abstract: What is driving my applied project are questions derived from lived and observed experiences as an African American female born and raised in Los Angeles California to a non-native of twelve years in Arizona. I recognize situations I have gone through may not have happened if I was not a person of color and a woman. This is also true for Hispanics, Latinos, Native Americans, Pacific Islanders, Asians and other immigrants. The history of America as taught in public, secondary and post-secondary institutions speaks to this truth and raises the questions that I will explore in this document in relation to the process of creating my performance work Movement Speaks. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Dance 2017

Orientador: Marcos Tadeu Del Roio / Banca: Anderson Deo / Banca: Meire Mathias / Resumo: O Objetivo central desta pesquisa é o estudo de um grupo de economistas chilenos, formados na Escola de Economia da Universidade de Chicago, durante as décadas de 1950-1960. A análise deste grupo, chamado popularmente de Chicago Boys, e politicamente de "Projeto Chile", demonstra para nós o enredo final de um processo de transformação social mais profundo e amplo. As possibilidades que se abrem com a eclosão da Revolução Passiva no Chile, em 1927, abrem precedentes para que novos grupos políticos surjam, disputem espaço institucional e a hegemonia com os já existentes. O ciclo longo da Revolução Passiva no Chile perdura até a segunda metade da década de 1970, quando da implementação das propostas neoliberais de ajuste fiscal e de liberdade irrestrita ao capital e ao mercado. É latente a conexão existente entre estes dois processos: o mais amplo conhece o seu enlace final na concreção deste "restrito", isto é, o novo supera o novíssimo e enterra o velho na medida em que os Chicago Boys conseguem forjar um novo patamar de consenso à burguesia chilena. / Abstract: The main objective of this research is the study of a group of Chilean economists trained at the School of Economics at the University of Chicago, during the decades of 1950-1960. The analysis of this group, popularly called the Chicago Boys and politically known as the "Chile Project" demonstrates to us the final plot of a deeper and broader process of social transformation. The outbreak of the passive revolution in Chile in 1927, opens a pretext to new political groups to emerge, and thus, compete in the institutional space and for hegemony with the already existing ones. The long cycle of passive revolution in Chile lasted until the second half of the 1970s, when the implementation of neoliberal proposals for fiscal adjustment and unrestricted freedom to capital and market took place. The connection between these two processes is latent: the broader one meets its final link in the concretion the more "restricted" one, ie the new surpasses the brand new and buries the old as the Chicago Boys can forge a new level of consensus on the Chilean bourgeoisie. / Mestre

This thesis examines socialization in the homes and crèches of a rural area in a time of change. Change which is controlled and initiated from outside the local context, creates a dilemma for socialization agents when it introduces a knowledge paradigm different from that operating locally. Rural South African communities frequently experience exogenous change. The introduction of rural preschools, locally known as crèches, provides one example of such change challenging local socialization agents. While rural residents may not operate within knowledge paradigms to deal effectively with such change, they are not necessarily defeated by it. They "grapple" with the uncertainty, developing ways of coping and containing the change. This forms the focus of this thesis. Vygotsky's concept of mediation and conceptualization of the individual/society relationship, informs the examination of "grappling" with change. Two central questions are addressed: In an unfamiliar situation, what is mediated and what resources are drawn on? The research was designed around the recognition of the process nature of research, the constructivism inherent in research and the significance of the social context. Two central mediators, the mother and the crèche teacher, and the broader social context of the home and the creche, were examined. Three levels of investigation were utilised. An analysis of mediation in dyads working on an unfamiliar task provided insight into the social/psychological dynamics. Interviews with residents highlighted socialization beliefs and practices and the social context. Analysis of verses and stories taught to children revealed the inherent ideology of socialization. The main findings of this study are that: Rural residents "grapple" with social change by drawing on their own resources; in "grappling" with the unfamiliar what is mediated is an adult/child interactional status based on the inherent ideology of socialization and the dominant resource drawn on is the "culture of orality". It is argued that in the situation of neither mastery nor defeat, rural residents have used intermediary strategies of coping and containing the effect of the preschool as an agent of exogenous, social change. Recommendations are made for integrating "socialized" and "learned" knowledge from the home and the crèche.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:19:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 EdileneFJ.pdf: 1584047 bytes, checksum: 57309dd05caa6a5ab0eb54ab49c9e68a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-04-16 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / This work aims to study the associations as mediating the process of social change and its importance for local development. The hypothesis is that associations, but bring dynamism to the smaller cities and improve the living conditions of their members, relegated to the background social sustainability, understood this as a permanent exercise of mobilization and participation in community life. The assumptions of the study are that the practice group has influenced the processes of local development in Brazilian rural municipalities through the mediation of government programs and projects aimed at combating rural poverty require social organization for their achievement. The concept of local development in this work was rescued from studies of political economy and sociology. But the concepts of collective action and partnerships adv?em studies of political participation and social development of the theory of alternative or solidarity. The party consisted of an empirical case study conducted with four associations of farmers in the municipality of Portalegre-RN. Why choose qualitative study was used the technique of semi-structured interviews with the chairmen I members of associations and other actors considered essential to understanding the study (religious leaders, local political power and chairman of the union of rural workers), a total of 20 interviews, in addition to the observations of field and documentary research in records of the.ir own organizations. The survey results show that the performance of groups of farmers are key components and determinants for the production I marketing of agricultural products and for boosting the economy, as well as security for minimum levels of citizenship. Yet we are still in a space purpose of social change, which comes to confirm the initial hypothesis of this work / Este trabalho objetiva estudar as associa??es enquanto mediadoras de processo de mudan?a social e sua import?ncia para o desenvolvimento local. A hip?tese ? que as associa??es, embora tragam dinamismo para os pequenos munic?pios e melhorem as condi??es de vida dos seus associados, relegam a um segundo plano a sustentabilidade social, compreendida esta como um exerc?cio permanente de mobiliza??o e de participa??o na vida da comunidade. Os pressupostos do estudo s?o que a pr?tica associativa tem influenciado os processos de desenvolvimento local nos munic?pios rurais brasileiros por meio da media??o de programas e projetos governamentais voltados para o combate a pobreza rural que requerem a organiza??o social para sua consecu??o. O conceito de desenvolvimento local neste trabalho foi resgatado dos estudos de economia pol?tica e de sociologia. J? os conceitos de a??o coletiva e associativismo adv?em dos estudos de participa??o pol?tica e social e da teoria do desenvolvimento alternativo ou solid?rio. A parte emp?rica constou de um estudo de caso realizado com quatro associa??es de produtores rurais do munic?pio de Portalegre-RN. Por optar por estudo qualitativo, utilizou-se da t?cnica da entrevista semi-estruturada junto aos presidentes/ s?cios das associa??es, al?m de outros atores considerados indispens?veis para compreens?o do estudo (l?deres religiosos, poder pol?tico local e presidente do sindicato dos trabalhadores rurais), perfazendo um total de 20 entrevistas, al?m das observa??es de campo e da pesquisa documental em registros das pr?prias organiza??es. Os resultados da pesquisa revelam que a atua??o das associa??es de produtores rurais s?o pe?as fundamentais e determinantes para a produ??o/escoamento dos produtos agr?colas e para a dinamiza??o da economia, assim como, para seguran?a de n?veis m?nimos de cidadania. Por?m, n?o se constituem ainda, em um espa?o propositivo de mudan?a social, o que vem a confirmar a hip?tese inicial desse trabalho

Orientador: Dulce Consuelo Andreatta Whitaker / Banca: Doris Aciolly e Silva / Banca: Maria Clara Di Pierro / Banca: João Augusto Gentilini / Banca: Ângela Viana Machado Fernandes / Resumo: As organizações não-governamentais explodem em número e influência no Brasil a partir da década de noventa do século XX, como conseqüência dos princípios neoliberais de desresponsabilização do Estado e sua configuração enquanto Estado Mínimo. Paralelamente a isso, o processo de redemocratização favorece o fortalecimento da sociedade civil e de seus intelectuais. Considerada a educação requisito indispensável à emancipação humana, opta-se por um olhar sobre duas ONGs brasileiras voltadas à educação neste início de século XXI. Através de pesquisa participante, os profissionais de educação das ONGs pesquisadas, EMCANTAR e Ação Educativa têm seu trabalho educativo conhecido a fundo e descrito em detalhes. As características de sua atuação, principais projetos, resultados, perspectivas, assim como questões de financiamento, relações com o Estado, dentre outros aspectos são estudados e analisados. Com o aporte teórico no conceito de intelectual de Gramsci, indaga-se: são os profissionais de educação das ONGs uma nova categoria intelectual? Privilegiada a visão dialética, possibilidades e problemas do trabalho desses profissionais são apontados. As contradições do real permitem encontrar nas ONGs, cuja origem está diretamente relacionada ao momento de recrudescimento do capitalismo financeiro e da diminuição estatal em investimentos sociais, caminhos para a promoção da democracia, da justiça social, da cidadania. Finaliza-se, porém, com a sustentação da dúvida. Problematizados aspectos como relações trabalhistas, se há encontros ou confrontos com a educação escolar, se são intelectuais orgânicos da transformação ou não, dentre outros, conclui-se com a reafirmação do novo: somente com a articulação das variáveis comunidade científica - tempo pode-se dar uma resposta definitiva à questão proposta. / Abstract: From the nineties of the 20th century on, occurs in Brazil an explosion of nongovernmental organizations in number and influence, as a consequence of new liberalism principles of a non- responsible State and shaped at Minimum Standards. At the same time, the democratic force process supports the civil society and its intellectuals strengthen. Considered education as an indispensable require to human emancipation, two non-governmental organizations dedicated to the education cause are studied. Following the participative survey method, the educational work done by the educational professionals of the NGOs examined, EMCANTAR e Ação Educativa, it is deeply known and detailed described. Its characteristics, the main projects, results, perspectives, as well as financial problems, relationship with the State, and other aspects are studied and analyzed. The theoretical reference is the concept of organic intellectual of Gramsci. Based on it, it is asked: are the NGO educational professionals a new intellectual category? Through dialectic logic, possibilities and problems of these professionals' work are pointed. The contradictions of the real let us find in the NGO, whose origin is directly concerned to the financial capitalism recrudescence moment and the state diminution in social investments, possibilities to the democracy, social justice and citizenship promotion. It is concluded with the doubt's maintenance. After thinking about working relations, if there are harmony or confront with school's education, if they are organic intellectuals of transformation or not, among others, the final conclusion it is to reaffirm the new: only the articulation of the two categories - scientific community and time - it can be given a definitive answer to the given question. / Doutor

Esta dissertação tem o intento de averiguar qual o tratamento dado pelo gênero notícia aos eventos de violência e preconceito contra os nordestinos brasileiros. A escolha deste gênero deu-se devido ao seu pertencimento às elites simbólicas, ou seja, por possuir alto poder de produção e de disseminação discursivas. Em virtude disso, o critério de seleção do corpus baseou-se em notícias que trazem em seu interior a(s) voz(es) da violência e do preconceito, por veicularem, consequentemente, discursos ideológicos. Como perspectiva teórica, esse trabalho filia-se à Análise Crítica do Discurso, buscando, especificamente, em Norman Fairclough os princípios analíticos norteadores. Para este pesquisador, o discurso produz três significados, quais sejam, o significado acional, o significado representacional e o significado identificacional. Com o intuito de depreender estes significados das notícias, a análise baseou-se, respectivamente, nas seguintes categorias: estrutura genérica, representação de atores sociais e modalização. Como resultado, a análise, de base qualitativa, demonstrou que os sentidos produzidos pelas notícias, majoritariamente, buscam reverter o quadro de discriminação que os nordestinos ainda sofrem em função de determinantes históricos. Assim, a mudança social e cultural proposta por Fairclough, com vistas a minimizar a representação assimétrica de minorias sociais- os nordestinos, neste caso- só será alcançada quando os discursos ideológicos que promovem essa representação tornarem-se explícitos para a sociedade / This thesis has the purpose of investigating which treatment is given by the news genre writers to the events of violence and prejudice against the people from the Brazilian Northeast. The choice of this genre is due to its belonging to the symbolic elites, ie, due to its high power of discursive production and dissemination. As a result, the selection criteria of the corpus was based on news stories that bring the voice of violence and prejudice, for they transmit, consequently, ideological discourses. This work draws on Critical Discourse Analysis, looking specifically at Norman Fairclough's analytical guiding principles. For this researcher, discourse produces three meanings, namely the actional, the representational and identificational. In order to infer these meanings from news, the analysis was based, respectively, on the following categories: general structure, representation of social actors and modality. This qualitative analysis showed that the meanings produced by the news, mostly, seek to reverse the discrimination that the people from the Northeast still suffer due to historical determinants. Thus, the social and cultural change proposed by Fairclough in order to minimize the asymmetric representation of social minorities - the Brazilian Northeastern people, in this case -, will only be achieved when the ideological discourses that promote this representation become explicit for society

Art in early childhood education: An ineluctable needThe present essay focuses on the need for educational institutions, especially those working with early childhood, to recover art as a central issue in the education of young children, both in relation to the demands of the new century demands, as well in response to the most authentic needs of every human being. It also addresses the role of art in the development of inherent capacities not only to individual areas, linked to creativity, imagination, and the development of the scientific attitude, but those of social nature that include the construction of personal and cultural identity, as well as the skills required to live with others, and those leading to social change. / El presente ensayo gira en torno a la necesidad que tienen las instituciones educativas, especialmente aquellas que trabajan con primera infancia, de recuperar el arte como un tema central en la educación del niño pequeño, tanto de cara a lasdemandas del nuevo siglo, como también en respuesta a las necesidades más auténticas de todo ser humano. Asimismo aborda la función del arte en el desarrollo de capacidades inherentes no solo a los ámbitos personales, vinculados a la creatividad, la imaginación, y el desarrollo de la actitud científica; sino aquellas de índole social que comprenden la construcción de la identidad personal y cultural, las habilidades requeridas para la convivencia y las que conducen al cambio social.

abstract: This thesis explores some of the ways in which Egyptian men and women changed certain aspects of their reality through collective actions in public spaces during and after the 2011 Revolution. This thesis argues that the power of collective action which Egyptian men and women successfully employed in 2011 to bring down the thirty year regime of Hosni Mubarak carried over into the post-Revolutionary era to express itself in three unique ways: the combatting of women's sexual harassment in public spaces, the creation of graffiti with distinct Revolutionary themes, and the creation of protest music which drew from historical precedent while also creating new songs. The methodology of this study of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution lies is the use of newspaper reporting and online sources as primary source material. These sources include Egyptian newspapers such as Egypt Independent and Al Ahram, as well as scholarly websites like Jadaliyya, and also personal blogs. These accounts provide topical and up to the minute accounts of history as it unfolded. Primary source material is also drawn from oral interviews done during the summer of 2012 by the author and others in Egypt. The theoretical grounding lies in social movement theories that are centered on the Middle Eastern context in particular. Drawing from newspaper accounts and social movement theories this thesis is built around a notion of collective action expressed in unique ways in post-2011 Revolution Egypt. This thesis is also solidly grounded in the history of Egypt as relevant to each of the topics which it explores: combatting sexual harassment and the creation of graffiti and music. Relevant scholarly books help to inform the historical material presented here as context. This thesis is situated within the existing literature on the 2011 Egyptian Revolution and public history while also contributing something new to this area of study by examining the actions of ordinary men and women acting in public spaces in new ways during and after the Revolution. The existing literature on the 2011 Revolution generally neglects micro-level changes of the sort discussed in the topical areas to follow. The ordinary men and women who contributed to the Revolution are now part of the historical record, an example of the public making history par excellence. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.A. History 2014

This thesis seeks to explain, via four key reasons, the shifting role that women have played in the self-determination movement in Kashmir over time. It focuses on the rise of young women in stone-pelting protests, analyzed through the lens of recent events that have triggered protests, the role of Islamism with regards to women in Kashmir, and the role of young women in the conflict generation. More importantly, the author analyzes the protests of women who have lost family members to enforced disappearances at the hands of the state. It is found that these women use a political strategy that upholds the politics of respectability and relies on the visual, which young women in stone pelting protests also rely on to highlight their cause.

Os anos 90 foram marcados por inúmeras mudanças no cenário brasileiro. Um dos resultados foi a emergência de um novo padrão organizacional de intervenção social, que carrega a promessa de transformação social da realidade brasileira. Trata-se das organizações do Terceiro Setor, que se assentam sobre o fortalecimento da sociedade civil, o desenvolvimento da democracia e, conseqüentemente, têm na cidadania um pilar fundamental para a viabilidade de tais projetos. A proposta desta dissertação é contribuir para a compreensão do papel transformador atribuído às organizações do Terceiro Setor. Para tanto, apresentam-se diferentes correntes discursivas e interpretativas sobre a transformação social. Primeiramente, apresentaram-se os discursos que sustentam a existência dessas organizações, debatendo-se criticamente sobre suas justificativas. Num segundo momento, realizou-se um estudo de caso com o objetivo de configurar no discurso dos atores institucionais de um projeto de um programa de promoção social de uma organização do Terceiro Setor qual a transformação social concebida. Por fim, abordaram-se os pareamentos entre o conceito de sociedade civil e Terceiro Setor, mostrando a inconsistência dessa operação e marcando os pontos de contato entre os discursos das diferentes disciplinas e aqueles dos atores institucionais do caso estudado. Das análises dos discursos dos atores institucionais, verificou-se que as práticas nomeadas como transformadoras são multifacetadas, apesar da tendência de rotulação das várias ações como sendo iguais e seguindo a mesma direção. Por outro lado, as categorias que modelam as práticas de transformação social da organização não contemplam os fenômenos psicológicos encontrados nessas práticas – que são a própria condição dessas categorias. Pela confrontação dos diferentes discursos abordados nessa dissertação, notou-se que o debate sobre a transformação social segue os imperativos de um projeto político dominante, demonstrando que um dos mecanismos dessa uniformização é a substituição ideológica das significações das palavras. Essa aparente unidade é o que dá liga às ações das inúmeras organizações da sociedade civil. / The nineties were marked by several changes in the Brazilian scene. One of its results was the emergence of a new organizational pattern of social intervention, which bears the promise of social transformation of the Brazilian reality. It is the Third Sector organizations, which rely on the strengthening of civil society, the development of democracy and, which consequently, have in citizenship the fundamental pillar for the viability of such projects. The purpose of this dissertation is to contribute for the comprehension of the transforming role attributed to the Third Sector organizations. Therefore, different discourses and interpretative tendencies about the social transformation are presented. Initially, a presentation of the discourse on which these organizations are based has been made, along with a critical discussion of their justifications. After that, a case study is evaluated in order to identify, based on the discourses of the institutional actors enrolled in a social project of a Third Sector organization, the social transformation they conceive. Finally, the paring of the civil society concept and the Third Sector concept are approached, showing the inconsistence of this operation and highlighting the connecting links between the discourses of the different disciplines and those of the institutional actors of the studied case. Through the analyses of the discourses of the institutional actors it was verified that the practices named as transforming were multifaceted, in spite of the tendency of labeling them as equal and following the same direction. On the other hand, the categories that shape the organizations’ practices of social transformation do not contemplate the psychological phenomena found in those practices – which are the condition of theses categories themselves. By the confrontation of the different discourses approached in this dissertation, it was observed that the discussion of social transformation follows the imperatives of a dominating political project. Moreover, it is shown that one of the devices of this uniformization is the ideological substitution of the meanings of words. The apparent unity is what links the actions of several civil society organizations