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Magister Artium - MA / This thesis traces the immigration of Madeirans to Cape Town and their settlement from the 1900s to the 1970s. It focuses on how exclusionary legislation from 1902 affected Madeiran entry, how they managed to circumvent it and the documents required for immigration over this long period. Particular attention is drawn to the role of women in the migration process, the nature of the households and the impact of women in shaping a settled Madeiran population. The thesis examines the role Portuguese organisations played and continue to play in maintaining cultural and religious values and the extent to which these values have been retained in the second and later generations. This thesis seeks to ask to what extent the Madeiran migration experience bears commonalities with other groups, particularly Indians, or whether unique features are discernible. Indians and Madeirans were both regarded as ‘undesirable’ and subject to literacy tests, domicile certificates, permits and certificates of identity. Illegal entry was common to both groups. Chain migration featured in their decision to leave the poverty of their homeland. The split-household was the dominant household form. Once settled, Indian and Madeiran wives played a key role in the business and in passing on their cultural and religious values. Both groups established cultural organisations. Despite these commonalities, Madeiran migration displayed certain unique features compared to Indians.

Submitted by Mario BC (mario@bc.ufrpe.br) on 2016-05-13T13:21:49Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Carlos Alberto Batista dos Santos.pdf: 4547753 bytes, checksum: 4f43293e4e7deca1b56274100202ec1a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-05-13T13:21:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Carlos Alberto Batista dos Santos.pdf: 4547753 bytes, checksum: 4f43293e4e7deca1b56274100202ec1a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-27 / The exploitation of natural resources by traditional communities is grounded in a set of knowledge, practices and human beliefs based on empirical experimentation of the closest environment that is part of the cultural traditions. This study adds to the recent researches about the indigenous peoples in Brazil and, especially, in the Northeast region, from oral memories of the indigenous Truká, who lives in the Brazilian Northeast semiarid and depend directly or indirectly of the natural resources of the environment in which they live, having an intimate association with the local wildlife, on which they developed indispensable knowledge for survivor of their culture. This study was developed in four indigenous settlements of the Truká people, located in the Lower-Middle São Francisco, in the cities of Sobradinho and Paulo Afonso, Bahia State, and in the cities of Cabrobó and Orocó, Pernambuco State. The indigenous people Truká has its original territory in the Assunção Island, Cabrobó`s city. Land and political conflicts led many families out of its original territory searching for new spaces. Thus, the settlements of Orocó, Paulo Afonso and Sobradinho arose. The migration process involves the adaptation to the news environment occupied, including the way to use the biodiversity available. This way, this study aimed to characterize the hunting activities, and to analyze the use of wild animals from the cultural practices of the Truká indigenous, investigate the influence of the migration process on medicinal use of wildlife, based on the hypothesis that the medicinal use of wildlife by different occupational center is influenced by new occupied environments, and to record the wealth of species caught, their uses, fishing techniques used, the ecological knowledge on these and the indigenous perception in relation to environmental impacts that influence the local fishery. The information on knowledge and local use of the wildlife resources were obtained through semi-structured questionnaires, complemented by free interviews and informal conversations. The data were collected in monthly visits lasting three days in each settlement, from February 2013 to December 2014. The four settlements of the indigenous people Truká share several knowledge on wildlife and its use, important components of the livelihood strategies of this people, among them the hunting and the fishing that remain as cultural traits of the ethnic group and are transmitted from one generation to another through orality. Our results also reveal that zootherapy practices among the Truká people persist as alternative therapy in all settlements investigated; however, each settlement has an idiosyncratic knowledge on the medicinal animals, which certainly is influenced by physical environment, by contact with other cultures and by maintenance or reduction of the contact with the Main Settlement of Cabrobó, place of origin of this people. The understanding of the local cultural practices that involve the wildlife resources and the conservation consequences of such activities on local biodiversity are essential for implementation of conservation strategies and handling actions truly effective and participatory, mainly focused on most exploited species, besides to contribute for an understanding of the wildlife usage modes by human people of the Northeast semiarid. / A exploração dos recursos naturais por comunidades tradicionais, se fundamenta num conjunto de conhecimentos, práticas e crenças humanas, fundadas na experimentação empírica do ambiente próximo que integra as tradições culturais. Este estudo vem somar-se às recentes pesquisas sobre os povos indígenas no Brasil e, em particular, na região Nordeste, a partir das memórias orais dos índios Truká, que habitam o semiárido do Nordeste brasileiro, e dependem direta e indiretamente dos recursos naturais do ambiente em que vivem, mantendo uma associação intima com a fauna local, sobre a qual desenvolveram conhecimentos indispensáveis para a sobrevivência de sua cultura. Este trabalho foi desenvolvido em quatro aldeias indígenas do Povo Truká, situadas na região do Submédio São Francisco, nos municípios de Sobradinho e Paulo Afonso, Estado da Bahia, e nos municípios pernambucanos de Cabrobó e Orocó. O povo indígena Truká tem seu território original na Ilha de Assunção, município de Cabrobó. Conflitos pela terra e políticos levaram muitas famílias a saírem de seu território original em busca de novos espaços, assim formaram-se as aldeias de Orocó, Paulo Afonso e Sobradinho. O processo migratório implica em adaptação aos novos ambientes ocupados, incluindo a forma de se apropriar da biodiversidade disponível. Dessa forma, este estudo teve como objetivos, caracterizar as atividades cinegéticas, e analisar o uso de animais silvestres a partir das práticas culturais dos índios Truká, investigar a influência do processo de migração sobre o uso medicinal de animais, partindo da hipótese de que o uso de animais medicinais pelos diferentes núcleos de ocupação sofre a influência dos novos ambientes ocupados, e registrar a riqueza de espécies pescadas, seus usos, técnicas de pesca utilizadas, o conhecimento ecológico sobre estas e a percepção dos índios em relação aos impactos ambientais que influenciam a pesca local. As informações sobre o conhecimento e uso local dos recursos faunísticos foram obtidas através de questionários semiestruturados, complementadas por entrevistas livres e conversas informais. Os dados foram coletados em visitas mensais com duração de 3 dias em cada aldeia, no período de fevereiro de 2013 a dezembro de 2014. Os quatro aldeamentos do povo indígena Truká, partilham diversos conhecimentos sobre a fauna silvestre e seus usos, componentes importantes das estratégias de subsistência desse povo, entre elas a caça e a pesca que permanecem como traços culturais da etnia, e são transmitidos de uma geração a outra através da oralidade. Nossos resultados também revelam que as práticas zooterápicas entre os povos Truká persistem como alternativa terapêutica entre todos os aldeamentos investigados, no entanto, cada aldeia apresenta um conhecimento idiossincrático sobre os animais medicinais, o qual certamente é influenciada pelo ambiente físico, pelo contato com outras culturas e pela manutenção ou redução do contato com a Aldeia Mãe de Cabrobó, lugar de origem deste povo. A compreensão das práticas culturais locais que envolvem os recursos faunísticos e as implicações conservacionistas de tais atividades sobre a biodiversidade local, são essenciais para a implementação de estratégias de conservação e ações de manejo verdadeiramente eficazes e participativas, voltadas principalmente para as espécies mais exploradas, além de contribuir para uma compreensão dos modos de utilização da fauna pelas populações humanas do semiárido Nordestino.

The objective of the thesis is the analysis of business and cultural traditions when doing business in Vietnam or with Vietnamese companies or businessmen. Cultural and business characteristic of the business entities are described in details in the theoretical part. Practical part of thesis analyses the research done by depth interviews with entrepreneurs who have experience in doing business in Vietnam or with Vietnamese business partners.

The thesis called "Poutník od Otavy Otavan source of information about the history and cultural traditions of Prácheňsko" is focused on the contents, the structure of the given journals and their importance for the region Prácheňsko. The introduction includes definitions of the basic terms and presents characteristics of Prácheňsko. The thesis continues with a comparison of the given journals with many selected journals from Tábor, Jindřichův Hradec and České Budějovice. The main part of the thesis is based on analysis of the articles from Písek journals related to history and cultural traditions in the region Prácheňsko. The social situation of the country at the time when the journals were released the 2nd half of the 19th century was taken into account when working out this thesis. The aim of this thesis is evaluation of importance of chosen regional journals for the region Prácheňsko.

Race, ethnicity and culture have been a central theme in South African history, and while not disregarding the recent socio-political changes, many South Africans of different races continue to lead essentially different lives. Public schools are becoming more racially and culturally integrated and it is important that this leads to incisive change and not merely altering the racial demographics of the learner and educator bodies. Culture in South Africa is dynamic and the values and norms of members of a particular group are in a state of flux. Moreover, the shift from a traditional teacher-centred curriculum to an outcomes-based curriculum in South African education means that the teacher is encouraged to accept each learner in the culturally diverse classroom as an individual, who brings a unique life experience into the classroom and contributes to learning in the context. The learner's cultural background, family and community should be considered in both the selection of learning material and in classroom interaction. This study investigates the South African adolescent's perspective of culture by means of a literature review, a photographic essay and an empirical investigation using a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches. The literature review expanded on the concepts of race, culture and ethnicity. Topics relating to the life in Johannesburg that adolescents perceived as significant were commented on in the photographic essay. Thereafter, adolescent learners from two ex-model C schools in Johannesburg were selected as participants in the empirical research. The quantitative research considered aspects such as learner prejudice, ethnic group preference and the value attached to cultural traditions using questionnaires and sociograms as data gathering methods. The qualitative phase used focus group discussions using as a stimulus a posed photograph of a racially diverse group of learners engaged in a group activity. Learners were selected, for the focus discussion groups, on the basis of the results of the sociogram used in the quantitative phase. Findings showed that learners regard diversity as a resource although evidence suggests that black learners are moving away from traditional cultural practices. Based on the findings of the literature study and the empirical inquiry recommendations for the improvement of practice are made. / Educational Studies / D. Ed. (Socio-Education)

Race, ethnicity and culture have been a central theme in South African history, and while not disregarding the recent socio-political changes, many South Africans of different races continue to lead essentially different lives. Public schools are becoming more racially and culturally integrated and it is important that this leads to incisive change and not merely altering the racial demographics of the learner and educator bodies. Culture in South Africa is dynamic and the values and norms of members of a particular group are in a state of flux. Moreover, the shift from a traditional teacher-centred curriculum to an outcomes-based curriculum in South African education means that the teacher is encouraged to accept each learner in the culturally diverse classroom as an individual, who brings a unique life experience into the classroom and contributes to learning in the context. The learner's cultural background, family and community should be considered in both the selection of learning material and in classroom interaction. This study investigates the South African adolescent's perspective of culture by means of a literature review, a photographic essay and an empirical investigation using a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches. The literature review expanded on the concepts of race, culture and ethnicity. Topics relating to the life in Johannesburg that adolescents perceived as significant were commented on in the photographic essay. Thereafter, adolescent learners from two ex-model C schools in Johannesburg were selected as participants in the empirical research. The quantitative research considered aspects such as learner prejudice, ethnic group preference and the value attached to cultural traditions using questionnaires and sociograms as data gathering methods. The qualitative phase used focus group discussions using as a stimulus a posed photograph of a racially diverse group of learners engaged in a group activity. Learners were selected, for the focus discussion groups, on the basis of the results of the sociogram used in the quantitative phase. Findings showed that learners regard diversity as a resource although evidence suggests that black learners are moving away from traditional cultural practices. Based on the findings of the literature study and the empirical inquiry recommendations for the improvement of practice are made. / Educational Studies / D. Ed. (Socio-Education)

This thesis analyzes the colonization and traditional spiritual practices of the Ioway people to show that their traditions have survived the effects of colonization also known as white settlers. I focus on issues of cultural traditional exhibition dance and that complicates the question of the nation-state’s exclusively trying to dissemble the Native Ioway Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska of colonization and the effects on the Ioway people past and present. I use personal experience of being a tribal member to discuss how the tribes’ oral history allows for the preservation of Ioway cultural identity and religious traditions.