Thesis (Ph.D.(Chemistry))--University of Pretoria, 2009. / Includes abstract in English. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Kansas, 1985. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 412-416).

Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2004. / Bibliography: leaves 166-186.

Thesis (Ph. D. in Anthropology)--Vanderbilt University, Aug. 2007. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

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Orientador(a): Lalada Dalglish / Banca: Ricardo Gomes Lima / Banca: Sônia Carbonell Alvares / Abstract: This master's dissertation has a narrative about the pottery of Tracunhaém, a small town in the Zona da Mata of the state of Pernambuco, also known as the sugar cane zone. The clay handicrafts emerged as an alternative to the harsh conditions of labor exploitation in sugarcane cutting. Modeling saints, pots and clay pots has become a tradition in the city. A brief contextualization is developed focusing on the investigation of the ceramics processes made in Tracunhaém. Field research was carried out, observing two nuclei of artisans; The first of these is recognized by a patrimonial program of the State of Pernambuco, the Register of Living Heritage; Maria Amélia, Zezinho, and Mestre Nuca are part of this group. The second group is formed by the oldest potters of the city, Mestre Da Hora, Amaro de Tracunhaém and Mestre Jair. The theoretical reference transits between aesthetics, anthropology and cultural history. From the theoretical anthropological approach that problematizes the Eurocentric structure of the understanding about art, aspects of the processes of creation in Tracunhaém are discussed. In this way, we seek to understand the perspectives of artisans, so that we can broaden our understanding of the meanings of artisan making in this community. Using the theoretical assumptions of cultural history, approximations are made with the book The Cavern, (2010) by José Saramago, a work that presents questions related to the studied universe / Resumo: Esta dissertação de mestrado tece uma narrativa sobre a cerâmica de Tracunhaém, pequena cidade da Zona da Mata pernambucana, também conhecida como zona canavieira. O artesanato de barro surgiu como uma alternativa às duras condições de exploração do trabalho no corte da cana-de-açúcar. Modelar santos, potes e panelas de barro tornou-se uma tradição na cidade. É desenvolvida uma breve contextualização com foco na investigação dos processos da cerâmica feita em Tracunhaém. Foram realizadas pesquisas de campo, observando-se dois núcleos de artesãos; O primeiro deles é reconhecido por um programa patrimonial do Estado de Pernambuco, o Registro do Patrimônio Vivo; Maria Amélia, Zezinho, e Mestre Nuca fazem parte deste grupo. O segundo grupo é formado pelos oleiros mais velhos da cidade, Mestre Da Hora, e a Família de Amaro de Tracunhaém e Mestre Jair. O referencial teórico transita entre estética, antropologia e história cultural. A partir da abordagem teórica antropológica que problematiza a estrutura eurocêntrica do entendimento sobre arte, são discutidos aspectos sobre a cerâmica de Tracunhaém. Desse modo, busca-se compreender as perspectivas dos artesãos, para que assim possamos ampliar nosso entendimento acerca dos sentidos do fazer artesanal nesta comunidade. Utilizando-se os pressupostos teóricos da história cultural, são realizadas aproximações com o livro A Caverna, (2010) de José Saramago, obra que apresenta questões relativas ao universo estudado / Mestre

Conventions of Culture-Historical archaeology have persisted in Florida's Indian River Region since the early twentieth century. Traditional ceramic typologies focusing on the superficial stylistic characteristics of pottery have dominated anthropological assessments of Indian River culture during the prehistoric Malabar Period (ca. 1000 BC-AD 1565). Using a practice-oriented approach to analyze technological attributes of St. Johns pottery from Malabar-period assemblages offers an opportunity to examine the communities of practice surrounding craft production as an avenue for elucidating prehistoric cultural identities. This study explores ceramic technology within the Malabar period assemblages of the Fox Lake Sanctuary, and intra-regional and inter-regional site comparisons are quantitatively tested to evaluate variation in technological attributes between assemblages. Statistical results suggest a differentiation between certain technological attributes of St. Johns pottery in Malabar and St. Johns assemblages, notably in the rim thickness and lip morphology of simple form St. Johns Plain vessels.

Orientador: Geralda Mendes F. S. Dalglish (Lalada Dalglish) / Banca: José Leonardo Nascimento / Banca: Zandra Coelho de Miranda / Resumo: A dissertação Mestre Galdino: o ceramista poeta de Caruaru - PE refere-se à construção poética desse artista, desde a coleta do barro, tipos de fornos e técnica utilizada. Busca catalogar suas esculturas e poesias, analisá-las quanto ao seu estilo e processo de criação, relacionando-os ao contexto social que influenciou seu trabalho. Mestre Galdino foi poeta, violeiro e ceramista. Viveu no bairro do Alto do Moura, localizado em Caruaru, Pernambuco, local onde se nota a significação e a importância de suas cerâmicas. Logo na entrada do bairro nos deparamos com uma homenagem aos dois ceramistas responsáveis pela tradição do núcleo de ceramistas de Caruaru: Mestre Galdino e Mestre Vitalino. Os ceramistas - descendentes da tradição do barro - consideram e prestigiam esses Mestres, mas, mesmo assim, há poucos estudos publicados sobre a biografia, a poesia e a cerâmica do artista popular Mestre Galdino, falecido em 1996. Suas primeiras peças são bonecos da tradição local, moringas e máscaras e, aos poucos, em seu "escritório", foi construindo sua poética pessoal. A imitação da realidade não era considerada arte para Galdino, já a expressão do seu universo imaginário foi sua busca para a "transformação" da sua arte e para a construção de sua poética, estabelecendo uma rede com seu meio social, sem separar arte, poesia e vida / Resumen: La disertación Maestro Galdino: el ceramista poeta de Caruaru - PE se refiere a la construcción poética de ese artista, desde la recolección del barro, tipos de hornos y técnica utilizada. Busca catalogar sus esculturas y poesías, analizarlas por su estilo y proceso de creación, relacionándolos al contexto social que influenció su trabajo. Maestro Galdino fue poeta, violista y ceramista. Vivió en el barrio "Alto do Moura", ubicado en Caruaru, Pernambuco, donde se observa la significación y la importancia de sus cerámicas. Tan pronto se entra en el barrio, encontramos un homenaje a los dos ceramistas responsables por la tradición del núcleo de ceramistas de Caruaru: Maestro Galdino y Maestro Vitalino. Los ceramistas - descendientes de la tradición del barro - consideran y honoran a esos Maestros, pero, todavía, hay pocos estudios publicados sobre la biografía, la poesía y la cerámica del artista popular Maestro Galdino, fallecido en 1996. Sus primeras piezas fueron muñecos de la tradición local, cántaros y máscaras y, a los pocos, en su "oficina", se construyó su poética personal. La imitación de la realidad no era considerada arte para Galdino, pero la expresión de su universo imaginario fue su ideal para la "transformación" de su arte y para la construcción de su poética, estableciendo una red con su medio social, sin separar arte, poesía y vida / Mestre

Recherche consacrée au développement du régionalisme en tant qu’idéologie esthétique dans les arts du feu français durant la première moitié du XXe siècle. Ce travail a pour but de caractériser l’existence d’un courant régionaliste dans la céramique et d’en montrer les développements ainsi que les limites. / This study is dedicated to the development of regionalism as an esthetical ideology in the French arts of fire in the first middle of the XXth century. The purpose of this work is to define the existence of a regionalism movement in the pottery and to demonstrate the developments and the limits of it.

abstract: The causes and consequences of stylistic change have been a concern of archaeologists over the past several decades. The actual process of stylistic innovation, however, has received less attention. This project explores the relationship between the process of stylistic innovation on decorated pottery and the social context in which it occurred in the Hohokam area of south-central Arizona between A.D. 800 and 1300. This interval was punctuated by three episodes of reorganization, each of which was characterized to varying degrees by significant shifts in ideology, economics, and politics. Each reorganization episode was also accompanied by a rapid profusion of stylistic innovation on buff ware pottery. The goal of this study was to build a framework to understand the variation in the process of innovation as a response to different incentives and opportunities perceived in the changing social environment. By bringing stylistic analyses and provenance data together for the first time in Hohokam red-on-buff studies, I investigated how the process of innovation was variously influenced by social reorganizations at three different periods of time: the 9th, 11th, and 12th centuries A.D. Four variables were used to evaluate the process of innovation at each temporal period: 1) The origin of a stylistic invention, 2) the rate of its adoption, 3) the pattern of its adoption, and 4) the uniformity of its adoption among all buff ware potting communities. To accomplish the task, stylistic innovations and provenance were recorded on over 3,700 red-on-buff sherds were analyzed from 20 sites in the Phoenix Basin. The innovation process was found to vary with each reorganization episode, but often in different ways than expected. The results revealed the complexity and unpredictability of the process of stylistic innovation among the Hohokam. They also challenged some assumptions archaeologists have made regarding the scale and extent of the changes associated with some of the reorganization episodes. The variables utilized to measure the innovation process were found to be effective at providing a composite picture of that process, and thus warrant broader application to other archaeological contexts. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Anthropology 2013