Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Holography is a form of 3D imaging. Its practice spans the disciplines of science and art. My original contribution to knowledge is in making a claim for holography as a new context for writing ekphrastic poetry which most usually refers to poetry written in dialogue with the visual. The scholarship of ekphrasis cites examples of poems written in response to painting, sculpture, photography and film but not to holography. This is practice-led research and my collection of poetry Equinoctial arising from it derives its structure, and the linguistic and formal properties of its poems, from a process of holographic enquiry arising from processes of holography and the properties of holograms. Furthermore, I construe this holographic enquiry as a form of ekphrastic enquiry. My primary sources for ekphrastic dialogues are the holopoetry and theories of holopoetry of Brazilian artist and poet, Eduardo Kac; the essay: ‘Stopping Time: Harrison’s Holograms’, and holograms of John Harrison’s timekeeper, ‘H4’ by Martin Richardson; the essays in The Aerial Letter and the novel, Picture Theory by French-Canadian writer, Nicole Brossard. For Brossard, the hologram is a trope associated with liberatory and visionary feminist reading and writing practices. The scholarship of ekphrasis revels its gendered nature which I go on to scrutinize via the various lenses of my primary sources. In order to consolidate my positioning as a feminist researcher, I develop the methodology, ‘flâneuserie’ from poetry and poetics by women poets and scholars which describes an agency-making approach to bringing together the creative and critical components of a practice-led thesis in creative writing in a poetics I come to describe as ‘holopoetics’. I conclude by upholding holography as a technology of perception that emphasises the position of the viewer or reader in relation to artwork and poem, and, in doing so offers multiple perspectives and possibilities of interpretation. Throughout, I emphasise the significance of my study as an example of concept-driven practice-led research in creative-writing which upholds a claim for poetry as new knowledge.

No / Nursing Lecturer, Catherine Kelsey, reflects on developing her Celebrating Nursing Practice project.

O objetivo desta tese é a descrição das práticas de escrita setecentista em manuscritos da administração colonial em circulação pública no Brasil, levando-se em consideração o tipo de documento estudado (Cartas, Certidões, Representações e Requerimentos). Este trabalho parte de princípios filológicos e tem como base a edição semidiplomática de documentos do século XVIII. O corpus foi produzido por pessoas que lidavam com a escrita no âmbito das funções de seu cargo, dominavam, mesmo que razoavelmente, a estrutura diplomática de cada tipo de documento, mas também fórmulas de escrita e um conjunto de abreviaturas, o que não evitava, em alguns casos, hesitações e divergências gráficas. Levando-se tais fatos em consideração e baseando-se na análise de grafemas vocálicos e consonantais, pretende-se demonstrar que, embora haja uma ideia geral propagada na literatura especializada de que a escrita praticada ao longo do século XVIII seja caótica, babélica, principalmente no campo ortográfico, havia práticas de escrita em vias de consolidar-se, o que levaria a um quadro contrário à ideia de caos, mesmo no exame de documentos heterogêneos / The objective of this thesis is the description of the writing practices in eighteenthcentury manuscripts of the colonial administration in public circulation in Brazil, taking into consideration the type of document studied (Letters, Certificates, Representaions and Requirements). This paper is based on principles of philological and is based on semidiplomatic edition of documents of the eighteenth century. The corpus was produced by people who dealt with the writing within the functions of his office. They dominated, even reasonably, the diplomatic structure of each type of document, bu alsow writing formulas and a set of abbreviations, which is not avoided, in some cases, hesitations and graphic differences. Taking the facts into account and based on the analysis of vowel and consonant graphemes, we intend to demonstrate that although there is a general idea propagated in the literature that writing practiced throughout the eighteenth century is chaotic, especially spelling in the field, there was writing practices in the process of consolidating itself, leading to a table against the idea of chaos, even the examination of heterogeneous documents.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:24:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-08-26Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:20:37Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 surian_t_me_rcla.pdf: 1749840 bytes, checksum: 0618bf7bb835d8350d62a6a0a52b0d77 (MD5) / A pesquisa desenvolvida visa aprofundar reflexões sobre as práticas da escrita de mulheres e o que estas mulheres dizem sobre a própria condição, de mulher. São práticas de escrita, também de leitura, que desafiam para outros olhares e outras questões, especialmente quando se tratam de mulheres escritoras com escolaridade incompleta. Para pensar essas práticas da escrita de mulheres comuns tomamos como obra referência Quarto de despejo de Carolina Maria de Jesus (2001). Elegemos como material teórico, autores que analisam a escrita no âmbito das práticas culturais (Chartier, Certeau), e autoras que vêm contribuindo intensamente para as reflexões no campo da história das mulheres (Perrot, Scott, Beauvoir). A pesquisa estabelece como materiais de análise o que dizem, sobre as próprias praticas da escrita, mulheres que possuem uma escrita efetiva e que não completaram o processo de escolarização, inseridas em classes de Educação de Jovens e Adultos, e os escritos (cadernos, textos) disponibilizados. O material foi coletado por questionários (levantamento das práticas) e entrevistas gravadas e transcritas. Como procedimentos de análise, norteamo-nos pelos eixos temáticos levantados nos textos teóricos, na obra Quarto de Despejo, acima referida, e nas fontes materiais coletadas. Entendemos que levantar e analisar essas práticas, buscar compreender o que move esta escrita, o que estas mulheres escrevem enquanto mulheres e sujeitos de um meio social e em que condições (materiais, culturais, históricas) se dá a produção de suas práticas, pode apontar elementos que contribuam para ampliar a visão sobre as práticas da escrita, especialmente por pessoas adultas, contribuindo para outros / novos olhares para a educação de jovens e adultos. / This research aims at deepening reflexions about the writing practices of women and what these women say about their own condition, the condition of being a woman. These are writing and reading practices that challenge to new views and other matters, specially when it comes to female “writers” with low level of scholarship. To study these writing practices by “ordinary” women we used the work Quarto de Despejo by Carolina Maria de Jesus (2001) as a reference. For theorical material we choose writers that analyse the writing in the scope of cultural practices (Chartier, Certeau) and female writers who have been intensely contributing to the reflexions in the field of women’s history (Perrot, Scott, Beauvoir). The research material on which this work was based was what women who have effective writing practice say about their own writing practices. These women have low level of scholarship and attend Youngsters and Adult Education classes. The material was collected through surveys (practices survey) and recorded and transcripted interviews were used as well. As analysis procedures, we were oriented by the thematic axis raised by the theoric texts and by the work Quarto de Despejo, mentioned above. We understand that, by surveying and analysing these practices, trying to understand what motivates this writing, what these women write as women and subjects of a social environment and in which conditions (material, cultural and historical) the production of these writing practices takes place, we are able to point out elements which will contribute to broaden the understanding about writing practices, especially by adult people, contributing to other / new ways of looking at education of youngsters and adults.

Orientador: Maria Rosa Rodrigues Martins de Camargo / Banca: Débora Mazza / Banca: Marilena Aparecida Jorge Guedes de Camargo / Resumo: A pesquisa desenvolvida visa aprofundar reflexões sobre as práticas da escrita de mulheres e o que estas mulheres dizem sobre a própria condição, de mulher. São práticas de escrita, também de leitura, que desafiam para outros olhares e outras questões, especialmente quando se tratam de mulheres "escritoras" com escolaridade incompleta. Para pensar essas práticas da escrita de mulheres "comuns" tomamos como obra referência Quarto de despejo de Carolina Maria de Jesus (2001). Elegemos como material teórico, autores que analisam a escrita no âmbito das práticas culturais (Chartier, Certeau), e autoras que vêm contribuindo intensamente para as reflexões no campo da história das mulheres (Perrot, Scott, Beauvoir). A pesquisa estabelece como materiais de análise o que dizem, sobre as próprias praticas da escrita, mulheres que possuem uma escrita efetiva e que não completaram o processo de escolarização, inseridas em classes de Educação de Jovens e Adultos, e os escritos (cadernos, textos) disponibilizados. O material foi coletado por questionários (levantamento das práticas) e entrevistas gravadas e transcritas. Como procedimentos de análise, norteamo-nos pelos eixos temáticos levantados nos textos teóricos, na obra Quarto de Despejo, acima referida, e nas fontes materiais coletadas. Entendemos que levantar e analisar essas práticas, buscar compreender o que move esta escrita, o que estas mulheres escrevem enquanto mulheres e sujeitos de um meio social e em que condições (materiais, culturais, históricas) se dá a produção de suas práticas, pode apontar elementos que contribuam para ampliar a visão sobre as práticas da escrita, especialmente por pessoas adultas, contribuindo para outros / novos olhares para a educação de jovens e adultos. / Abstract: This research aims at deepening reflexions about the writing practices of women and what these women say about their own condition, the condition of being a woman. These are writing and reading practices that challenge to new views and other matters, specially when it comes to female "writers" with low level of scholarship. To study these writing practices by "ordinary" women we used the work Quarto de Despejo by Carolina Maria de Jesus (2001) as a reference. For theorical material we choose writers that analyse the writing in the scope of cultural practices (Chartier, Certeau) and female writers who have been intensely contributing to the reflexions in the field of women's history (Perrot, Scott, Beauvoir). The research material on which this work was based was what women who have effective writing practice say about their own writing practices. These women have low level of scholarship and attend Youngsters and Adult Education classes. The material was collected through surveys (practices survey) and recorded and transcripted interviews were used as well. As analysis procedures, we were oriented by the thematic axis raised by the theoric texts and by the work Quarto de Despejo, mentioned above. We understand that, by surveying and analysing these practices, trying to understand what motivates this writing, what these women write as women and subjects of a social environment and in which conditions (material, cultural and historical) the production of these writing practices takes place, we are able to point out elements which will contribute to broaden the understanding about writing practices, especially by adult people, contributing to other / new ways of looking at education of youngsters and adults. / Mestre

O objetivo desta tese é a descrição das práticas de escrita setecentista em manuscritos da administração colonial em circulação pública no Brasil, levando-se em consideração o tipo de documento estudado (Cartas, Certidões, Representações e Requerimentos). Este trabalho parte de princípios filológicos e tem como base a edição semidiplomática de documentos do século XVIII. O corpus foi produzido por pessoas que lidavam com a escrita no âmbito das funções de seu cargo, dominavam, mesmo que razoavelmente, a estrutura diplomática de cada tipo de documento, mas também fórmulas de escrita e um conjunto de abreviaturas, o que não evitava, em alguns casos, hesitações e divergências gráficas. Levando-se tais fatos em consideração e baseando-se na análise de grafemas vocálicos e consonantais, pretende-se demonstrar que, embora haja uma ideia geral propagada na literatura especializada de que a escrita praticada ao longo do século XVIII seja caótica, babélica, principalmente no campo ortográfico, havia práticas de escrita em vias de consolidar-se, o que levaria a um quadro contrário à ideia de caos, mesmo no exame de documentos heterogêneos / The objective of this thesis is the description of the writing practices in eighteenthcentury manuscripts of the colonial administration in public circulation in Brazil, taking into consideration the type of document studied (Letters, Certificates, Representaions and Requirements). This paper is based on principles of philological and is based on semidiplomatic edition of documents of the eighteenth century. The corpus was produced by people who dealt with the writing within the functions of his office. They dominated, even reasonably, the diplomatic structure of each type of document, bu alsow writing formulas and a set of abbreviations, which is not avoided, in some cases, hesitations and graphic differences. Taking the facts into account and based on the analysis of vowel and consonant graphemes, we intend to demonstrate that although there is a general idea propagated in the literature that writing practiced throughout the eighteenth century is chaotic, especially spelling in the field, there was writing practices in the process of consolidating itself, leading to a table against the idea of chaos, even the examination of heterogeneous documents.

The thesis follows the development of the methodology of left-handers's writing, teacher's usage of the knowledge of methodology in a practice, researching the materials aimed in left- handness dedicated to teachers and parents, describing statements and opinions of the concrete primary teachers on left-hander's methodology. The thesis consists of the theoretical part and the empiric part. In the therotical part there are defined terms laterality and dominance, the development of the methodology of left-hander's writing since the year 1967 when this type of writing was legalised in the Czech Republic. The possibilities of getting information about the problematic of left-handness are summed, including books and trainings for primary school teachers. Finally, available equipment for left-handers is introduced. The research combines two methods - questionnaire and interview. The quantitative research is supposed to come up with the concrete percentage of left-handed pupils and with the general knowledge of teachers connected with methodology of left-hander's writing. The qualitative research was made by the form of interiewing teachers and Ivo Vodička. The aim of the thesis is to find out the way how to train teachers effectively based on researched information. KEYWORDS laterality, diagnostics of...