This dissertation focuses on an important Muslim periodical "Pengasoh" and the role it has played in the Muslim ‘reform’ discourses in early 20th century Malaya. The periodical was first published by the Majlis Agama Islam Kelantan (Kelantan’s State Islamic Council) in 1918. Within the context of Malay-Muslim society, Kelantan was, and in some ways remain, a particularly important centre for Islamic culture and learning, attracting teachers and students from across the region. The Majlis itself was established by some of the leading ulama on the Peninsula at the time. Many were educated in the Middle East and had close associations with some of the major Muslim reformists in Egypt and the Haramayn. The standing of the Kelantanese 'ulama' within Malay-Muslim Southeast Asia, and the role of "Pengasoh" within that community meant that the periodical gives a unique glimpse into the world of these intellectual-theocrats. In this sense, the study of “Pengasoh” is a prism which could further our understanding of the dynamics of Islamic intellectual culture in Kelantan – as well as the surrounding region – during the early decades of the 20th century. What this dissertation attempts to show is how the ideational aspects of this community may be better understood if two important factors are taken into account - the linkages throughout the Indian Ocean littoral which form the cultural and religious milieu which shaped the thinking within the Kelantanese ‘ulama’; and how this sits in a wider conversation between "Islam" and "modernity". This moves away from existing studies which sought to clearly demarcate these Islamicate discourses as one between ‘Modernist’ Muslims and their ‘traditionalist’ counterparts.

This thesis aims to analyse the change and continuity issue in German Foreign Policy. In this study, the basic aim is to identify the basic parameters of the West German foreign policy during the Cold War and identify the implications of the reunification on foreign policy of Germany. Actually, after the reunification, the economically giant Germany has started to pursue a more self-reliant foreign policy course but there is not a radical shift from the basic parameters and the core values. The concept of &amp / #8216 / civilian power&amp / #8217 / and the international climate within which the foreign policy is formulated, will be given priority. It is argued that from the Gulf War in 1990-1991 to the Kosovo War of 1999, German contribution to military operations has increased. However, Germany has done this within a multilateral context and the aim has been to keep the values of respect for democracy and human rights. Thus, continuity dominates over change in German foreign policy, with regard to its policy record during the 1990s.

O presente estudo se desenvolveu a partir de uma problematização sobre o processo de mudança e continuidade da cultura da escola que envolve tanto uma discussão do entendimento de cultura quanto de instituição escolar. Os sistemas educacionais brasileiros e suas respectivas unidades escolares vivem um momento muito importante de mudança do Ensino Fundamental. Essa modificação decorre das determinações na Lei 11.274 de 2006, que fez aprovar a proposta de ampliação do Ensino Fundamental de oito para nove anos, com a inclusão das crianças de 6 anos de idade. Essa mudança legal afeta o cotidiano da escola à medida que impõe uma revisão dos objetivos do Ensino Fundamental e, consequentemente, da cultura nela estabelecida. É nesse contexto de transição que aconteceu a pesquisa que teve como objetivo investigar mudanças e continuidades da cultura da escola a partir da perspectiva dos professores. Aproximamo-nos de uma concepção de cultura que a define como sendo constituída por meio de significados estabelecidos e compartilhados socialmente que se materializam em práticas significantes. O estudo foi realizado numa escola de Ensino Fundamental que estava no segundo ano de implantação do Ensino Fundamental de nove anos. Constitui-se como instrumento de coleta de dados: (1) observações do cotidiano da instituição; (2) análise dos documentos Referencial Curricular Municipal e Projeto Político- Pedagógico (registradas em caderno de campo); (3) e, principalmente, entrevistas semiestruturadas. Foram realizadas 11 entrevistas, sendo 9 professores, 1 coordenadora e 1 diretora. As entrevistas foram gravadas em fita cassete, transcritas na íntegra e analisadas a partir dos pressupostos teóricos da RedSig, que se situa no contexto das pesquisas que estudam os processos de construção dos significados e sentidos. Os procedimentos da análise dos dados foram: (1) leituras para identificar e mapear a trajetória de formação e profissional de cada participante; (2) mapeamento dos sentidos e significados das mudanças e permanências vivenciadas no contexto de implementação do Ensino Fundamental de nove anos; (3) estabelecimento de eixos de análise. Usamos para o presente estudo a análise das entrevistas de 4 professoras. Observamos que havia na escola uma complexa relação entre mudança e permanência da cultura da escola, contudo, naquela ocasião, eram bem evidentes características da organização do ensino que já estavam presentes no Ensino Fundamental de oito anos. Por exemplo, no caso do currículo, pouca inovação havia sido incorporada em termos de documento e prática; em relação ao espaço físico, nenhum tipo de modificação foi constatada; a mesma situação foi observada em relação aos tempos e às rotinas da escola; sobre as práticas, identificamos alguns esforços individuais que prenunciavam algumas alterações, mas que tinham pouco impacto quando se considerava a escola como um todo. Esta situação se traduzia, à primeira vista, num estado de confusão, porque existiam percepções diferentes de um mesmo evento entre as professoras. Quando olhada mais de perto, esta confusão foi interpretada como característica de um momento de crise onde se assistia a jogos de mudança e permanência. Consideramos, a partir da perspectiva de desenvolvimento da RedSig, que a crise faz parte do processo de mudança. A discussão que se fez, a partir destes resultados, foi o quanto as políticas de inovação do ensino estão impregnadas e fundamentadas em uma concepção de ensino que reforça a cultura da escola que se pretende superar e o quanto estas políticas que pretendem promover mudanças estão desprovidas de uma visão sistêmica e relacional da cultura da escola, tão necessária para alterá-la. / This study was developed out of a problematization regarding the process of change and continuity of the school culture, which involves both a discussion of the understanding of culture as well as of a teaching institution. The Brazilian educational system and their respective school units are experiencing a very important time of change in the Primary Education program. This modification is a result of the determinations of Law 11,274, dated 2006, that approved the proposed expansion of the Primary Education program from eight to nine years, with the inclusion of 6-year old children. This legal change affects the daily life of the school as it requires a review of the Primary Education objectives and, hence, the culture therein. It is in this context of transition that the research took place, aimed at investigating changes and continuities of the school culture based on the teachers perspective. We came close to a conception of culture that defines culture as being formed by established and socially shared meanings that materialize themselves as significant practices. The study was conducted in Primary Education schools during its second year of implementing the 9-year Primary Education program. The study worked as a tool for data collection: (1) observation of the institution daily activities, (2) analysis of the documents: Municipal Curricular Reference and Political Pedagogical Project (recorded in a field notebook), (3) and mainly semistructured interviews. A total of 11 interviews were conducted, which comprised 9 teachers, 1 coordinator and 1 director. The interviews were recorded on a cassette tape, transcribed in its fullness and analyzed from the theoretical assumptions of net of meanings, which are placed in the context of research that studies the processes of construction of meanings and senses. The procedures for data analysis included: (1) reading to identify and map out the trajectory of training and professional development of each participant, (2) mapping out the meanings and significances of the changes and continuities experienced in the context of implementing the 9-year Primary Education system; (3) establishing lines of analysis. For this study we used the analysis of interviews done with four teachers. We note that the school had a complex relationship between change and permanence of the school culture, however, on that occasion; it was very obvious to notice the characteristics of the teaching organization that was already present in 8-year Primary Education system. In the curriculum, for instance, little innovation had been added in terms of document and practice; in regards to physical space, no change was detected; the same situation was observed in relation to the school time schedule and routine; as for practices, we identified some individual efforts that suggested some changes, but had little impact when considering the school as a whole. This situation was perceived, at a first glance, as a state of confusion, because the teachers displayed different perceptions regarding the same event. When viewed from up close, this confusion was interpreted as characteristic of a moment of crisis where games of change and permanence could be seen. From the net of meanings development perspective, we consider that crisis is a part of the change process. The discussion that emerged from these results, was how much the education innovation policies are steeped and grounded into an education concept that reinforces the school culture, which is the very thing one is trying to overcome, and how these policies intended to promote changes are devoid of a systemic and relational view of the school culture, so necessary to change it.

O presente estudo se desenvolveu a partir de uma problematização sobre o processo de mudança e continuidade da cultura da escola que envolve tanto uma discussão do entendimento de cultura quanto de instituição escolar. Os sistemas educacionais brasileiros e suas respectivas unidades escolares vivem um momento muito importante de mudança do Ensino Fundamental. Essa modificação decorre das determinações na Lei 11.274 de 2006, que fez aprovar a proposta de ampliação do Ensino Fundamental de oito para nove anos, com a inclusão das crianças de 6 anos de idade. Essa mudança legal afeta o cotidiano da escola à medida que impõe uma revisão dos objetivos do Ensino Fundamental e, consequentemente, da cultura nela estabelecida. É nesse contexto de transição que aconteceu a pesquisa que teve como objetivo investigar mudanças e continuidades da cultura da escola a partir da perspectiva dos professores. Aproximamo-nos de uma concepção de cultura que a define como sendo constituída por meio de significados estabelecidos e compartilhados socialmente que se materializam em práticas significantes. O estudo foi realizado numa escola de Ensino Fundamental que estava no segundo ano de implantação do Ensino Fundamental de nove anos. Constitui-se como instrumento de coleta de dados: (1) observações do cotidiano da instituição; (2) análise dos documentos Referencial Curricular Municipal e Projeto Político- Pedagógico (registradas em caderno de campo); (3) e, principalmente, entrevistas semiestruturadas. Foram realizadas 11 entrevistas, sendo 9 professores, 1 coordenadora e 1 diretora. As entrevistas foram gravadas em fita cassete, transcritas na íntegra e analisadas a partir dos pressupostos teóricos da RedSig, que se situa no contexto das pesquisas que estudam os processos de construção dos significados e sentidos. Os procedimentos da análise dos dados foram: (1) leituras para identificar e mapear a trajetória de formação e profissional de cada participante; (2) mapeamento dos sentidos e significados das mudanças e permanências vivenciadas no contexto de implementação do Ensino Fundamental de nove anos; (3) estabelecimento de eixos de análise. Usamos para o presente estudo a análise das entrevistas de 4 professoras. Observamos que havia na escola uma complexa relação entre mudança e permanência da cultura da escola, contudo, naquela ocasião, eram bem evidentes características da organização do ensino que já estavam presentes no Ensino Fundamental de oito anos. Por exemplo, no caso do currículo, pouca inovação havia sido incorporada em termos de documento e prática; em relação ao espaço físico, nenhum tipo de modificação foi constatada; a mesma situação foi observada em relação aos tempos e às rotinas da escola; sobre as práticas, identificamos alguns esforços individuais que prenunciavam algumas alterações, mas que tinham pouco impacto quando se considerava a escola como um todo. Esta situação se traduzia, à primeira vista, num estado de confusão, porque existiam percepções diferentes de um mesmo evento entre as professoras. Quando olhada mais de perto, esta confusão foi interpretada como característica de um momento de crise onde se assistia a jogos de mudança e permanência. Consideramos, a partir da perspectiva de desenvolvimento da RedSig, que a crise faz parte do processo de mudança. A discussão que se fez, a partir destes resultados, foi o quanto as políticas de inovação do ensino estão impregnadas e fundamentadas em uma concepção de ensino que reforça a cultura da escola que se pretende superar e o quanto estas políticas que pretendem promover mudanças estão desprovidas de uma visão sistêmica e relacional da cultura da escola, tão necessária para alterá-la. / This study was developed out of a problematization regarding the process of change and continuity of the school culture, which involves both a discussion of the understanding of culture as well as of a teaching institution. The Brazilian educational system and their respective school units are experiencing a very important time of change in the Primary Education program. This modification is a result of the determinations of Law 11,274, dated 2006, that approved the proposed expansion of the Primary Education program from eight to nine years, with the inclusion of 6-year old children. This legal change affects the daily life of the school as it requires a review of the Primary Education objectives and, hence, the culture therein. It is in this context of transition that the research took place, aimed at investigating changes and continuities of the school culture based on the teachers perspective. We came close to a conception of culture that defines culture as being formed by established and socially shared meanings that materialize themselves as significant practices. The study was conducted in Primary Education schools during its second year of implementing the 9-year Primary Education program. The study worked as a tool for data collection: (1) observation of the institution daily activities, (2) analysis of the documents: Municipal Curricular Reference and Political Pedagogical Project (recorded in a field notebook), (3) and mainly semistructured interviews. A total of 11 interviews were conducted, which comprised 9 teachers, 1 coordinator and 1 director. The interviews were recorded on a cassette tape, transcribed in its fullness and analyzed from the theoretical assumptions of net of meanings, which are placed in the context of research that studies the processes of construction of meanings and senses. The procedures for data analysis included: (1) reading to identify and map out the trajectory of training and professional development of each participant, (2) mapping out the meanings and significances of the changes and continuities experienced in the context of implementing the 9-year Primary Education system; (3) establishing lines of analysis. For this study we used the analysis of interviews done with four teachers. We note that the school had a complex relationship between change and permanence of the school culture, however, on that occasion; it was very obvious to notice the characteristics of the teaching organization that was already present in 8-year Primary Education system. In the curriculum, for instance, little innovation had been added in terms of document and practice; in regards to physical space, no change was detected; the same situation was observed in relation to the school time schedule and routine; as for practices, we identified some individual efforts that suggested some changes, but had little impact when considering the school as a whole. This situation was perceived, at a first glance, as a state of confusion, because the teachers displayed different perceptions regarding the same event. When viewed from up close, this confusion was interpreted as characteristic of a moment of crisis where games of change and permanence could be seen. From the net of meanings development perspective, we consider that crisis is a part of the change process. The discussion that emerged from these results, was how much the education innovation policies are steeped and grounded into an education concept that reinforces the school culture, which is the very thing one is trying to overcome, and how these policies intended to promote changes are devoid of a systemic and relational view of the school culture, so necessary to change it.

This thesis develops around the theme of new building problem in historical settlements. Rapid and uncontrollable urbanization due to industrialization and over dense population is resulting in the demolishment of the existing historical settlements in our country. Despite this change, as the main goal of conservation is to provide historical continuity, the existence of the new buildings in historical settings as the products of this process come out to be an urban conservation problem. The current regulations for the new buildings in historical settings being applied in the norms of conservation plans are usually inadequate to bring out successfully integrated new buildings with the traditional setting due to their standard approaches to the problem. In that sense within this thesis study, Kizilmurat district of Tarsus is selected as the study area and a methodology is referred that considers the identity of the settlement and comments on the current regulations for the introduction of a proposal new building principles. Within the light of these proposed principles existing new buildings as the latest layer of the settlement are also evaluated and several interventions are brought out.

This thesis is concerned with the cultural shifts that have occurred in Lihir, Papua New Guinea, as Lihirians were drawn into greater engagement with the capitalist system, initially through the colonial labour trade and more recently through large-scale resource extraction. This research draws upon 15 months of fieldwork in the Lihir Islands from 2003 to 2004. This thesis is intended as a critical dialogue with world system theorists.World systems arguments are constructive for understanding how Lihirians have remained economically marginal.However, I reject the assertion commonly propounded in these approaches that the world capitalist system inevitably destroys ‘traditional’ cultures and remakes them to its own specifications. Working from Sahlins’ (1985, 1992) premise that there is always continuity in change, I have sought to illustrate those enduring structures and received cultural values that have shaped Lihirian engagement with the capitalist system. My concern iswith articulation rather than penetration; to capture the dialectic of global structural inequalities and Lihirian selective appropriation. This approach allows me to emphasise the heterogeneity of Lihirian culture, notonly prior to sustained European contact, or even mining activities, but specifically at the height of their engagement with the capitalist system. (For complete abstract open document)