Com o surgimento das mídias eletrônicas e os processos de produção digital, sobretudo com o desenvolvimento dos programas de simulação espacial e de relacionamento social em realidade virtual e a crescente utilização do ciberespaço como território de suporte a estes fenômenos de existência imaterial, abriu-se vários caminhos em direção à transformação dos resultados únicos e previsíveis, contidos nos processos analógicos de produção, para um universo de exploração de resultados latentes, cuja potencialidade produtiva está na exploração da condição do inacabado, do transitório, do não plenamente definido e sua flexibilidade para ágil transformação. Esta nova condição sócio-digital, fez surgir situações exploratórias que testam os limites da ação produtiva do design e da arquitetura, onde o meio digital é base para a construção de objetos e espaços. A partir desta nova condição de produção de objetos e espaços sem objetivar a materialidade física, a ação produtiva se torna mais complexa, uma vez que os resultados são possibilidades ao invés de certezas e a ação de intervenção do usuário é parte determinante do resultado final e da percepção sobre estes. No mesmo tempo que traz relações complexa à condição produtiva, a imaterialidade dos resultados nos meios digitais permite, ao design e à arquitetura, explorar uma reserva de possibilidades direcionadas ao sensorium humano. Dentro contexto, esta tese se desenvolve centrada na hipótese de que, se é condição básica da arquitetura prover espaços que permitam, no mínimo, a ação humana em seu interior e a possibilidade de interação com os objetos ali presentes, a partir dos conceitos de espacialização e representação associados à produção arquitetônica, os espaços obtidos por meio da simulação em realidade virtual tornam-se potencializadores agentes de novos significados e o ciberspaço, mais um território a ser explorado pela arquitetura e pelo design. / With the advent of the electronic media and the processes of digital production, especially with the development of softwares for space simulation and social networking in virtual reality, and the growing use of cyberspace as a supporting territory for these phenomena of immaterial existence, multiple paths were open toward the transformation of the single and predictable results, contained in the analogical processes of production, to a whole of latent result exploitation, whose productive power is under the unfinished condition, the transitory, the undefined and its flexibility to an agile transformation. This new social-digital condition has brought exploring situations that test the limits of the productive action of design and architecture, where the digital environment is the basis for building objects and spaces. From this new condition of producing objects and spaces without aiming the physical materiality, the productive action becomes more complex, since the results are possibilities rather than certainties, and the user intervention is determinative for the final result and perception of those. At the same time it brings complex connections to the productive action, the immateriality of the result in the digital environment allows, in the fields of architecture and design, the exploitation of a range of possibilities for the human sensorium. Within this context, this thesis focuses on the assumption that, if providing spaces that allow, at least, the human action in its interior and the possibility of interaction with the existent objects is a basic condition of architecture, from the definitions of spatiality and representation related to the architectural production, the spaces obtained by simulations in virtual reality become powering agents of the new meanings and the cyberspace, another territory to be explored by the architecture and the design.

O presente estudo volta-se ao romance Água Viva, publicado em 1973 por Clarice Lispector, compreendido como exercício de radicalização da linguagem sob influência do pensamento pictórico, no qual o rastro material do processo e a possibilidade de uma expressão não-verbal entram em questão. Será desenvolvida uma discussão sobre o romance enquanto gênero literário, que se desdobrará em uma comparação entre as linguagens literária e pictórica, suscitada pelas constantes sugestões ao universo da pintura presentes em Água Viva. Ao se estabelecer um embate entre crítica literária e crítica de arte visual, serão analisadas as tensões entre arte e realidade nos projetos estéticos da contemporaneidade, por meio de uma comparação entre o romance de nosso recorte e expressões artísticas consolidadas na década de 70, como o minimalismo, a arte-processo e a arte conceitual, que, ao colocar a pintura em xeque, desencadearam um amplo ataque ao ilusionismo. A análise do objeto deverá nos mostrar de que maneira os debates em torno da chamada morte da pintura auxiliam a compreender os movimentos dialéticos de Clarice Lispector, alternando afirmação e negação da arte em uma de suas obras de maior experimentação. É nesse contexto que será lido Água Viva, romance que se dispõe a refletir com complexidade sobre a crise das representações. / The present study is an approach to the novel Água Viva, published in 1973 by Clarice Lispector; it is understood as a radicalization of language under the influence of pictorial thought, in which the material trace of the process and the possibility of nonverbal expression are at stake. A discussion about novel as a literary genre will be developed; this will unfold into a comparison between literary and pictorial languages, implied by the constant suggestions regarding the universe of painting present in Água Viva. The confrontation of literary critic and visual arts critic settles an analysis of the tension between art and reality in the contemporary aesthetics projects, by means of a comparison between the novel in view and the consolidated art expressions from the 70s, like minimalism, process-art and conceptual art, which, challenging painting, triggered a comprehensive attack upon illusionism. The analysis of the object may show us how the debates about the so called death of the painting can aid in the understanding of Clarice Lispectors dialectic movements, in which art acceptance and denial take turns in one of her major works of experimentation. It is within this context that Agua Viva will be read, a novel that is willing to plunge with high complexity upon the crisis of representation.

This selective investigation of contemporary solo violoncello works written between 1980 and 2010 consists of 1075 works, listed in alphabetical order of country and in alphabetical order of composers of each relevant country. Due to the extensive nature of this field, this research only includes works by composers from eight European countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom), as well as Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. In my considered opinion, the European countries that have been selected are those with a very high musical culture and where composers are very active in this field. The musical life of the United States of America is so huge that it deserves a study of its own. Relevant information of each entry are added, including the approximate duration of each piece, the dedicatee, dates of first performances, recordings and addresses of websites of individual composers. The catalogue is followed by two appendices: one that lists the dedicatee in alphabetical order and the other that lists the works by their approximate duration. The study did not aim to examine the qualitative merits of every piece listed. The catalogue only includes original works for solo violoncello, and music exclusively written for beginner and intermediate levels has not been included. Works written for violoncello and piano, violoncello and orchestra and an amplified violoncello together with tape or electronic accompaniment are not included in this catalogue. These are subjects for further investigation and catalogue compilation. / Thesis (DMus)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / gm2014 / Music / unrestricted

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In this study, the focus is on techniques for playing contemporary music on the viola and other bowed string instruments. These techniques include playing overpressure, some percussion techniques, special pizzicato and left-hand pizzicato techniques, different contact point techniques, various harmonic techniques such as Effleuré, multiphones and subharmonics, and trills. In order to effectively execute these techniques, it is important to experiment and practice them in various ways. To properly execute percussion techniques, for instance, it is suggested to seek guidance from percussionists and for pizzicato techniques double bass players or guitarists. For practicing part, this thesis should be a help for players struggling with the extended techniques. The use of these techniques is discussed with the goal of practicing them to achieve the highest level of performance possible. / <p>Den klingande delen, som utgörs av följande inspelningar, är arkiverad. </p><p>Knox, Garth, Viola Spaces, No 2: Sul Tasto “Ghosts”</p><p>Ligeti, György, Viola Sonata, First movement: Hora lungă</p><p>Kurtág, György, “Signs, Games and Messages”, Vagdalkozós</p><p>Kurtág, György, “Signs, Games and Messages”, Virág – Zsigmondy Dénesnek</p>

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This study was set up to determine how the concept of biblical salvation is understood within liberation theology and how the concept is perceived from Pentecostal standpoint with the aim of developing a theological framework to challenge the dehumanising influences in contemporary society. The central argument of this thesis is that, there are irreconcilable differences between the salvation espoused by liberation theology's praxeological epistemology and the Pentecostal understanding of the concept etymologically and hermeneutically speaking. The study further probes whether Pentecostalism can provide the necessary theological framework that can be used to challenge the perceived dehumanising influences in contemporary society. The study achieved its purpose by setting meaningful objectives and following the appropriate research methodologies. Firstly, the study employed in-depth textual analysis, historiography, lexicology, and hermeneutic principles to understand the etymology of salvation from previous scholarship. This effort helped to elucidate differences that exist between liberation theology and Pentecostal renderings of the concept. Secondly, the concerns of existing contributors on the subject were evaluated by researching historical, linguistic and textual materials as well as exegetical analysis of relevant texts of Scripture. Thirdly, an in-depth literature analysis was undertaken to ascertain liberation theology's hermeneutic methodologies. This is necessary to establish whether the movement is more interested in promoting its ideologies and preunderstandings rather than biblical salvation. Fourthly, it was necessary to review the deep concerns expressed by liberation theology epistemology without compromising the message of the Gospel. This was achieved by a thorough analysis of social ministries undertaken by Progressive Pentecostals across the globe. Fifthly, the study evaluated the Pentecostal criticisms of liberation theology to see if there is any justification for that. This was achieved through an in-depth exegetical and hermeneutic analysis using word studies, theological dictionaries, bible commentaries, and by reviewing scholarly articles on the subject matter. Lastly, by analysing the difference between Pentecostal and liberation theologies, it was clear that their methods of operations are different. This goes to explain why Pentecostalism is growing exponentially while liberation theology is declining. The outcome of this analysis also explains why Pentecostalism is a better alternative in addressing the challenges facing our global community. / PhD (Dogmatics), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

This study was set up to determine how the concept of biblical salvation is understood within liberation theology and how the concept is perceived from Pentecostal standpoint with the aim of developing a theological framework to challenge the dehumanising influences in contemporary society. The central argument of this thesis is that, there are irreconcilable differences between the salvation espoused by liberation theology's praxeological epistemology and the Pentecostal understanding of the concept etymologically and hermeneutically speaking. The study further probes whether Pentecostalism can provide the necessary theological framework that can be used to challenge the perceived dehumanising influences in contemporary society. The study achieved its purpose by setting meaningful objectives and following the appropriate research methodologies. Firstly, the study employed in-depth textual analysis, historiography, lexicology, and hermeneutic principles to understand the etymology of salvation from previous scholarship. This effort helped to elucidate differences that exist between liberation theology and Pentecostal renderings of the concept. Secondly, the concerns of existing contributors on the subject were evaluated by researching historical, linguistic and textual materials as well as exegetical analysis of relevant texts of Scripture. Thirdly, an in-depth literature analysis was undertaken to ascertain liberation theology's hermeneutic methodologies. This is necessary to establish whether the movement is more interested in promoting its ideologies and preunderstandings rather than biblical salvation. Fourthly, it was necessary to review the deep concerns expressed by liberation theology epistemology without compromising the message of the Gospel. This was achieved by a thorough analysis of social ministries undertaken by Progressive Pentecostals across the globe. Fifthly, the study evaluated the Pentecostal criticisms of liberation theology to see if there is any justification for that. This was achieved through an in-depth exegetical and hermeneutic analysis using word studies, theological dictionaries, bible commentaries, and by reviewing scholarly articles on the subject matter. Lastly, by analysing the difference between Pentecostal and liberation theologies, it was clear that their methods of operations are different. This goes to explain why Pentecostalism is growing exponentially while liberation theology is declining. The outcome of this analysis also explains why Pentecostalism is a better alternative in addressing the challenges facing our global community. / PhD (Dogmatics), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014