Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:30:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ana Lucia de Medeiros.pdf: 900705 bytes, checksum: ee98187bfa0d2a4af41614259192637b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-05-08 / Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie / Studies on human dignity has gained importance in the social sciences, and in particular between those who research the issues-oriented organizations. The provision of higher education in Brazil showed a significant and fast growth through the creation of new courses and educational institutions. On the other hand, the expansion of higher education has led to precarization of faculty relations, both by the increase in working hours, and the devaluation of professor s salaries. The university management has been guided by monoculture of knowledge and scientific rigor, of linear time, the social classification, the dominant scale and the capitalist productivism, in the wake of Western rationality that is the dominant or hegemonic scientific paradigm. The grid of theoretical work was based on studies by Boaventura Sousa Santos, in particular, on the sociology of absences in the sociology of emergences and the ecologies of knowledge. This author seeks to find alternatives to think about a new world starting from the visibility of rich experiences that exist in the present, but for reasons that were discredited indolent, arrogant, and metonymic proleptic. Sousa Santos undertook to develop a new paradigm and also to counter-hegemonic, and from it, to find concrete alternatives while transforming social reality. In light of this thinking, this thesis intended to rethink the concept of dignity and devoted himself to the study of the following research problem: How the dignity of professors in higher education is designed and symbolized in management spaces in brazilian universities? The aim of this study was to analyze how the dignities of professors is designed and symbolized in management spaces in universities. Data were collected by means of fifteen semiestrutuctured interviews with Brazilian universities professors and they were treated by symbolic cartography. The results showed that professors assign as their responsibility to train and develop competent and ethical people to work in the labor market and in society. Achieving this goal depends on the philosophy and management practices adopted and implemented by higher education institutions. The survey results revealed that universities, as organizations are productive, produced absences and presences of dignity from the professors labor relations and production developed in their interior. The presence of dignity of professors was symbolized by the goddess Minerva representing knowledge and righteousness in Greek-Roman culture context. The lack of dignity was symbolized by the figure of Greek mythology called Sísifo, who was condemned by Zeus to hold a meaningless work and emptied in its subjectivities. The data revealed that Minerva became more present in federal universities and universities aimed at the long term, while Sísifo was more present in private colleges geared towards the short term, but the symbol of Minerva no longer represents the aspirations of society. As well as the Sísifo s. / Estudos relativos à dignidade humana vêm ganhando espaço no campo das ciências sociais, e, em especial, entre aqueles que pesquisam os assuntos orientados para as organizações. Por um lado, a oferta de ensino superior no Brasil apresentou um rápido crescimento por meio da criação de novos cursos e instituições de ensino e,, por outro, a expansão da rede de ensino superior tem provocado a precarização das relações de trabalho, tanto pelo aumento da jornada de trabalho, quanto pelo aviltamento dos salários dos docentes. A gestão das universidades tem sido orientada pelas monoculturas do saber e do rigor científico, do tempo linear, da classificação social, da escala dominante e do produtivismo capitalista, isso na esteira da racionalidade ocidental, que é o paradigma científico dominante ou hegemônico. A grelha teórica do trabalho assentou-se nos estudos de Boaventura Sousa Santos, em especial na sociologia das ausências, na sociologia das emergências e nas ecologias de saberes. O pensamento desse autor procura encontrar alternativas para pensar um novo mundo a partir da visibilidade das ricas experiências que existem no presente, mas que foram descredibilizadas pelas razões indolente, arrogante, metonímica e proléptica. Sousa Santos se encarregou de elaborar um paradigma emergente e também contra-hegemônico para, a partir dele, encontrar alternativas concretas e, ao mesmo tempo, transformadoras da realidade social. À luz desse pensamento, este trabalho propôs-se a repensar o conceito de dignidade e dedicou-se ao estudo do seguinte problema de pesquisa: Como a dignidade dos docentes do ensino superior é projetada e simbolizada nos espaços de gestão em universidades brasileiras? O objetivo geral deste trabalho consistiu em analisar como a dignidade dos docentes é projetada e simbolizada nos espaços de gestão em universidades brasileiras. Os dados foram coletados a partir da realização de entrevistas semiestruturadas com quinze docentes de universidades brasileiras e foram tratados mediante cartografia simbólica. Os resultados evidenciaram que os docentes se atribuem, como finalidade, formar e desenvolver pessoas competentes e éticas para atuar no mercado de trabalho e na sociedade. A concretização dessa finalidade depende da filosofia e das práticas de gestão implantadas e adotadas pelas instituições de ensino superior. Os resultados da pesquisa revelaram que as universidades, como são organizações produtivas, produziram ausências e presenças de dignidade do docente a partir das relações de trabalho e de produção desenvolvidas em seu interior. A presença de dignidade dos docentes foi simbolizada pela deusa Minerva, que representa o conhecimento e a justiça no cenário cultural Greco-romano. A ausência de dignidade foi simbolizada pela figura da mitologia grega chamada de Sísifo, que foi condenado por Zeus a realizar um trabalho sem sentido e esvaziado de subjetividades. Os dados revelaram que Minerva se fez mais presente em universidades federais e em universidades orientadas para o longo prazo, enquanto Sísifo esteve mais presente em faculdades particulares orientadas para o curto prazo. Porém, o símbolo de Minerva não mais representa os anseios da sociedade, como também tampouco o faz o de Sísifo.

Les travaux présentés dans cette thèse concernent le phénomène de compensation mnésique.<br />Ce phénomène réfère à la réduction, voire l'annulation, d'une difficulté de mémorisation via<br />l'utilisation d'aides de mémoire. Nos investigations ont permis de préciser la nature des processus<br />cognitifs impliqués dans la compensation mnésique, en utilisant des expérimentations et<br />des simulations informatiques. Cette double approche a reposé principalement sur le modèle<br />de compensation de Bäckman et Dixon, le cadre de la mémoire défini par les niveaux de traitement<br />et le modèle formel Minerva 2. Concernant les phénomènes compensatoires, les résultats<br />obtenus mettent en avant la place centrale de l'adéquation entre les caractéristiques du sujet<br />et celles de la tâche et soulignent le rôle crucial des interactions entre les aides de mémoire,<br />afin de pallier la difficulté. L'ensemble des expérimentations et des simulations effectuées nous<br />a permis de proposer un modèle de compensation mnésique dans le cadre des niveaux de traitement.<br />Pour finir, les perspectives de notre travail sont positionnées dans le domaine de la<br />remédiation cognitive et des assistants informatiques à la mémorisation.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Alberta, 1997. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thesis (M.A.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Art, 1988. / Bibliography: leaves 99-103.

This work takes a look at existing hardware reimplementations of the Amiga 500 home computer and examines the possibility of implementing a similar solution based on the Minerva a and Pipistrello development platforms. The result of this work is an emulator od the Amiga 500 based on a combinator of both platforms.

The aim of this Master thesis is create an expansion module with TFT touch screen display for educational Mierva platform. Low level driver and graphical user interface library will be developed for this module. GUI library enables user to design an graphical application in easy way.

This diploma thesis focuses on designing a USB analyzer. First part of this work describes the USB bus and types of USB data transfers. Next part explores existing USB analyzers. After that, FitKIT Minerva is presented as target platform for USB analyzer implementation. Next part of this project is dedicated to design the analyzer architecture and its parts: physical layer circuit, communication interface and user interface. Rest of the work show how the analyzer was implemented and evaluates the results achieved. Final result of this thesis is a working USB analyzer on FitKIT Minerva platform with graphical user interface accesible via web browser.

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Minerva Teichert (1888-1976) was a twentieth-century American artist, who spent most of her life residing in remote towns in the West, earnestly balancing the demands of family and ranching, and painting scenes of her beloved Western frontier. Her steady and significant production of art is remarkable for any artist, and particularly compelling when one considers her time constraints, inaccessibility of art supplies, distance from other artists and art centers, and lack of public attention. The success of women artists during the first half of the twentieth-century was dependent not only upon their artistic aptitude, but also upon external forces, such as family, friends, and mentors. As an artist during this era, Teichert benefitted especially from the circles of women who surrounded her, offering sympathy, encouragement, assistance, a ready network of support, and who enabled her to pursue her passion, which she succinctly described, “I must paint.” This thesis employs a methodological framework informed by feminist, collective conscience, and social network theories in order to elucidate an artist's vision that transcends feminist viewpoints and western heroic individualism. The reality of female networks in Teichert's life translates not only to the certainty of women within a Western mythology dominated by men but also to a powerful counter-narrative where collaboration and community are essential to the success of settlements in the American West. Here Teichert introduces an altogether different vision and story. In her pioneer paintings, composed during the 1930s and 1940s, one sees a reflection of her own life, and that of her pioneer ancestors, which emphasizes the feminine, the importance of collaboration, and the centrality of community.

La place prépondérante qu'occupe la société de consommation capitaliste aujourd'hui, constitue un sujet privilégié pour bon nombre d'artistes. Bien souvent, ceux-ci arrivent à investir cette réalité par l'entremise de pratiques artistiques à caractère ludique, et certains donnent à leurs œuvres-jeux la forme d'économies parallèles. Le jeu, en effet, est un outil remarquable pour les artistes choisissant de faire pénétrer leur art dans la vie, octroyant notamment à leurs œuvres une valeur critique. Le jeu possède la qualité d'être une activité se vivant généralement dans un espace/temps prédéterminé, au sein duquel le joueur évolue en liberté par rapport au réel. Il a ainsi la possibilité d'émanciper ceux qui y participent. Cependant, ce potentiel émancipateur est généralement évité par les théoriciens et historiens de l'art. Ceci est entre autres dû au fait que l'émancipation est une notion qui a été largement délaissée au cours des dernières décennies. Cependant, Jacques Rancière propose que l'émancipation, notamment par le biais d'œuvres d'art, est un phénomène plus que probable. Toutefois, Rancière, s'intéressant au jeu en art comme dispositif critique, ne développe pas pleinement l'idée que l'activité émancipatrice puisse être favorisée par la notion de jeu. L'objectif de ce mémoire est donc d'évaluer si le jeu – et plus particulièrement le jeu rusé –, pratiqué et induit par des œuvres d'art actuel prenant la forme d'économies parallèles, peut favoriser l'émancipation du spectateur. C'est en survolant le développement historique de la société de consommation capitaliste que cette étude sera amorcée. Une caractérisation critique de cette forme d'organisation économique et sociale, se basant sur des théories telles que celles développées par Daniel Cohen, Joseph Heath, Georges Bataille et Guy Debord, viendra compléter ce survol afin de cerner les règles autours desquelles évoluent les œuvres qui seront analysées. Par la suite, la notion de jeu, et plus particulièrement, la notion de jeu en art contemporain, sera approfondie, entre autres grâce aux théories de Frank Popper sur la participation des spectateurs à la créativité. Le witz, le trickster et la perruque, des jeux rusés qui « font avec » les règles tout en ayant sur elles un pouvoir subversif, seront étudiés. La théorie de l'émancipation de Jacques Rancière, en grande partie basée sur celle de Joseph Jacotot en rapport au principe de l'enseignement universel, permettra d'établir comment l'émancipation est possible par le biais d'œuvres d'art. Les œuvres Mejor Vida Corporation (1998-) de Minerva Cuevas, CHANGE (2008-) de l'Action Terroriste Socialement Acceptable, et Produits remboursés (1993-2001) de Matthieu Laurette, seront finalement analysées en regard de ces théories. Ceci permettra de montrer que c'est par l'entremise d'un jeu rusé que l'émancipation est la plus susceptible de se produire. ______________________________________________________________________________ MOTS-CLÉS DE L’AUTEUR : jeu, art actuel, émancipation, ruse, Minerva Cuevas, Action Terroriste Socialement Acceptable, Matthieu Laurette