This dissertation combines an assemblage theory ontology of urban sociology with the concept of Bauman's 'liquid modernity' (2000, 2012). It subsequently incorporates the nascent "liquid" constructs of liquid retail, liquid legitimacy, and liquid community to analyze consumers, community, and retailscapes in a violent and impoverished inner city area that has experienced constant and dramatic change. Through this lens, ethnographic fieldwork reveals a construct called consumption lifelines, which explains how consumers and communities use market-facing resources to find and create relative stability in the midst of turbulence, whether they choose to enter, stay in or leave a highly territorialized community with contested boundaries. The study adds complexity to Bauman's concept of liquidity and the construct of urban assemblages, and it has implications for other inner city communities that are similarly affected by changing times and challenging circumstances.

The question of identity in music composition is interrelated with the condition of musical material and form and the qualities which make musical ideas traceable. The mechanisms for creating musical identity during much of the modern period were based on the elements of pitch, rhythm, harmony and form. Until the twentieth century musical identities were regulated according to traditional systems. The advent of modernism in music was marked by the new solid identities, timbre and texture to the foreground as significant identity-bearing musical elements, and at the same time saw blurring of the traditional concepts of identity. The avant-garde movements of the post-World-War-II period in particular challenged the established identity concepts by liquefying the very essence of the musical work. The modern conceptual tools need to be replaced with new ones in order to address the current state of precariousness of musical material and form. In my original composition for sinfonietta entitled rh, I propose liquid identity as a new concept of musical identity. Liquid identity is based on a new image of musical sound which embodies the internal difference of sound in a self-existing conceptual model. In a state of liquidity all hierarchies flatten and the concept of development is rendered obsolete. The composer then writes constantly “in the middle” and compositional decisions are taken here and now. Consequently, the process of composition becomes a creative anarchic praxis without an end goal.

This thesis concerns about the hidden problems of public sphere in contemporary society. Through social thinker, Zygmunt Bauman¡¦s liquid modernity theory, we can make sense for this topics,and uses Zygmunt Bauman¡¦s liquid modernity theory as the basis for analyzing.My basic proposition is that the public sphere is now in the predicament as the transition of modernity, and faces new challenges. Briefly speaking, the act of translating private troubles into public issues is in danger of falling into disuse and being forgotten. I primarily sum up three major causes to this situation: the forces of individualization, globalization, and consumption behavior of capitalism. I hope this research can help we think about public sphere issues and strengthen the awareness of the obligations of citizens and importance of their participating.

Using ethnographic methods, the present study explored volunteer participation in an urban farm in Austin, Texas, USA. Researchers spent three years documenting the activities of participants via participant observation and interviewing. Guided by the concept of civil leisure, researchers analyzed voluntary participation in the farm as a form of leisure practice that was oriented towards civic issues. Analysis indicated that participation was understood as a means of (1) fostering self-reliance through peer education, (2) establishing and strengthening place-based social networks, and (3) addressing civic concerns related to infrastructure and food security. These findings are interpreted within the context of Bauman's concepts of liquid modernity (2000. Liquid Modernity. Malden, MA: Polity Press) and liquid fear (2006. Liquid Fear. Malden, MA: Polity Press). On the basis of the findings and interpretations, recommendations are made to suggest ways in which municipalities might cultivate residents’ civic impulses, especially as relates to urban agriculture.

The aim of the diploma thesis is to explore the influence that smartphones have on personal (romantic) relationships. The thesis examines the influence of smartphones on private lives of partners. The first part of the thesis focuses on literature review presenting key studies that pursued similar topics as the research project. The research as such is described in the following chapters. The methodological basis of the project are in-depth interviews accompanied by questionnaire. The main part of the thesis is description of the research questions, the research sample, the process of analysis, and the interpretation of results of in-depth interviews and questionnaire. The achieved results were interpreted in the context of selected theoretical concepts. Mainly the concepts of Liquid modernity / Liquid love by Zygmunt Bauman and iDisorder by Larry Rosen were used. The aim of the thesis was to find out what kind of influence smartphones have on meeting a potential partner, on a consequent relationship, and also on a possible separation.

A pesquisa está relacionada ao estudo do Direito do Trabalho no contexto da chamada modernidade líquida, conceito proposto pelo sociólogo Zygmunt Bauman, partindo da perspectiva dos Direitos Humanos. Assim, a investigação indaga a influência que a modernidade líquida exerce sobre o Direito do Trabalho como um todo, envolvendo desde as relações de trabalho até a atuação do Poder Judiciário, atingindo inclusive o problema da plena eficácia das garantias conferidas aos trabalhadores pelo ordenamento jurídico brasileiro como consequência do referido contexto. Relativamente à perspectiva dos Direitos Humanos, o ponto de partida é a solidariedade como fundamento axiológico de tal seara de direitos, uma vez que o princípio influenciou o surgimento dos direitos sociais e, como o Direito do Trabalho integra aquele gênero, tal perspectiva será de grande valia. Ademais, a questão dos direitos humanos também estará voltada à teoria sociológica de Bauman, observando seu olhar sobre tal gênero de direitos com consequente análise crítica do posicionamento por ele adotado. Por fim, analisam-se os reflexos da modernidade líquida materializados no Direito do Trabalho, no âmbito da jurisprudência e em face da política conciliatória, de maneira que emerge a constatação da existência de um processo de desregulamentação da proteção aos trabalhadores com o auxílio do próprio Estado. / This work is related to the Labor Law study in the context of called liquid modernity. This concept was proposed by the sociologist Zygmunt Bauman, from the perspective of Human Rights. Thus, the purpose of this work is to investigate the influence of liquid modernity on Labor Law as a whole, from labor relations to the Judicial Power approaches. The study also includes the problem of rights full effectiveness guaranteed to workers by Brazilian law as a result of this context. Regarding the perspective of Human Rights, the starting point is solidarity as the basis of such axiological harvest rights, since the principle has influenced the emergence of social rights and labor law as part of the genre, this perspective will be of great value. Moreover, the issue of human rights will also be focused on the sociological theory of Bauman, investigating its point of view at this kind of rights with subsequent review of the position adopted. Finally, we analyze the consequences of liquid modernity embodied in Labor Law, in the jurisprudence scope and facing the conciliatory politic, so giving rise to the finding of a deregulation of worker protection with their own State agreement.

Submitted by Jordan (jordanbiblio@gmail.com) on 2017-02-01T11:31:27Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DISS_2015_Luciano Martins Barbosa.pdf: 1141989 bytes, checksum: eeee5dbbacfb6356af99399949b723f1 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Jordan (jordanbiblio@gmail.com) on 2017-02-01T11:42:22Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DISS_2015_Luciano Martins Barbosa.pdf: 1141989 bytes, checksum: eeee5dbbacfb6356af99399949b723f1 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-02-01T11:42:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DISS_2015_Luciano Martins Barbosa.pdf: 1141989 bytes, checksum: eeee5dbbacfb6356af99399949b723f1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-25 / A dissertação ilustra uma reflexão do momento sócio cultural que estamos vivendo, de uma época líquida onde padrões de comportamentos não se solidificam, onde o individuo oscila sua existência em uma mobilidade de opiniões, de comportamentos, de gostos, isto é, oscilam nestes quereres voláteis, o que leva esse individuo assumir também uma identidade múltipla de acordo com o contexto onde ele está inserido, que será representado no conceito de corpo matriz. Também serão discutidas identidades voláteis impulsionada por força da moda, no entanto, serão analisadas também identidades mais duradouras que são ostentadas pelos adeptos da bodymodification. / The dissertation shows a reflection of socio-cultural moment we are living in a time where liquid behavior patterns do not solidify, however, others have understand that we are in the hypermodern era, dominated by the excess and exaggeration, where the individual ranges its existence in one of these poles; where mobility of beliefs, behaviors, tastes volatile desires, which leads this individual also take a multiple identity according to the context where it is inserted, which will be represented in the concept of body matrix. It will also be discussed volatile identities driven by force of fashion and others that appear to maintain a duration that are sported by bodymodification supporters.

A pesquisa está relacionada ao estudo do Direito do Trabalho no contexto da chamada modernidade líquida, conceito proposto pelo sociólogo Zygmunt Bauman, partindo da perspectiva dos Direitos Humanos. Assim, a investigação indaga a influência que a modernidade líquida exerce sobre o Direito do Trabalho como um todo, envolvendo desde as relações de trabalho até a atuação do Poder Judiciário, atingindo inclusive o problema da plena eficácia das garantias conferidas aos trabalhadores pelo ordenamento jurídico brasileiro como consequência do referido contexto. Relativamente à perspectiva dos Direitos Humanos, o ponto de partida é a solidariedade como fundamento axiológico de tal seara de direitos, uma vez que o princípio influenciou o surgimento dos direitos sociais e, como o Direito do Trabalho integra aquele gênero, tal perspectiva será de grande valia. Ademais, a questão dos direitos humanos também estará voltada à teoria sociológica de Bauman, observando seu olhar sobre tal gênero de direitos com consequente análise crítica do posicionamento por ele adotado. Por fim, analisam-se os reflexos da modernidade líquida materializados no Direito do Trabalho, no âmbito da jurisprudência e em face da política conciliatória, de maneira que emerge a constatação da existência de um processo de desregulamentação da proteção aos trabalhadores com o auxílio do próprio Estado. / This work is related to the Labor Law study in the context of called liquid modernity. This concept was proposed by the sociologist Zygmunt Bauman, from the perspective of Human Rights. Thus, the purpose of this work is to investigate the influence of liquid modernity on Labor Law as a whole, from labor relations to the Judicial Power approaches. The study also includes the problem of rights full effectiveness guaranteed to workers by Brazilian law as a result of this context. Regarding the perspective of Human Rights, the starting point is solidarity as the basis of such axiological harvest rights, since the principle has influenced the emergence of social rights and labor law as part of the genre, this perspective will be of great value. Moreover, the issue of human rights will also be focused on the sociological theory of Bauman, investigating its point of view at this kind of rights with subsequent review of the position adopted. Finally, we analyze the consequences of liquid modernity embodied in Labor Law, in the jurisprudence scope and facing the conciliatory politic, so giving rise to the finding of a deregulation of worker protection with their own State agreement.

Submitted by Milenna Moraes Figueiredo (milennasjn@gmail.com) on 2016-03-31T17:57:55Z No. of bitstreams: 1 ser criança na sociedade de consumidores outros tempos outras infncias joice araujo esperana.pdf: 2887006 bytes, checksum: 11f47f9d51eed2dc5d5d4df74fcc6e19 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-31T17:57:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ser criança na sociedade de consumidores outros tempos outras infncias joice araujo esperana.pdf: 2887006 bytes, checksum: 11f47f9d51eed2dc5d5d4df74fcc6e19 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Nesta Tese investigo a construção das infâncias contemporâneas em face da centralidade assumida pelo consumo na organização da vida social. Para tanto, analiso as narrativas de um grupo de crianças dos Anos Iniciais, de uma escola da rede pública do município do Rio Grande/RS. O entendimento das infâncias como construções, que se articulam aos sistemas de significado culturalmente instituídos e às formas de sociabilidade que engendram no interior de uma conjuntura histórica, levou-me a estabelecer conexões com os estudos sociológicos de Zygmunt Bauman (1999; 2001; 2005; 2007; 2008), que focalizam a transição da modernidade sólida para a modernidade líquida e o advento da sociedade de consumidores. As ferramentas conceituais disponibilizadas por Bauman também possibilitaram refletir sobre os desafios que se colocam à Educação Ambiental na contemporaneidade. As proposições de Bauman são articuladas aos estudos de Reigota (2002), Wortmann (2001; 2004) e Sampaio (2005), que examinam a Educação Ambiental como um campo matizado e contestado, em que múltiplas práticas e teorizações são configuradas, definindo significados sobre a natureza e a vida em sociedade. Tal entendimento possibilitou atentar para as funções simbólicas e para os sentidos de identificação construídos pelas crianças em suas interações com as mercadorias. Sendo assim, neste trabalho compreendo que os ditos das crianças não constituem evidências em si mesmas, mas se conectam aos vínculos narrativos que operam na constituição identitária dos sujeitos. Essa compreensão se articula à abordagem metodológica que orientou a realização da pesquisa, a investigação narrativa, segundo os pressupostos de Connelly e Clandinin (1995) e Larrosa (1998; 2006; 2008). Para viabilizar a estratégia de contar, ouvir e contrapor histórias, nos encontros da pesquisa foram propostas atividades que provocaram as crianças a refletirem e dialogarem sobre suas experiências de consumo, tais como a produção de autorretratos, textos escritos e conversas conduzidas a partir da leitura de livros de histórias e de histórias em quadrinhos. A estratégia de análise consistiu em identificar relações de sentido entre as produções das crianças, rastreando condições históricas, códigos socioculturais, mecanismos e práticas que possibilitaram sua composição. Esse movimento analítico evidenciou que as formas contemporâneas de consumo fornecem referentes materiais e simbólicos amplamente compartilhados pelas crianças, possibilitando a articulação entre interesses e atividades de sujeitos de distintos meios culturais e condições socioeconômicas. Assim, foram construídos três focos de análise, que versam sobre as disposições das crianças em comprar, querer e desejar; as interpelações midiáticas e a produção dos corpos infantis e as repercussões do consumo no cotidiano escolar. As proposições que interligam as análises destacam a correlação entre as práticas de consumo e a reinvenção das infâncias, uma vez que os modos de ser das crianças consumidoras colocam em questão os sentidos de dependência, inocência, inaptidão e obediência, que ainda orientam as formas de tratar e educar as crianças neste início de século. / This study investigates the construction of contemporary childhood in view of the centrality ascribed by consumption in the organization of social life. Therefore, the narratives of a group of children in the early years of a public school in the city of Rio Grande/RS, Brazil, are analyzed. The understanding of childhood as constructions, which are linked to culturally established systems of meaning and to the forms of sociability engendered within a historical context, enabled to establish connections with the sociological studies of Zygmunt Bauman (1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008), focused on the transition from solid to liquid modernity and the advent of consumer society. The conceptual tools provided by Bauman also enabled a reflection on the challenges faced by environmental education nowadays. Bauman’s propositions are related to the studies of Reigota (2002), Wortmann (2001, 2004) and Sampaio (2005), which examine the environmental education as a nuanced and contested field, within which multiple practices and theories are defined in the search of meanings about nature and life in society. This understanding allowed considering the symbolic functions and identification meanings built by children in their interactions with goods. Thus, this study assumes that the children’s speech itself is not evidence, since it is connected to narrative links operating in the identity constitution of subjects. Such an understanding is based on the methodological approach guiding the narrative research, according to the assumptions of Connelly and Clandinin (1995) and Larrosa (1998, 2006, 2008). In order to enable the strategy of telling, listening and countering stories, the meetings proposed research activities that caused the children to reflect and engage in dialogue about their consumer experiences, such as the production of self-portraits, written productions, and conversations conducted from the reading of storybooks and comics. The analysis strategy was to identify sense relations between children’s productions, thus tracking historical conditions, sociocultural codes, mechanisms and practices that enabled its composition. This analytical deepening showed that contemporary forms of consumption provide material and symbolic references widely shared by children, thus enabling the relationship between interests and activities of individuals with different cultural backgrounds and socioeconomic conditions. Therefore, three focuses of analysis were built: children’s makings to want, buy and desire; the interpellations of media and the production of children’s bodies; and the repercussions of consumption in everyday school life. The propositions linking analyzes highlight the correlation between consumption practices and the reinvention of childhood, since the modes of being of consumer children call into question the senses of dependence, innocence, awkwardness and obedience, which still guide ways to treat and educate children in this beginning of century.

Submitted by Rosivalda Pereira (mrs.pereira@ufma.br) on 2017-10-31T19:47:11Z No. of bitstreams: 1 THALES DYEGO DE ANDRADE COELHO.pdf: 1135300 bytes, checksum: 8923b70d3e7dd1ad4480a40f3ff62454 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-31T19:47:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 THALES DYEGO DE ANDRADE COELHO.pdf: 1135300 bytes, checksum: 8923b70d3e7dd1ad4480a40f3ff62454 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-08-07 / The Polish sociologist Zygmunt Bauman defined the present moment of contemporary society as that of liquid modernity, understood as the phase of modernity in which nothing is done to last, an era marked by uncertainty and fluidity in all aspects of social life. In this context, the Law and especially Criminal Law, do not pass unharmed. Thus, the present work starts from the understanding of the phenomena characteristic of liquid modernity, such as the divorce between power and politics, the struggle between the individual and the citizen, as well as the change of ethics in postmodernity, in order to understand what function has actually been occupied by Criminal Law in society and that has led to a state of crisis of effectiveness. Therefore it will be examined the current crisis context of Criminal Law as a whole, including not only Criminal Law and its epistemology, but Criminal Policy itself and Criminology, which is represented by the phenomenon called Criminal Law expansionism and which would have culminated in the discursive legitimization of different criminal treatment of certain individuals, the Criminal Law of the Enemy outlined by Günther Jakobs. It is only from the understanding of the problem from different points of view that a sketch of an effective criminal science can be drawn and that captures in its rationality the different nuances of the social phenomenon that it seeks to regulate, exercising a function of Solid Law that can serve as safe harbor and shield for the citizen facing the difficult context of uncertainties of liquid modernity. / O sociólogo polonês Zygmunt Bauman definiu que o atual momento da sociedade contemporânea é o da modernidade líquida, assim compreendida como a fase da modernidade na qual nada é feito para durar, sendo uma era marcada pela incerteza e fluidez em todos os aspectos da vida social. Nesse contexto, o Direito como um todo e, especialmente o Direito Criminal, não passam incólumes. Assim, o presente trabalho parte da compreensão do alcance de fenômenos característicos da modernidade líquida, como o divórcio entre o poder e a política, o combate entre o indivíduo e o cidadão, bem como a mudança da ética na pós-modernidade, para que se possa compreender qual função que vem sendo realmente ocupada pelo Direito Penal na sociedade e que o levou a um estado de crise de efetividade. Examinar-se- á, portanto, o contexto de crise na atualidade do Direito Criminal como um todo, compreendendo não somente o Direito Penal e sua epistemologia, mas a própria Política Criminal e a Criminologia, crise esta representada pelo fenômeno chamado de expansionismo penal e que teria culminado na legitimação discursiva de tratamento penal diferenciado a determinados indivíduos, o chamado Direito Penal do Inimigo delineado por Günther Jakobs. É somente a partir da compreensão do problema por diferentes pontos de vista que se poderá traçar um esboço de uma ciência penal efetiva e que capte em sua racionalidade as diferentes nuances do fenômeno social que busca regular, exercendo uma função de Direito Sólido, que possa servir de porto seguro e de escudo para o cidadão diante do dificultoso contexto de incertezas da modernidade líquida.