This dissertation demonstrates and illustrates the challenges involved in the construction of new realities when Duhl's (1983) idea of using metaphor to apply the ecosystems concept of wholeness of systems, was exercised in two ways. Firstly, the study was written in the form of an imaginary conversation between the author in the role of researcher and an imaginary peer consultant, about making sense of ways of thinking. Through presenting her observations to other observers, who are actually herself, a new reality was constructed for the author. Secondly, new individual and group realities were constructed by a group of social workers in the SANDF, who encountered their own ways of thinking through metaphorical means such as sculpting. Recommendations, co-constructed by the author, the imaginary peer consultant and two more imaginary colleagues, suggest possible uses of the ecosystems perspective in social work including in settings such as the SANDF. / Social Work / M.A. (Social Science (Mental Health))

The thesis deals with a philosophical conception of an Austrian thinker of the 20th century Ferdinand Ebner in his life?s work ?Das Wort und die geistigen Realitäten: Pneumatologische Fragmente? (1921). Not only his life and the persons who influenced Ebner?s work were taken into account, but also the cultural-historical context of the period in which his original thoughts evolved. The heart of this paper lies in the introduction and explanation of the basic terms and theses that are crucial for Ebner?s philosophy, or more precisely his pneumatology. This part also contains Czech translation of some of the most important passages of Ebner?s work.

Orkney is currently home to over 400 wind turbines and a growing marine energy industry, developing cutting edge technology for what could be called a global energy transition. Situated off the north tip of the Scottish mainland, the archipelago is also home to a long-standing local population of just over 21,000 inhabitants. In fact, habitation in these islands stretches back over 5,000 years, a connection expressed by the local population. This thesis rests at the intersection of these two points of interest: energy and locality. Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork conducted between October 2013 and October 2014, this thesis analyses the communication of perceptions of renewable energy in the archipelago. It takes into consideration the specificity of one particular network of relations: the individuals employed or otherwise involved in the development and production of this energy while situating the specificity of these perceptions within the larger body of residents. Here, collective history, the importance of place, and maintenance of identity are intimately tied up in the range of perspectives present, as well as within the very promotion of the industry. The relationship between individual perception and collective affirmation, the existence of multiple spheres of realities, the simplification of realities in the communication meaning, and the relationship between nodes of interaction are all analysed. While far from a constantly discussed occurrence, the presence of renewable energy in Orkney has provided residents with a mobilising force, an impetus for discussions of the self, of identity and belonging, of the importance of place, and of the relationship between the past, present and future.

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Like death, the defining human reality underlying our relationships and views of life's meaning, the experiences and activities of undertakers, remains an uncommon subject for psychological research. Existential anxiety roots a society-wide denial of the fundamental nature of death. which necessitates the development of institutions to take responsibility for the dying and dead. As the image and service of the stigmatised funeral industry improves, society's experience of death should become more meaningful. The overview of the research into these topics noted the need for further studies. Within a holistic, ecosystemic epistemology, this study adopted a qualitative approach and case study method, which provided descriptions of the ecology, contexts, and relationships characteristic .of the undertaker's vocation by focussing on patterned expressions of views and attitudes. The aim was to gain insight into the undertaker's experience of the many faces of death, with a genuine interest and deep respect for their world. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology)

Text in Afrikaans / This pastoral-narrative study pans the stories of multi disabled children's parents for story elements and account resources that lead to the development of alternative realities on the dominant reality of "disability". With a postmodern epistemology and postmodern theological background this study was performed with a qualitative narrative research approach. In this study the stories of eight multi "disabled children's parents are utilized. Story elements and account resources from social structures and existence are highlighted and discussed. Examples of this are family, circle of friends, hope and parental love. The account of this study underlines the value that alternative realities on the dominant reality of "disability" can add to the quality on how people experience life. It also services as prove of people's riches of inner power and resilience. / Practical Theology / M.Th.

This thesis investigates the period in Judah which took place precisely a century between the death ofHezekiah (687 BCE) and the final fall of Jerusalem (587 BCE) Seldom has a nation experienced so many dramatically sudden reversals of fortune in so relatively short a time. Throughout the first half of the seventh century BCE the Assyrian empire reigned supreme. In the second half, in rapid succession, Judah, as a vassal, experienced periods of independence and of subjection, first to Egypt, then to Babylonia, before finally destroying herself in a futile rebellion against the latter. The aim of the thesis was to set Judah in the global context and investigate the role she played. To this end the Great Powers, namely Assyria, Egypt and Babylonia were surveyed, as well as were the Small Powers, like Judah, Phoenicia and the Transjordanian states, and the relationships probed. The thesis traces the life of the wicked but extraordinarily successful King Manasseh, and his equally reprobate son, Amon, who was brutally murdered by his servants, and was avenged by 'the people of the land'. Josiah is the only monarch who fits the Deuteronomistic requirements of a good king. Religious and national reform generally go hand in hand with politics, and the cultic reform and centralization of the cult characterise his reign. · With the fall of Assyria, the temporary surge into prominence by Egypt and the tragic death of Josiah in 609 BCE, Judah experienced radical political fluctuations and with them alternate subjugation by, and rebellion against, each of the major powers. Inexperienced leadership and a situation of dual kings, followed Josiah's death. The rapidly changing international scene demanded of the rulers of Judah skillful manoeuvring and exceptional adaptability, and frequently confronted them with ominous political situations. Judaean leaders and the puppet King Zedekiah, propped up by false prophets, failed to grasp the shift in the balance of power, and clung to questionable Egyptian aid against the new world power, Babylonia. Highly vulnerable and left in the lurch, Jerusalem faced protracted siege and famine in Jerusalem, destruction ofthe Temple, and deportation ofthe cream ofher people. / Classics and Modern European Languages / D. Litt. et Phil. (Judaica)

Esta tese teve como objeto de estudo a compreensão da emergência de realidades no ensino superior da saúde, segundo a singularidade da área de fisioterapia, mediante seus atos e vozes nas Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais. Entendi ter-se organizado um movimento social por entre o debate das diretrizes curriculares. No encontro com profissionais da fisioterapia, procurei saber em que momento emergiu para esta profissão a possibilidade de mudança – sob a forma das Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais – no saber-fazer-ensinar fisioterapêutico. Uso um movimento social por entre o debate das diretrizes curriculares. No encontro com profissionais da fisioterapia, procurei saber em que momento emergiu para esta profissão a possibilidade de mudança – sob a forma das Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais – no saber-fazer-ensinar fisioterapêutico. Uso da ciência da complexidade e da teoria das realidades emergentes, para propor uma imagem e interpretação da conformação de novidades no ensino superior da fisioterapia, considerados os atos e as vozes de profissionais dessa área que militam pela educação e pelo lugar que a formação deve tomar na invenção de mundos (da técnica, do trabalho, das relações sociais, da ciência, da clínica em saúde). O delineamento metodológico utilizado para a realização da investigação foi o estudo de caso. Busquei, como atores-chave, profissionais da área da fisioterapia, atuantes na construção das Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais, partindo dos especialistas no ensino de fisioterapia ligados à comissão de especialistas na Secretaria do Ensino Superior do Ministério da Educação, entre 1997 e 1999, e à Associação Brasileira de Ensino em Fisioterapia, a partir de 1999. Na construção dessas diretrizes curriculares, procurei o conhecimento das relações e interconexões provocadas pela área da fisioterapia junto à grande área da saúde e às transformações desejadas no âmbito do trabalho em equipes multiprofissionais e interdisciplinares, da integralidade da atenção em saúde e da apropriação do sistema de saúde brasileiro. Ao fazer a análise do relato de atos e vozes, desenhei sete categorias-movimento: ações e conexões dos atores; movimentos não lineares para a transformação curricular; sistemas dinâmicos no compartilhamento com a grande área da saúde; jogos de força; a singularidade da graduação em fisioterapia em um inventar-se no campo da saúde; movimento social como movimento de invenção de mundos e a emergência de realidade. Como tese, des-cubro/delineio as mudanças curriculares e seus focos como um dispositivo a três polos. Neste estudo, vislumbrou-se que as Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais configuraram um produto/resultado de um coletivo composto por docentes, estudantes e profissionais de saúde, integrantes de redes e do movimento de associações que se propunham ao rompimento com o modelo instituído ou modelo tradicional, que buscavam possibilidades de mudança para a integralidade na atenção à saúde, o trabalho em equipes multiprofissionais de saúde e a consonância da formação e do desenvolvimento com os princípios do Sistema Único de Saúde. As inovações deveriam propiciar a integração entre educação e saúde na formação profissional da educação superior e sua participação na atenção às demandas de saúde da sociedade. A configuração em rede e o movimento associativo constituíram convicção na profissão e transversalidade interprofissional. As Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais/Fisioterapia mostram uma emergência com atores da educação/ensino de fisioterapia engajados em processos e esforços de reconhecimento da profissão na equipe de saúde, em um sistema de acesso universal à saúde e na capacidade de práticas cuidadoras não limitadas à reabilitação. / This thesis aims to study to understand of the emergence of higher education in the realities of health, according to the singularity of the area of physiotherapy, through their actions and voices in the National Curriculum Guidelines. Understood to have an organized social movement among the discussion of curriculum guidelines. At the meeting with professional physiotherapy, I sought to know when this profession emerged to the possibility of change - in the form of the National Curriculum Guidelines - know-how-to-teach physiotherapy. Using the science of complexity theory and the realities of the emerging picture and to propose an interpretation of the formation of new higher education in physiotherapy, considered the actions and voices of professionals in this area that militate for education and where the training should go in the invention of worlds (of technology, work, social relations, science, health clinic). The design methodology used to conduct research was a study of case. Sough, as key actors, professionals of physiotherapy, working in the construction of the National Curriculum Guidelines, based on the experts in teaching physiotherapy related to the commission of experts in the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education, between 1997 and 1999, and Brazilian Association of Education in Physiotherapy, since 1999. In the construction of these curriculum guidelines, sought the knowledge of the relationships and interconnections caused by the area of physiotherapy with the great health area and desired changes in the work in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary teams, the completeness of health care and ownership of the system Brazilian health. By doing the analysis of reported acts and voices, drew seven-movement categories: actions and connections of the actors, non-linear movements for curriculum transformation, dynamic systems in sharing with the broader health field, games of strength, the degree of uniqueness physiotherapy in an inventing themselves in the field of health social movement as a movement of invention of worlds and the emergence of reality. As a thesis, uncover/delineate changes in curriculum and its focus as a three-pole device. In this study, it was seen that the National Curriculum Guidelines configures a product/result of a collective composed of teachers, students and health professionals, members of networks of associations and movements that were intended to break with the established model or the traditional model, seeking possibilities of change for completeness in health care, work in multidisciplinary teams of health and consistent training and development with the principles of the Unified Health System Innovations should provide integration between health and education in vocational training higher education and participation in health care demands of society. The network configuration and associative movement in the profession and belief formed transverse cross. The National Curriculum Guidelines/physiotherapy show an emergency actors of education/teaching physiotherapy and processes engaged in efforts to recognize the profession in the health team, in a system of universal health care practices and the ability of caregivers not limited to rehabilitation. / Esta tese tiene como objeto de estudio la comprensión de la "emergência de realidades"en la enseñanza superior de la salud, según la singularidad del area de la fisioterapia, mediante sus actos y voces en las "Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais". Comprendí haber organizado un movimiento social entre el debate de las "diretrizes curriculares". En el encuentro con profesionales de la fisioterapia, busqué saber en que momento emergió para esta profesión la posibilidad de cambios- sob la forma de las "Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais"- en el saber-hacer-enseñar fisioterapeutico. Utilizo de la ciencia de la complexidad y de la teoria de las realidades emergentes, para proponer una imagen y interpretación de la conformación de novedades en la enseñanza superior de la fisioterapia considerados los actos y las voces de profesionales de esa area que luchan por la educación y por el lugar que la formación debe tener en la invención de mundos (de la técnica, del trabajo, de las relaciones sociales, de la ciencia y de la clínica en salud). El delineamiento metodológico utilizado para la realización de la investigación fue el estudio de caso. Busqué como actores principales, profesionales del area de la fisioterapia, actuantes en la construcción de las "Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais", partiendo de los especialistas en la enseñanza de fisioterapia ligados a la comisión de especialistas en la " Secretaria do Ensino Superior do Ministério da Educacão" entre 1997 y 1999 y la "Associacão Brasileira de Ensino em Fisioterapia", a partir de 1999. En la contrucción de esas "diretrizes curriculares" busqué el conocimiento de las relaciones e interconexiones provocadas por el area de la fisioterapia junto a la gran area de la salud y las transformaciones deseadas en el trabajo en equipo multiprofesionales e interdiciplinares, de la integralidad de la atención en la salud y de la apropriación del sistema brasileño de salud. Al analizar el relato de actos y voces, dibujé siete categorias-movimiento:acciones y conexiones de los actores; movimientos no lineares para la transformación curricular; sistemas dinámicos compartidos con la gran area de la salud; juegos de fuerza; la singularidad de la graduación en fisioterapia en un "inventar"en el campo de la salud; movimiento social como movimiento de invención de mundos y la emergencia de realidades. Como tese, descubro los cambios curriculares y sus focos como un dispositivo a tres polos. En ese estudio se percebió que las "Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais" configuraran un producto/resultado de un colectivo compuesto por docentes, estudiantes y profesionales de la salud, integrantes de redes y del movimiento de asociaciones favorables al rompimiento como el modelo instituido o modelo tradicional, que buscaban posibilidades de cambios para la integralidad en atención a la salud, el trabajo en equipos multiprofesionales de salud y la consonancia de formación y del desarrollo con los principios del "Sistema Único de Saúde". Las inovaciones deberian propiciar la integración entre educación y salud en la formación profesional de la educación superior y su participación en la atención a las demandas de salud de la sociedad. La configuración en red y el movimiento asociativo constituyeron convicciones en la profesión y trasversalidad interprofesional. Las "Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais/fisioterapia"muestran una emergencia como actores de la educación/enseñanza de fisioterapia que trabajan en procesos y esfuerzos y reconocimiento de la profesión en el equipo de la salud, en un sistema de aceso universal a la salud y en la capacidad de prácticas cuidadoras no limitadas a la reabilitación.

Like death, the defining human reality underlying our relationships and views of life's meaning, the experiences and activities of undertakers, remains an uncommon subject for psychological research. Existential anxiety roots a society-wide denial of the fundamental nature of death. which necessitates the development of institutions to take responsibility for the dying and dead. As the image and service of the stigmatised funeral industry improves, society's experience of death should become more meaningful. The overview of the research into these topics noted the need for further studies. Within a holistic, ecosystemic epistemology, this study adopted a qualitative approach and case study method, which provided descriptions of the ecology, contexts, and relationships characteristic .of the undertaker's vocation by focussing on patterned expressions of views and attitudes. The aim was to gain insight into the undertaker's experience of the many faces of death, with a genuine interest and deep respect for their world. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology)

This thesis investigates the period in Judah which took place precisely a century between the death ofHezekiah (687 BCE) and the final fall of Jerusalem (587 BCE) Seldom has a nation experienced so many dramatically sudden reversals of fortune in so relatively short a time. Throughout the first half of the seventh century BCE the Assyrian empire reigned supreme. In the second half, in rapid succession, Judah, as a vassal, experienced periods of independence and of subjection, first to Egypt, then to Babylonia, before finally destroying herself in a futile rebellion against the latter. The aim of the thesis was to set Judah in the global context and investigate the role she played. To this end the Great Powers, namely Assyria, Egypt and Babylonia were surveyed, as well as were the Small Powers, like Judah, Phoenicia and the Transjordanian states, and the relationships probed. The thesis traces the life of the wicked but extraordinarily successful King Manasseh, and his equally reprobate son, Amon, who was brutally murdered by his servants, and was avenged by 'the people of the land'. Josiah is the only monarch who fits the Deuteronomistic requirements of a good king. Religious and national reform generally go hand in hand with politics, and the cultic reform and centralization of the cult characterise his reign. · With the fall of Assyria, the temporary surge into prominence by Egypt and the tragic death of Josiah in 609 BCE, Judah experienced radical political fluctuations and with them alternate subjugation by, and rebellion against, each of the major powers. Inexperienced leadership and a situation of dual kings, followed Josiah's death. The rapidly changing international scene demanded of the rulers of Judah skillful manoeuvring and exceptional adaptability, and frequently confronted them with ominous political situations. Judaean leaders and the puppet King Zedekiah, propped up by false prophets, failed to grasp the shift in the balance of power, and clung to questionable Egyptian aid against the new world power, Babylonia. Highly vulnerable and left in the lurch, Jerusalem faced protracted siege and famine in Jerusalem, destruction ofthe Temple, and deportation ofthe cream ofher people. / Classics and Modern European Languages / D. Litt. et Phil. (Judaica)