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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Idéias para uma pedagogia da desconstrução: desdobramentos da ontologia de Martin Heidegger / Ideas to a pedagogy of deconstruction: deployment of Martin Heidegger ontology

Marcos Oreste Colpo 19 June 2007 (has links)
A presente tese tem por finalidade propor algumas idéias que possam sustentar o que denominamos \"Pedagogia de Desconstrução\", idéias estas desdobradas com base na ontologia fundamental de Martin Heidegger, publicada em 1927 (Ser e tempo) e das publicações realizadas a partir de 1930, que marcaram a virada (die Kehre) do seu pensamento. O sentido da palavra desconstrução (Ab-Bau) ou destruição (Detruktion) em Heidegger está associado à identificação de um modo de pensar característico do ocidente, denominado pensamento metafísico, que se estabeleceu a partir de Platão. Tal modo de pensar consolida-se por meio de uma interpretação objetivada do ser dos entes (Vorhandenheit), cujos desdobramentos fizeram com que a metafísica esquecesse o fenômeno do mundo, permanecendo presa ao modelo do ver teorético. O sentido da desconstrução alinha-se com a tentativa de recuperar a diferença ontológica entre ser e ente, portanto, desconstruir o modo objetivado de alocar o ser dos entes, meditar sobre o sentido do ser e re-visitar (An-denken) o pensamento metafísico, desvelando aquilo que não foi pensado pela educação a partir destas determinações metafísicas. O modo de pensar metafísico chega à plenitude de suas possibilidades em nossa época atual, séculos 20 e 21, exercida por dois fenômenos que são: a ciência e a técnica moderna, que vem impor um modo de ser e pensar sobre cujas conseqüências Heidegger procurou nos alertar quanto às suas conseqüências nas significativas conferências realizadas após 1930. Tal modo de pensar, instrumentado pela eficiência da técnica e da logística dos mercados, nos enreda numa pseudoproximidade com as coisas e com os outros, entre outros sintomas que nos fazem adentrar numa noite escura e densa, obscurecendo-nos o mundo. Podemos testemunhar este mundo obscurecido por meio de alguns sintomas de nossa época atual, como a massificação dos homens, da fuga dos deuses, a devastação da terra, a aniquilação da coisa, bem como pela técnica moderna cuja essência consolida-se como uma contenda, uma provocação do homem em relação à natureza. É diante destes alertas demonstrados por Heidegger e testemunhados por nós que pensamos em propor algumas idéias que possam orientar uma pedagogia, preocupada em exercer alguns contrapontos aos imperativos de nossa época atual. Conscientes dos limites deste projeto em consonância com os entendimentos de Heidegger sobre os limites de nosso empenho em relação à metafísica, estamos propondo algumas pequenas saídas que se consolidam na tentativa de resgatar o vigor de um pensar que se realiza na unidade entre ser e pensar, de \"conduzir\" (ex-ducere) o ser-aí em direção ao conhecimento de si mesmo e de voltar-se para uma relação com o real pautada pela poiésis, ou seja, por uma linguagem e por um fazer que envolve levar à luz o que se apresenta realizado pela essência da verdade, compreendida como sendo a liberdade de deixar ser o ente. É neste âmbito da poiésis que o pensamento e os afazeres dos homens podem desconstruir o modo de desvelar o ser dos entes, dominado por um pensamento cuja armação (Gestell) submete as coisas à tríade: exploração, produção e consumo. O âmbito da poiésis em Heidegger inspira-se no poeta Hölderlin e com ele gesta-se a possibilidade de um outro modo de relação com o real, cujos modelos ônticos exercem um contraponto à armação, modelos estes inscritos no que Heidegger denomina por quadrindade, constituída pelo espelhamento entre os diferentes envios do ser: a terra; e o céu; os divinos e os mortais. / The aim of this thesis is to propose some ideas supporting what we refer to as \"Deconstruction Teaching\", arising from Martin Heidegger\'s 1927 work on basic ontology (Being and Time) and other publications as of 1930, marking the turning point (die Kehre) in his thinking. For Heidegger, the meaning of the term deconstruction (Ab-Bau) or destruction (Detruktion) is associated with a characteristic Western manner of thinking, known as metaphysical thinking, a concept originally identified by Plato. This manner of thinking is reinforced through the objective interpretation of the being of being (Vorhandenheit), an approach whereby metaphysics ignores the world phenomenon, and remaines mired in the theoretical view model. The meaning of deconstruction becomes aligned with the attempt to recover the ontological difference between being and the being and, thus, deconstructs the objective interpretation of allocating the being of the beings, to meditate on the meaning of the being and revisiting (An-denken) metaphysical thought, in order to reveal that which was not considered by education based on these metaphysical conclusions. The manner of metaphysical thinking reached the peak of its capacity in our own times, the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It was exercised by two phenomena, science and modern techniques, which themselves imposed a way of being and of thinking of whose consequences Heidegger strove to warn us in key talks given after 1930. This way of thinking, led by the efficient techniques and logistics of the markets, binds us into pseudo-proximity with things and with others, among other symptoms that thrust us into a dark and dense night, blinding us to the world. We can witness this obscured world through some of the symptoms of our time. Examples are the reduction of humans to their lowest common denominator, the exodus of the gods, the devastation of the earth, the annihilation of the thing, in addition to modern techniques, whose essence has hardened into dispute, man provoking nature. It is thanks to Heidegger\'s warnings which we ourselves have also witnessed, that we decided to present some ideas that could steer teaching, in its anxiety to place some counterpoints to today\'s imperatives. We are aware of the limits of this project in accordance with Heidegger\'s views on the limits of our performance in relation to metaphysics, and propose some minor solutions that arose in the attempt to redeem the vigor of a thinking process developed in the space between to be and to think, of \"leading forth\" (ex-ducere) being in the direction of self-knowledge and to return to a relationship with what is real, based on poiesis. In other words, through a language and through action involving bringing to light what is realized by the essence of truth, understood as being the freedom to cease being the being. It is in this very environment of poiesis that man\'s thoughts and actions can deconstruct the manner of revealing the being of the beings, dominated by a thought whose configuration (Gestell) submits such things to that trinity of exploration, production, and consumption. The environment of poesis in Heidegger was inspired by the poet Hölderlin and it is with him that the possibility of another relationship with reality is born, one whose ontological models exercise a counterpoint to this configuration. These models are part of what Heidegger defines as the \"quadrinity\", formed by the reflection of three different aspects of the being: earth, heaven, the gods, and mortals.
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Vulnerabilidade sÃcioambiental: mapas afetivos e degradaÃÃo ambiental no Conjunto Vila Velha, Fortaleza, Cearà / Socio-environmental vulnerability: love maps and environmental degradation in the Conjunto Vila Velha, Fortaleza, CearÃ

Edson Minarete Pacheco de Mesquita 30 April 2010 (has links)
CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / The Vila Velha Housing locates in Fortaleza‟s far west is result of many public politics of housing, by the competition for urban land and environment destruction. To understand how people live in this neighborhood, under which condition they live, the environmental aspects and the neighborhoodÂs feelings about the place of housing, a research‟s methodology was created in IBGE data analysis grounding about indicator of income, education and housing qualities, at last a social vulnerability rate for Vila Velha Housing was developed. As a result was notice that the majority of population live under high social vulnerability conditions. Through a interactive matrix, the Leopold matrix, the Vila VelhaÂs environmental aspects was described, the climate, relief, soil, and vegetation was make up showing his environmental vulnerability through his destruction. In parallel approach was used as a analysis tool of affects the affective maps created by BOMFIM (2003), twenty two health agents organized the interviewed group. As a result of the affect‟s research, images of contrast, destruction, pertaining and pleasure arise. The most significant images was contrast and destruction typical traits of negative feelings about Vila Velha Housing, which strengthened our hypothesis that in high socio-environmental places thereÂs a predominance of negative affects about palces. / O Conjunto Habitacional Vila Velha localizado no extremo oeste de Fortaleza à o resultado de uma sÃrie de polÃticas pÃbicas de habitaÃÃo, de conflitos do uso do solo urbano e da degradaÃÃo ambiental. Para entender como vivem as pessoas neste bairro, sob quais condiÃÃes vivem, quais os aspectos do ambiente natural do bairro e quais os sentimentos dos moradores sobre o local de moradia, elaborou-se uma metodologia de pesquisa baseada nas analises de dados do IBGE sobre indicadores de renda, educaÃÃo e qualidade das habitaÃÃes, por fim elaborou-se um Ãndice de vulnerabilidade social para o Conjunto Habitacional Vila Velha. Como resultado observamos que a maioria da populaÃÃo vive sob condiÃÃes de alta vulnerabilidade social. Por intermÃdio de uma matriz de interaÃÃes, a matriz de Leopold, descrevemos as condiÃÃes do ambiente natural do Conjunto Vila Velha, caracterizamos o clima, o relevo, o solo, e a vegetaÃÃo do lugar, evidenciando sua vulnerabilidade ambiental atravÃs da degradaÃÃo ambiental. Paralelo a esta abordagem utilizamos como instrumento de analise dos afetos os mapas afetivos criado por BOMFIM (2003), vinte e dois agentes comunitÃrios de saÃde formaram o grupo de moradores entrevistados. Como resultado da pesquisa sobre afetos, emergiram imagens de contraste, destruiÃÃo, pertencimento e agradabilidade. As imagens mais significativas foram as de contraste e destruiÃÃo caracterizadas por sentimentos negativos sobre o conjunto Vila Velha, o que reforÃa a nossa hipÃtese de que em lugares de alta vulnerabilidades socioambiental hà o predomÃnio de uma estima negativa sobre o lugar.
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Privatização e reestruturação das telecomunicações no Brasil e seus impactos sobre a criação e destruição do emprego / Privatization and restructuring of telecommunication sector in Brazil and its impacts on job creation and job destruction

Vilson Aparecido da Costa 24 March 2008 (has links)
Essa dissertação analisa como a reestruturação setorial e as privatizações alteraram a dinâmica do fluxo de criação, de destruição e a qualidade dos postos de trabalho no setor telecomunicações brasileiro, no período de 1995 a 2000. A reestruturação do setor de telefonia teve início em 1995 com a introdução da competição no serviço de telefonia móvel. A privatização das empresas de telefonia fixa, longa distância e móvel ocorreu em 1998, finalizando o ciclo de protecionismo na indústria nacional e na busca de auto-suficiência no setor considerado estratégico. A privatização trouxe como resultado um forte aumento na oferta de serviços, revertendo uma década de estagnação no crescimento do setor. O aumento na oferta de serviços das empresas privatizadas foi acompanhado de uma alta taxa de destruição de postos de trabalho com diminuição líquida no emprego e de pequena redução nos salários. Por outro lado, o estabelecimento da concorrência atraiu novas empresas ingressantes para o setor, cujas altas taxas de criação de postos de trabalho permitiram a recuperação do emprego total no setor ao final do período analisado. / This dissertation analyses how restructuring and privatization changed job creation and job destruction flows, as well as job characteristics in Brazilian telecommunications sector from 1995 to 2000. Sector restructuring started in 1995 with competition introduced in the mobile segment. The privatization of state-owned local, long distance and mobile companies occurred in 1998, leading to an end a cycle of nationalist policies of self-sufficiency given the sectors economic, political, and technological importance. Privatization brought strong improvement in the supply of services, reverting a decade of stagnation in service provision. This increase was accompanied by a large drop in net employment driven by a jump in the job destruction rate. On the other hand, competition attracted new entrants, whose high rates of job creation were responsible for leveling the total sector employment back by the end of the studied period.
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Luuanda delenda est: a destruição literária da cidade de Luanda em Os transparentes, de Ondjaki / Luuanda delenda est: literary destruction of Luanda, in Os transparentes, by Ondjaki

Bruno Henrique Coelho 15 December 2017 (has links)
Nas escusas veredas da Luanda contemporânea edificada no romance Os transparentes (2013), de Ondjaki, todos os caminhos, desde o começo, parecem apontar para uma única solução possível: a destruição. Analisaremos por que a cidade do romance deve ser destruída, a começar pela construção histórica desse arquétipo, de acordo com Northrop Frye. A ocorrência estética desse temário poderá ser constatada na forma romanesca, consoante as formulações de Bakhtin, evidenciando o caráter vivo e moderno do romance em questão, bem como a categoria de cronotopo ocupada pela cidade. Esse caminho será percorrido, com um recuo para investigar o lugar deste livro no pós-Independência, até chegar às causas da destruição presentes nos subterrâneos da sociedade, que enfraquecem os alicerces de Luanda na narrativa, e fazem-na ser consumida pelo fogo quase impiedoso ateado pelas mãos daqueles que estão às voltas com o poder político-econômico e que fazem da cidade viva da narrativa um lugar de embates, uma zona de contato, como será discutido nas considerações finais. / Considering the misleading paths in a contemporary Luanda built in Ondjaki\'s novel Os transparentes (2013), all the ways, from the very beginning, seem to point to a single possible solution: destruction. We will analyze why the city in the novel \"has to\" be destroyed, beginning with the historical construction of this archetype, according to Northrop Frye. The aesthetic occurrence of this subject can be verified in the romanesque form, according to the formulations of Bakhtin, which highlights the living and modern character of the novel to be considered as well as the category of chronotope occupied by the city. This path will be taken by using a retreat to investigate the place of this book in the so-called post-Independence moment, until the reasons for the destruction present in the essence of the society are known, being these very same destructions the ones that weakened the structures of Luanda in the narrative, and that made it to be consumed by the merciless fire fought by the hands of those who are dealing with political-economic power and who make the living city of the narrative a place of clashes, as well as zone of contact, as it will be discussed in the final considerations.
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Espaços da perda e da destruição : o labirinto como metáfora da casa e vice-versa, na constituição de uma poética contemporânea

Ferreira, Raquel Andrade January 2015 (has links)
A pesquisa de doutoramento Espaços da Perda e da Destruição - O Labirinto como Metáfora da Casa e vice-versa, na constituição de uma poética contemporânea foi desenvolvida no Programa de Pós-graduação em Artes Visuais ênfase em poéticas visuais do Instituto de Artes da UFRGS, sob orientação do Prof. Dr. Hélio Fervenza, de 2010 a 2015. Durante este período, realizei um conjunto de trabalhos constituídos por vídeos, fotografias, instalações, palavras e frases, instruções, objetos e ações performáticas que foram apresentadas em diferentes instituições expositivas. Todos eles são perpassados pela materialidade de objetos quebrados ou salvaguardados em disposição labiríntica. Os trabalhos revelaram a problemática com a qual me deparei e que desencadeou as reflexões desta tese, que poderia ser resumida na seguinte pergunta: Como constituir uma obra artística e uma poética no contexto da arte contemporânea, a partir do entrecruzamento dos espaços doméstico da casa e polimorfo do labirinto? Em decorrência dos desdobramentos práticos e teóricos dos trabalhos, tangencio vários conceitos tais como: O cotidiano, a casa, o labirinto, a perda e a destruição. O processo que envolve a articulação entre os elementos que compõem os trabalhos apontam os sentidos e a singularidade deste trabalho, assim como os aspectos cognitivos do processo de criação. / The doctoral research project Spaces of Loss and Destruction – The Labyrinth as Metaphor and vice-versa, in the constitution of a contemporary poetic was developed between 2010 to 2015 at the Postgraduate Program in Visual Arts of the Instituto de Artes of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul-UFRGS in Porto Alegre, Brazil, under the advisorship of Prof. Dr. Hélio Fervenza. During this period, I have produced a group of works composed of videos, photography, installations, words and phrases, instructions, objects and performative actions which have been presented in a variety of institutional exhibition spaces. All of these are permeated by the materiality of broken or safeguarded objects and presented using labyrinthical placement. The works have revealed a problematic triggering the reflections in this thesis, which may be summarized in the following question: How can one constitute a work of art and a poetic in the context of contemporary art by intercrossing spaces of the house and the polymorphic labyrinth? As a result of the practical and theoretical ramifications of these works, various concepts have become closely connected to it, such as: The everyday, the house, the labyrinth, loss and destruction. The process of articulating the works’ compositional elements evokes meanings and indicates their singularity, as well as cognitive aspects of the creative process.
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131514525 1215225 91313151820112029 / Beyond Zero

Sturm-Lie, Merzedes January 2015 (has links)
Master essäen publicerades som bok och var tillgänglig på utställningen 'Beyond Zero'. Performancet 'Spending time to draw Time utfördesvarje gång någon ville ha en kopia. I performancet ritar jag en punkt efter \"Frozen time=\" och en linje efter \"Time\" på sidorna 20-21. Jag änvänder min egen tid för att rita \'tid\'. Varje exemplar är unik och numrerad, eftersom ingen linje eller punkt någonsin är identisk. / [I examensarbetet ingår utställningen "Beyond Zero":] Jag ser historien som en oändlig upprepelse av konstruktion och destruktion. Nästan alla städer med sina byggnader, torn och fabriker som byggs upp, rivs förr eller senare ner. Det kan bero på naturkatastrofer, krig, förödelse eller att något inte längre behövs därför att ideer och concept i ett samhälle förändras. Vad som blir kvar är skal och ruiner eller frusna/icke genomförda byggnadsprojekt och monument. M.a.o. döda objekt/verktyg som tillhör en annan tid. Historien handlar också om vad vi väljer att synliggöra och osynliggöra. Många ställen där dramatiska grejer har hänt, har helt byggts om så att alla spår av en tragedi eller hemsk historia raderas bort. Varför väljer vi att ta bort vissa grejer och att förstärka synligheten av andra? Detta synliggörandet och osynliggörandet av historien är ett tema som jag har jobbat med i min slututställning genom performance, ljudverk och skulpturer. Till exempel genom att undersöka dom negativa och positiva fälten i ett objekt. Eller genom att något fragilt och lätt transformeras till något tungt och kompakt och vice versa. Vad man ser och inte ser. I mina verk vill jag undersöka och utveckla motsättningar och sätt att läsa historien. Arbeta med tid, ett nu som innefattar det förflutna och förhåller sig till framtiden.______________ List of works:\r\n\r\n-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3\r\nSteel, iron, plywood, glass, plastic, nylon\r\n2015\r\n\r\nLightning\r\nConcrete, styrofoam, forklift\r\n2015\r\n\r\nDiamond-Heart\r\nIron, bronze\r\n2015\r\n\r\nWhere the Battle took place I\r\nIron spike &amp; bronze death mask of the artist, shot at with a shotgun\r\n2015\r\n\r\nWhere the Battle took place II\r\nIron spike &amp; bronze death mask of the artist, shot at with a rifle\r\n2015\r\n\r\nWhat does Finnegan see when he wakes up?\r\nSound piece\r\n2015\r\nThe loudspeaker was located very high near the ceiling and looked like a black eye supervising the installation and it\'s space. Since there are intervals of silence the sound is suddenly part of the space. In order to turn the sound on and off, I had to climb a ladder.\r\nThe piece consists of two parts, alternating with breaks of 2 to 4 minutes.\r\n1. My voice reading parts of Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, as if it\'s Flemish. \r\n2. My voice giving the listener/viewer the clue with which the codes in my master essay can be deciphered.\r\n\r\nSpending Time to draw Time\r\nBooklet-Performance\r\n2015\r\nMy master essay was available as a leaflet at the exhibition. \r\nEvery time someone wanted to buy a copy, I did a performance. The performance consisted of personally drawing a dot after \'Frozen time=\' and a line after \'Time=\' on pages 20-21. I thus used my own time to draw time. Each copy is unique and numbered, because no line or dot can ever be identical. Material: Betong, frigolit, järn, nylon, brons, ljud, plywood, plast, glas Teknik: Skulptur, ljud, 3d fräsning / <p>DVD med dokumentation av performance och installation finns tillgänglig på Kungl Konsthögskolans bibliotek.</p>
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Jeruzalémský chrám a jeho zkáza (zpracování tématu v Tanachu) / The Jerusalem Temple and its Destruction (The Treatment of the Subject in the Tanach)

Razáková, Věra January 2015 (has links)
Jeruzalémský chrám a jeho zkáza (Zpracování tématu v Tanachu) The Jerusalem Temple and its Destruction (The Treatement of the Subject in the Tanach) Věra Razáková The thesis "The Jerusalem Temple and its Destruction (The Treatment of the Subject in the Tanakh)" deals with the events that led to the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple. It is the analysis aimed to map causes of the destruction of the First Temple in the biblical texts of the Tanakh. The paper follows the creation and formation of the G-d's people in the selected texts of the Tanakh. It shows many repeated warnings against breaking of the Law (The Torah), the Law accepted by the people of Israel at the Sinai. These warnings come from the G-d through prophets. There is a forgiveness coming from the G-d the Merciful and there are punishments coming from the Adonai the Righteous. The attempts to return to the G-d (tšuva) and to process the religious reforms are replaced by apostasy, forgetting or rejecting of the Law, the maintanance of idolatry. The destruction of the Solomon Temple came as the punishement from the G-d. According to the rabbinical tradition there were three basic sins marked as the gravest ones: idolatry (in many different forms), bloodshed and forbidden sexual behaviour. Those were announced to be punished by expulsion...
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Kreativní destrukce v podmínkách české ekonomiky - případ hospodářské krize konce 90. let / Creative destruction in Czech economy

Vobořil, Lukáš January 2013 (has links)
By using statistical methods and methods of macroeconomic analysis it has been proved that Schumpeter's theory of the creative destruction works not only as a theoretical model but it holds true even in real economics. With these methods it has been proved that during the currency and economic crisis in the 1997 and following the creative destruction was present in Czech economy and that it has changed the economy to be more effective and more productive than it was before which has helped to reach steeper growth rate afterwards. This means that the crisis through the creative destruction in fact has improved a condition of the whole Czech economy. Such an improvement has been also proved by an international comparison with the economy of the Slovak republic where the creative destruction didn't act so much due to an absence of economic crisis.
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FinTech, an Emerging Industry : An Explorative Study of Business Model Innovation on FinTech Companies in Sweden

Arouche, Patricia, Balaj, Blerta January 2020 (has links)
In recent years, the financial and economic decisions have changed which has created and utilized new methods and techniques that have led to new and different products, processes, and services. However, the changing methods and techniques have led to the movement of digital technology and enabling financial services within the financial industry. The changes have resulted in the phenomenon of FinTech that has derived from financial services. In order for companies to be competitive in the industry and create value for their customers, they need to use a business model as a conceptual tool to help improve their performance. High dynamics in technological solutions within the financial industry provides the base for business model innovation. Whilst there is little empirical insight about business model and business model innovation within the qualitative field, this study aims to explore how FinTech companies are developing their business models to enable business model innovation in Sweden, as well as what is influencing business model innovation. An explorative study with semi-structured interviews was conducted to explore how FinTech companies’ business models are built. The empirical findings were supplemented with data from the company’s websites and financial reports. This study’s findings show four key factors within the FinTech companies' business models: Technological innovations, digitization, value propositions, and human resources. All companies have developed innovative technology and software solutions and created new technical systems. Hence, all companies are innovative by creating new processes and methods through their technical development and resulting in different innovations such as API-systems and self-built algorithms. Further, business model innovation within this study has been influenced and driven by exceptional events as the market changes and problems occur within the company that forces innovations to be created for companies to overcome these obstacles. In addition, market pressure has influenced business model innovations by e.g. competitors and customers changing the market demand and making the companies adjust continuously.
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Skeletal changes after post-mortem exposure to fire as an indicator of decomposition stage

Keough, Natalie January 2013 (has links)
Forensic anthropologists and taphonomists are often tasked with interpreting the sequence of events from death through decomposition to skeletonisation. Discovery of burnt bone often evokes questions as to the condition of the body prior to the burn event. The purpose of this study was to evaluate features of thermal damage on bones in relationship to the condition of the bone (dry/wet) and progression of decomposition. Twenty-five pigs in various stages of decomposition (fresh, early, advanced, early & late skeletonisation) were exposed to fire for 30 minutes. The skeletal elements were scored and features included: colour change (unaltered, charred, calcined), brown and heat borders, heat lines, delineation, greasy bone, joint shielding, predictable and minimal cracking, delamination and heatinduced fractures. Colour changes were scored according to a ranked percentage scale (0 – 3) and the remaining traits as absent or present (0/1). Cohen’s Kappa statistics evaluated intraand interobserver error. Density plots and frequency distributions were constructed and multiple regression (categorical variables) and transition analysis were employed. The majority (8) of the 13 traits displayed potential to predict decomposition stage from burned remains. An increase in calcined and charred bone occurred synchronously with an advancement in decomposition. The organic composition of bone and presence of flesh affect the characteristics features of burned bone. Greasy bone occurred most often in the early/fresh stages (fleshed bone). Heat borders, heat lines, delineation, joint shielding, predictable and minimal cracking were associated with wet tissue/bone; whereas brown burn/borders, delamination and other heat-induced fractures were associated with early and late skeletonisation. No statistically significant differences were noted among observers for the majority of the traits except for predictable and minimal cracking and heat-induced fractures in the cranium. Heat-induced changes may assist in estimating decomposition stage from unknown, burnt remains and thereby aid in a providing an indication as to the condition of the bone prior to the burn event. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / gm2014 / Anatomy / unrestricted

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