This thesis questions the coherence of modes of fabrication that introduce materials to a living context, in forms that resist the processes of biological change. In doing so this project explores the ideologies embedded in fabrication that have led to this current position. The implications of an accumulation of materials being recognized as an autonomous object, and treated as if they are detached from their environment are also expanded. The sculptural methodology used to undertake this investigation has used the feature of materiality and it’s behaviours, of both human fabrication and the living environment, as a means to explore processes outside the limitations of specialist human categories of knowledge. The vocabularies of dematerialization, expansion and relational exchange in the critique of sculpture, have provided a starting point to articulate what is implied or “mapped out but not socially recognized”1 by the structure of specialist categories. The practice-based work that has driven this project, documents an extension of sculptural fabrication, which incorporates the literal processes of growth and erosion, illustrating a radical inclusivity of all living phenomena. Engaging with fabrication through this plural and complex methodology allows for a new valuing that recognizes accumulation as a result of employing reductive specialist categories and as inherently problematic for complex living systems. This identifies coherent fabrication as that which merges its engagement with processes of biological change and utility for humans.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-21T14:42:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SULIMAR KELLIE.pdf: 636211 bytes, checksum: 1506d68a29d8f84de10a19999f543daa (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-02-18 / With the environmental degeneration the society needs to think its concepts over. Considering that the scarceness of the natural resources come from the modern system for wealth production, the nature degeneration reversion involves a much deeper changing in the social structure than it can look in a first moment. In order to have a consistent ecological equilibrated environment is necessary to have the institutes, already insert in the society, changed. The profit taking, the wealth distribution, the value for the use of things, besides the property, need to be faced under a new outlook. Only with the guarantee of a minimum income, able to guarantee conditions so that all humans with no exceptions have conditions of a decent life, then the environmental preservation will be established. The conscience about the preservation need is something that will be only possible when the most part of the population have no worries with basics needs. For this, the antropocentric model needs to be replaced by a conception that respects the human dignity. Among the new models that are coming up, the one that has stand out the most is the biocentric, for according to its focus, the human being is inserted in the life web, owning respect to all other nature creatures including other human beings. For this, the property relativity is inevitable. Nevertheless, the property is inserted in the social structure and the Brazilian population is not mature enough to promote the necessary standardized change. That’s why, is a due to the state to conduct this change. In the current study, the state attitude toward the consolidations of the biocentric model was observed. It was analyzed the installation of the National Park of Campos Gerais, laid in the city of Ponta Grossa, and in Castro and Carambeí counties. The research is concentrated in Ponta Grossa, where more than the half of the Unit of Conservation is located, besides being a local that contains several private properties, whose owners belong to the local elite. Toward this, its evident the dispute for power and the found for the property institute. This way, there’s an urge of the state intervention, so that the collectivity is not damaged with the influence of some groups toward the local leaderships. Facing this barrier between the right to the property and the right to a ecological equilibrated environment, the second one must prevail, under the argument that the public interests must overcome private interests. The Federal constitution provides ways to the state to accomplish the environmental preservation, toward a reasonably proportion between anthropocentrism and biocentrism in its texts. The environmental preservation doe not imply, only, in the defense of the natural resources, but also of the humanity, that needs to be rescued from the ignorance caused by the system of wealth production, coming from the industrialization. / Com a degradação ambiental, a sociedade precisa rever seus conceitos. Levando-se em conta que a escassez dos recursos naturais provém do sistema contemporâneo de produção de riquezas, a reversão da degradação da natureza envolve uma alteração muito mais profunda na estrutura social do que possa parecer em um primeiro momento. Para que seja consolidado um meio ambiente ecologicamente equilibrado é indispensável que institutos, até então enraizados na sociedade, sejam modificados. O sistema de obtenção de lucro, a distribuição de riquezas, o valor de uso das coisas, além da propriedade, necessitam ser encarados sob um novo prisma. Somente mediante a garantia de um patrimônio mínimo, apto a garantir condições para que todos os seres humanos, sem distinção, tenham condições de ter uma vida digna, é que a conservação ambiental terá eficácia. A consciência acerca da necessidade da preservação ambiental é algo possível a partir do momento em que a maioria da população não tenha mais a preocupação com as necessidades básicas. Para isso, é indispensável que o paradigma antropocêntrico seja substituído por uma concepção que respeite a dignidade humana. Entre os novos paradigmas que estão surgindo, o que mais tem se destacado é o biocêntrico, haja vista que segundo esse enfoque, o ser humano está inserido na rede da vida, devendo respeito a todos os outros seres da natureza, inclusive os outros seres humanos. Para isso, a relativização da propriedade é inevitável. Entretanto, a propriedade está enraizada na estrutura social e a população brasileira ainda não tem maturidade suficiente para promover a mudança aradigmática necessária. Por isso, cabe ao Estado conduzir essa mudança. No presente estudo, observa-se a atitude estatal rumo à consolidação do paradigma biocêntrico. Analisa-se a instalação do Parque Nacional dos Campos Gerais, localizado nos municípios de Ponta Grossa, Castro e Carambeí. A pesquisa se concentra no município de Ponta Grossa, onde mais da metade da Unidade de Conservação está localizada, além de ser uma área que contém várias propriedades privadas. Diante disso, ficam evidentes disputas pelo poder e o apego ao instituto da propriedade. Destaca-se, assim, a necessidade da intervenção estatal para que a coletividade não seja prejudicada em função da influência de determinados grupos perante as lideranças locais. Mediante o impasse entre o direito à propriedade e o direito por um meio ambiente ecologicamente equilibrado, este deve permanecer, sob o argumento de que os interesses difusos devem prevalecer aos interesses particulares. Em seu texto, a Constituição Federal propicia meios para o Estado oncretizar a preservação ambiental, perante a proporcionalidade entre o antropocentrismo e o biocentrismo. A preservação ambiental não implica, somente, na defesa dos recursos naturais, mas também da humanidade, visto que a mesma necessita ser socorrida da ignorância causada pelo sistema de produção de riquezas decorrente da industrialização.

This thesis examines young people's attitudes to some aspects of sustainable development.The focus is on attitudes to preservation and to utilization of nature and also to solidarity andto equal distribution of resources. Hence the ecological, social and economic dimensions ofsustainable development are examined in the same survey. The study is aiming to examinehow the attitudes are distributed according to sex, educational programmes and urban/ruralliving as well as to examine how the values, from which the attitudes emanate, are correlatedwith each other.The results show that young female students in theoretical programs and students who livein larger cities are most supportive of nature preservation. The same pattern recurs with evengreater clarity on the attitudes to solidarity. Attitudes to utilization of nature can also be distinguishedclearly between the sexes by young men having more positive attitudes to utilizationthan young women. However, the differences between educational programmes andbetween students from urban and rural areas are clearly smaller than when it comes to attitudesto preservation and to solidarity. Attitudes to equal distribution of recources exhibitirregular patterns. Young women have more positive attitudes than young men but the linksbetween attitudes to equality and educational programme or rural/urban living, are not pointingin any clear direction. The results also show that there is a clear and positive correlationbetween positive attitudes to nature preservation and a willingness to show solidarity with awide circle of people. Those who say they care for nature also say that they are prepared tocare for other people.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-07T15:08:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Arquivototal.pdf: 392914 bytes, checksum: 38a5307c098e1fe9a672759d2abc509f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-08-24 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This research bibliographic aims to determine whether the proposal prepared by the Principle Biocentric, Chilean Rolando Toro breaks new conceptual methodological, to the field of Education. The relationship between the biocentric paradigms Principle as an object of research does highlight some contributions to education among which we highlight: affection as a factor that promotes learning, emotional intelligence as a vital aspect to contemporary education, body language as knowledge based a sensitive logic, the historicity of the body and ethical conduct. We take the theoretical creator of this theme Rolando Toro, Elisa Gonsalves, Fritjof Capra, David Bohm, and Nobert Elias, Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela and others. The theoretical construction on the sensitive, intuitive and what is felt, lived and experienced in the here and now, through stimulation pro-life, provides elements for building a basic epistemological arguments that articulates the understanding of the human body in its relationship with the environment , culture and society in which they live, as well as the phenomenon of cognition as a text body, advocating a design for human development in multiple dimensions: cognitive, social, cultural, experiential, emotional, spiritual, ethical and affective. / Esta pesquisa, de natureza bibliográfica, tem como objetivo verificar se a proposta do Princípio Biocêntrico elaborado pelo chileno Rolando Toro traz inovações conceituais, metodológicas para o campo da Educação. A relação do paradigma do Princípio Biocêntrico como objeto da pesquisa faz ressaltar algumas contribuições para a educação dentre as quais destacamos: a afetividade como fator promotor da aprendizagem; a inteligência afetiva como aspecto imprescindível para a educação contemporânea; a linguagem do corpo como um conhecimento pautado numa lógica sensível; a historicidade do corpo e as condutas éticas. Tomamos como referencial teórico o criador dessa temática Rolando Toro, Elisa Gonsalves, Fritjof Capra, David Bohm, Nobert Elias, Humberto Maturana e Francisco Varela dentre outros. A construção teórica sobre o sensível, intuitivo e o que é sentido, vivenciado e experienciado no aqui e agora, mediante estímulos pró-vida, fornece elementos para a construção de uma base epistemológica que articule argumentos da compreensão do corpo humano na sua relação com o ambiente, a cultura e sociedade em que vive, bem como o fenômeno da cognição como um texto corporal, defendendo uma concepção para o desenvolvimento humano nas múltiplas dimensões: cognitiva; social; cultural; vivencial; emocional; espiritual; ético e afetivo.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-07T15:09:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1287220 bytes, checksum: f0fc5010817089312274639698c8a023 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-24 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This study had as its aim to guide the teaching of environmental education for a more effective learning process and for this, here we present the Biosustainable Education, a theoretical-methodological proposal based on structured Biocentric Education, which seeks to incorporate an experiential learning process. The starting point of the study was this following guiding questions: what are the theoretical and methodological principles of a Biosustainable Education? And how Biosustainable Education can influence qualitatively the environmental educators formation? There is a great concern in working environmental education in or out of school for achieving the goal of forming citizens able to understand the requirements of the environment and defend, with ethics, environmental justice towards a sustainable society. For this, it is necessary that the teachers are trained to understand how the learning process and the complexity of the environment and its consequences. We collected twenty-five theses which were carefully analyzed and mined them the main theme crafted, the goals, the concept of environmental education, the methodological aspects, most theorists evidenced and discussed topics related to the environment. These data demonstrated lack of research that would emphasize the learning process linked to the experience and affection. Biosustainable Education enter then, as a fundamental tool for environmental education, a theoretical and methodological contribution to a learning process that leads to ecological awareness and behavior change facing the environment. / Este estudo teve como finalidade nortear o ensino da Educação Ambiental para um processo de aprendizagem mais eficaz e para isso, aqui apresentamos a Educação Biossustentável, uma proposta teórico-metodológica estruturada com base na Educação Biocêntrica, que busca incorporar um processo de aprendizagem vivencial. As seguintes questões norteadores deram partida ao estudo: quais os princípios teórico-metodológicos de uma Educação Biossustentável? E como a Educação Biossustentável pode influenciar qualitativamente a formação de educadores ambientais? É grande a preocupação em como trabalhar a Educação Ambiental nos ambientes escolares e fora deles para que se atinja o objetivo de formar cidadãos aptos a entender as exigências do meio ambiente e defender, com ética, a justiça ambiental em prol de uma sociedade sustentável. Para isso, é preciso que os professores sejam capacitados para compreender como se dá o processo de aprendizagem e a complexidade do meio ambiente e de seus desdobramentos. Selecionamos vinte e cinco teses que foram analisadas cuidadosamente e extraído delas a principal temática trabalhada, os objetivos, o conceito de Educação Ambiental, os aspectos metodológicos, os teóricos mais evidenciados e os temas mais abordados ligados ao meio ambiente. Estes dados demonstraram carência em pesquisas que enfatizassem o processo de aprendizagem vinculado à vivência e à afetividade. A Educação Biossustentável entra então, como uma ferramenta fundamental para Educação Ambiental, contribuindo de forma teórico-metodológica para um processo de aprendizagem que conduz à consciência ecológica e à mudança de comportamento frente ao meio ambiente.

This dissertation investigates the ways in which contemporary composers engage with nature through music. Through three case studies of compositions by Hildegard Westerkamp, John Luther Adams, and myself, I highlight a toolbox of biocentric composition techniques: techniques for meaningfully incorporating the natural world into music without exploiting it. In the process, I help to define the varied and ever-growing field of biocentric music—a new phrase I have coined to refer to the longstanding tradition of music based in mutual relationships between humans and nature. The three case studies represent a variety of different approaches to biocentric composition in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, many of which involve the use of new technology. I argue that biocentric music is distinguished from other music that deals with nature by its relationality: composers must prioritize building a relationship with their environments as part of the creative process. Without this connection, composers run the risk of harvesting their sonic materials in a way that is analogous to the extraction of other natural resources: for their own benefit and that of their listeners, without consideration for the environment in all its complexities and varied life-forms. / Music Composition / Accompanied by one .pdf file : 1) Selin_temple_0225E_171/HSelin_compiled_graphicanalysis_becomeocean.pdf

Video games are critical and relevant tools which can be used to influence perceptions of nature. Many games have already sought to educate players about environmental issues, but the effect that games as a whole have on players’ respect for nature is yet uncertain. This thesis thus aims to investigate this issue by conducting a game analysis based on a framework of respect for nature, which will be established as a foundational aspect of this paper. From the game analysis, lessons and design principles that can be employed in future game design to foster respect for nature in players will be collated.