The goal of this thesis is to conduct qualitative research aimed at psychological aspects of tattoos in the form of ethnographic study. The research follows a relationship between an individual and his tattoos with the main topics being a motivation for getting a tattoo, meaning of the tattoo for the owner, and the relationship between the artist and his client. Data were gathered using unstructured interviews with an emphasis on building trust between the researcher and the interviewee. The study concludes the motivation can be distinguished into internal and external. The internal motivation represents the benefits tattoos can bring to his owner while the external motivation shows the ways an individual can use the tattoo to send a message to others. As for the owner-tattoo relationship, results show variations in how can one perceive his tattoos and what tattoo could mean for the owner. Some of the respondents viewed their tattoos as just a body decoration, others used them as symbols of their own deeper thoughts and lifestyle. When exploring the artist-client relationship, it has been found out trust and mutual sympathies as well as setting up proper boundaries to keep the relationship on the professional level all seem to play an important role. KEYWORDS tattoo, self-expression, identity,...

SOUSA, Simone Santos. Corpo-voz em contexto coletivo: ações vocais formativas no canto coral. 2011. 103f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Educação) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Faculdade de Educação, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Brasileira, Fortaleza-CE, 2011. / Submitted by Liliane oliveira (morena.liliane@hotmail.com) on 2012-07-24T12:50:58Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2011_DIS_SSSOUSA.pdf: 646376 bytes, checksum: bc2dd7cff7f41645c1a3c723f2275cbc (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Josineide Góis(josineide@ufc.br) on 2012-07-25T15:51:34Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2011_DIS_SSSOUSA.pdf: 646376 bytes, checksum: bc2dd7cff7f41645c1a3c723f2275cbc (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-07-25T15:51:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2011_DIS_SSSOUSA.pdf: 646376 bytes, checksum: bc2dd7cff7f41645c1a3c723f2275cbc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Body and voice are together as an integral tool in the activity of singing. The goal of this work is to understand how this unique body is experienced in the teaching-learning singing. To this end, investigated the build process of the scenic-musical performances developed by Coral da Universidade Federal do Ceará. I used the ideas of Dalcroze and Orff concerning the inclusion of the body in the process of musical education, the experiences with the choir of Villa-Lobos and Marcos Leite, the ideas of the body to the actor proposed by Appia, Artaud and Grotowski, beyond the metaphors body suggested by Patricia Pederiva. I opted for the qualitative approach of ethnographic and descriptive, seeking to elucidate the meanings related to body-question voice in the choir of the UFC, hoping to get greater depth through qualitative methodology. To know the reality of the involved was used as an instrument of data collection interview, conducted with conductors, singers and group physical trainers, in addition to daily rehearsals and performances observed. Subsequently we analyzed the contents of the data collected. In analyzing the data collected, I came to a set of categories that can be summarized as follows: a) meanings of body, b) Difficulties found c) procedures and experiences. The analysis showed the importance of the work of preparing the body integrated vocal technique in the search for a unique body, integral and organic, in which body, voice and movement to integrate more freely / Corpo e voz estão juntos como um instrumento integral na atividade de cantar. O objetivo deste trabalho é entender como se vivencia esse corpo único no processo ensino-aprendizagem do canto. Para tal, investiguei o processo de montagem de espetáculos cênico-musicais desenvolvido pelo Coral da Universidade Federal do Ceará. Utilizei as ideias de Dalcroze e Orff que dizem respeito à inclusão do corpo no processo de educação musical; as experiências com coro de Villa-Lobos e Marcos Leite; as ideias de corpo para o ator propostas por Appia, Artaud e Grotowski; além das metáforas de corpo sugeridas por Patrícia Pederiva. Optei pela abordagem qualitativa de caráter etnográfico e descritivo, buscando investigar as significações relacionadas à questão corpo-voz ao acompanhar os ensaios do coral da UFC, esperando conseguir maior grau de profundidade por meio da metodologia qualitativa. Para conhecer a realidade dos envolvidos, foi utilizada como instrumento de coleta de dados a entrevista individual, realizada com regentes, coralistas e preparadores corporais do grupo, além de diários de ensaios e apresentações observadas. Posteriormente foi realizada a análise do conteúdo dos dados coletados. Ao analisar os dados coletados, cheguei a um conjunto de categorias que podem ser resumidas em: a) Significados de corpo; b) Dificuldades encontradas; c) Procedimentos e experiências. A análise mostrou a importância do trabalho de preparação corporal integrado à técnica vocal na busca de um corpo único, integral e orgânico, no qual corpo, voz e movimento se integrem de forma mais livre