Esta pesquisa procura abordar as propriedades críticas da arte na constituição de esferas públicas, compreendendo os diferentes aspectos nos quais o conceito de público tem sido abordado no contexto artístico. Para tanto, concentra-se em propostas artísticas que lidam com espaços não institucionais da arte e procuram constituir seu público por meio de uma dinâmica da vida cotidiana, levando em consideração como as formulações artísticas e as críticas sobre o que se conceitua como Arte Pública contribuem para as intensas transformações neste campo. Como metodologia para examinar tais questões, realizei uma reflexão sobre a minha experiência enquanto artista simultaneamente a uma abordagem teórica. Assim, a estrutura da dissertação se divide em dois núcleos: o primeiro apresenta um recorte de meu percurso artístico, que problematiza a forma do texto enquanto mediador entre o leitor da dissertação e as propostas artísticas realizadas. O segundo, abrange uma contextualização teórica que discute a maneira pela qual as transformações das práticas artísticas, ao longo do século XX, abordam o conceito de público e esfera pública, tendo como referência Hannah Arendt, seguida de uma tentativa de aproximação de tais questões com o contexto brasileiro. O texto aqui apresentado é, por sua vez, uma conformação gráfica que pretende estabelecer visualmente as interconexões conceituais desse processo metodológico. / This research aims at an understanding of the critical attributes of art in the constitution of public spheres, with regard to the different aspects in which the concept of public has been approached in the artistic context. In order to do so, it focuses on artistic proposals that deal with non-institutional art spaces and that try to constitute their audiences through an everyday-life dynamic, taking into account how the artistic formulations and the criticism of public art contribute for the intense transformations in this field. As a methodology to approach these questions, I have developed an investigation about my own experience as an artist, parallel to a theoretical analysis. Thus, the structure of the thesis it is divided into two parts: the first one presents a portion of my artistic process, which problematizes text form as mediation between the reader of the thesis and the actual artistic proposals. The second one covers a conceptual contextualization, that discusses the way in which the transformation of artistic practices during twentieth century approaches the concept of public and public sphere, using as reference the work of Hannah Arendt, following an attempt to insert these questions within the Brazilian context. The presented text is a graphic organization that tries to establish the conceptual interconnections of this methodological process.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:13:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marfisa Barros.pdf: 1001596 bytes, checksum: 6d2bfa64cb0a4c7f8b47dfbf4786b865 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-11-25 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / This study concerns a qualitative assessment of the municipal advisory boards for development in the state of Pernambuco. Discussions about the political significance and consequences of the institutionalization of participatory spaces on constructing citizenship have attracted criticism and challenges, especially with regard to the quality and results of civil society s participation in these spaces. We have considered it important to conduct a study based on evidence from one of these participatory experiences, with the objective of contributing to understanding their possibilities and limits, as public spheres that incorporate the conquest of rights and the democratic construction of the State. We also endeavor to reflect on the potential of the advisory boards as inducers of a new political culture that acts on its members, such that they acquire the skills to transcend the corporate level of their representations by taking on the role of translators of broader social demands that contribute to democratizing public administration. To tackle this theme, the study has been based on a bibliography that has made it possible to capture of the diversity of angles within the theme. In order to build the empirical object of the investigation, 20 open interviews were conducted with those who ranged from representative advisors of civil entities to government representatives and independent consultants, whether or not linked to NGOs. We use, as support for the analysis, an examination of a set of documents that define the legal cornerstones for the functioning of the advisory bodies, in addition to others related to the results of how some of them function. The reflections arising during the course of the study suggest that the key issue for understanding the participatory process lies in the public sphere which has emerged from a new type of interaction between the State and civil society, in specific situations. / Este trabalho trata de uma avalia??o qualitativa dos conselhos municipais de desenvolvimento no Estado de Pernambuco. As discuss?es sobre o significado pol?tico e as conseq??ncias da institucionaliza??o de espa?os participativos na constru??o da cidadania, tem despertado posi??es cr?ticas e questionadoras, sobretudo no que diz respeito ? qualidade e aos resultados participa??o da sociedade civil nesses espa?os. Consideramos importante realizar um estudo circunstanciado sobre uma dessas experi?ncias participativas, com o objetivo de contribuir para a compreens?o de suas possibilidades e limites, enquanto esferas p?blicas que incorporem a conquista de direitos e a constru??o democr?tica do Estado. Buscamos, tamb?m, refletir sobre as potencialidades dos conselhos como indutores de uma nova cultura pol?tica que atue sobre seus integrantes , no sentido de capacita-los para transcender o n?vel corporativo de suas representa??es, constituindo-se em tradutores de demandas sociais mais amplas que contribuam para democratizar a gest?o p?blica. Para apreens?o da tem?tica, o trabalho apoiou-se numa bibliografia que possibilitasse a capta??o da diversidade de ?ngulos que a comp?em. Para constru??o do objeto emp?rico da investiga??o, foram realizadas 20 entrevistas abertas, distribu?das entre conselheiros representantes das entidades civis, representantes governamentais e consultores aut?nomos, ligados ou n?o a ONGs. Utilizamos, como suporte para a an?lise, um conjunto de documentos que definem os marcos legais para funcionamento dos conselhos, alem de outros relacionados com os resultados do funcionamento de alguns deles. As reflex?es desenvolvidas na trajet?ria do estudo sugerem que a quest?o-chave para entender o processo participativo est? na constitui??o da esfera p?blica que surge de um novo tipo de intera??o entre o Estado e a sociedade civil, em situa??es espec?ficas.

Submitted by Celso Magalhaes (celsomagalhaes@ufrrj.br) on 2017-08-22T17:03:30Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2008 - Marfisa Cysneiros de Barros.pdf: 993613 bytes, checksum: 21b35f9a551f15a09a2007e7d87c6a2d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-22T17:03:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2008 - Marfisa Cysneiros de Barros.pdf: 993613 bytes, checksum: 21b35f9a551f15a09a2007e7d87c6a2d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-11-25 / CAPES / This study concerns a qualitative assessment of the municipal advisory boards for development in the state of Pernambuco. Discussions about the political significance and consequences of the institutionalization of participatory spaces on constructing citizenship have attracted criticism and challenges, especially with regard to the quality and results of civil society?s participation in these spaces. We have considered it important to conduct a study based on evidence from one of these participatory experiences, with the objective of contributing to understanding their possibilities and limits, as public spheres that incorporate the conquest of rights and the democratic construction of the State. We also endeavor to reflect on the potential of the advisory boards as inducers of a new political culture that acts on its members, such that they acquire the skills to transcend the corporate level of their representations by taking on the role of translators of broader social demands that contribute to democratizing public administration. To tackle this theme, the study has been based on a bibliography that has made it possible to capture of the diversity of angles within the theme. In order to build the empirical object of the investigation, 20 open interviews were conducted with those who ranged from representative advisors of civil entities to government representatives and independent consultants, whether or not linked to NGOs. We use, as support for the analysis, an examination of a set of documents that define the legal cornerstones for the functioning of the advisory bodies, in addition to others related to the results of how some of them function. The reflections arising during the course of the study suggest that the key issue for understanding the participatory process lies in the public sphere which has emerged from a new type of interaction between the State and civil society, in specific situations. / Este trabalho trata de uma avalia??o qualitativa dos conselhos municipais de desenvolvimento no Estado de Pernambuco. As discuss?es sobre o significado pol?tico e as consequ?ncias da institucionaliza??o de espa?os participativos na constru??o da cidadania, tem despertado posi??es cr?ticas e questionadoras, sobretudo no que diz respeito ? qualidade e aos resultados participa??o da sociedade civil nesses espa?os. Consideramos importante realizar um estudo circunstanciado sobre uma dessas experi?ncias participativas, com o objetivo de contribuir para a compreens?o de suas possibilidades e limites, enquanto esferas p?blicas que incorporem a conquista de direitos e a constru??o democr?tica do Estado. Buscamos, tamb?m, refletir sobre as potencialidades dos conselhos como indutores de uma nova cultura pol?tica que atue sobre seus integrantes , no sentido de capacita-los para transcender o n?vel corporativo de suas representa??es, constituindo-se em tradutores de demandas sociais mais amplas que contribuam para democratizar a gest?o p?blica. Para apreens?o da tem?tica, o trabalho apoiou-se numa bibliografia que possibilitasse a capta??o da diversidade de ?ngulos que a comp?em. Para constru??o do objeto emp?rico da investiga??o, foram realizadas 20 entrevistas abertas, distribu?das entre conselheiros representantes das entidades civis, representantes governamentais e consultores aut?nomos, ligados ou n?o a ONGs. Utilizamos, como suporte para a an?lise, um conjunto de documentos que definem os marcos legais para funcionamento dos conselhos, alem de outros relacionados com os resultados do funcionamento de alguns deles. As reflex?es desenvolvidas na trajet?ria do estudo sugerem que a quest?o-chave para entender o processo participativo est? na constitui??o da esfera p?blica que surge de um novo tipo de intera??o entre o Estado e a sociedade civil, em situa??es espec?ficas

There is consensus in media scholarship that in the best conditions, the media can play fundamental roles as institutions of the public sphere in both established and fledgling democracies. This study applies the critical political economy of the media approach to explore the manner in which the mainstream press in Zimbabwe ‘mediates’ the country’s postcolonial transition through coverage of political contests and political debate. It assumes that how the press frames these pivotal features of democracy is a significant pointer to its role in relation to the public sphere. While on the one level examining patterns of media framing of elections in the selected six newspapers over a period spanning over two decades, on the other level the study explores the relationship between the press and centres of political and economic power in the transition. This is done with a view to establishing the role and influence of these relations on media functions. What emerges from this study is that both the state and fractions of capital informed the manner in which the press ‘mediated’ Zimbabwe’s transition. The state was particularly the most influential power centre which, as its legitimacy waned after the first decade of independence, adopted authoritarian and predatory tendencies with the effect of polarising media along highly partisan forms of ‘oppositional’ and ‘patriotic’ journalism. Where nodes of critical-analytical journalism appeared, as did ‘independent nationalist’ journalism in 2000, they were nipped in the bud by unrelenting political and economic constraints. The study’s major finding is that restrictive media policies aimed at constructing Zanu PF hegemony through the press, as well as pressures from fractions of capital and sections of civil society vying for control of state, combined to seriously compromise the press’s mediation of the political contestation in the transition. It also notes the press’s institutional inability to actively assert its powers of agency against structural constraints, and explains this as a partial inheritance from lethargic Rhodesian institutions such as the Rhodesia Guild of Journalists. Overall, the thesis argues that to nurture a media system that approximates the ideal of a multi-layered and differentiated public sphere which best serves an array of citizens’ interests, Zimbabwe would need radical reforms at the levels of media policy and media practice.

My dissertation examined the transformation of reading practices and ideas about the functions of alphabetic literacy in nineteenth-century Lima. Scholars of Latin America have attributed improvements in literacy rates to the rise of the Teaching State in the twentieth century; however, as I showed, literacy and reading culture spread decades earlier in the Peruvian capital, at a time when the state lacked the stability and resources to develop a public system of education. “Reading Spaces” argued that during the second half of the nineteenth century, private educational enterprise from a diverse group of booksellers, writers, and educators established key institutions of the modern Teaching State, including a national textbook industry as well as pedagogical newspapers, associations, and conferences. They did so in a process that promoted new pedagogical methods and helped spread alphabetic literacy and reading practices. Developments in the disciplines of book history, the cultural history of education, and the history of reading informed my methodological approach to a variety of previously unexamined sources including books, textbooks, pedagogical periodicals, as well as bookstore organ newspapers and catalogues. Both the intellectual content and paratext of published sources provided a wealth of information regarding the circulation of the texts, their reception among state authorities and influential members of Lima’s society, and the relationship of book and textbook authors to their publishers and readers. My dissertation revealed that textbook standardization and the proliferation of pedagogical newspapers were processes firmly rooted in the development of Peru’s private educational enterprise, publishing industry and educational legislation of the nineteenth century. These processes expanded Lima’s public sphere, where booksellers, editors, writers, and teachers debated modern pedagogies and promoted broad engagement in educational matters. They conducted pedagogical conferences, intellectual competitions, national expositions and reorganized civic festivities. The presence of a pedagogical public sphere, which directed the course of institutions of the modern nation state in Peru, encourages a reassessment of our traditional narratives of the relationship between education and nation in Latin America and beyond.

This thesis interrogates my and others?? creative praxis using the tools of the Internet, webcam, blogging and digital video, to elucidate possibilities for communication. I examine whether these tools are productive for my creativity and others?? in increasing communicative spaces and building social networks amongst the complexities of globalised culture. Many cultural commentators consider the Internet as a new kind of public sphere, developing community, strengthening the lifeworld and providing ethical discourse. The Internet, however, is a context not without problems. Still, less that one quarter of the world??s population has access, and computer illiteracy and governance (to name only a few) contribute to its limitations ?? this dichotomy is central to my investigation. I demonstrate that information communication technologies (ICTs) such as the Internet are radically altering our everyday lives and mediation is increasingly pervasive. I argue, therefore, that our globalised context demands alternative communicative spaces to mainstream media that allow diversity, plurality, intersubjectivity and new forms of interrogation. I ask whether the Internet can assist in the development of social networks and newest social movements (NSMs) by increasing civic bonds and communities. I posit communicative action, reflexivity and praxis as productive tools for a critical practice. I suggest that these theories are influential in researching the Internet??s potential in generating social awareness. I argue that the Internet can be used to construct social spaces and, in conjunction with creativity, can increase its productive capacity in developing diverse and ethical communicative contexts.

This thesis investigates the potential for radio on the Internet to enhance processes of communication and media practice in the form of new a public sphere. Drawing on the work of Marshall McLuhan, the early stages of this thesis present an enquiry into the unique positive qualities of both radio and the Internet. The argument that follows contends that radio presented on the Internet can draw from the perceived technological benefits of each individual medium, combining as a potential site for public spheres. Both Habermas’s liberal public sphere and contemporary critiques of the concept are examined to define a range of principles that could be tested against relevant examples. The increasing commercialisation of the Internet is presented as a challenge to the normative ideals of a public sphere and counter-balances the optimism of a technologically determinist approach. A series of thematic codes are developed from the relevant theory and combined with qualitative interviews. This forms the framework for a thematic analysis of three individual case studies: Unwelcome Guests, an anti-corporate radio programme, SW Radio Africa, “the independent voice of Zimbabwe,” and NH Making Waves, the radio arm of a community peace activist group. The study investigates opportunities for these three individual case studies to act as public spheres, by examining the interplay that occurs between both Internet and radio practices. As the thematic analysis will demonstrate, placing radio content on the Internet presents new opportunities to diversify content and audiences through collaborative production and improved distribution. Recommendations for further research emphasise the need to pursue the Internet’s role in the public sphere potential of radio.

<p>Abstract</p><p>Title Blogging.se – a study on the swedish blogosphere from a Habermasian public sphere-perspective (Bloggning.se – en studie av den svenska bloggsfären utifrån Habermas offentlighetsteori)</p><p>Author Anders Larsson</p><p>Aim To see whether or not weblogs (blogs) could be said to rejuvenate the public sphere, as it was first described and later re-evaluated by Jürgen Habermas.</p><p>Method A quantitative analysis of 733 randomly selected swedish weblogs has been done. This analysis set out to see what different categories of bloggers (difference in f.e. gender and age) wrote about, and whether or not these subject categories could be said to play a part in constituting and/or rejuvenating a public sphere.</p><p>Main results The main results of the quantitative study was that even though most blogs write about ‘private’ subjects, the most popular blogs, i.e. those who received the most comments or trackbacks, where the ones concerning society-centered subjects. Also, a significant effect of gender was discovered regarding what type of subject one tends to blog about. Women in general wrote about private matters, whereas men tended to write about society-centered subjects. This essay argues that the most important feature of the blogosphere is not that posts are written on society-centered subjects, subjects that might be considered “more important”. Instead, the focus should be on the fact that bloggers do produce media texts themselves, instead of being a passive recipient. The essay takes into account three key features of the public sphere, as described by Habermas:</p><p>inclusivity, the disregard of social status and that any issue can be raised for rational debate. It is found that although the blogosphere is not without its problems, one could very well argue that it better meets these key features than the original concept of the public sphere.</p><p>Length 55 pages</p><p>Course Media and communication studies D</p><p>Period Fall semester 2006</p><p>Tutor Lowe Hedman</p><p>Keywords Weblog, Blog, Jürgen Habermas, Quantitative method, Public sphere</p>

Abstract Title Blogging.se – a study on the swedish blogosphere from a Habermasian public sphere-perspective (Bloggning.se – en studie av den svenska bloggsfären utifrån Habermas offentlighetsteori) Author Anders Larsson Aim To see whether or not weblogs (blogs) could be said to rejuvenate the public sphere, as it was first described and later re-evaluated by Jürgen Habermas. Method A quantitative analysis of 733 randomly selected swedish weblogs has been done. This analysis set out to see what different categories of bloggers (difference in f.e. gender and age) wrote about, and whether or not these subject categories could be said to play a part in constituting and/or rejuvenating a public sphere. Main results The main results of the quantitative study was that even though most blogs write about ‘private’ subjects, the most popular blogs, i.e. those who received the most comments or trackbacks, where the ones concerning society-centered subjects. Also, a significant effect of gender was discovered regarding what type of subject one tends to blog about. Women in general wrote about private matters, whereas men tended to write about society-centered subjects. This essay argues that the most important feature of the blogosphere is not that posts are written on society-centered subjects, subjects that might be considered “more important”. Instead, the focus should be on the fact that bloggers do produce media texts themselves, instead of being a passive recipient. The essay takes into account three key features of the public sphere, as described by Habermas: inclusivity, the disregard of social status and that any issue can be raised for rational debate. It is found that although the blogosphere is not without its problems, one could very well argue that it better meets these key features than the original concept of the public sphere. Length 55 pages Course Media and communication studies D Period Fall semester 2006 Tutor Lowe Hedman Keywords Weblog, Blog, Jürgen Habermas, Quantitative method, Public sphere

My dissertation employed intellectual historian Michel Foucault’s notion of biopolitics—which can be most broadly parsed as the political organization of life—to examine the way the lives of Aboriginal people were regulated and surveilled in relation to settler European norms. The study is a focused investigation into a topic with global ramifications: the governance of race and sexuality and the effect of such governance on the production of apparently inclusive cultural productions within the public spheres. I argue that the way in which subaltern peoples have been governed in the past and the way their cultures have been appropriated continue to be in the present is not extraneous to but rather formative of what is often misleadingly called “the” public sphere of dominant societies. In the second part, I analyze the legacies of this biopolitical moment and emphasize, particularly, the cultural politics of affect and trauma in relation to this (not quite) past. Authors addressed include: Xavier Herbert, P. R. Stephensen, Rex Ingamells, Kim Scott, Alexis Wright, and others. I also examine Australian Aboriginal policy texts througout the twentieth century up to the "Bringing Them Home" Report (1997).