Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar os valores culturais contidos nas letras de cantos tradicionais dos corais de uma comunidade de origem germânica. Nova Petrópolis é o município escolhido por ter suas raízes na imigração alemã e conservar até os dias atuais aspectos dessa cultura. A pesquisa utiliza o método da análise de conteúdo, tendo como corpus dezessete cantos tradicionais que representam manifestações culturais germânicas. Do estudo dos cantos emergiram quatro categorias temáticas: sentido da vida, religiosidade, valores da vida social e dialética das expressões emocionais. Os temas são universais, presentes em narrativas de todo o mundo, mas com um viés particular, regional, característico dessa cultura específica, de seu universo de representações sociais. Para compreender o legado cultural transmitido de geração em geração, faz-se uso da história da imigração alemã e da importância dos cantos na tradição germânica através dos tempos. Essas categorias são interpretadas e relacionadas com os demais estudos sobre a cultura germânica com o objetivo de compreender seus entrelaçamentos. O referencial teórico utilizado permite o entendimento da cultura e de como seus valores aparecem e são articulados nessa comunidade de origem germânica. Desse modo, o estudo contribui para a compreensão da identidade coletiva dessa comunidade. / This study has as objective to analyze the cultural values contained in the lyrics of traditional songs of the choirs of a community of German origin. Nova Petrópolis is the chosen municipality for having its roots in the German immigration and for conserving aspects of this culture up till the present days. The research utilizes the method of the content analysis having as corpus seventeen traditional songs that represent the German cultural manifestations. From the study of the songs four thematic categories emerged: sense of life, religiosity, values of social life and dialectic of the emotional expressions. The themes are universal, present in narratives all over the world, but in a particular way, regional, characteristic of this specific culture, of its universe of social representations. To understand the cultural legacy transmitted from generation to generation, usage of the history of the German immigration and of the importance of the songs in the German tradition through the times is made. These categories are interpreted and related to the other studies about the German culture with the objective to understand their interlaces. The theoretic referential utilized permits the understanding of the culture and how their values appear and are articulated in this community of German origin. This way, the study contributes for the understanding of the of this community.

This study is a qualitative interview study that examines antagonism, identity and collective memory among second generation immigrants from Bosnia & Herzegovina. The study is based on an existential history use-perspective and social constructivist socialization theory. The study shows that the Bosniak identity is seldom defined by their history and the Yugoslavian wars but rather by language and traditions. In addition, the results indicate that the Bosniak identity has been assimilated to a large extent into the Swedish majority culture. The results also show that antagonism against other ethnic groups in the Balkans mainly occurs among first-generation immigrants while the descendants do not relate to a large extent to the war crimes and atrocities that occurred against Bosnian Muslims. Instead, they express empathy and sympathy for their parents’ experiences of these traumas. The respondents also experienced a nonchalance towards their background in Swedish history teaching where their history was neglected in favor of other wars and genocides. While the respondents suspected a fear of conflict among teachers to account for the area, they also told examples when teachers failed in the relational pedagogy and homogenized the individuals by letting them represent an entire conflict and ethnic group. Overall, the study shows that the use of history is not a recurring phenomenon among second-generation Bosniak immigrants, and their attitude focuses on individuals rather than groups. In the didactic part of the study, the results emphasize that history teachers might need to self-educate based on the students' background to create a meaningful education and create a history awareness among students.

Les changements rapides et profonds sont des plus en plus fréquents, tant dans les milieux de travail que dans la société. Ces changements rapides et profonds, nommés changements discontinus, sont connus pour être éprouvants pour le bien-être psychologique des individus. La littérature a proposé que les changements discontinus organisationnels et sociaux soient éprouvants parce qu’ils perturbent l’identité collective, qui fournit aux individus un cadre de référence dans lequel ils comprennent tant leur monde social qu’eux-mêmes. En réponse à un changement discontinu, l’identité collective souffrirait d’une baisse de clarté, où les individus se questionnent à savoir « qui ils sont » dans le contexte de leur groupe social. De récentes études confirment qu’un changement social discontinu provoque une baisse de clarté de l’identité collective. Toutefois, le lien entre les changements discontinus et la clarté d’une identité collective nécessite un soutien empirique robuste puisqu’aucune étude n’a manipulé expérimentalement un réel changement vécu par un groupe social. De plus, il reste à vérifier si la baisse du niveau de clarté de l’identité collective en réponse à un changement social discontinu est répliquée empiriquement sur le terrain. Le premier objectif de cette thèse est donc de vérifier l’effet d’un réel changement discontinu sur la clarté de l’identité collective d’un groupe social. Par ailleurs, les processus psychologiques qui déterminent comment les individus rétablissent la clarté de leur identité collective à la suite d’un changement discontinu demeurent à ce jour inconnus. La littérature en psychologie sociale soutient que deux processus de comparaisons contribuent à la construction de l’identité collective, soit les comparaisons sociales et les comparaisons temporelles. Il semblerait que les comparaisons temporelles soient plus prévalentes dans un contexte de changement discontinu, mais leur rôle pour rétablir la clarté de l’identité collective n’a pas été vérifié. Le second objectif consiste à vérifier si le fait d’effectuer des comparaisons temporelles est un processus psychologique qui rétablit la clarté de l’identité collective à la suite d’un changement discontinu. Cinq études réparties en deux articles ont été exécutées pour répondre à ces objectifs. Le premier article comble les lacunes soulevées dans la littérature en présentant un nouveau paradigme expérimental : le paradigme de groupes de travail Lego (PGTL). Ce paradigme expérimental simule un groupe de travail et expose ses membres à un réel changement discontinu, opérationnalisé en tant qu’un changement inattendu des valeurs qui orientent les objectifs de travail. Trois études testent l’hypothèse que l’introduction d’un changement discontinu causera une diminution du niveau de clarté de l’identité collective du groupe de travail. L’étude 1 simule un changement discontinu en transformant subitement les valeurs du groupe de collaboration à des valeurs de compétition. L’étude 2 réplique les résultats de l’étude 1 avec différente paire de valeurs opposées, soit l’efficience et l’innovation. La troisième étude réplique les résultats et la méthodologie de l’étude 1 avec un grand échantillon, ce qui permet de contrôler statistiquement pour la non-indépendance des observations. Les trois études confirment l’hypothèse que l’introduction d’un changement discontinu cause une diminution du niveau de clarté de l’identité collective du groupe de travail. Le deuxième article contient deux études qui se déroulent auprès d’Américains, dans le contexte du changement d’administration présidentielle en 2016. La première étude vérifie dans un premier temps si la clarté de l’identité collective est diminuée à la suite d’un changement discontinu sur le terrain (hypothèse 1). Dans un deuxième temps, une intervention utilisant des comparaisons temporelles est testée pour vérifier si elle permet de rétablir la clarté de l’identité collective (hypothèse 2a). Le degré d’efficacité de l’intervention utilisant des comparaisons temporelles est comparé à une intervention utilisant des comparaisons sociales, une intervention utilisant des comparaisons sociales et temporelles et une condition contrôle. La deuxième étude vérifie si l’intervention utilisant des comparaisons temporelles rétablit la clarté de l’identité collective au-delà de l’effet du passage du temps (hypothèse 2b) et au-delà des autres interventions. Les résultats confirment la diminution de clarté de l’identité collective à la suite de l’élection, et le rôle de comparaisons temporelles pour rétablir la clarté de l’identité collective. / Rapid and profound changes are increasingly common, both in the workplace and in society. These rapid and profound changes to social groups, called discontinuous changes, are known to have deleterious effects on the psychological well-being of individuals. Literature has proposed that discontinuous organizational and social changes are challenging because they disrupt individuals’ collective identity, which provides them with a meaningful frame of reference in which they understand their social environment and themselves. It has been proposed that during discontinuous changes, collective identity suffers from a decrease in clarity, where individuals question who they are in the context of their social group. Recent studies confirm that discontinuous social change causes a decrease in collective identity clarity. However, the link between discontinuous changes and collective identity clarity remains tentative since no study has experimentally manipulated a real experienced change in a social group. Finally, it remains to be seen whether the decrease in collective identity clarity following discontinuous social change is empirically replicated in the field. The first goal is therefore to provide robust empirical support to the proposition that discontinuous change causes a decrease of collective identity clarity, in a context of real experienced change. In addition, the psychological processes that determine how individuals restore collective identity clarity following discontinuous change remain unknown to this day. Literature in social psychology argues that there are two processes of comparison fundamental to the construction of collective identity, namely social comparisons and temporal comparisons. Temporal comparisons appear to be more prevalent in a context of discontinuous change, but their role in restoring collective identity clarity has not been verified. The second goal of this thesis is to verify whether temporal comparisons are a psychological process that restores collective identity clarity following a discontinuous change. Five studies divided into two articles were carried out to meet both goals. The first article fills the gaps raised in previous literature by presenting a new experimental paradigm: the Lego Workgroup Paradigm (LWP). This experimental paradigm simulates a work group and exposes its members to a real experienced discontinuous change, operationalized as an unexpected change in the values that guide the work objectives. Three studies test the hypothesis that the introduction of a discontinuous change will reduce levels of collective identity clarity related to the workgroup. Study 1 simulates a discontinuous change transforming the values in a sudden way from collaborative values to competition values. Study 2 replicates the results of Study 1 with different opposing values of efficiency and innovation. The third study replicates the results and methodology of Study 1 with a large sample that allows statistical control for the non-independence of observations. The three studies support the hypothesis that the introduction of a discontinuous change causes a decrease in collective identity clarity related to the work group. The second article contains two studies conducted with Americans, in the context of the change of presidential administration in 2016. The first study aims to validate whether the clarity of the collective identity is diminished as a result of a discontinuous change in a field setting (hypothesis 1). Then, an intervention using temporal comparisons is tested to verify if it restores collective identity clarity (hypothesis 2a). The degree of effectiveness of the intervention using temporal comparisons is contrasted with an intervention using social comparisons, an intervention using social and temporal comparisons and a control condition. The second study verifies whether the intervention using temporal comparisons restores collective identity clarity beyond the effect of the passage of time (hypothesis 2b), and beyond other interventions. The results confirm the decrease in collective identity clarity as a result of the election’s outcome and the role of temporal comparisons to restore the collective identity clarity.

Dans un contexte d’intérêt croissant pour le véganisme en Occident, cette recherche exploratoire se propose de brosser le portrait des acteurs collectifs du mouvement végane québécois. Loin d’être une pratique individuelle seulement, le véganisme est porté, au Québec, par différents groupes (groupes de base, organisations à but non lucratif et organismes de charité) qui défendent aussi bien les droits des animaux que la nécessité de se tourner vers une alimentation végétale pour la santé et l’environnement. À l’aide d’une analyse de réseaux, nous définirons, sur le plan organisationnel, la configuration du mouvement et ses frontières, montrant la présence d’une structure fragmentée. La recherche se proposera par la suite de cerner les éléments constitutifs de l’identité collective du mouvement, qui repose sur une idée revendiquée plus ou moins frontalement : l’abolition de l’exploitation animale. Cette identité s’incarne dans des actions diverses, non violentes et la plupart du temps légales, qui ciblent tant la culture dominante, c’est-à-dire la consommation normalisée de produits animaux, que les sphères politiques et juridiques, malgré l’absence relative du mouvement dans l’arène politique conventionnelle. / In the context of growing interest in veganism and animal advocacy in Western countries, the research focuses on the current vegan movement in Quebec. Far from being only an individual-level practice, veganism in Quebec is led by collective actors such as grassroots groups, non-profit organizations and charities. These organizations both advocate for animal rights and promote a plant-based diet for health and environmental reasons. We will define the movement’s structure and boundaries at an organizational level, using network analysis, and showing a fragmented structure. The research will then assess some constituent parts of the movement’s collective identity, centered around abolishing animal exploitation. This collective identity is embodied in various non-violent and often legal actions targeting dominant culture (i.e., the normalized consumption of animal products) and the legal and political spheres. Yet, the movement is still relatively absent on the conventional political scene.

De récentes études ont démontré que le profil féminin de l’autisme apparaît méconnu au sein de la communauté psycho-médicale, de sorte que de nombreuses femmes autistes échappent indéfiniment au diagnostic de leur condition neurologique ou ne prennent connaissance de celle-ci qu’une fois leur vie adulte bien entamée. Si le fait d’enfin prendre connaissance de l’origine de leur différence peut permettre aux personnes se découvrant autistes à un âge avancé de mieux comprendre leur propre fonctionnement et de favoriser le respect, par elles-mêmes comme par autrui, des besoins particuliers lui étant associés, les significations se voyant accordées au diagnostic d’autisme tardivement obtenu d’un point de vue identitaire apparaissent peu explorées à ce jour. La présente recherche a ainsi pour objectif premier d’analyser, sur la base de vingt entretiens semi-dirigés menés auprès d’autant de femmes autistes diagnostiquées à l’âge adulte, la façon dont ces dernières sont amenées à redéfinir la conception et l’expression de leur identité personnelle suivant la confirmation de leur différence neurologique. Notre cueillette de données ayant été réalisée en terrain mixte, soit au Québec en France, nous nous intéressons également à la manière dont un tel processus de redéfinition identitaire peut se voir influencé par le contexte géographique dans lequel évolue la personne concernée, et notamment par les représentations dominantes de l’autisme prévalant au sein de celui-ci. Enfin, nous nous interrogeons à savoir si l’émergence de mouvements sociaux luttant pour une meilleure reconnaissance sociale de l’autisme féminin ainsi que pour une plus grande valorisation de la diversité neurologique inhérente à l’espèce humaine peut se voir associée chez nos participantes au développement d’une identité collective en tant que femmes autistes ou, plus largement, en tant que personnes concernées par une forme de neurodivergence. Les résultats obtenus indiquent que l’obtention d’un diagnostic à l’âge adulte semble donner lieu chez les femmes autistes à une reconstruction identitaire globalement positive, mais que plusieurs d’entre elles demeurent réticentes à l’idée d’exprimer leur identité ainsi reconstruite auprès d’autrui dans un contexte social qu’elles estiment marqué par la prévalence d’une conception péjorative et stéréotypée de l’autisme de même que par une culture de la conformité exposant toute personne dont la manière d’être ou d’agir s’écarte des normes en place à un certain risque de stigmatisation. Nous avançons toutefois que le fait de revendiquer ouvertement leur différence à titre individuel et collectif pourrait justement permettre aux femmes autistes de contribuer à une évolution des mentalités entourant leur réalité singulière et, du fait même, à la création d’une société plus tolérante et inclusive en matière de neurodiversité. / Recent studies have shown that the female profile of autism remains largely unknown within the psycho-medical community, to the extent that many autistic women see their condition go indefinitely undetected or only get diagnosed well into their adult lives. While becoming aware of the origin of their difference may enable people discovering themselves to be autistic at an advanced age to better understand their own functioning and to ensure respect, by themselves and others alike, for the particular needs associated with it, the ways in which the late diagnosis of autism can be interpreted from an identity point of view appear to have been little explored to date. The primary objective of this research is thus to analyze, on the basis of twenty semi-structured interviews conducted with as many autistic women diagnosed in adulthood, the ways in which they can be led to redefine the conception and expression of their personal identity following the confirmation of their neurological difference. As our data collection was carried out in two distinct locations, namely in Quebec and in France, we are also interested in how such an identity redefinition process might be influenced by the geographic context in which the person concerned evolves, and especially by the dominant representations of autism prevailing within that context. Finally, we examine whether the emergence of social movements struggling for better social recognition of female autism and for greater appreciation of the neurological diversity inherent to humankind can be associated in our participants with the development of a collective identity as autistic women or, more broadly, as people affected by some form of neurodivergence. Our results indicate that the diagnosis of autism in adulthood appears to result in an overall positive identity reconstruction for autistic women, but that many of them remain reluctant to express their reconstructed identity to others in a social context they perceive to be marked by the prevalence of a pejorative and stereotypical conception of autism and by a culture of conformity that exposes anyone whose way of being or acting deviates from the norms in place to a certain risk of stigmatization. We suggest, however, that openly asserting their difference as individuals and as a group may enable autistic women to contribute to a change in attitudes regarding their specific reality and, as a result, to the creation of a more tolerant and inclusive society with respect to neurodiversity as a whole.

CHARLES UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Institute of International Studies Elisabeth Anna Hobl Changing the interpretation of monuments for the purpose of influencing the Czechoslovak collective identity through Rudé Právo and presidential speeches (1948-1957) Masters thesis Prague 2015 Abstract The Communist Party of Czechoslovak (KSČ) tried self-servingly to shape the interpretation of Czechoslovak history. National identity can theoretically change over time by adapting amongst others collective memory. As collective memory also consists of several components the thesis focuses on early attempts to influence Czechoslovak national identity by altering the meaning of certain historical events represented by specific monuments in the period 1948- 1957. A monument's meaning derives from discourse and traditions. The analysis shows that Rudé Právo articles and Presidential speeches were part of a discourse used to influence the meaning of monuments. The case studies: Bethlehem Chapel was to symbolize the historical Hussite legacy continued by the KSČ; the Monument of National Liberation was to commemorate World War Two soldiers and important communists; the Monument of the Soviet Tank Drivers was to commemorate the Red Army as Czechoslovakia's sole liberator. These interpretations were meant...

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Les collaborations interorganisationnelles apparaissent de plus en plus incontournables pour s’attaquer concrètement, et avec quelques chances de résultats, à nos problèmes et défis collectifs les plus importants, que ce soit dans les domaines de l’environnement, de la santé ou de la sécurité publique. Ces initiatives de gouvernance collaborative surpassent chacune des organisations individuelles pour décider et intervenir collectivement. Dans cette visée, cette recherche contribue à mieux comprendre le processus de concertation et les interactions entre les acteurs et les organisations qui participent à des initiatives de collaboration interorganisationnelle où de nombreuses parties prenantes sont interpellées. Plus précisément, cette étude porte sur la problématique des réseaux d’acteurs et de la gouvernance en sécurité routière au Québec. Nous nous sommes penchés sur l’expérience de la Table québécoise de la sécurité routière (TQSR) afin de comprendre les enjeux actuels de représentation et de concertation en matière d’action gouvernementale. Cette recherche examine le rôle de l’identité des acteurs et de leurs interactions dans les processus de construction de consensus et de prise de décision, de même que les divers enjeux de communication inhérents à ce genre d’exercice collectif. Nous démontrons également qu’un facteur de succès d’une collaboration interorganisationnelle repose sur la capacité des acteurs à construire une identité collective malgré leurs intérêts divergents et parfois opposés. Cette thèse améliore donc notre compréhension des mécanismes et des processus à la base des collaborations interorganisationnelles comme pratique de gouvernance collaborative, un mode de gestion de plus en plus utilisé dans l’administration de nos sociétés contemporaines. Cette thèse contribue également à montrer la manière dont les organisations se construisent et se maintiennent localement par l’entremise de la communication et de ses modalités. / Successfully dealing with organizational problems and challenges, regardless of sector, increasingly involves inter-organizational collaboration. Collective governance is involved the whole of the collective’s capacity to intervene and make decisions far exceeds that of any one organization. In this vein, this research contributes to a better understanding of the collaboration processes and the interactions among the actors participating in multi-stakeholder inter-organizational collaborative initiatives. More specifically, this study deals with the issue of actor networks and road safety governance in Quebec. We focused on the work of the Table québécoise de la sécurité routière (TQSR) in order to explore the ongoing issues of representation and communication with regard to public policy. This research looks at the role of actors’ identities and their interactions in the negotiation and decision-making processes as well as the multiple communication issues inherent to this sort of collective work. We also demonstrate that inter-organizational collaborative success rests on the actors’ capacities to build a collective identity, despite divergent and sometimes even opposing interests. This thesis thus improves our understanding of the mechanisms and processes that lie at the root of inter-organizational collaborations as collaborative governance practices increasingly common in modern public management. This study also advances our understanding of how organizations construct and maintain themselves via communication in its multiple modalities.

Ce mémoire vise à analyser le processus de construction de l'identité collective du mouvement queer à Montréal dans un contexte francophone. Bien que plusieurs travaux portent en partie sur les groupes militants queers québécois, aucune recherche ne s'est employée à comprendre comment les militant.es queers à Montréal se constituent comme un collectif qui développe une identité. Pour analyser le processus de construction de l'identité collective du mouvement queer montréalais, je m'appuie sur la théorie de Melucci (1985; 1996), qui définit l'identité collective d'un mouvement selon plusieurs axes : les champs d'action, les moyens employés et les fins visées, ainsi que le mode d'organisation. Afin de répondre à cette question de recherche, j'ai effectué une recherche documentaire ainsi que sept entrevues avec des militant.es queers montréalais.es francophones. L'analyse des données a été faite grâce à divers travaux qui portent sur les champs d'action, les valeurs, les fins et moyens, le mode d'organisation de mouvements contemporains anti-autoritaires et anti-oppressifs, ainsi qu'en fonction de trois dimensions élaborées par Melucci (1985) : le conflit, la solidarité et les limites du système. Je conclus que l'identité collective comme processus s'articule autour de plusieurs enjeux : premièrement, la diversité des champs d'action, les valeurs anti-oppressives, les relations d'affinités, le mode de vie alternatif et le mode d'organisation anti-oppressif des militant.es queers permettent au mouvement de créer une solidarité interne, d'affirmer une position anti-autoritaire qui brise les limites du système dominant et de se différencier du mouvement LGBT mainstream. Par ailleurs, les actions militantes concrètes qui réalisent le changement dans l'ici et maintenant participent à créer une solidarité et une reconnaissance entre militant.es, ainsi qu'à mettre en lumière un conflit avec le système dominant oppressif. Enfin, les perspectives francophones sur le mouvement queer ne semblent pas donner au bilinguisme du mouvement un rôle fondamental dans la construction de son identité collective. Cependant, l'intérêt marqué des militant.es francophones comparativement aux militant.es anglophones pour la politique institutionnelle fait émerger de nouvelles interrogations sur l'impact que pourrait avoir le mélange des cultures francophone et anglophone à Montréal sur la culture politique et l'identité du mouvement. / This dissertation aims at analyzing the process of construction of the collective identity of the Montreal queer movement in a french-speaking context. Although several works partly focus on queer militant groups from Quebec, no research tries to understand how queer militants in Montreal are formed as a collective which develops an identity. To analyze this process, I employ Melucci's theory (1985; 1996), which defines the collective identity of a movement according to three axes : the field of action, the means used and the ends aimed, as well as the forms of organization. In order to answer this research question, I carried out a documentary research and seven interviews with french-speaking queer militants from Montreal. The data analysis is based on various works concerning the fields of action, the values, the means and the ends, as well as the forms of organization of anti-authoritative and anti-oppresive contemporary movements, but also through three dimensions developed by Melucci (1985) : the conflict, the solidarity and the limits of the system. I argue that collective identity is articulated around several challenges : firstly, the diversity of the fields of action, the anti-oppressive values, the relation of affinity and the anti-oppressive form of organization of the queer militants allow the movement to create an internal solidarity, affirm an antiauthoritarian position which breaks the limits of the dominant system, and dissociate itself from the mainstream LGBT movement. In addition, concrete militant actions play a part in the social change here and now, contribute to creating solidarity and recognition between militants and reveals a conflict with the dominant oppressive system. Lastly, from the perspective of its french-speakers, the bilingual feature of the queer movement does not play a fundamental role in the construction of its collective identity. However, the shown interest of french-speaking militants for the institutional policy by comparison with english-speaking militants brings up new questions concerning how the mixture of the french-speaking and english-speaking cultures might have an impact on the political culture and the identity of the queer movement in Montreal.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:27:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Alexandre Cerullo.pdf: 815586 bytes, checksum: 5a64def1f4e7c7eaee24b0876f2683f0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-05-20 / This study aims at introducing the community material law in a systematic way and at showing given its nature and particularities it is part of the Brazilian legal system along with the private and public laws, being established as a new branch of law. Thus, this justifies the study due to the need of examining the new Brazilian legal system and to the lack of systematization of the new branch, disclosing common points of the main legislations it comprises, forming a sole body. As a backdrop, the event surveyed takes into consideration the breaking of paradigms and the deficiency of the private and public laws in protecting goods, and collective rights. At the forefront, it proposes and indicates particularities of the community material law that best meet the responses expected by the community that, also due to their nature, are not similar to those of the individuals and the State. Based on that, they become cohesive and are better tools to meet their needs, qualifying it as a new branch of law. The theoretical-methodological procedure proposes its systematization by using the holistic theory of law (holistic philosophy) and shows that the current paradigm is not based on linear or reductionist theories, but that all the social problems faced by the science of law are part of a sole issue: human life s sustainability. This is why the private and public laws are regarded for linear or reductionist questions, and the community material law is regarded as a new branch of law, with unique qualities for holistic matters. Then, the major pieces of collective legislation are examined and compared with the previous paradigms and the current one. The evolution is analyzed as well as an attempt is made in order to categorize the new branch of law. In conclusion, we observe that the community material law complements the Brazilian legal system, forming a trilogy with the private and public laws / O objetivo desse estudo é apresentar sistematicamente o direito material coletivo e, por sua natureza e particularidades, demonstrar que compõe o ordenamento jurídico brasileiro ao lado do direito privado e do público, como novo ramo do direito. Com a inserção do direito material coletivo, justifica-se esse estudo frente à necessidade de examinar a nova ordem jurídica brasileira e pela carência de sistematização desse novo ramo do direito, ainda que nos moldes aqui propostos, que desvende pontos comuns das principais legislações que o compõem, formando um só corpo. A hipótese pesquisada, em plano de fundo, considera a quebra de paradigmas e a insuficiência do direito privado e do público na tutela de bens e direitos coletivos. No plano principal, propõe e indica particularidades do direito material coletivo que melhor atendam às respostas exigidas pela coletividade que, também pela sua natureza, não se assemelham àquelas do particular ou do Estado. A partir daí, se tornam coesas e melhor servem de instrumentos para atender às suas necessidades, qualificando-o como novo ramo do direito. O procedimento teórico-metodológico propõe sua sistematização utilizando a teoria holística do direito (filosofia holística) e demonstra que o atual paradigma não está fundado em teorias lineares ou reducionistas, mas todos os problemas sociais a serem enfrentados pela ciência do direito fazem parte de um único problema, a sustentabilidade da vida humana. Daí consideraremos o direito privado e o público para as questões lineares ou reducionistas e o direito material coletivo, como novo ramo do direito, com predicados ímpares, para as holísticas. Em seguida, faz-se exame dos principais diplomas legais coletivos, confrontando-os com os paradigmas anteriores e o atual, sua evolução e busca seu enquadramento no novo ramo do direito e, concluindo, verifica-se que o direito material coletivo vem complementar o ordenamento jurídico brasileiro, compondo uma trilogia com o direito privado e o público