Few people know that the first sessions of the General Assembly of the UN in 1946 were held in a place of worship - Westminster Central Hall. It was part of an ambitious construction programme, initiated by the Wesleyan Methodists, which resulted in Central Halls in most British cities. They were, and in some cases still are, flexible, multi-functional spaces used on a daily basis for a wide range of purposes. They are widely perceived as public space but they are also sacred - camouflaged churches, created as sites for missionary activity and social outreach by a faith which from its origins has challenged the dichotomy between sacred and secular space. They have never been systematically studied – even their number and locations were unknown. This thesis tells their story by presenting them as an undocumented building type of social and cultural significance. It explores the concept of building type and the dimensions of social and cultural analysis that may be explored with the method. The typological approach is then demonstrated with a specific monographic focus on Methodist Central Halls from the 1880s to the present. Using a combination of visual methods, archival research and personal testimony, the analysis offers insights into the many aspects of Methodism through the long twentieth century – the church’s spatial distribution, its modes of mission and worship, its cultural identity and its business model. These centrally located assembly halls with their landmark architecture are for many towns still the top venues for meeting and entertainment. The typology of such public sacred spaces is not only a chapter in the history of British cities but provides findings of wide interest for religion and society.

<p>Rad istražuje alternativne kulturne prakse arhitekture i<br />urbanizma u Jugoslaviji, nastale u periodu 1945. i 1980.<br />Teorijske, edukativne, kustoske, umjetničke i profesionalne<br />arhitektonske prakse su sagledane u kontekstu socijalističke<br />svakodnevice i modernizma. Obja&scaron;njene su osnovne<br />karakteristike fenomena alternativnih kulturnih praksi,<br />prostora i autora, njihova reprezentativna moć kao sastavni<br />dio reprezentacije moći države, njihova posebnost kao<br />prostorno-kulturnog fenomena i trajne posljedice nezavisno<br />od izmjenjenih uslova i okolnosti u kojima danas postoje.</p> / <p>The paper explores alternative cultural practices of architecture<br />and urban planning in Yugoslavia, from the period 1945 and<br />1980. Theoretical, educational, curatorial, artistic and<br />professional architectural practices have been viewed in the<br />context of everyday life and socialist modernism. Explains the<br />basic characteristics of the phenomenon of alternative cultural<br />practices, space and authors, their representative power as an<br />integral part of the team and not the state, their uniqueness as<br />spatially-cultural phenomenon and lasting effects<br />independently of the changed conditions and circumstances<br />exist today.</p>

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T19:31:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 HIS - Fernanda R Galve.pdf: 972910 bytes, checksum: 7e449eda90e034b37347339b4180a4d3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-10-17 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The thesis deals with relations between History and Literature to reflect the being and Recife as a city. Study about the poet João Cabral de Melo Neto through his book Morte e Vida Severina , written in 1954, which is a dramatic poem that approaches the tough life of the people from the Northeast Brazil and its social and historical aspects. In his literature, João Cabral mixes the historical moment to biographical elements in order to achieve an identity as a poet, he deals with images and facts, and consequently he can t consider poetry without History. Thus, the comprehension of João Cabral poetry depends on the comprehension of the historical moment, since the text dialogs constantly with concepts as culture and space. This research analyzes the connection between History and Literature, in order to show the poetry as a reflection of time and memory. This study uses a literary composition as its main source to investigate the Pernambuco society through the 50 s. Maybe this is the way to contribute to overcoming the ever-growing gap that separates the dream-like landscapes from daily life´s / A presente dissertação faz uma articulação da História com a Literatura, numa reflexão do ser e da cidade do Recife. Tem como objetos de estudo o poeta João Cabral de Melo Neto e sua obra Morte e Vida Severina - Auto de Natal Pernambucano , de 1954, poema dramático que nos conduz ao fluxo do rio da vida severina e nos leva a refletir sobre questões sociais e históricas que procuram levantar um retrato das condições e dos problemas do homem nordestino. Ler a lógica de uma obra literária é um modo de ligar-se a uma realidade histórica e, ao mesmo tempo, reconhecer os processos biográficos e a busca da identidade do poeta João Cabral. Seu trabalho com a palavra se faz na construção das imagens e dos fatos, pois não existe para ele poesia sem os acontecimentos e sem História. Assim, a abordagem do contexto histórico que origina a obra literária se coloca como compreensão da própria obra. Poesia com a qual se estabelece um diálogo constante, na perspectiva de pensar conceitos importantes como espaço e cultura. Analisa-se, ainda, a junção entre história e literatura, evidenciando-se que a palavra poética apresenta tempos e memória. Neste caso, a pesquisa propõe um novo olhar histórico que se utiliza de uma obra poética como fonte. Pondera, também, uma obra literária como percepção crítica e histórica da sociedade de Pernambuco dos anos 50. Talvez este seja um caminho possível de contribuir para a superação do desvão que separa as paisagens de sonho

The aim of the diploma thesis is to define a specific phenomenon bound to the current consumer society, which by its expression considers certain values and relations to the material world as necessary or, on the contrary, unnecessary. At the same time, it examines the boundary between consumer goods that we use on a daily basis and the subjects that have become part of our personality. These findings are demonstrated on specific examples. Telecommunication progress and its impact on today's consumer society in all aspects of nowadays lifestyle has become the starting point for the diploma work. Phone as an artifact has become part of our life with an ever more personal approach. This phenomenon is grasped theoretically, creatively and as an opportunity for pedagogical activity and research. The pedagogical intention is not only suggested but also verified and reflected in praxis.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / This work is intended to analyse poor citizens‟ experiences at applying their communication strategies in the city of Uberlândia. By analysing a documentary produced by the television chain Rede Vitoriosa , from its emission Linha Dura no seu bairro (the Portuguese for Linha Dura in your district), one managed to obtain a complete investigation that treats the relationship amongst the living experiences of poor citizens around the city, by integrating and providing new ways of communicating. It encompass a period between the decades of 1990 and 2010, and remarks the important evolution of the communication devices that took place alongside a growing interest towards television viewers, as far as their relationship with the daily life in the suburbs were concerned. The research, carried out from written and video resources, together with interviews, has provided a strategy aimed to understand the city of Uberlandia in the given period. The same research has also related the mobilization of the inhabitants throughout the urban background to the news production, consumption and broadcasting. Getting to realize how do citizens take part in this process has become such a challenge for the concerned research, in its intents to look into the manners the citizens create their own communication spaces and also take over existing ones, in order to constitute a communication field on an unequal background. / Este trabalho analisa experiências de moradores pobres em suas estratégias empreendidas no campo da comunicação na cidade de Uberlândia-MG. A análise do material produzido pela Rede Vitoriosa de Televisão, a partir do Programa Linha Dura e também seus desdobramentos pelos bairros da cidade com o evento Linha Dura no Seu Bairro, propiciou uma investigação que articula a relação entre as vivências dos moradores pobres na cidade, integrando e constituindo formas de se comunicar. Abrange o período entre as décadas de 1990 e 2010, acompanhando sintomáticas mudanças na configuração dos meios de comunicação, quando se percebe uma atenção voltada para o público telespectador em suas relações com as questões que envolvem o cotidiano dos moradores nas periferias. A pesquisa com materiais escritos, visuais e a produção de entrevistas permitiu construir uma estratégia para compreensão da cidade nesse período, permitiu problematizar o movimento dos moradores nos diversos espaços da cidade, em torno do campo de produção, consumo e circulação de notícias. Pensar como os sujeitos participam deste processo tornou-se um desafio da pesquisa, no intuito de investigar as formas como os moradores criam seus próprios espaços comunicativos e se apropriam de outros, constituindo um campo de comunicação comum num terreno de desigualdades. / Mestre em História