Desde el surgimiento de la corriente New Wave, las narraciones del género de la ciencia ficción contenían un significado simbólico como una alegoría a nuestra condición como humanos. Las avanzadas construcciones tecnológicas, los seres no humanos y los mundos distópicos empezaron a cumplir un rol más profundo de lo que tradicionalmente fueron al ser meramente elementos visuales llamativos a ojos del espectador. Tanto en las obras literarias como en las películas del género, se desarrollan como subtextos una serie de denuncias al control de poderes, lucha de clases, violencia de género, xenofobia, por mencionar algunos. Conflictos humanos que han existido desde hace bastante tiempo y afecta en cómo nos relacionamos con nuestros semejantes. La presente investigación tiene como objetivo analizar esos cuestionamientos que hace la ciencia ficción en relación a lo humano, presentes en la serie de televisión de HBO Westworld, a través de los recursos del lenguaje audiovisual como el desarrollo de sus personajes, los conflictos de sus subtramas y sus espacios físicos. / Since the emergence of the New Wave phase, the narratives of the sci-fi genre contained symbolic significance as an allegory to our status as humans. Advanced technological constructions, non-humans and dystopian worlds began to play a deeper role than they traditionally were by being merely striking visual elements in the eyes of the viewer. In both literary works and films of the genre, a series of complaints of power control, class struggle, gender violence, xenophobia, to name a few are developed as subtexts. Human conflicts that have been around for quite some time and affect how we relate to our fellowmen. This research aims to analyze those questions that science fiction makes in relation to the human, presents in the HBO television series Westworld, through the resources of audiovisual language such as the development of its characters, conflicts of their subplots and physical spaces. / Trabajo de investigación

This study explores the world of human conflict in the workplace, the workplace (in this case) being a South African university. Using the academic tools of ethnography and autoethnography, I investigate the dimensions of human conflict management, which include intrapersonal, interpersonal and intra-group conflict management, from a psychological perspective. In this thesis I refer, in particular, to examples and extractions taken from case studies that focus on conflicts between employees. In doing so I used an eclectic, psychodynamic theoretical frame of reference. The data was collected and processed over a period of fourteen years. Another focus of this thesis is my reflections on my personal development as a counselling psychologist specialising in intrapersonal, interpersonal and intra-group conflict management within an institutional organisation. The participants‟ stories revealed intense emotional experiences and I have put forward suggestions on how these experiences could be explored and dealt with by means of psychologically orientated techniques and interventions within the boundaries of the ethical codes and values of counselling psychology. My eclectic choice of brief psychotherapy, strengths-based counselling, and psychodynamic-based intrapersonal, interpersonal and intra-group interventions are included in my personal narrative. This study serves only as a guideline to other counselling psychologists who deal with human conflicts in similar situations. I have not tried to present a generalised theory. In this study, I argue strongly that there is indeed a place for counselling psychologists and the application of psychological knowledge in the world of human resources departments in organisations. I believe that counselling psychologists can operate, alternatively, as individual counselling psychologists, workshop facilitators and co-facilitators, as consultants, and as members of multidisciplinary teams to address, among other, conflict management in a tertiary institution. / Psychology / D. Litt. et Phil. (Psychology)

This study explores the world of human conflict in the workplace, the workplace (in this case) being a South African university. Using the academic tools of ethnography and autoethnography, I investigate the dimensions of human conflict management, which include intrapersonal, interpersonal and intra-group conflict management, from a psychological perspective. In this thesis I refer, in particular, to examples and extractions taken from case studies that focus on conflicts between employees. In doing so I used an eclectic, psychodynamic theoretical frame of reference. The data was collected and processed over a period of fourteen years. Another focus of this thesis is my reflections on my personal development as a counselling psychologist specialising in intrapersonal, interpersonal and intra-group conflict management within an institutional organisation. The participants‟ stories revealed intense emotional experiences and I have put forward suggestions on how these experiences could be explored and dealt with by means of psychologically orientated techniques and interventions within the boundaries of the ethical codes and values of counselling psychology. My eclectic choice of brief psychotherapy, strengths-based counselling, and psychodynamic-based intrapersonal, interpersonal and intra-group interventions are included in my personal narrative. This study serves only as a guideline to other counselling psychologists who deal with human conflicts in similar situations. I have not tried to present a generalised theory. In this study, I argue strongly that there is indeed a place for counselling psychologists and the application of psychological knowledge in the world of human resources departments in organisations. I believe that counselling psychologists can operate, alternatively, as individual counselling psychologists, workshop facilitators and co-facilitators, as consultants, and as members of multidisciplinary teams to address, among other, conflict management in a tertiary institution. / Psychology / D. Litt. et Phil. (Psychology)