This paper explores the way contemporary American Conservative Jewish communities express ideas of egalitarianism and feminism through active use of specific ritual garments (tallit and tefillin). It addresses the meanings that these garments currently have on individual, communal, and institutional levels. Additionally, it considers women’s changing roles regarding ritual and participation in these communities. It also considers that in this context, when women take on additional religious obligations they are simultaneously representing feminist and religious issues and actions, and the conversations between these ideas.

Tese (doutorado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Departamento de Antropologia, Programa de Pós-graduação em Antropologia Social, 2015. / Submitted by Fernanda Percia França (fernandafranca@bce.unb.br) on 2015-11-20T15:19:42Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_JúliaOterodosSantos.pdf: 7358081 bytes, checksum: 4d448c66e9b84d15d3f766d0f21c842c (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Guimaraes Jacqueline(jacqueline.guimaraes@bce.unb.br) on 2015-12-29T13:07:26Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_JúliaOterodosSantos.pdf: 7358081 bytes, checksum: 4d448c66e9b84d15d3f766d0f21c842c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-29T13:07:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_JúliaOterodosSantos.pdf: 7358081 bytes, checksum: 4d448c66e9b84d15d3f766d0f21c842c (MD5) / Esta tese consiste em um esforço etnográfico para compreender algumas transformações que os Arara de Rondônia (Tupi Ramarama) identificam em sua socialidade. A partir do empenho de parte dos meus interlocutores em aparecer sob uma forma povo em um contexto em que as pessoas dizem viver separadas ou por família, analiso e descrevo o Wayo 'at Kanã (em português, Festa do Jacaré), um ritual que instaura um espaço-tempo em que as diferentes aldeias podem se juntar. Para analisar esse ritual e compreender a dinâmica das transformações identificadas pelos Arara, também abordo o xamanismo, a mitologia, o parentesco e o processo de produção de pessoas. / This thesis consists of an ethnographic effort to understand some transformations in sociality identified by the Arara of Rondônia (Tupi Ramarama). Wayo 'at Kanã ritual (Feast of the Alligator, in english) is analyzed from the efforts of part of my interlocutors to show up under the form of a people, in a context in which people claim to be living separate or in families. This ritual brings a space-time in which both villages can join together. In order to analyze the ritual and understand those transformations in sociality identified by the Arara, I also approach shamanism, mythology, kinship and the production of persons.

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Tese (doutorado)—Universidade de Brasília,Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Departamento de Antropologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia Social, 2013. / Submitted by Alaíde Gonçalves dos Santos (alaide@unb.br) on 2014-01-09T14:01:06Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2013_AinaGuimaraesAzevedo.pdf: 4765561 bytes, checksum: 101d03467a71073703b87e3b8a1975ef (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Guimaraes Jacqueline(jacqueline.guimaraes@bce.unb.br) on 2014-02-04T10:20:02Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2013_AinaGuimaraesAzevedo.pdf: 4765561 bytes, checksum: 101d03467a71073703b87e3b8a1975ef (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-02-04T10:20:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2013_AinaGuimaraesAzevedo.pdf: 4765561 bytes, checksum: 101d03467a71073703b87e3b8a1975ef (MD5) / Nesta tese, a casa é analisada a partir da experiência de desterro da família Kubheka - falante de isiZulu - nas províncias de Gauteng e KwaZulu-Natal, África do Sul. Em busca de um lugar seguro para viver desde o apartheid até os dias atuais, a conquista de uma casa é expressa pela oportunidade de realizar rituais dos quais participam também os seus ancestrais. A experiência de morar em diversos lugares ao longo de muitos anos não serve como pano de fundo de uma experiência pregressa; é atualizada constantemente em rituais de aviso de mudança de casa e de casamento, quando os lugares pretéritos e ancestrais deixados no caminho são revisitados e convocados a constituírem os novos espaços de morada. Esta tese é principalmente uma etnografia de dois rituais de casamento, cujas descrições e análises indicam a centralidade das mulheres na produção das casas e das pessoas que moram nelas. A produção das mulheres é analisada em termos dos presentes trocados por ocasião do casamento, quando o saber-fazer feminino é performatizado. Desse modo, “Mulheres de zuluness” fala sobre uma qualidade relacional, e não intrínseca, das mulheres que são imprescindíveis na constituição das casas e das pessoas que nelas moram. _______________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT / In this thesis, the zulu home is examined from the exile experience of Kubheka's family - isiZulu speaker - in the provinces of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Looking for a safe place to live since the apartheid era to the present day, the conquest of a house is expressed by the opportunity to perform rituals which also involve their ancestors. The experience of living in various places over many years does not serve as a backdrop of a past experience; it is constantly updated in acknowledgment rituals of house moving and marriage, when the previous places and ancestors left along the way are revisited and summoned to institute the new places of living. This thesis is primarily an ethnography of two wedding rituals, whose descriptions and analyzes indicate the central position of women in the production of homes and people who live in them. The women production is analyzed in the terms of the exchanged gifts during the wedding, when the feminine know-how is performed. Thus, “Mulheres de zuluness" talks about a women relational quality - not intrinsic - that is essential in the constitution of the homes and the people who live in them.

Archaeological excavations in the northeast sector of the archaeological site of Pucllana exposed an accumulation of cultural debris lying on the surface of a door. The context of these findings and the analysis of the building sequencedemonstrate that these materials came from the upper part of a sunken plaza. The analysis of the artifacts shows that they were remnants of large-scale food consumption and the result of a complex sequence of ritual performances.According to this evidence, we propose that the plaza was ritually entombed. The events of interest belong to the Middle Horizon 1A, the height of Lima urban centers on the Central Coast of Peru. / Las excavaciones desarrolladas en el sector noreste del sitio arqueológico de Pucllana, expusieron una acumulación de desechos culturales que yacían sobre la superficie de un piso. La contextualización del hallazgo y el análisis de la secuencia constructiva indicaron que estos provenían de la parte alta de una plaza a desnivel. El análisis de los materiales demostraron que habían sido remanentes de varias actividades desarrolladas al interior de la plaza, entre los cuales se manifestaba la producción de artefactos como líticos y objetos ornamentales y el consumo de alimento a gran escala, acompañado de una compleja secuencia de actividades rituales.Teniendo en consideración esta evidencia se propone una representación de cómo se habría desarrollado el proceso de remodelación y clausura de una plaza ceremonial Lima, cada vez que culminaba con un ciclo de funcionamiento. Según la ubicación cronológica, estos eventos se habrían desarrollado durante la Época 1A del Horizonte Medio, en pleno auge de los asentamientos lima de la Costa Central.

Cities today are suffering from public dependence on the automobile and a tendency to sprawl. The preference afforded to privatized means of mobility and dwelling has diminished opportunities for interaction and exchange in the public realm. The role of public transportation infrastructure must be elevated to reconnect our fractured communities. To achieve this, the identity of place must be translated into infrastructure- something that is by definition a regularized system of support. Combining the utility of infrastructure and a contextual reading of place, stations have a unique opportunity to communicate to the public. One station simultaneously reflects the identity of the regional network, the particular line it is located along, and the neighborhood it serves. An investigation into the need for redesign of transportation infrastructure in New Orleans explores the relationship between the ephemeral experiences of mobility through a city of shifting identity. Stations designed along a local and an express line demonstrate an approach to transportation planning and design that reinforces local identity in order to redefine the city. / 0 / SPK / specialcollections@tulane.edu

Paulus beschreibt und interpretiert die christliche Taufe in dem Brief an die ihm unbekannte Gemeinde in Rom mit Hilfe einer Leben-Tod-Metaphorik. Immer wieder ist die Frage gestellt worden, ob das Motiv des Mitsterbens mit Christus einen Anhalt am Ritualvollzug hat. Dahinter stehen widerstreitende Thesen darüber, ob mit der frühen Verbreitung der Taufe auch eine theologisch reflektierte Deutung in den Gemeinden vorauszusetzen ist. Die Untersuchung kann nun aufzeigen, dass etwa mit der Taufformel erste Interpretationsansätze gegeben sind, diese jedoch nach Meinung des Paulus weiterer Erläuterungen bedürfen. Dazu nimmt er auf verschiedene Aspekte des Rituals Bezug, ohne allerdings dessen Vollzug auf symbolische Weise zu deuten. / Writing to the Romans, Paul describes and interprets Christian baptism by using a life-death-metaphor. Does this mean that being baptized in water symbolizes the death? And was baptism in its beginnings theologically reflected on such a high level by all congregations of that time? This essay shows that indeed some approaches of interpretation existed but that they required further development. Therefore, Paul refers to ritual aspects in several ways.

This thesis project is about the educational process of design by which one learns to see the human potential in the situation of the built environment. That I believe is the universal message of this work communicated through the language of architecture. In terms of the local conditions, the project seeks to achieve this through reintroducing the architectural heritage of the city of Salt Jordan to its local and foreign audiences, engendering new appreciation for its history. / Master of Architecture

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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / The field of ritual studies has often been relegated to the disciplines of religious studies and anthropology, and typically understood within a religious context. However, this dissertation applies the study of ritual to a nonprofit organization as a distinct organizational culture that engages in mission driven work that, at times, can also function as a series of deeply meaningful rituals; within ritual studies, this process of practical work taking on enhanced meaning is known as ritualization. Utilizing Ronald Grimes' categories of ritual sensibilities (specifically decorum, magic, ceremony, liturgy, and celebration), this research sought to better understand how the work of The Lord's Acre, a nonprofit community garden dedicated to addressing the conditions of food insecurity, can similarly be viewed as ritualized activities. The study was conducted through the use of intensive participant observation and interviews conducted between 2018-2020 on site in Fairview, North Carolina. The research uncovered several important revelations. First, the work of the garden often hinged upon the use of ritual language, spaces, and objects, and some of the rituals defied the clear categorization under Grimes' schema. Instead, ritual attitudes toward the work under observation became blends of multiple categories, such as celebratory ceremonies, thus helping to reify Grimes' theory. Secondly, at times, the rituals undertaken at the organization resembled rites of passage popularized by Arnold van Gennep and also sustained periods of liminality, or communitas, popularized by Victor Turner, especially in the organization's attempts to build community through educating others about food insecurity. Finally, the research discovered that the practice of liturgy, conventionally thought to reside within religious nonprofit organizations, was active within the organization and thus may also be alive and well within secular nonprofit organizations.