Modern Kusawa Lake (60° 19' 55” N, 136° 4' 48” W, 142 km2) of southwestern Yukon Territory drains a 4290 km2 catchment, 4.7 % of which is glacier covered. Sediment cores show variability both down-lake and within specific sub-basins of the lake. In Regions II -V of Kusawa Lake, sediments are mainly clastic with massive to weakly laminated silts and clays interrupted by fine sand units, which reflect distinct runoff events into Region IV from glacier sources. In Region I, massive silts, silt-clay couplets are interrupted by thick sand deposits derived from the Primrose River delta. Further up-lake, the sediment record is further interrupted by modern sediment delivery from the Kusawa Campground alluvial fan. The relatively small accumulation of lake glacial and Holocene sediment input in Kusawa Lake is similar to other large lakes of the Canadian Cordillera. These patterns reflect a particular style of deglaciation and Holocene sediment inputs.

Offprint in pocket / Bibliography: leaves 82-90 / xii, 95 leaves, [6] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. + [11] plastic envelopes containing 22 folded ill., all in case, 35 mm / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, 1987

Reading the Transformation: The Relationship between Literature and Territory in Contemporary Veneto aims at investigating the interrelation between a geographically defined entity and the literary word. Placed in the context of a broader reflection on the dynamics of such relation, this thesis aims at outlining a specific set of theoretical references in order to analyse the case of contemporary Veneto through a close reading of some particularly relevant works by two authors from this region, Massimo Carlotto and Marco Paolini. Developed from an interest in the literary tradition of Veneto and in the theme of landscape and territory representation in literature, this thesis is comprised of two parts: the first one is dedicated to tracing the theoretical, historical, and literary coordinates that define the scope and frame of reference for the thesis; the second one conducts an in-depth analysis of the context in which the works of Carlotto and Paolini are situated. Drawing on concepts pertaining geography, cultural anthropology, and landscape theory, the premise of this thesis is that territory is a complex geographic, historical, social, economic, and cultural entity of which landscape constitutes the visible stratum. Siding with arguments that sustain the centrality of the role of landscape in the process of formation of people's identity, this thesis adopts such concept and employs it as a key to understand the relation between territory and literature. Through the analysis of La verità dell'Alligatore and Nordest by Carlotto and Il Milione and Bestiario Veneto - Parole mate by Paolini, the objective of this thesis is, on one side, to provide an insight into how the transformation of a territory can shape the formation of a collective identity, on the other side, to shed light on the means through the reflection on territory enters the literary space.

Orientador: Antonio Thomaz Júnior / Resumo: Buscamos com essa pesquisa, ressaltar a importância de se estudar a questão de gênero, sob a perspectiva geográfica. Para isso delimitamos o espaço do sindicato como forma de demonstrar como se dá as relações de poder entre os sexos. Por meio das composições das diretorias, percebemos que as mulheres tendem a ocupar cargos secundários, haja vista que o sindicato, assim como o espaço político e público em geral, são ocupados primordialmente pelos homens. Enquanto que, apesar das mudanças, tem permanecido unicamente às mulheres, a responsabilidade da manutenção da casa e da reprodução da força-de-trabalho para o capital, formado pelo marido, filhos e de si própria. Pudemos perceber um distanciamento entre as trabalhadoras e a diretoria dos sindicatos, ao não adotarem políticas voltadas à questão da mulher e de sua maior participação nos sindicatos. Até mesmo porque, tendo em vista o processo de reestruturação produtiva, onde as mulheres têm se inserido no mercado de trabalho informal, diminuindo o número de trabalhadoras ligadas ao sindicato e de potenciais quadros políticos. Mas também pela própria política adotada, de manutenção da estrutura sindical, extremamente deficiente em termos de políticas voltadas para as questões que fogem da seara de políticas emergenciais. Esse processo se agrava a ponto das trabalhadoras não conseguirem identificar o sindicato a que pertence, bem como uma certa aversão por questões políticas e que envolvem seu próprio cotidiano. / Abstract: With this research we seek to emphasize the importance of studying the gender question under the geographic perspective. For this it was delimited the space of the syndicate as form to demonstrate the power relationships between the genders. By compositions of the directions, we perceived that the woman tend to occupy secondary positions, seeing that the syndicate, as well as the politician space and public in general are occupied by primordially by the men. While that, despite the changes, it has remained only to the woman the responsibility of the maintenance of the house and the reproduction of the force-of-work for the capital, formed by husband, children and proper herself. And aloofness is perceives between the workers and direction of the syndicates, when they haven't adopted politics directed to the participation in the syndicates, even in view of the process of the productive reorganization, in which the woman have inserted in the market of the informal work, deadly diminishing the number of the works of syndicates and potential politics system. But also for proper politics adopted of maintenance of the syndical structure, extremely deficient in terms of politics directed toward the questions that run away from seara of emergency politics. This process aggravates, turning point of the woman don't get one that belongs, as well as a certain aversion to politics question that involved theirs properly everyday. / Mestre

Si la montagne est un objet qui n'a cessé d'accompagner la discipline géographique et ses évolutions, la question des seuils de la montagne est toujours restée relativement marginale. Pourtant, un intérêt croissant pour ces espaces est à noter. De nombreux concepts animant la discipline (interface, interspatialités, espaces intermédiaires…) poussent à reconsidérer ces espaces flous, au seuil de « l'espèce d'espace » ou catégorie spatiale qu'est la montagne. C'est dans ce cadre qu'est menée cette étude croisée entre terrain des Alpes du Nord franco-suisses et terrain des Carpates roumaines. Ce seuil de la montagne, appelé ici piémont, ne saurait émerger selon des critères exclusivement physiques ou topographiques qui n'ont plus lieu d'être au sein d'une discipline toujours plus ancrée dans les sciences humaines. Le piémont peut alors être défini comme l'espace sur lequel se déploie un ensemble de fonctions dites « piémontines ». Ce sont ces fonctions qu'il s'agit ici de saisir, de définir, afin d'en identifier les acteurs et d'en expliquer les dynamiques spatiales et temporelles. Ce sont aussi les logiques territoriales et métropolitaines qui sont à interroger, puisque ces fonctions « piémontines » peuvent constituer autant d'occasions de développement, de rapprochements mais aussi de concurrences entre territoires et/ou entre métropoles. Par conséquent, ce sont également la genèse et le fonctionnement des territorialités et, plus spécifiquement, des processus d'urbanisation et de métropolisation qui sont obligatoirement envisagés lorsque l'on s'intéresse à ces fonctions « piémontines ». Enfin, l'étude croisée permet, au moins dans une certaine mesure, d'envisager la comparaison, malgré tous les écueils et limites que celle-ci présente. Les paradoxes émergeant de cette volonté de comparaison constituent alors autant d'éléments susceptibles de mieux saisir ce que peuvent être les seuils de la montagne, mais aussi de proposer une approche renouvelée de ces terrains d'étude. / If the mountain is an object that has continued to support the geographical discipline and its developments, the issue of thresholds the mountain has remained relatively marginal. Yet a growing interest in these areas is noteworthy. Many concepts animating discipline (interface, interspatialités, intermediate spaces ...) push to reconsider these blurred areas, the threshold of "the kind of space" or spatial category what the mountain. It is in this context what this crossover study conducted between land North of the Alps in France and Switzerland and field of Romanian Carpathians. This threshold of the mountain foothills called here, can not emerge as exclusively physical or topographical criteria that have longer relevant in an increasingly rooted in the humanities discipline. The foothills can then be defined as the space on which deploys a set of functions called "foothill's functions". It is these features that this is to capture, define, in order to identify the players and explain the spatial and temporal dynamics. These are also the territorial logic and metropolitan which are to be questioned, as these "foothill's functions" can be as many development opportunities, but also of reconciliation competition between territories and / or between cities. Therefore, it is also the genesis and operation of territoriality and, specifically, the process of urbanization who must be considered when we look at these "foothill's functions". Finally, crossover study allows, at least to some extent, to consider the comparison, despite all the pitfalls and limitations that it presents. Emerging paradoxes of this comparison will then constitute elements that may better understand what can be the thresholds of the mountain, but also to propose a new approach to study these courses.

Reconhecendo a importância e a popularização das redes sociais da internet, especialmente entre o público classificado como jovem, o presente estudo objetiva, sob as lentes da Geografia e dos Estudos Culturais, examinar como os usuários do site de relacionamentos Orkut constroem, posicionam e territorializam suas identidades por meio das comunidades virtuais presentes no respectivo site. Paralelamente, trata sobre quem é este jovem contemporâneo e sobre as posições identitárias que assume. Para tanto, atuam como pilares em nossa pesquisa os conceitos de identidade, território e comunidade, com ênfase para autores como Hall, Haesbaert e Bauman, além de autores voltados aos estudos do Ciberespaço. Nosso recorte espacial de estudo nos remete ao bairro Cidade Baixa, da cidade de Porto Alegre/RS, tanto em sua esfera “real” quanto em ambiente “virtual” (representado aqui por duas comunidades do site Orkut que fazem alusão ao respectivo bairro). Tal escolha justifica-se pela profusão de grupos e tribos (especialmente jovens) que nele são encontradas, em ambas as esferas de análise. Nosso olhar atenta de forma mais próxima para os discursos, tensionamentos e posicionamentos apresentados nestas comunidades, que acabam por refletir-se no processo de construção dos “perfis” de seus membros. Os referidos espaços virtuais mostraram-se interessantes palcos para o desfile de “identidades descentradas” apresentado pelo jovem contemporâneo. Analisamos ainda alguns dos pontos de conexão e divergência entre as comunidades presentes nas esferas de análise dos mundos on e off line no intuito de não ignorar a conexão que se faz presente entre os mesmos. / Recognizing the importance and popularity of the internet social networking, especially among the younger portion of the population, this study aims, through the lens of Geography and Cultural Studies, to examine how users of the relation’s site Orkut build position and map their identities through virtual communities present on the respective site. At the same time, concerns about who is this contemporary young and his main identity positions. In this way, we use as theoretical pillars in our research the concepts of identity, territory and community, with emphasis on authors such as Hall, Haesbaert and Bauman, as well as authors related with Cyberspace’s studies. The space for our research is the neighborhood Cidade Baixa, from the city of Porto Alegre/RS - and two virtual Orkut communities that allude to their neighborhood, chosen precisely for the profusion of groups and “tribes” (specially youngers) that we can find there. Our focus stay more closely to the speeches, tensions and positions presented in these communities that cause consequences in the process of building "profiles" of its members. Such virtual spaces proved to be a kind of interesting stage for the “decentralized identities” parade showed by the contemporary youth. We still analyze some points of conexions and divergences between the communities from the on and off world’s sphere in order to not ignore their connection.

Entre os projetos mais importantes da Ditadura Militar Brasileira está a abertura da Rodovia Transamazônica (BR-230). Com a justificativa de promover o desenvolvimento regional, o Governo interferiu na organização territorial de diversos povos indígenas da região Norte do país. Esse é o caso dos Parakanã que vivem na Terra Indígena (TI) Parakanã, território tangenciado pela BR-230. O objetivo principal desta dissertação é o processo de transformação da territorialidade indígena Parakanã a partir da consolidação da Rodovia Transamazônica. Para o desenvolvimento do trabalho foi necessário realizar atividades iniciais de gabinete como a compilação de dados bibliográficos, cartográficos e acervo fotográfico, além de atividades de campo no entorno da TI. A organização dos resultados foi realizada através da técnica de pesquisa conhecida como análise de conteúdo. Os Parakanã foram capazes de administrar o contato com os demais atores que chegavam a região do médio Tocantins durante vários anos. No entanto, através das Frentes de Atração da Fundação Nacional do Índio, o Estado aldeou os indígenas que habitavam as proximidades da rodovia. É neste ponto que recai a desterritorialização sobre os Parakanã, eles foram privados dos elementos fundamentais da sua territorialidade, desarticulando os vínculos e as práticas territoriais que haviam construído. A territorialidade Parakanã foi se modificando com a dinâmica da Amazônia brasileira, as reinvindicações para demarcação da TI Parakanã ajudaram na reestruturação territorial dos indígenas no período pós-rodovia. Os povos indígenas têm vínculos diferenciados com a terra, o que permite a flexibilidade no momento de conceber o território. Não existe uma necessidade de posse, é a presença de inimigos, a mobilidade, as roças coletivas, os rituais e etc., que se constituem nos elementos essenciais do território e, consequentemente, da territorialidade. / Among the most important projects of the Brazilian Military Dictatorship is the building of the Transamazônica Highway (BR-230). With the justification of promoting regional development, the Government interfered in the territorial organization of several indigenous people of the North region of the country. This is the case of the Parakanã living in the Indigenous Land Parakanã, territory borderer by the BR-230. The main objective of this essay is the transformation process of the indigenous Parakanã people territoriality from the consolidation of the Transamazônica highway. Therefore, it was necessary to carry out initial cabinet activities, such as the compilation of bibliographic, cartographic, photographic data, as well as the field activities around the Indigenous Land. The organization of the results was carried out through the researching technique known as content analysis. The Parakanã people were able to manage the contact with the other actors that arrived at the region of the middle Tocantins for several years. However, through the Frontiers of Attraction of the Fundação Nacional do Índio, the state has settled down the indigenous people who lived near the highway. At this point the deterritorialization falls on the Parakanã, they were deprived of the fundamental elements of their territoriality, dismantling the territorial ties and practices they had built. The Parakanã territoriality has been changing by the dynamics of the Brazilian Amazon, the claims for demarcation of the indigenous land Parakanã helped the territorial restructuring of the natives in the post-highway period. Indigenous peoples have a differentiated link with land, which allows for flexibility when designing the territory. There is no need for possession; it is the presence of enemies, mobility, collective plantations, rituals, etc., which constitute the essential elements of the territory and, consequently, territoriality.

A dissertação aborda a questão do território e das disputas discursivas para problematizar as delimitações do fenômeno favela por distintas definições de instituições estabelecidas como Organização das Nações Unidas, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística e Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada. Parte-se do problema de que cada definição de favela utiliza distintos critérios de classificação, o que acaba por produzir dados estatísticos diversos. Dados estes que instauram distintas realidades a respeito do mesmo fenômeno, constituem discursos numéricos sobre favela e se territorializam na forma de discursos imagéticos ou cartográficos. O trabalho propõe-se a analisar essa problemática a partir de um estudo geral de análise dos discursos de definições de favela e seus efeitos estatísticos, e, a partir de um estudo de caso a respeito das cartografias constituídas por esses discursos, tendo Porto Alegre como locus do caso. Assim, pretende-se verificar, a partir dos discursos analisados, as diferenças entre os fenômenos construídos por cada instituição com o fim de estabelecer o entendimento de favela, para este estudo, como um fenômeno espacial. / This dissertation addresses the issue of territory and discursive disputes to problematize the delimitation of the slum phenomenon by different definitions of established institutions like United Nations, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics and Institute of Applied Economic Research. The study departure problematizes that each definition of slum uses distinctive classification criteria that produces various statistical data. This data establish different realities about the same phenomenon; constitute numerical discourses on slum and territorialise in the form of imagetic or cartographic discourse. The dissertation proposes to investigate this problem from a general study analyzing slum definitions speeches and their statistical effects, and from a case study about the cartographies made by these speeches, with Porto Alegre as the locus of the case. Within this scope, this study checks, by speech analysis, the differences between the phenomena constituted by each institution in order to establish a slum understanding as a spatial phenomenon.

Cette étude examine la relation entre les habitants et le territoire en trois territoires brésiliens, selon l'approche française de l'économie territoriale. On cherche à identifier les traits principaux de l'« habitant » dans ces territoires, comprendre comment l'habitant articule la vie familiale et le travail dans le territoire et analyser les effets de l'action de l'habitant sur le processus de développement territorial. En ayant pour base le cadre théorique, on a identifié six concepts clés qui contribuent ils pour l'analyse de l'habitant : territoire, proximité, ressources territoriales, mode d'habiter, réciprocité et quotidien. En utilisant cet ensemble théorique on a mis en place un « idéal-type » - théorique - d'habitant qui sert de paramètre pour l'analyse et l'interprétation des données. Comme nouveauté, la recherche propose le concept d'« engagement territorial » qui reflète le positionnement de l'habitant (niveau d'implication) face au territoire. L'engagement territorial peut être de type instrumental, normatif ou affectif. Ainsi, l'habitant est analysé en fonction de sa relation avec le territoire, entendu comme le mode d'habiter et non comme une catégorie prédéterminée, sociale, économique ou professionnelle. Il s'agit d'une étude qualitative exploratoire qui utilise l'étude de cas (plusieurs cas) comme stratégie de recherche, en ayant l'habitant comme unité d'analyse. La méthode d'analyse de contenu a été utilisée pour l'analyse des entretiens menés avec les acteurs locaux. Comme résultat, l'étude souligne la complexité des relations sociales, économiques, politiques et culturelles dans chaque territoire étudié et l'importance de comprendre les trajectoires sociale et historique de la vie locales pour faire la lecture et l'interprétation du territoire. L'étude renforce l'importance de l'habitant comme acteur social qui fait la (re)production de la réalité locale (les règles de jeu) dans son mode d'habiter (dans la vie familiale et le travail). On a identifié aussi la porosité du territoire par rapport à mobilité humaine sur le territoire (comme les touristes par exemple), en affectant la vie local. Finalement, on souligne le caractère éphémère (moment territoire) et la multiplicité du mode d'habiter (multiterritorialité), ce qui différencie l'habitant d'un espace et celui d'un autre selon la relation qu'il établit avec le territoire. / This study investigates the relationship between the inhabitant and the territory concepts in three Brazilian territories, according the French approach to the foundations of the territorial economy. We seek to identify the main features of the inhabitant in its respective territories, in order to understand how this “territorialized” social actor articulates work and home life in the territory, and to analyze the impacts of his/her actions in the local territorial development process. The inhabitant concept is based on a six elements theoretical framework from the literature review: territory, proximity, territorial resources, everyday life, reciprocity and mode of dwelling. Then, a categorization of an “ideal type” of inhabitant was constructed used as parameter for the data analysis and interpretations to identify the main features of the inhabitant in each context. As an innovative aspect, the research proposes the concept of “territorial engagement”, that reflects the type of relationship between the inhabitant and the territory, which can be instrumental, normative or affective. Therefore, the inhabitant is analyzed on the basis of their relationship with the territory, in other words, mode of dwelling, rather than a social, economic or professional predefined category. This is an exploratory qualitative research which uses the case study (multiple cases) as research strategy, and the inhabitant, as the unit of analysis. The content analysis technique was used for the analysis of the interviews with the local actors. The study points to the complexity of social, economic, political and cultural relationships in each territory and the importance of their socio-historical trajectory for understanding each one. The results show the importance of the inhabitant as a social actor who reinforces local life (game rules) in your mode of dwelling. We also realized the territories porosity face the changes due to human mobility (as the tourists presence, for example) impacting in the inhabitants life. Finally, it was possible identify the ephemeral feature (territory moment) and the multiplicity (multiterritoriality ) of the modes of dwelling, which differentiates the inhabitant of one place to another according the relationship established with the territory.

Reconhecendo a importância e a popularização das redes sociais da internet, especialmente entre o público classificado como jovem, o presente estudo objetiva, sob as lentes da Geografia e dos Estudos Culturais, examinar como os usuários do site de relacionamentos Orkut constroem, posicionam e territorializam suas identidades por meio das comunidades virtuais presentes no respectivo site. Paralelamente, trata sobre quem é este jovem contemporâneo e sobre as posições identitárias que assume. Para tanto, atuam como pilares em nossa pesquisa os conceitos de identidade, território e comunidade, com ênfase para autores como Hall, Haesbaert e Bauman, além de autores voltados aos estudos do Ciberespaço. Nosso recorte espacial de estudo nos remete ao bairro Cidade Baixa, da cidade de Porto Alegre/RS, tanto em sua esfera “real” quanto em ambiente “virtual” (representado aqui por duas comunidades do site Orkut que fazem alusão ao respectivo bairro). Tal escolha justifica-se pela profusão de grupos e tribos (especialmente jovens) que nele são encontradas, em ambas as esferas de análise. Nosso olhar atenta de forma mais próxima para os discursos, tensionamentos e posicionamentos apresentados nestas comunidades, que acabam por refletir-se no processo de construção dos “perfis” de seus membros. Os referidos espaços virtuais mostraram-se interessantes palcos para o desfile de “identidades descentradas” apresentado pelo jovem contemporâneo. Analisamos ainda alguns dos pontos de conexão e divergência entre as comunidades presentes nas esferas de análise dos mundos on e off line no intuito de não ignorar a conexão que se faz presente entre os mesmos. / Recognizing the importance and popularity of the internet social networking, especially among the younger portion of the population, this study aims, through the lens of Geography and Cultural Studies, to examine how users of the relation’s site Orkut build position and map their identities through virtual communities present on the respective site. At the same time, concerns about who is this contemporary young and his main identity positions. In this way, we use as theoretical pillars in our research the concepts of identity, territory and community, with emphasis on authors such as Hall, Haesbaert and Bauman, as well as authors related with Cyberspace’s studies. The space for our research is the neighborhood Cidade Baixa, from the city of Porto Alegre/RS - and two virtual Orkut communities that allude to their neighborhood, chosen precisely for the profusion of groups and “tribes” (specially youngers) that we can find there. Our focus stay more closely to the speeches, tensions and positions presented in these communities that cause consequences in the process of building "profiles" of its members. Such virtual spaces proved to be a kind of interesting stage for the “decentralized identities” parade showed by the contemporary youth. We still analyze some points of conexions and divergences between the communities from the on and off world’s sphere in order to not ignore their connection.