específicos fueron caracterizar los minifundios agrícolas de Misquiyacu Bajo donde se determinó que los agricultores tienen un alta dependencia con el trabajo que realizan, el desarrollo tecnológico aplicado es escaso y la mayoría de los terrenos son usados exclusivamente para la siembra; por otro lado, al describir la gestión administrativa de los minifundios de Misquiyacu Bajo se determinó que existen una escasa aplicación de la gestión administrativa vinculado con los aspectos como planeación, organización, dirección y control. Finalmente, al evaluar el nivel de conocimiento de los agricultores sobre tipos de asociatividad se obtuvo que la mayoría conoce poco del modelo asociación y cooperativa, resaltando el consorcio como una muy buena opción para los minifundios como una forma asociativa.

Background: Since the Go Global policy in 1999, Chinese firms have been growing and expanding exponentially in the global market. The internationalisation of Chinese firms has attracted not only business partners, policy makers but also researchers with their unconventional process and method. The problem occurs when Chinese brands are facing challenges in brand awareness and equity in foreign markets despite their strong presence domestically. One industry stands out as the most relevant example – the apparel industry – since China has been the largest exporter and importer of clothes worldwide yet Chinese brands are hardly recognised internationally. Among all, ANTA, one of the largest multinational companies (MNCs) operating in the sportswear industry, raises high interest for a case study with their rapid international expansion and their new global strategy. Purpose: This paper aims to examine the process of internationalisation and brand internationalisation of Chinese MNCs through the case of ANTA. This paper also wishes to contribute to the lack of study in the stream of literature regarding Chinese market cultivation post-entry to a new oversea markets and brand internationalisation. Method: A qualitative research was conducted through an exploratory approach. In-depth interviews were utilised for primary data collection in which 6 employees from different positions under ANTA agreed to become participants. A thematic analysis was then carried out. Secondary data about ANTA and their activities and strategies was also collected in order to use in combination with the empirical findings from the interviews. Lastly, an analysis of all the data based on the relevant literature was conducted. Conclusion: ANTA’s internationalisation process was found to be in line with past studies where acquisition is the preferable method. Several reasons were discussed for this choice of entry mode including the macro and firm factors. Following this, the choice of multi-brand strategy was fitting as it enables firms to leverage the acquired assets such as brand names, product lines, markets, capabilities and technology to diminish problems like low product range, lack R&D and technology and ownership disadvantages. However, potential challenges may also occur such as low brand equity and short-term orientated strategy that cannot be solved through rapid expansion and capital utilisation.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-26T13:33:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 texto completo.pdf: 2856164 bytes, checksum: f913cdd7f5b5944056773859fca00ef1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-06-16 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / This thesis aimed to investigate the effects of rural retirement in the way of life of families with retirees. We sought to analyze the changes in lifestyles of families with elderly from the institutionalization of "pension habitus" in their life. Although the research has not treated the rural retirement as a causal variable in relation to changes in way of life of families with retirees, it sought concerned the lives of these families. For classification purposes and considering the purpose of this research, you can frame it as a descriptive-explanatory. In methodological terms it was used procedures for collecting and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data, with the application of a survey with open and closed questions. For the study was chosen municipalities of São Miguel do Anta and Piranga, both belonging to the microregion of Viçosa. The choice was due to the fact both have different connotations of rurality. The survey sample was representative of the population, consisting by 117 rural elderly: Piranga 64 in and 53 in São Miguel do Anta. The data were categorized, analyzed and tested through Statistical Package software for Social Science (SPSS) version 20.0. The research results revealed that there was the institutionalization of what might be described as a "pension habitus" in the lives of rural retirees, according to the same have incorporated a new way of perceiving time and get organized before him. The horizon of the future entered the lives of families with retirees, who through security money received, each month, developed habits and practices of medium and long term. A hybridized way of life with elements of urban life start to combine with traditional customs and traditional practices. The Families with rural retirees kept alive elements of rural culture. Thus, their ways of life proved hybrids showing a synthesis between the influence of urban culture and rural heritage. This fact could be verified through changes in the structure of the house, the purchase of utensils and appliances, in the technological investments, in property and even the consumption of food and clothing. The credit and investment in goods paid in installments, as well as investment in studies of children and grandchildren, were some of the practices that pointed to the changes that were giving us their ways of life, which approached the patterns of urban life. The data showed that such transformations were institutionalized in their lives with the monthly income from retirement, which materialized a 'pension habitus ", marked by the horizon of the future planned. The fear of hunger and the uncertainty about tomorrow left behind. The safety of receipt of social security benefits, month after month, introduced the "future" in their lives. A time to come, through which pass to make in home improvement projects, procurement of goods and aid to projects of close relatives, as they could save part of what they received to invest. The security of receiving the money showed up as a factor of removal of fear of spending with some investment in the property, as henceforth not need to risk buying agricultural implements and technologies into debt in the bank. The receipt of rural retirement, thus created a predisposition to plan for tomorrow. Finally, It has been found, that the welfare income had a differential impact on the lives of men and women: the women who were used to working, but not getting the work they did, with the rural pension went from "dependent" to "autonomous ", deciding on how to use the money they received. / A presente dissertação teve como objetivo investigar os efeitos da aposentadoria rural no modo de vida das famílias com aposentados. Buscou-se analisar as mudanças nos modos de vida das famílias com idosos a partir da institucionalização do habitus previdenciário em sua vida. Embora a pesquisa não tenha tratado a aposentadoria rural como uma variável causal em relação às mudanças dos modos de vida das famílias com aposentados, ela procurou incidir sobre a vida destas famílias. Para efeitos de classificação e considerando-se o objetivo desta pesquisa, pode-se enquadrá-la como descritiva-explicativa. Em termos metodológicos utilizou-se procedimentos de coleta e análise de dados quantitativos e qualitativos, com a aplicação de um survey com perguntas abertas e fechadas. Para a realização do estudo escolheu-se os municípios de Piranga e São Miguel do Anta, ambos pertencentes à Microrregião de Viçosa. A escolha se deveu ao fato de ambos apresentarem diferentes conotações da ruralidade. A amostra da pesquisa foi representativa da população, tendo sido constituída por 117 idosos rurais: 64 em Piranga e 53 em São Miguel do Anta. Os dados foram categorizados, analisados e testados por meio do software StatisticalPackage for Social Science (SPSS) versão 20.0. Os resultados da pesquisa mostraram que houve a institucionalização do que se poderia definir como um habitus previdenciário na vida dos aposentados rurais, em função dos mesmos terem incorporado uma nova forma de perceber o tempo e se organizar perante ele. O horizonte do futuro adentrou a vida das famílias com aposentados, que mediante a segurança do dinheiro recebido, mensalmente, desenvolveram hábitos e práticas de médio e longo prazo. Um modo de vida hibridizado com elementos da vida urbana passaram a se combinar com costumes e práticas tradicionais. As famílias com aposentados rurais mantinham vivos elementos da cultura rural. Assim, os seus modos de vida se mostraram híbridos, apresentando uma síntese entre a influência da cultura urbana e a herança rural. Tal fato pôde ser constatado através das mudanças na estrutura da casa, na aquisição de utensílios e eletrodomésticos, nos investimentos tecnológicos na propriedade e, até mesmo no consumo de alimentos e roupas. O crediário e o investimento em bens parcelados, assim como o investimento nos estudos dos netos e filhos, foram algumas das práticas que apontaram para as alterações que se estavam dando nos seus modos de vida, os quais se aproximaram dos padrões de vida urbanos. Os dados mostraram que tais transformações se institucionalizaram em suas vidas com o recebimento mensal da aposentadoria, a qual materializou um habitus previdenciário , marcado pelo horizonte do futuro planejado. O medo da fome e a incerteza em relação ao amanhã ficaram para trás. A segurança do recebimento do benefício previdenciário, mês após mês, introduziu o futuro em suas vidas. Um tempo vindouro, através do qual passam a fazer projetos de melhoramento na casa, de aquisição de bens e de auxílio aos projetos dos parentes próximos, à medida que conseguiam poupar parte do que recebiam para investir. O dinheiro certo mostrou-se como um fator de afastamento do medo de gastar com algum investimento na propriedade, pois, doravante, não precisavam se arriscar a comprar implementos e tecnologias agrícolas, se endividando no banco. O recebimento da aposentadoria rural criou, assim, uma predisposição para planejar o amanhã. Verificou-se, por fim, que a renda previdenciária teve um impacto diferenciado na vida de homens e mulheres: estas, que eram acostumadas a trabalhar, mas não a receber pelo trabalho que realizavam, com a aposentadoria rural passaram de dependente a autônomas , decidindo sobre a forma de usar o dinheiro que recebiam.