The Northern Triangle area made up by El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras faces a growing gang phenomenon responsible for the growth of violence and instability in the region. Many factors have contributed to the rise of gangs in the region, however, I argue that the deportation of Central American immigrants who became active gang members in the United States play a significant role in the growth of gangs. I analyze the impact of the lack of collaboration between the United States and the nations of the Northern Triangle, especially in the lack of reintegration programs and the other factors that could have influenced or spurred the escalation of gang activity such as a failed recovery process following the civil wars of the 1970s and 1980s and the state repression policies. Furthermore, I assess how the lack of collaboration between the United States and Northern Triangle region in the deportation of criminal immigrants has impacted the transnationalization of the two largest Central American gangs, Mara Salvatrucha and Barrio 18. Due to the lack of quantitative data on gang size and membership, I conduct my analysis utilizing various studies that have been conducted in the three nations and data regarding homicide and deportation rates. Ultimately, I find that while the U.S. deportees played an important role in altering the characteristics and nature of Central American gangs, a variety of other factors were significant in their growth. Additionally, I find their assignation as Transnational Criminal Organizations premature and inconclusive due to their weak organizational and communication structure. Finally, I question whether gangs are truly the cause of high levels of violence in each of the nations of the Northern Triangle, determining that the Central American gang phenomenon cannot be assessed or treated as a singular issue. Instead, it is imperative to acknowledge the conditions at play in each country.

Submitted by Sinomar Soares de Carvalho Silva (sinomaruft@uft.edu.br) on 2017-04-25T18:33:26Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Murilo Francisco Centeno - Disserta????o.pdf: 1183043 bytes, checksum: f70814123d0da37f1d743156d2c082e5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-25T18:33:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Murilo Francisco Centeno - Disserta????o.pdf: 1183043 bytes, checksum: f70814123d0da37f1d743156d2c082e5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-20 / O presente trabalho versa sobre meios alternativos de solu????o de conflitos na Administra????o P??blica. A disserta????o teve por escopo propor diretrizes contributivas para a institui????o e o funcionamento da C??mara de Preven????o e Resolu????o Administrativa de Conflitos do Estado do Tocantins, a ser implantada em aten????o ao disposto no artigo 174 do C??digo de Processo Civil de 2015 e no artigo 32 da Lei de Media????o, considerando que o conjunto legislativo delineou os tra??os fundamentais das c??maras cong??neres, a serem criadas no ??mbito das Administra????es P??blicas, remetendo, por??m, aos entes federativos a regula????o do modo de composi????o, do funcionamento e demais especificidades. A escassez de par??metros objetivos de regulamenta????o desafiam as Administra????es P??blicas a tornarem efetivas as mencionadas c??maras. Assim, mediante pesquisa eminentemente bibliogr??fica e documental, foram investigados os fundamentos te??ricos que embasam a utiliza????o de mecanismos de consensualidade no ??mbito da Administra????o P??blica, especialmente a partir da consensualidade administrativa expressa na administra????o p??blica dial??gica ou democr??tica, qualificada pela participa????o do administrado na forma????o da vontade administrativa, assim como manifestada no incremento da atividade contratual e na gest??o por acordos, vertente na qual se incluiu os meios alternativos de solu????o de conflitos envolvendo a Administra????o P??blica. A viabilidade e possibilidade jur??dica da negocia????o na preven????o e solu????o de conflitos envolvendo ??rg??os e entidades da Administra????o P??blica foram discutidas mediante a exposi????o dos argumentos que fundamentaram obje????es ?? transa????o nas controv??rsias de tal natureza, assim como foram estudadas a principiologia e as diretrizes que orientam a legisla????o rec??m-mencionada. Foi tamb??m investigada a C??mara de Concilia????o e Arbitragem da Administra????o Federal, atrelada ?? Advocacia-Geral da Uni??o, por considerar que a experi??ncia da Uni??o na gest??o extrajudicial e consensual de seus pr??prios conflitos inspira os dispositivos legais. A partir deste percurso e da an??lise cr??tica da experi??ncia concreta da Uni??o, foram apresentadas diretrizes contributivas para a institui????o e o funcionamento da c??mara local, vinculada ?? Procuradoria-Geral do Estado. / This paper discusses the alternative means of conflict resolution in Public Administration. Therefore, the purpose of the dissertation was to propose contributory guidelines for the institution and operation of the Chamber of Prevention and Administrative Resolution of Conflicts of the State of Tocantins, to be implemented in compliance with the provisions of article 174 of the Code of Civil Procedure of 2015 and article 32 of Law of Mediation, considering that the legislative set delineated the fundamental features of the congeners chambers, to be created within the scope of the Public Administrations, referring, however, to the federative entities, the regulation of the way of composition, functioning and other specificities. The scarcity of objective parameters of regulations challenges Public Administrations to make the aforementioned chambers effective. Thus, through an eminently bibliographical and documentary research, the theoretical foundations underlying the use of consensuality mechanisms within the Public Administration were investigated, especially from the administrative consensuality expressed in the dialogical or democratic public administration, qualified by the participation of the administered in the formation of the Administrative will , as well as manifested in the increment of the contractual activity and management of agreements, which included the alternative means of conflict resolution involving the Public Administration. The viability and legal possibility of negotiation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts involving public administration entities were discussed through the explosion of the arguments that grounded the objections to the transaction in the controversies of this nature, therefore the principiology and principles guiding that oriented the Legislation mention before were also studied. The Chamber of Conciliation and Arbitration of the Federal Administration, linked to the Federal Attorney General's Office, was also investigated, considering that the Union's experience in the extrajudicial and consensual management of its own conflicts inspires legal provisions. From this path and the critical analysis of the concrete experience of the Union, it was presented contributory guidelines for the establishment and functioning of the local chamber, linked to the Attorney General's Office.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2016-07-11T18:12:28Z No. of bitstreams: 1 VirginiaCavalcantiSantos_DISSERT.pdf: 19571261 bytes, checksum: d85bb1e84f493d266a87d1c8c5f7242f (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-07-19T21:15:42Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 VirginiaCavalcantiSantos_DISSERT.pdf: 19571261 bytes, checksum: d85bb1e84f493d266a87d1c8c5f7242f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-19T21:15:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 VirginiaCavalcantiSantos_DISSERT.pdf: 19571261 bytes, checksum: d85bb1e84f493d266a87d1c8c5f7242f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-12-16 / Esta disserta??o sugere ambientes sonoros a partir da proposta de imagens configuradas segundo a descri??o do texto ?A Visagem da Mo?a Caetana? de Ariano Suassuna, a fim de gerar possibilidades sonoras individuais que auxiliem os instrumentistas na interpreta??o da pe?a. O ciclo composto em 1996 - para canto, viola, violoncelo e clarone/clarineta - ? constitu?do por tr?s can??es sem t?tulo. Seu texto foi extra?do do ?Folheto XLIV?, do Romance d?A Pedra do Reino e o pr?ncipe do sangue do vai-e-volta, e descreve uma senten?a de morte ilustrada por s?mbolos do imagin?rio Armorial, usando neologismos e fon?tica peculiar do Sert?o nordestino. Al?m da an?lise das dificuldades t?cnicas de execu??o, este trabalho informa os int?rpretes quanto a timbres e texturas sonoras utilizadas por Nelson Almeida para retratar o tradicional atrav?s da linguagem musical contempor?nea. As met?foras e as transgress?es do racional no texto de Suassuna foram exploradas para esbo?ar tr?s composi??es de imagens que conduzam os int?rpretes ? descri??o sonora dos objetos inanimados e dos afetos a que se refere a poesia, extrapolando as indica??es t?cnico-interpretativas limitadas pela nota??o musical. A pesquisa se valeu da pr?pria partitura, da literatura existente sobre o tema, de discuss?es com os instrumentistas que j? executaram a obra, de entrevistas com o compositor e de depoimentos de outros compositores inseridos nesse contexto. Para ilustrar a teoria, as tr?s imagens gravadas em xilogravura s?o disponibilizadas como na literatura de cordel. / This study suggests sonorous ambiences from the propose of images configured according to the description in ?A Visagem da Mo?a Caetana? by Ariano Suassuna in order to create individual sonorous possibilities that may help musicians to play the piece. The cycle, composed in 1996 (for voice, viola, cello, bass clarinet/clarinet), is formed by three untitled songs. Its text is an excerpt from the ?Folheto XLIV?, from the Romance d?A Pedra do Reino e o pr?ncipe do sangue do vai-e-volta, and describes a sentence of death illustrated by symbols of the Armorial imagery, with neologisms and the peculiar accent from the Sert?o in northeast Brazil. In addition to the analysis of technical difficulties to play, this study informs interpreters of the sonorous timbre and texture used by Nelson Almeida to describe tradition through contemporary musical language. The metaphors and transgressions of reason in Suassuna?s book were explored to create three image compositions so that they may lead interpreters to the sonorous description of the inanimate objects and the affections to which the poetry refers, expanding any technical-interpretative indications limited by musical notation. This research used the Visagem scores, the literature on the theme, discussions with the musicians that played the piece, interviews with Almeida, and composers? reports. To illustrate the theory, the three images are available, printed as woodcut in cordel literature.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-01-12T13:11:30Z No. of bitstreams: 1 JoatanDavidFerreiraDeMedeiros_DISSERT.pdf: 10706931 bytes, checksum: 188c45befa71e26cb7224820f1a75b53 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-01-13T16:15:58Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 JoatanDavidFerreiraDeMedeiros_DISSERT.pdf: 10706931 bytes, checksum: 188c45befa71e26cb7224820f1a75b53 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-13T16:15:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JoatanDavidFerreiraDeMedeiros_DISSERT.pdf: 10706931 bytes, checksum: 188c45befa71e26cb7224820f1a75b53 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-07-29 / O presente estudo lan?a luz sobre os movimentos de integra??o cultural na Am?rica Latina a partir de sociabilidades cultivadas por Lu?s da C?mara Cascudo nos anos de 1920 que endossaram o interc?mbio intelectual e liter?rio entre Brasil e Argentina. Valendo-se de ensaios publicados pelo escritor potiguar que tratam do universo liter?rio platino e de sua correspond?ncia com intelectuais do porte de Monteiro Lobato, M?rio de Andrade, Braulio S?nchez-S?ez e Luis Emilio Soto, esta pesquisa pretende identificar e analisar as contribui??es dadas por C?mara Cascudo ? forma??o de uma rede que conectou escritores dos dois pa?ses num projeto de valoriza??o da literatura latino-americana. Os di?logos estabelecidos com esses autores expressavam esfor?os de aproxima??o e de interc?mbio de ideias, sentimentos, conhecimentos e valores que, na obra de Cascudo, foram ressaltados no seu exerc?cio de leitura, cr?tica liter?ria, tradu??es, correspond?ncias e produ??o ensa?stica. / El presente estudio hace una lectura sobre el di?logo cultural entre Brasil y Argentina a partir de sociabilidades cultivadas por Lu?s da C?mara Cascudo en el decenio de 1920. Pretende, de ese modo, retomar el hilo de las relaciones de amistad intelectual y literaria entre el autor potiguar y un grupo restricto de escritores brasile?os y argentinos, que incluye Monteiro Lobato, M?rio de Andrade, Braulio S?nchez-S?ez e Luis Emilio Soto, con el objetivo de contribuir para la recomposici?n de un v?nculo en la cadena de relaciones significativas entre las vanguardias de los dos pa?ses en la referida d?cada. En esa red, en la cual se ha involucrado una serie de autores y acciones, C?mara Cascudo se configur? como receptor y lector de obras de la literatura platina, mientras se convirti? en un importante agente de interlocuci?n entre los intelectuales. Se destac?, entre sus publicaciones, el libro Joio: p?ginas de literatura e cr?tica (1924), cuya tercera parte, Argentina Intellectual, ser? el objeto principal de nuestro estudio. En esa perspectiva, esta investigaci?n dialoga con las reflexiones sobre la literatura y la cultura en Am?rica Latina (CANDIDO, 1989 e 2006; RAMA, 2010; SCHWARTZ, 1983 e 2008) y con estudios que analizan la obra del escritor potiguar en la d?cada mencionada (ARA?JO, 1995 e 2008; FERREIRA, 2000 e 2008). Los di?logos establecidos con los intelectuales argentinos y brasile?os expresaron esfuerzos de aproximaci?n y de intercambio de ideas, sentimientos, conocimientos y valores que, en la obra de C?mara Cascudo, fueron resaltados en los ejercicios de lectura, cr?tica literaria, traducciones, correspondencias y producci?n ensay?stica.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-02-10T16:44:40Z No. of bitstreams: 1 GlydianneMaraDiogenesFernandes_TESE.pdf: 3862064 bytes, checksum: fefa5eff9a9888901a0fc8b23ab2f361 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-02-10T21:36:27Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 GlydianneMaraDiogenesFernandes_TESE.pdf: 3862064 bytes, checksum: fefa5eff9a9888901a0fc8b23ab2f361 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-02-10T21:36:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 GlydianneMaraDiogenesFernandes_TESE.pdf: 3862064 bytes, checksum: fefa5eff9a9888901a0fc8b23ab2f361 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-09-02 / As novas tecnologias que utilizam a recupera??o avan?ada de petr?leo surgiram da necessidade de se retirar o ?leo que ainda permanece no reservat?rio ap?s a recupera??o prim?ria. O objetivo desses m?todos ? elevar o fator de recupera??o do ?leo. Dessa forma, alguns projetos passam a se tornar vi?veis economicamente quando se utilizam esses m?todos. Os m?todos t?rmicos, dentre eles a inje??o de vapor, promovem a recupera??o do ?leo atrav?s da inser??o de energia t?rmica dentro do reservat?rio. O aumento da temperatura faz com que o ?leo tenha a sua viscosidade reduzida, aumentando assim, seu deslocamento em dire??o aos po?os de produ??o. O processo de drenagem gravitacional assistida por vapor (SAGD) ? um m?todo avan?ado de recupera??o. Sua configura??o apresenta dois po?os horizontais paralelos, um acima do outro. O vapor ? injetado de forma cont?nua ao longo do po?o injetor, em seguida forma-se uma c?mara de vapor que cresce at? encontrar os limites do reservat?rio. Este ?leo tem, ent?o, sua viscosidade reduzida e, pela a??o das for?as gravitacionais, ? drenado em dire??o ao po?o produtor. Neste contexto, esta pesquisa teve como objetivo realizar um estudo de diferentes configura??es de po?os injetores no processo SAGD, considerando os efeitos das perdas de carga e calor no po?o injetor em reservat?rios do nordeste brasileiro. Um planejamento fatorial foi utilizado para verificar a influ?ncia dos par?metros estudados no fator de recupera??o. Foi realizada tamb?m uma an?lise t?cnico econ?mica das configura??es dos po?os injetores com a finalidade de analisar a rentabilidade dos projetos estudados. Para a realiza??o das simula??es num?ricas foi utilizado o simulador t?rmico STARS da CMG (Computer Modelling Group). Os resultados mostraram que os po?os injetores inclinados apresentaram uma menor produ??o em rela??o ? configura??o com po?os horizontais. A configura??o com po?os injetores deslocados em rela??o ao po?o produtor (W-SAGD), para vaz?es de inje??o a partir de 100 ton/dia, levou a forma??o de uma c?mara de vapor maior e mais eficiente. Foi observado tamb?m que a utiliza??o de po?os injetores verticais (V-SAGD), para maiores vaz?es de inje??o de vapor, apresentou uma produ??o acumulada de ?leo menor, por?m, similar ao SAGD com po?o injetor horizontal. Na an?lise econ?mica, o modelo SAGD apresentou os maiores VPLs. / New technologies that use the enhanced oil recovery emerged the need to remove the oil that remains in the reservoir after primary recovery. The goal of these methods is to increase the oil recovery factor. Thus, some projects start to become economically viable when using these methods. The thermal methods, including steam injection, promote the recovery of oil through the thermal energy within the insert reservoir. The increased temperature causes the oil to have its viscosity reduced, thereby increasing its speed towards the production wells. The steam assisted gravity drainage process (SAGD) is an advanced method of recovery. Its configuration has two parallel horizontal wells, one above the other. The steam is injected continuously during the injection well, and then forms a steam chamber which grows to find the limits of the reservoir. This oil is then reduced its viscosity and, by the action of gravitational forces, it is drained toward the producing well. In this context, this study aimed to carry out a study of different configurations of injection wells in SAGD process, considering the effects of load loss and heat in the injection well in the Brazilian northeast reservoirs. A factorial design was used to investigate the influence of the parameters studied in the recovery factor. It also performed an economic analysis of the technical settings of injection wells in order to analyze the profitability of the projects studied. To perform the numerical simulations we used the thermal simulator CMG STARS (Computer Modelling Group). The results showed that the inclined injection wells had a lower production compared to the configuration with horizontal wells. A setting producer injectors offset from the well (W-SAGD) for injection flowrates from 100 ton/day, led to the formation of a vapor chamber larger and more efficient. It was also observed that the use of vertical injection wells (VSAGD), for larger flowrates, showed a lower cumulative production of oil, however, similar to SAGD injector well horizontally. In the economic analysis, the SAGD model showed the highest NPVs.

Im Zentrum meiner folgenden Darstellung stehen Charakteristika der Filme von Mara Mattuschka, die in Kooperationen mit Chris Haring und liquid loft entstanden sind, und die Frage, in welcher Weise sie zur Transformation der Bühnenperformances beitragen. Eine Dokumentation der Tanz-Perfomances, die in der gängigen Ausformung in einer Totalen und in einem Take oder mit mehreren Kameras auf der Bühne gefilmt wird, stand nie zur Diskussion. Vielmehr versuchte Mattuschka mit dem Medium Film Verknüpfungen von Bild,- Sound,- und Körperchoreografien zu entwickeln, die die Qualitäten der jeweiligen Dramaturgien akzentuieren.

Thèse numérisée par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal. / Au le début du XXe siècle les Indiens guarani se déplacent des forêts méridionales de l'Amérique du Sud, où ils habitent depuis des siècles, en direction à la côte sud et sud-est du Brésil. Selon eux, ils sont à la quête de Yvy mara ey, une « Terre sans Mal », un paradis localisé au-delà de la mer. Depuis peu de temps ces autochtones ont réussi une plus grande visibilité à cause de leurs luttes pour s'assurer des terres dans ces régions où ils puissent continuer à vivre selon leur culture. Le propos de la présent thèse est de faire une ethnographie des villages des Indiens Mbya-guarani, localisées sur le littoral de l'état de Santa Catarina, sud du Brésil; analyser les mythes qui circulent encore chez toutes les communautés mbya du littoral brésilien; et démontrer comment la mythologie peut justifier et aussi orienter les pratiques, à travers l'étude des mythes eux-mêmes, les déplacements des populations guarani et les théories de l'action. Les principales contributions de cette étude à une plus grande connaissance de la culture et de la société guarani sont; a) par la première fois on réussit à récolter diverses versions d'un mythe chez les Mbya; b) à partir d'un nouveau point de vue théorique (notamment Charles S. Peirce, Donald Davidson, Richard Rorty et Robert R. Crépeau), nous proposons une autre vision renouvelée du rapport entre mythe et réalité empirique, spécifiquement en ce qui concerne la Terre sans Mal et la mobilité mbya; c) avec ces outils, nous avons fait une ethnographie des communautés mbya de la côte brésilienne, centrée sur les mythes; d) la pensée mbya est vue ici comme une philosophie pragmatique, qui à partir des mythes préconise une relation indirecte entre idéologie et pratique; e) la transformation du mythe en action, ou de la croyance sur Yvy mara ey en déplacements de populations, dépend étroitement des attitudes quotidiennes et de l'entente sociale qui, à travers une triangulation du sens, l'adapte au nouveau contexte historique; f) Le résultat de la fusion de Kuaray, le héros civilisateur guarani, au historique religieux Jésuite, transformé en Kesuita, les Indiens qui, selon l'imaginaire mbya, ont réussi d'atteindre la Terre sans Mal, apponte un important chemin pour comprendre la relation entre idéologie et réalité empirique. Comme les mythes, toutes les sociétés et les cultures humaines sont constamment en transformation, de cette façon les groupes mbya continueront à subir des changements tout en protégeant leur société des assauts constants de la civilisation occidentale. Le mythe, comme les ressources de résistance ethniques développées pendant ces siècles de contact, font aujourd'hui partie de l'« arsenal » culturel de ces Indiens. Dans ce cadre, le discours sur la « traditionalité », le concept de Yvy mara ey et d'autres croyances mbya, constituent des notions émergentes d'une théorie autochtone du contact et de l'ethnicité. Ainsi la Terre sans Mal peut être vue comme une tentative de retour à l'espace écologique antérieur à la conquête européenne. De même, le concept Kesuita est une forme mbya de ré-appropriation de leur histoire, aliénée par les processus occidentaux. Nous souhaitons enfin que ce travail puisse contribuer pour une meilleure connaissance de la culture et de la société guarani. / Since the beginning of this century the Guarani moved from the interior of the southern forests of outh America, where they had lived for centuries, in direction of the coast of Southern and Southeastern Brazil. They have been in search of Yvy mara ey, a Land without evil located beyond the sea. Recently these autochthons achieved greater visibility because of their struggle for land in these regions, where they can continue to live according to the principals of their culture. This thesis proposes to: LConduct an ethnographie study of the villages of the Mbya-guarani located on the coast of Santa Catarina state in southem Brazil; 11. Analyze the myths which are still in circulation among all of the Mbya-guarani peoples on the Brazilian coast; In. show how mythology can justify and also orient practices, through the study of myths, the movements of the Guarani populations and theories of action.

The Mara River Basin (MRB) is endowed with pristine biodiversity, socio-cultural heritage and natural resources. The purpose of my study is to develop and apply an integrated water resource allocation framework for the MRB based on the hydrological processes, water demand and economic factors. The basin was partitioned into twelve sub-basins and the rainfall runoff processes was modeled using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) after satisfactory Nash-Sutcliff efficiency of 0.68 for calibration and 0.43 for validation at Mara Mines station. The impact and uncertainty of climate change on the hydrology of the MRB was assessed using SWAT and three scenarios of statistically downscaled outputs from twenty Global Circulation Models. Results predicted the wet season getting more wet and the dry season getting drier, with a general increasing trend of annual rainfall through 2050. Three blocks of water demand (environmental, normal and flood) were estimated from consumptive water use by human, wildlife, livestock, tourism, irrigation and industry. Water demand projections suggest human consumption is expected to surpass irrigation as the highest water demand sector by 2030. Monthly volume of water was estimated in three blocks of current minimum reliability, reserve (>95%), normal (80–95%) and flood (40%) for more than 5 months in a year. The assessment of water price and marginal productivity showed that current water use hardly responds to a change in price or productivity of water. Finally, a water allocation model was developed and applied to investigate the optimum monthly allocation among sectors and sub-basins by maximizing the use value and hydrological reliability of water. Model results demonstrated that the status on reserve and normal volumes can be improved to ‘low’ or ‘moderate’ by updating the existing reliability to meet prevailing demand. Flow volumes and rates for four scenarios of reliability were presented. Results showed that the water allocation framework can be used as comprehensive tool in the management of MRB, and possibly be extended similar watersheds.

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La chanson québécoise actuelle paraît réconcilier la chanson dite «à texte» et la chanson populaire, comme ce fut le cas pour la chanson engagée des années 1970. Si le thème de l’engagement soutenait plusieurs œuvres chansonnières de cette décennie, celui de la mélancolie semble pouvoir définir une certaine tendance actuelle. Ce mémoire s’intéresse au thème de la mélancolie dans la chanson québécoise contemporaine et plus précisément dans les albums Tu m’intimides de Mara Tremblay, La forêt des mal-aimés de Pierre Lapointe et À Paradis City de Jean Leloup. À la fois auteurs, compositeurs et interprètes, ces trois artistes s’inscrivent dans le champ populaire de la chanson québécoise en créant des œuvres où le texte et la musique mettent la mélancolie en valeur. Dans cette étude, la mélancolie est étudiée en fonction de trois aspects, soit l’être mélancolique, la temporalité mélancolique et l’espace mélancolique. C’est à travers l’exploration de ces trois aspects que sont analysées les chansons du corpus, surtout à partir des textes, mais en considérant aussi certains éléments musicaux.