Este estudo tem como temas centrais as noções de acontecimento público e de comunicação pública. O problema de pesquisa destina-se à análise da configuração das redes de comunicação que constituem o acontecimento público, formadas a partir do acionamento de temas limítrofes entre interesses públicos e privados. A hipótese que norteia esta investigação é de que a visibilidade e a permanência do acontecimento público Tragédia Kiss são sustentadas por Redes de Comunicação Pública, pois estas potencializam o debate sobre a responsabilidade, o julgamento, a legislação e a assistência do Estado aos sobreviventes e familiares das vítimas da tragédia. Entre visibilidades desejadas e indesejadas, são estabelecidos pactos e disputas nos pontos nodais em que as subjetividades dos interlocutores encontram-se. Neste sentido, o objetivo geral de pesquisa é: analisar a configuração das Redes de Comunicação Pública sobre a Tragédia Kiss. Os objetivos específicos são: a) identificar as principais instituições e atores do acontecimento a partir da sua vinculação/ modo como foram atingidos/responsabilizados; b) identificar os processos de visibilidade constitutivos do acontecimento público Tragédia Kiss; c) identificar a dinâmica dos processos comunicacionais sediados em torno de temas de interesse público relacionados à Tragédia Kiss; d) identificar episódios estruturantes do acontecimento, dos quais derivam os temas acionados pelos atores nos processos comunicacionais em rede; e) definir eixos\categorias estruturais que permitam a análise da configuração do acontecimento público a partir das Redes de Comunicação Pública. A tese está estruturada em três partes: primeiramente, é realizada a descrição do objeto de pesquisa, com a descriminação da Tragédia Kiss, a cronologia do acontecimento, a relação com tragédias similares e os processos judiciais em curso. A segunda parte, com o referencial teórico, é dividida em três capítulos. No primeiro, estão diferentes acepções do público - na oposição dicotômica com o privado -, que visam delinear normativamente o horizonte tensional entre os termos, nos processos comunicacionais estabelecidos entre os atores. No segundo capítulo, estão as noções de esfera pública, esfera de visibilidade e de discussão pública, de opinião pública, de públicos – sociabilidade; de comunicação pública e de Redes de Comunicação Pública. O último capítulo teórico é dedicado à compreensão de acontecimento público; e sobre o impacto da morte coletiva. Na terceira parte, estão as referências metodológicas, formadas por pesquisa histórico-descritiva, com base na genealogia, e a técnica de pesquisa documental, de onde resultou o acervo de dados que serviram à análise; em seguida, a análise do funcionamento das redes do acontecimento público Tragédia Kiss, a partir das categorias visibilidade e permanência. Os resultados obtidos apontam para a confirmação da hipótese, pois mostram a manutenção do debate por intermédio da atividade das redes, em mídias tradicionais e alternativas. / This study has as central themes the public event notions and the public communication. The research problem is intended to analyze the communication networks configuration that make up the public event, formed from the actuation borderline issues between public and private interests. The hypothesis that guides this research is that the visibility and permanence of Kiss Nightclub Tragedy public event are supported by Networks of Public Communication, as they potentiate the debate on responsibility, judgment, legislation and State assistance to survivors and families of the victims from the tragedy. Between desired and unwanted visibilities, pacts and disputes are laid down in the nodal points where the subjectivities of the interlocutors are inserted. In this sense, the overall research objective is: to analyze the Public Communication Networks configuration on the Kiss Nightclub Tragedy. The specific objectives are: a) identify the main institutions and actors of the event from their own connection/ how they have been affected / accountable; b) identify the constituent visibility process of the public event Kiss Nightclub Tragedy; c) identify the dynamics of communication processes based around issues of public interest related to Kiss Nightclub Tragedy; d) identify structuring episodes of the event, of which derive from the issues triggered by the actors in network communication processes; e) define axes\ structural categories that allow the analysis of the public event configuration from the Public Communication Networks. The thesis is structured in three parts: first, the description of the research object is carried out with discrimination of the Kiss Nightclub Tragedy, the event chronology, the relationship with similar tragedies and legal proceedings in course. The second part, with the theoretical framework, is divided into three chapters. In the first, there are different meanings of public - in dichotomous opposition with the private -, aimed at delineating normatively the horizon tension between the terms, in the communication processes established between the actors. In the second chapter, there are the public sphere notions, visibility sphere and public discussion, public opinion, public - sociability; public communication and public communication networks. The last theoretical chapter is devoted to understanding the public event; and the impact of collective death. In the third part, there are the methodological references, formed by historical and descriptive research, based on genealogy, and documentary research technique, which resulted in the data collection that served the analysis; then the analysis of the functioning of the Kiss Nightclub Tragedy public event networks, from the visibility and permanence categories. The results point to the confirmation of the hypothesis, because they show the maintenance of the debate through the networks' activity, in traditional and alternative media.

Este estudo tem como temas centrais as noções de acontecimento público e de comunicação pública. O problema de pesquisa destina-se à análise da configuração das redes de comunicação que constituem o acontecimento público, formadas a partir do acionamento de temas limítrofes entre interesses públicos e privados. A hipótese que norteia esta investigação é de que a visibilidade e a permanência do acontecimento público Tragédia Kiss são sustentadas por Redes de Comunicação Pública, pois estas potencializam o debate sobre a responsabilidade, o julgamento, a legislação e a assistência do Estado aos sobreviventes e familiares das vítimas da tragédia. Entre visibilidades desejadas e indesejadas, são estabelecidos pactos e disputas nos pontos nodais em que as subjetividades dos interlocutores encontram-se. Neste sentido, o objetivo geral de pesquisa é: analisar a configuração das Redes de Comunicação Pública sobre a Tragédia Kiss. Os objetivos específicos são: a) identificar as principais instituições e atores do acontecimento a partir da sua vinculação/ modo como foram atingidos/responsabilizados; b) identificar os processos de visibilidade constitutivos do acontecimento público Tragédia Kiss; c) identificar a dinâmica dos processos comunicacionais sediados em torno de temas de interesse público relacionados à Tragédia Kiss; d) identificar episódios estruturantes do acontecimento, dos quais derivam os temas acionados pelos atores nos processos comunicacionais em rede; e) definir eixos\categorias estruturais que permitam a análise da configuração do acontecimento público a partir das Redes de Comunicação Pública. A tese está estruturada em três partes: primeiramente, é realizada a descrição do objeto de pesquisa, com a descriminação da Tragédia Kiss, a cronologia do acontecimento, a relação com tragédias similares e os processos judiciais em curso. A segunda parte, com o referencial teórico, é dividida em três capítulos. No primeiro, estão diferentes acepções do público - na oposição dicotômica com o privado -, que visam delinear normativamente o horizonte tensional entre os termos, nos processos comunicacionais estabelecidos entre os atores. No segundo capítulo, estão as noções de esfera pública, esfera de visibilidade e de discussão pública, de opinião pública, de públicos – sociabilidade; de comunicação pública e de Redes de Comunicação Pública. O último capítulo teórico é dedicado à compreensão de acontecimento público; e sobre o impacto da morte coletiva. Na terceira parte, estão as referências metodológicas, formadas por pesquisa histórico-descritiva, com base na genealogia, e a técnica de pesquisa documental, de onde resultou o acervo de dados que serviram à análise; em seguida, a análise do funcionamento das redes do acontecimento público Tragédia Kiss, a partir das categorias visibilidade e permanência. Os resultados obtidos apontam para a confirmação da hipótese, pois mostram a manutenção do debate por intermédio da atividade das redes, em mídias tradicionais e alternativas. / This study has as central themes the public event notions and the public communication. The research problem is intended to analyze the communication networks configuration that make up the public event, formed from the actuation borderline issues between public and private interests. The hypothesis that guides this research is that the visibility and permanence of Kiss Nightclub Tragedy public event are supported by Networks of Public Communication, as they potentiate the debate on responsibility, judgment, legislation and State assistance to survivors and families of the victims from the tragedy. Between desired and unwanted visibilities, pacts and disputes are laid down in the nodal points where the subjectivities of the interlocutors are inserted. In this sense, the overall research objective is: to analyze the Public Communication Networks configuration on the Kiss Nightclub Tragedy. The specific objectives are: a) identify the main institutions and actors of the event from their own connection/ how they have been affected / accountable; b) identify the constituent visibility process of the public event Kiss Nightclub Tragedy; c) identify the dynamics of communication processes based around issues of public interest related to Kiss Nightclub Tragedy; d) identify structuring episodes of the event, of which derive from the issues triggered by the actors in network communication processes; e) define axes\ structural categories that allow the analysis of the public event configuration from the Public Communication Networks. The thesis is structured in three parts: first, the description of the research object is carried out with discrimination of the Kiss Nightclub Tragedy, the event chronology, the relationship with similar tragedies and legal proceedings in course. The second part, with the theoretical framework, is divided into three chapters. In the first, there are different meanings of public - in dichotomous opposition with the private -, aimed at delineating normatively the horizon tension between the terms, in the communication processes established between the actors. In the second chapter, there are the public sphere notions, visibility sphere and public discussion, public opinion, public - sociability; public communication and public communication networks. The last theoretical chapter is devoted to understanding the public event; and the impact of collective death. In the third part, there are the methodological references, formed by historical and descriptive research, based on genealogy, and documentary research technique, which resulted in the data collection that served the analysis; then the analysis of the functioning of the Kiss Nightclub Tragedy public event networks, from the visibility and permanence categories. The results point to the confirmation of the hypothesis, because they show the maintenance of the debate through the networks' activity, in traditional and alternative media.

Introdução: O acidente ocorrido em Santa Maria/RS encontra-se dentre os mais propalados pela mídia inclusive com repercussão internacional. A investigação criminal, levada a cabo pela delegacia de polícia e também a feita pelos técnicos do conselho regional de engenharia, resultou em um conhecimento dos fatos imediatos, ou seja, um olhar da relação causa e efeito, nitidamente estabelecida sem buscar as razões de origem das causas. Em outros termos, aqui buscamos contextualiza o evento acidentário dentro dos fatores culturais, políticos, regulatórios e econômicos. Ao não colocar luzes sob tais aspectos correlacionados, o retorno da experiência, o aprendizado e a própria gestão de riscos, ficaram circunscritos à esfera proximal do acidente. Questões sobre o uso e comercialização de materiais pirotécnicos, o emprego de materiais de revestimentos em boates e clubes noturnos, a promoção de eventos com grande afluxo de pessoas para locais fechados, não são aprofundados nos referidos relatórios. Também não se discutiu, de forma ampla, questões sobre a atuação de órgãos públicos na concessão de funcionamento de boates, sobre o papel dos especialistas em prevenção de risco, sobre o papel dos agentes públicos em grandes desastres e acidentes ampliados, especialmente os relacionados ao acidente químico que neste caso matou, em minutos, duzentos e quarenta e dois jovens, todos levados a óbitos pela ação do gás cianídrico. Objetivos: Em face destas e de outras lacunas, este trabalho propõe um encaminhamento para enfrentamento das referidas questões. A proposta pode ser facilmente percebida, como multidisciplinar e seria difícil o desenvolvimento de um diagnóstico único sem prejuízo do aprendizado. O objetivo é justamente constatar e apresentar o contingente de influências que estavam em jogo no sistema da gestão da boate. Tal constatação significa abrir caminhos para o estudo aprofundado das dimensões sociais e técnicas presentes naquele momento e que foram reveladas pela tragédia. 9 Materiais e Métodos: Para atingir este objetivo, para além da relação imediata de causa e efeito utilizamos como modelo descritivo e analítico os Mapas Verticais, AcciMap, proposto pelo engenheiro Jeans Rasmussen, com enfoque qualitativo. Esta forma de estudo força a identificação das influências de alto escalão político de governo indo do topo para a base dos acontecimentos, passando pela gestão estadual e municipal incluindo a gestão da empresa. Os materiais foram capturados dentre os disponíveis na mídia e produzidos por órgãos públicos, principalmente o relatório da polícia civil e do conselho de engenharia. Resultados: Os mapas verticais revelaram as interações e a perda de controle sistêmico das instituições. Fica visível a distribuição dos atores e das influências que atuam de modo a levar o sistema de forma lenta, mas vigorosamente para a zona de instabilidade. As concepções idealizadas, os documentos regulatórios e as políticas públicas desviam-se por força de interações não controladas do princípio da segurança, sem que o sistema consiga detectar as rápidas mudanças. As instituições são pressionadas por uma rotina que deixa de lado aspectos de gerenciamento de risco e de outro lado pela inconsistência dos poderes públicos coercitivos. Considerações finais: Mesmo o estudo de caso único, pela força do modelo dos mapas verticais, amplia a compreensão de fenômenos sociais, organizacionais e políticos. Ao buscar relações entre atores e entre acontecimentos, o estudo codifica uma estrutura singular que, entretanto, dialoga em teoria com diversos casos. Se de um lado os dados obtidos na investigação, em si mesmo, não são idênticos a outros casos, de outro lado ao interrogar e analisar os documentos emerge características importantes para a comparação teórica e metodológica impulsionando assim a compreensão deste e de outros eventos acidentários. Duas outras contribuições são particularmente relevantes. A primeira, teórica e acadêmica, se propõe a trazer para o debate a aplicação dos mapas verticais no estudo de acidentes, principalmente os multifacetados com inúmeros atores. Outra contribuição é dada pela visualização de inúmeros subsistemas decorrentes da análise vertical onde cada subsistema poderá ser estudado separadamente pondo em evidência novos caminhos de enfrentamento da problemática acidentária. / Introduction: The accident in Santa Maria / RS is one of the most publicized by the media having international repercussions. The criminal investigation conducted by the police and also by the technicians of the Regional Engineering Board, resulted in an understanding of immediate facts, i.e., the causes and effects which clearly established without seeking for the roots of the problem. In other words, here we seek to contextualize the accident within the cultural, political, regulatory and economic aspects. If we did not analyze the correlated aspects, the feedback, learning and risk management itself would be restricted to the accident proximal sphere. Questions about the use and sale of fireworks, the use of lining materials in clubs and nightclubs, the organization of events with large amounts of people indoors, are not detailed in the reports. It was also not broadly discussed questions about the role of governmental agencies in providing operating licenses for nightclubs, the role of risk prevention experts and the role of public officials in major disasters and major accidents, especially those related to chemical substances, that, in this case, killed two hundred forty two young people in a few minutes, all of whom died due to the action of the cyanide gas. Objectives: In face of these and other shortcomings, this paper proposes a method of coping with these issues. This proposal may be easily perceived as multidisciplinary since it would be difficult to develop a single disciplinary study without putting in jeopardy the opportunity of learning from the tragic accident. The focus is to find and present the contingent of influences that were at stake in the club management system. These findings may path the way for deeper studies of the social sphere and techniques which were present at that time and that were revealed by the tragedy. 11 Materials and Methods: In order to achieve this goal, we went far beyond the immediate relationship of cause and effect; we used a descriptive and analytical model of Vertical Maps, AcciMap proposed by the engineer Jeans Rasmussen with a qualitative approach. In this kind of study it is imperative to identify high political level influences, analyzing the events from top to bottom, and also going through state and municipal management data including the nightclub management itself. The data was collected from available media, from governmental agencies, particularly the civil police report and the Engineering Board report. Results: The vertical maps revealed the interaction and the systemic institution loss of control. The distribution of actors and influences that act in order to bring the system slowly but forcefully to the zone of instability is visible. The idealized conceptions, regulatory documents and public policies deviated due to uncontrolled interactions from security principles, without the system being able to detect these rapid changes. Institutions are pressed by a routine that on one hand leaves out risk management aspects and on the other hand by the inconsistency of coercive governmental supervision. Final thoughts: Even a single case study, due to the strength of the vertical maps, can expand the understanding of the social, organizational and political phenomena. By seeking relationships between actors and between events, the study encodes a unique structure which in theory is related to several cases. On the one hand the data obtained in the investigation itself, is not identical to other cases, on the other hand as we examine and analyze the documents important features for theoretical and methodological comparison emerge, thus increasing understanding of this and other accidents. Two other contributions are particularly relevant. The first one is the theoretical and academic contribution; it has as objective to debate the implementation of vertical maps in the study of accidents, especially the multifaceted ones with numerous actors. Another one is given by the display of numerous subsystems, which result from the vertical analysis, where each subsystem can be studied separately highlighting new ways of coping with major accidents.

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Bakgrund: Sociala tillställningar som barer, restauranger och evenemang utgör miljöer med folkansamlingar. Studerat ur ett säkerhetsperspektiv utgör miljöer med folkansamlingar en fara, likt andra platser, men en gemensam faktor är mycket folk vid ett och samma tillfälle. I syfte att minska antalet olyckor och skador är ett säkerhetsarbete en del av samhällets satsning och arbetet styrs initialt av lagar. Det finns inbyggda tekniska åtgärder i lokalens byggnad och verksamheten har ett ansvar för att etablera ett organisatoriskt säkerhetsarbete. Det är inte skrivet i sten hur helheten av ett säkerhetsarbete ska bedrivas men empiri och teorier inom området ger en insikt i tillvägagångssätt. Syfte: Studien undersöker hur verksamheter inom nattlivs- och evenemangsbranschen bedriver ett säkerhetsarbete utifrån fara för personer som besöker lokalen. Specifikt ämnar uppsatsen undersöka metodiken och arbetssättet bakom säkerhetsarbetet samt vilka eventuella teoretiska antaganden som arbetet baserats på. Uppsatsen undersöker eventuella skillnader beroende på verksamhetens omfattning. Metod: Metoden är en kvalitativ deskriptiv studie, induktiv ansats och tillämpar kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Urvalet är strategiskt och utgår från två städer i Sverige. Totalt har sex stycken verksamheter intervjuats med en variation av maximalt antal gäster och typ av tillställning. De benämns som "små verksamheter" maximalt 1500 personer och "stora verksamheter" över 1500 personer. De små verksamheterna är nattklubbar och de stora verksamheterna är en nattklubb med evenemang, en verksamhet med evenemang och en arena. Resultat och slutsats: Studien är en indikation hur ett säkerhetsarbete bedrivs inom nattlivs- och evenemangsbranschen. De små verksamheterna bedriver arbetet utifrån ett vardagligt säkerhetsarbete, i syfte att uppfylla rådande lagar. Organisatoriska barriärerna är beroende av de inbyggda tekniska åtgärderna. Utan ett tekniskt system finns ingen strategi. De saknar barriärer för att hantera oförutsedda händelser. De stora verksamheterna har ett säkerhetsarbete med oberoende barriärer och beslutsfattande på fler nivåer. De har fler barriärer för utförutsedda händelser då organisationen kan agera utan teknik. De två mindre av de stora verksamheterna inte är lika utarbetade som den största, arenan. Den ena hanterar folkmassan innan, under och efter eventet men enbart med ett fokus på brand och utrymning. Den andra kan precis som arenan styra hur människorna rör sig under eventet. Det är dock enbart den största verksamheten (arenan) som följer en teoretisk ram, den så kallade riskhanteringsprocessen. På arenan sker beslut på fler nivåer och de hanterar risker utifrån riskens karaktär. Genomgående finns en bristande insikt i lokalens design och ett gap mellan bygg och förvaltning. Att hantera den mänskliga aspekten är särskilt undermålig i de mindre verksamheterna. Enligt rådande empiri och teorier behöver strategier utarbetas för multipla säkerhetssystem i syfte att hantera oförutsedda händelser. / Background: Public gatherings in confined spaces such as bars, restaurants and events relates to crowds. From a safety focused perspective, environments with crowds carry with them a degree of risk. A work of safety is therefore an effort to recude accidents and injuries. The safety guidelines are initially regulated by laws which contains a mixture of technical systems and a risk management team. There is no step by step guide which details how to set up a safety procedure, rather agreed upon empirics and theories in the field which provides a broad and loosely defined set of terms which can be met. Scope: The aim of the study is to explore the work safety procedures in the field of nightlife and social gatherings. Specifically, this thesis explores the strategy and methods of implementing safety procedures and if they are based on theoretical assumptions. It also explores differences between the size of venues. Method: The study is done in a qualitative nature, using qualitative content analysis with an inductive design. The selection of locations have been strategically chosen from two towns in Sweden. The study contains six objects with an variation of maximum amount of guests and type of event. They are called "small venues" with a maximum of 1500 person and "large venues" with a capacity exceeding 1500 person. In the study small venues are nightclubs while the large venues include a nightclub with event, a venue with musical gathering and an arena. Results and conclusion: The study is represents a small selection of how the work safety procedures are organised in the field of the nightlife and entertainment industry. The safety guidelines of the small venues are made to meet the minimum standards set in place by the law. The safety procedures of these venues primarily rely on technical barriers. These organisations were observed to have very basic emergency procures and very little idea how to handle unknown incidents. The studies large venues have independent safety organizations several levels of independent risk management. These venues have extended their strategies to handle unknown incidents, because they can act independently or interact with technical support. The two smaller of the larger venues, do not have the same established safety strategies in place as the biggest one. They all have a strategy to control crowd movements in case of emergency. The other venue take one more step, and features strategies to handle the movement of the crowd during the event routinely. The biggest venue’s strategies are extrapolated from a basis of one theoretical assumption, a safety management model. Throughout the brand lack of understanding relate to the design of the actual place. There is also a perceived knowledge gap between the buildings design and the management of the venue. There is little effort to manage the behaviour in these venues, especially the small venues observed in the study. According to empirics and theories the venues in the study need to develop strategies to create multiple safety systems (barriers) to handle unknown incidents.

Much research has gone into noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) and the effects of high intensity noise levels on the hearing mechanism of individuals. A study by the National Institutes of Health has established that high intensity sounds can cause hearing damage of either a temporary, or worse, a permanent nature; regardless of the age of the person. While sound levels below 75 decibels are considered comparatively harmless and have been found not to cause any kind of permanent hearing loss; sound levels greater than 85 decibels and regular exposure of approximately 8 hours per day, on an average, has been found to cause permanent loss of hearing (Bulla, 2003). The purpose of this research study was to assess excessive noise exposure of music-oriented nightclub employees, with music playing. Two employees were used as candidates for the purpose of this study, which was conducted on three days during a work week. Data on personal noise exposure was collected using personal noise dosimeters on a server and a promoter. For purposes of the study, a sound level meter was used to collect the noise levels in the working area, and prepare a sound map. The study was conducted in a nightclub in Tampa, Florida, with music playing. Data was collected on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. In total, the data was collected over six sampling nights. The data on noise levels was collected for both personal noise data levels and area noise levels during the period of study. In addition to the personal dosimeters, a sound level meter was also used for data collection. The results of this study indicate that noise levels were highest on nights with live entertainment. The days with performance of live entertainment were random and followed no particular order. The highest TWA noise exposure of 97.3 dB, for the server, occurred on Saturday, when a live entertainer performed in the establishment. The highest TWA noise exposure of 94.3 dB, for the promoter, occurred on Wednesday. Using the OSHA PEL and OSHA Hearing Conversation measurement methods, the server was exposed to excessive noise levels, greater than 85 dBA, on every night of the study (6 nights), while the promoter had three exposures that were greater than 90 dBA, using the OSHA PEL method, and exposures greater than 85 dBA on every night of the study, using the OSHA Hearing Conservation method. However, using the ACGIH measurement method, both the Server and the Promoter were exposed to excessive noise levels every night of the study (six nights).

Increases in alcohol availability have caused crime rates to escalate across multiple regions around the world. As individuals consume alcohol they experience impaired judgment and a dose-response escalation in aggression that, for some, leads to criminal behaviour. By limiting alcohol availability it is possible to reduce crime; however, the literature remains mixed on the best practices for alcohol access restrictions. Variances in data quality and statistical methods have created an inconsistency in the reported effects of price, hour of sales, and alcohol outlet restrictions on crime. Most notably, the research findings are influenced by the different effects of alcohol establishments on crime. The objective of this PhD research was to develop novel quantitative approaches to establish the extent alcohol access (outlets) influences the frequency of crime (liquor, disorder, violent) at a fine level of spatial detail (x,y locations and block groups). Analyses were focused on British Columbia’s largest cities where policies are changing to allow greater alcohol access, but little is known about the crime-alcohol access relationship. Two reviews were conducted to summarize and contrast the effects of alcohol access restrictions (price, hours of sales, alcohol outlet density) on crime, and evaluate the state-of-the-art in statistical methods used to associate crime with alcohol availability. Results highlight key methodological limitations and fragmentation in alcohol policy effects on crime across multiple disciplines. Using a spatial data science approach, recommendations were made to increase spatial detail in modelling to limit the scale effects on crime-alcohol association. Providing guidelines for alcohol-associated crime reduction, kernel density space-time change detection methods were also applied to provide the first evaluation of active policing on alcohol-associated crime in the Granville St. entertainment district of Vancouver, British Columbia. Foot patrols were able to reduce the spatial density of crime, but hot spots of liquor and violent assaults remained within 60m proximity to bars (nightclubs). To estimate the association between alcohol establishment size, and type on disorder and violent crime reports in block groups across Victoria, British Columbia a Poisson Generalized Linear Model with spatial lag effects was applied. Estimates provided the factor increase (1.0009) expected in crime for every additional patron seat added to an establishment capacity, and indicated that establishments should be spaced greater than 300m a part to significantly reduce alcohol-associated crime. These results offer the first evaluation of seating capacity and establishment spacing on alcohol-associated crime for alcohol license decision making, and are pertinent at a time when alcohol policy reform is being prioritized by the British Columbia government. In summary, this dissertation contributes 1) cross-disciplinary policy and methodological reviews, 2) expands the application of spatial statistics to alcohol-attributable crime research, 3) advances knowledge on local scale of effects of different alcohol establishment types on crime, 4) and develops transferable models to estimate the effects of alcohol establishment seating capacity and proximity between establishments on the frequency of crime. / Graduate / 2018-02-27

O tema desta tese nasceu da desacomodação gerada por uma experiência intensa, a partir do trabalho voluntário enquanto psicóloga nas ações psicossociais ofertadas pós-incêndio em uma boate em Santa Maria/RS/Brasil, no dia 27 de janeiro de 2013. Esse acontecimento crítico mobilizou psicólogos/as de todo o país, o/as quais iniciaram uma atuação ativa junto a outras organizações para o planejamento e atendimento a famílias, sobreviventes, profissionais e população em geral. Esse acontecimento crítico desencadeou um exercício de desacomodação dos saberes vigentes e dominantes no campo da Psicologia, os quais, historicamente, vem contribuindo para a psicologização e patologização da vida ao criar estratégias e soluções para experiências do cotidiano. Partimos do reconhecimento da incompletude dos saberes em si mesmos e da possibilidade de falibilidade de saberes já instituídos. Assim, visto a necessária criação de condições para problematizarmos nossas práticas, tomamos o incêndio como ponto de partida para repensarmos formas de emergência e visibilidade de certos modos do fazer psicológico. O objetivo geral foi investigar quais saberes e práticas psicológicas o acontecimento crítico fez emergir Os objetivos específicos foram: mapear as características dos/as psicólogo/as que trabalharam como voluntários após o incêndio na boate em Santa Maria; averiguar os processos de significados atribuídos pelos/as psicólogos/as aos saberes e às práticas da Psicologia nos atendimentos voluntários e o processo representacional gerador desses sentidos; identificar as problematizações sobre os saberes e as práticas psicológicas apontadas pelos/as psicólogos/as diante das demandas geradas, e suas (in)visibilidades na atuação em Psicologia; analisar as ausências e emergências que os/as profissionais identificaram quanto aos saberes e às práticas psicológicas; reconstruir as memórias do trabalho coletivo desses/as psicólogos/as voluntários/as a partir de suas narrativas. O itinerário metodológico recorreu a diferentes formas de levantamento de informações, sendo que o corpus de investigação foi composto por diário de campo, levantamento documental, entrevistas individuais e um grupo focal. Após a análise das informações, delimitamos três conjuntos de análise: Pluralidade do conhecimento: processualidade e coexistência como constituintes do campo de saber; percursos do pensamento psicológico sob a perspectiva histórico-crítica: a construção do campo de saber e dos modos de fazer política; e emergências do campo de saber da Psicologia diante do acontecimento crítico: a construção de saberes contra o desperdício da experiência. Logo, ao considerarmos o acontecimento crítico enquanto dispositivo analisador de saberes e práticas psicológicas, foi possível levantarmos aspectos que consideramos serem as ausências do campo de saber referentes à formação em Psicologia, às técnicas, à relação dos saberes e das práticas com a cidade e os coletivos. Em contrapartida, as emergências levantadas pelos/as profissionais fortalecem o sentido de valorização do presente contra o desperdício da experiência, por meio do protagonismo local, da criação de práticas singulares e das redes colaborativas afetivas na construção coletiva de trabalho. / The theme of this thesis emerged from the discomfort caused by an intense experience: the volunteer work as a psychologist in the psychosocial actions offered after the fire at a nightclub in Santa Maria/RS/Brazil, on January 27, 2013. This fact mobilized psychologists from all over the country, who started an active role together with other organizations to plan and care for families, survivors, professionals and the population in general. This critical event triggered the dismantling of prevailing and dominant knowledge in the field of Psychology, which, historically, has contributed to the psychologization and pathologization of life by creating strategies and solutions for everyday experiences. We started from the recognition of the incompleteness of knowledge itself and the possibility of fallibility of instituted knowledge. Therefore, given the necessary creation of conditions to problematize our practices, we took the fire as a starting point for rethinking forms of emergence and visibility of certain ways of psychological practice. The general objective was to investigate which psychological knowledge and practices the critical event made emerge. The specific objectives were: to map the characteristics of the psychologists who worked as volunteers after the fire at the nightclub in Santa Maria; to check the processes of meanings attributed by psychologists to psychological knowledge and practices in the voluntary care and the representational process that generated these meanings; to identify the problematizations about psychological knowledge and practices pointed out by the psychologists concerning the generated demands, and their (in)visibilities in their performance in Psychology; to analyze the absences and emergencies that the professionals identified regarding psychological knowledge and practices; to reconstruct the memories of the collective work of these psychologists/volunteers from their narratives. The methodological itinerary used different resources of gathering information, and the corpus of investigation was composed of field diary, documentary research, individual interviews and a focus group After analyzing the information, we delimited three sets of analysis: plurality of knowledge: processuality and coexistence as constituents of the field of knowledge; paths of psychological thinking from a historical-critical perspective: the construction of the field of knowledge and ways of doing politics; and emergencies of the psychological field regarding the critical event: the construction of knowledge against the waste of experience. Therefore, when we consider the critical event as an analyzing device for psychological knowledge and practices, it was possible to raise aspects that we consider to be the absences of the field of knowledge, referring to training in Psychology, to techniques and to the relation of knowledge and practices with the city and the collectives. On the other hand, the emergencies raised by the professionals strengthen the sense of valorization of the present against the waste of experience, through local protagonism, the creation of singular practices and the affective collaborative networks in the collective construction of work.

The thesis and exhibition, Interaction: Portraiture in a Digital World, seeks to analyze digital portraiture today. I choose to depict concepts and ideas, as they relate to digital portraiture, through four distinct series of work, which encompass similar ideas and themes, but come at them from different perspectives. The work within the exhibition is comprised of several portraits of personal friends, family, and acquaintances, which have all been appropriated from online sources such as Facebook, and online dating sites. Because the portraits consist of people that I know on a personal level, are a collection of portraits that are derived from my personal social media profile, and represent individuals with whom I have frequently interacted with online, one could assess that in addition to being a collection of unique individual portraits, the exhibition is also a self-portrait of me, the artist. The exhibition includes Facebook Text Portraits, Nightclub Portraits, Online Dating HTML Portraits, and a Crying Girl Portrait, all of which strive to blur the lines between art and digital design, while addressing the function and meaning of digital portraiture today.

The thesis and exhibition, Interaction: Portraiture in a Digital World, seeks to analyze digital portraiture today. I choose to depict concepts and ideas, as they relate to digital portraiture, through four distinct series of work, which encompass similar ideas and themes, but come at them from different perspectives. The work within the exhibition is comprised of several portraits of personal friends, family, and acquaintances, which have all been appropriated from online sources such as Facebook, and online dating sites. Because the portraits consist of people that I know on a personal level, are a collection of portraits that are derived from my personal social media profile, and represent individuals with whom I have frequently interacted with online, one could assess that in addition to being a collection of unique individual portraits, the exhibition is also a self-portrait of me, the artist. The exhibition includes Facebook Text Portraits, Nightclub Portraits, Online Dating HTML Portraits, and a Crying Girl Portrait, all of which strive to blur the lines between art and digital design, while addressing the function and meaning of digital portraiture today.