Baixas taxas de natalidade/fecundidade e o aumento da expectativa de vida influenciam diretamente na estrutura etária dos países, modificando a participação percentual de indivíduos de diferentes idades, dando origem à uma redistribuição na proporção de crianças, adultos e idosos. Estimava brasileira para 2025 é que possamos chegar a mais de 32 milhões de idosos, tornando-se uma parcela significativa da população que necessitam de uma atenção especial em todos os setores públicos. Estudos demonstram que a atividade física regular para a população idosa tem um papel modificador nos fatores de risco de DCV. Levando em consideração o aumento da população idosa e o benefício que a atividade física pode lhes proporcionar, diversos municípios estão investindo em equipamentos de ginástica, denominadas \"Academia ao Ar Livre\" (AAL), objetivando alterar positivamente a QV e a aptidão física. Objetivos: Investigar se o uso não supervisionado das AALs pode alterar positivamente a percepção de QV, os parâmetros de saúde e a aptidão física da população idosa. Método: Trata-se de um estudo transversal, realizado em Ribeirão Preto-SP, com idosos acima de 60 anos divididos em 2 grupos: GRUPO 1 _ Idosos que utilizam a proporção de ate 50% do seu tempo total de atividade física diário na AAL. GRUPO 2 _ Idosos que utilizam a proporção de ate 51 à 100% do seu tempo total de atividade física diário na AAL As variáveis estudadas foram: aspectos sociodemográficos, rastreamento cognitivo (MEEM), depressão geriátrica (EDG-15), Qualidade de Vida (WHOQUOL-Abrev), nível habitual de atividade física (IPAq), parâmetros de saúde (RCQ, IMC, PAS e PAD) e aptidão física (AAHPERD). O tratamento dos dados deu-se por estatística descritiva, com comparações entre os grupos quanto aos domínios e escore geral do AAHPERD, WHOQUOL Abrev, RCQ, IMC, PAS e PAD, através do teste t-Student. Para a comparação do escore total do EDG-15 entre os grupos foi proposto o teste de Mann-Whitney (não paramétrico). As associações entre grupos para as variáveis aferidas de foram feitas através do teste exato de Fisher.Para todas as análises adotou-se um nível de significância de 5%. Resultados: A amostra foi composta por 41 participantes na faixa etária entre 60 à 79 anos, com o predomínio feminino (78%), com uma distribuição homogênea entre o anos de estudo. Nesta amostra (68,29%) atribuíram notas altas para a relação AAL e importância para Saúde. Na variável de percepção de Saúde, (90,25%) se dizem \"Satisfeito/Muito Satisfeito\", para QV (97,56%) dizem ter \"Boa/MuitoBoa\". Para os domínios do WHOQUOL-Abrev, demonstraram altos valores, distribuídos de forma homogênea entre os grupos, sendo a maior porcentagem para o Físico (83,90%) e o menor para as Relações Sociais (76,58%). Na variável EDG-15 a média (2,02±1,76) ficou abaixo da nota de corte. Em relação aos parâmetros de saúde os valores em média para as variáveis RCQ (0,88±0,06), IMC (26,08±3,49), PAS (123,59±12,36) e PAD (82,83±12,93) aparentam estar dentro da normalidade. De acordo com o IPAq (95,12%) da amostra foram classificados como \"Ativo\", para o NHAF. Resultados da avaliação de aptidão física (AAHPERD), resultou em um IAFG de (195,95±74,27), classificado como \"Fraco\". Considerações Finais: Os dados apontam para uma relação positiva entre o uso não supervisionado das AALs e a percepção da QV, no entanto foi evidenciado que mesmo com um elevado NHAF os idosos usuários demonstraram baixos valores para as capacidades físicas. Este fato pode ser devido a prática não supervisionada, que gera uma execução errada dos exercícios, podendo ser revertida possivelmente com a presença de uma profissional da área, criando um novo quadro para ser investigado futuramente / Low birth/fertility rate and increased life expectancy directly influence the age structure of countries, by modifying the percentage of individuals of different ages, leading to a redistribution in the proportion of children, adults and seniors. Brazilian estimate for 2025 is that we can reach more than 32 million elderly people, making it a significant portion of the population that requires special attention in all public sectors. Studies show that regular physical activity for the elderly has a role in modifying risk factors of cardiovascular diseases. Taking into account the increase in the elderly population and the benefits that physical activity can provide them, many municipalities are investing in fitness equipments, called \"Outdoor Gym\" (OG), aiming to positively change the quality of life (QOL) and physical fitness. Objectives: To investigate whether the use of unsupervised OGs can positively change the perception of QOL, health parameters and physical fitness of the elderly population. Method: This is a cross-sectional study conducted in Ribeirão Preto, with seniors over 60 years, divided into 2 groups: GROUP 1 _ Seniors who use the proportion of up to 50% of their total time of daily physical activity at the OG. GROUP 2 _ Seniors who use the proportion from 51 to 100% of their total time of daily physical activity at the OG. The studied variables were: sociodemographic characteristics, cognitive screening (MEEM), Geriatric Depression (EDG-15), Quality of Life (WHOQUOL-Abrev), habitual physical activity level (IPAq), health parameters (WHR, BMI, SBP and DBP) and physical fitness (AAHPERD test battery). The processing of data was by descriptive statistics, with comparisons between the groups and General Functional Fitness Index (GFFI), WHOQUOL Abrev, WHR, BMI, SBP and DBP, through t-Student test. To compare the total score of the GDS-15 between groups, the Mann-Whitney test (nonparametric) was proposed. Associations between groups for the assessed variables were made using Fisher\'s exact test. For all analyzes it was adopted a 5% significance level. Results: The sample consisted of 41 participants aged between 60 to 79 years old, with female predominance (78%), with an even distribution between the years of study. In this sample, 68.29% gave high marks to the relationship of OG and importance to health. In Health perception variable, 90.25% say they are \"Satisfied / Very Satisfied\", for QOL 97.56% they say they have \"good/very good\". For WHOQUOL-Abrev, there were high values, distributed evenly between the groups, with the highest percentage for the Physical (83.90%) and the lowest for Social Affairs (76.58%). For the GDS-15 variable, the average (2.02 ± 1.76) was below the cutoff point. Regarding health parameters, values of variables WHR (0.88 ± 0.06), BMI (26.08 ± 3.49), SBP (123.59 ± 12.36) and DBP (82.83 ± 12 93) are within normal limits. According to the IPAQ, 95.12% of the sample were classified as \"active\". Physical fitness evaluation results (AAHPERD) showed GFFI of 195.95 ± 74.27, classified as \"weak\". Final Thoughts: The data point to a positive relationship between the use of unsupervised OGs and the perception of QOL. However, it was evident that even with a high habitual physical activity levels (HPAL), elderly users showed lower values for the physical capabilities. This may be due to unsupervised practice, which generates an inefficient execution of the exercises, which may possibly be reversed with the presence of a professional, creating a new situation for future investigation

[pt] A dissertação tem como escopo um gênero ainda obscuro para o estudo e crítica literária: a entrevista. O projeto resgata dez entrevistas realizadas por Peregrino Júnior com dez membros da Academia Brasileira de Letras sobre o movimento futurista e as inovações modernistas. Também incluímos uma entrevista inédita de Gilberto Mendonça Teles com Peregrino Júnior, comentando, vinte anos depois, a série o momento literário. Além da análise do material inédito, desdobramos o projeto para introduzir no meio acadêmico os pensamentos teóricos que tentam definir e circunscrever a entrevista literária, observando sua evolução desde o final do século XIX até o início deste século XXI. / [en] The object of the dissertation is a genre still obscure to the literary studies and criticism: the interview. The project recovers ten interviews made by Peregrino Júnior with ten members of the Brazilian Academy of Letters about the futurist movement and the modernist innovations. We include also one unpublished interview of Gilberto Mendonça Teles with Peregrino Júnior, commenting, twenty years later, the collection the literary moment. Besides the analysis of the unpublished material, we develop the project in order to present the scholars the theorization thoughts that try to define and to delimit the literary interview, observing its evolution since the latest nineteenth century until the beginning of our twenty first century.

This study looks at Open Innovation in Research and Development projects and explores the nature of collaboration and leadership characteristics. Thereby perspectives of both industrial and academic partners are considered, focusing primarily on the project level of the collaboration. It is based on the understanding that leadership plays a crucial role in bringing the partners successfully together, based on the prior understanding that academia and industry are potentially different in the nature, objectives and working dynamics of research and development.   This thesis begins with examining the existing literature on the concept of Open Innovation, including benefits and drawbacks of such projects. This leads to uncovering the managerial challenges that such projects encounter which can be mitigated by effective leadership. For this reason, relevant theories on leadership are explored, especially focusing on leadership in R&D contexts, as these kind of projects have special requirements from leaders that differ from traditional projects.  This research is qualitative in nature and takes an abductive approach to theory. 18 semi-structured interviews were conducted, consulting with heads of R&D departments from industrial companies, professors in charge of research labs at universities and representatives from intermediary organisations. The study is exploratory and cross-sectional in nature, as open innovation collaborations in Sweden, the UK and the Netherlands were in the centre of attention. The process of analysis implied the use of a template analysis, which provided the researchers with enough flexibility to code, categorize, and interpret necessary findings. The results show that the nature of Open Innovation collaborations differs from case to case, from mere contractual relationships to collaborative partnerships with a high level of interaction on a daily basis. The key motive for both partners is finance-based, as the universities gain access to funding and the company can save on research expenses. Additionally, companies benefit from access to academic expertise and from potential governmental funding.  Further, there is not a single leader in an industry-university collaboration, rather each entity has a leader of their own and collaborative working is fostered by them. It is deduced that no single leadership theory fits best in the operational level of R&D open innovation functioning, rather it is a mixture of a few popular theories which were predominant in collaborative relationships. The characteristics of leaders in open innovation were deduced and autonomy, communication and joint problem-solving have a prominent role in furthering the R&D collaborative relationship. As a result, a connection between leadership and Open Innovation collaborations was explored.

The aim of this thesis is to analyse and discuss the argumentation for theplace of History in the Swedish school system from the perspective ofeducation philosophy. The material that has been investigated is theYearbook of the Association of History Teachers (HLFÅ). In connectionto this, two questions have been asked: (1) What sort of argumentationhas there been in HLFÅ on the place of History in the Swedish schoolsystem from the time the Yearbook started to be published in 1942 until2004 when the Swedish parliament decided that the subject should beobligatory for all pupils in gymnasiet (senior high school)? (2) In whatway has education philosophy been taken into consideration in the argumentationon the place of History in HLFÅ between 1942 and 2004? Thebackground to these questions is partly that during the whole of the1900s it has been far from obvious what place History should have in theupper levels of the Swedish school system. Also, I have partly found itfruitful to study HLFÅ from the perspective of education philosophy.In chapter 1, we give a deeper presentation of HLFÅ. After that followsan overview of research into the teaching and learning of History (Historydidactics). The chapter ends with the three leitmotifs based on this research.I identify as leitmotifs areas that are identified clearly and repeatedlyin History didactics and that are seen as relevant to structure myanalysis of HLFÅ. The three leitmotifs are: (1) the relation between Historyand academia, (2) the social potential of History, (3) the use of Historyin the service of peace. These have structured the presentation in thetwo analysis chapters of the thesis (chapters 4 and 5).Chapter 2 discusses the thesis methodology, theoretical perspective andquestions. The methodology is an analysis of argumentation based onhermeneutics. The theoretical perspectives used in the study are educationphilosophies. My use of the theory builds on my reading of TheodorBrameld and Tomas Englund. The four education philosophies used toanalyse the argumentation are: (1) progressivism, (2) essentialism, (3)perennialism, (4) reconstructivism. In chapter 3, the background to thestudy is presented. The areas that are focused on are the changes in theSwedish school system during the 1900s, the subject of History in figures,and glimpses from the public debate on history in general and thesubject of History in Sweden. In chapter 4, we cover the period from1942-1970, and in chapter 5 we cover in a similar way the period from1971-2004. Both chapters begin with a chronological overview of theargumentation in the articles. After that, the material is analysed wherethe presentation is structured based on the three leitmotifs which arediscussed from an education philosophy perspective.Chapter 6 is a summarizing discussion. There we make it clear that progressivismis almost completely absent from the argumentation aroundthe place of History in Swedish schools in HLFÅ. Instead, the studyshows that it is a combination of essentialism and perennialism that dominatesthe way of maintaining the merits of History. Regarding reconstructivism,it is stated that it is subordinate to essentialism and perennialism.The study ends with suggestions for further research. Since theargumentation has consistently made the claim that History can givepeople a feeling of safety in their surroundings, understand their place inlife and create peace in the world, it is suggested that further analysisshould be made of similar material from the perspective of civil religion.A point of departure in this research is that secular societies partly takeover, and partly re-work, the rites and cosmologies of religious institutions,in order to create solidarity in modern societies. My hypothesis isthat this perspective would strengthen the thought that there are civilreligious practices on Swedish soil in connection with the educationworld.

African women in academia face various career advancement challenges. Employers’ support interventions need to be reinforced to promote an increase of African women in leadership positions. This study on the career advancement experiences of African women in leadership positions within an academic institution is exploratory in nature and based on the qualitative research method. The purpose of the study is to document the challenges, supporting factors, and strategies used by African women in academia in order to guide universities and the African women employed there who aspire to advance their careers. The data collection methods involved were in-depth interviews and a focus group. Purposive and snowball sampling methods in the form of convenience sampling were used to identify potential research participants. The sample for the study consisted of African women who were academics in leadership positions working at the Medunsa campus of the University of Limpopo. Data was analysed using thematic analysis. The results of the study suggest that African women who are academics experience career advancement challenges. Such challenges include family demands and lack of leadership training. Family support and their dedication contribute towards their advancement. Leadership training programmes and supporting structures should be established to reinforce their advancement. / Psychology / M.A. (Psychology)

Submitted by Gilvan Almeida (gilvan.almeida@icict.fiocruz.br) on 2016-09-26T14:06:05Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 1748 bytes, checksum: 8a4605be74aa9ea9d79846c1fba20a33 (MD5) 129.pdf: 974270 bytes, checksum: 98c49e2bbdfe576c955ed7b0d2d6dc63 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Barata Manoel (msbarata@coc.fiocruz.br) on 2016-10-25T14:37:59Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 1748 bytes, checksum: 8a4605be74aa9ea9d79846c1fba20a33 (MD5) 129.pdf: 974270 bytes, checksum: 98c49e2bbdfe576c955ed7b0d2d6dc63 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-25T14:37:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 1748 bytes, checksum: 8a4605be74aa9ea9d79846c1fba20a33 (MD5) 129.pdf: 974270 bytes, checksum: 98c49e2bbdfe576c955ed7b0d2d6dc63 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Casa de Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. / A proposta desta tese é mostrar como o contexto social da escravidão influenciou os saberes e práticas médicas nas primeiras décadas do Império brasileiro. A pesquisa dos escritos médicos produzidos entre 1830 e 1850 tornou possível perceber a presença significativa dos escravos no cotidiano daquela profissão ora como pacientes, ora como objeto de estudos. Esta produção textual encarnava o discurso médico do período e era disseminada através de artigos dos periódicos médicos ligados à Academia Imperial de Medicina. A construção deste conhecimento era feita a partir da experiência prática que os estudantes e médicos tinham com os doentes, sobretudo nas enfermarias da Santa Casa de Misericórdia. Assim é possível estabelecer uma ligação entre a escravidão e o aprendizado e treinamento médico a partir do estudo dos textos produzidos no conjunto de instituições responsáveis pela institucionalização da medicina na Corte. Desta forma, é possível defender a hipótese de que em uma sociedade escravista como o Rio de Janeiro, certamente o escravo era objeto de preocupação dos médicos, seja como paciente, seja como objeto de experimentos de novos tratamentos ou para o treinamento dos estudantes de medicina. / This thesis aims to prove how the slave system had influence upon medical knowledge and its practices, at the beginning of the Brazilian Empire. Medical texts, written between 1830 and 1850, make evident that the slaves were present in the professional current activities, or as accessible bodies or as patients. These writings represented medical discourse and were published in periodicals related to the Imperial Academy of Medicine. Practical training at the Santa Casa da Misericórdia’s infirmaries was essential for students and doctors to acquire and to produce knowledge. Therefore, the intensive reading of medical texts make possible to establish connections between slavery and medical learning. Then the hypothesis proposed is that in a society based on slave labor, such as Rio de Janeiro in the 19th century, the salve body is always present in medical practice and theory. Slaves could be doctors’ patients or even their material for experiments and their object for testing new treatments.

O trabalho analisa a penetração e desenvolvimento dos conceitos basilares da Doutrina de Guerra Revolucionária na Brigada Militar, polícia militar do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, a partir de meados dos anos 50. Baseia-se nas monografias de conclusão produzidas pelos alunos oficiais formandos nos cursos de aperfeiçoamento de quadros da Academia de Polícia Militar realizados entre 1980-85. A escolha do período e tema deste trabalho volta-se ao entendimento do papel das Polícias Militares brasileiras no quadro internacional da Guerra Fria e, no plano interno, da Doutrina de Segurança Nacional, institucionalizada no país após a promulgação da carta constitucional de 1967. A Doutrina pretendia impedir a “comunização” do país e, aliada a um programa de desenvolvimento econômico, torná-lo uma potência do bloco ocidental. Por meio dela implantou-se um modelo de policiamento militarizado que determinou a atuação das polícias militares em uma prevista situação de Guerra Interna, no combate aos inimigos subversivos atuantes no plano interno do país. / This paper analyzes the development of concepts from the Doctrine of the Revolutionary War and their implementation by the "Brigada Militar", the military police of Rio Grande do Sul, from the mid 50s on. It is based on theses written by students graduating with degrees in military science from the Military Police Academy between 1980 and 1985. In this paper, the choice of time-period and theme addresses the role of the Brazilian Military Police within both the international context of the Cold War and the domestic context of the National Security Doctrine, which was institutionalized in the country after the promulgation of the Constitutional Charter of 1967. The Doctrine intended to prevent the "communization" of the country and, combined with an economic development program, turn it into a Western bloc power. Through this Doctrine, a model of militarized policing was deployed, which determined the actions of the military police in an anticipated situation of civil war with subversive enemies acting from within the country.

O presente trabalho tem como objeto a Academia Literária Feminina do Rio Grande do Sul (ALFRS), fundada em Porto Alegre no ano de 1943, e que segue em atividade na cidade até os dias de hoje (2016). Esta dissertação teve como questionamento central quais os pensamentos e práticas permeadas por gênero constituíram esta instituição de letras feminina, bem como suas transformações, ao longo das décadas de 1940 a 1970 em Porto Alegre. O recorte temporal abarcou o período da criação da ALFRS e seus trinta anos iniciais, englobando nas fontes utilizadas as Atas da instituição, de 1943 a 1973, seus estatutos, e a revista Atenéia, que circulou de 1949 a 1972. Através da categoria gênero, teve como horizonte rastrear quais discursos a transpassaram, seja internamente, através de suas Atas, seja externamente, por meio dos editoriais de sua revista. Primeiro, analisou-se os porquês da sua criação, para compreender como se estruturou esta academia de letras exclusivamente de mulheres e quais foram suas características iniciais, além das informações gerais do periódico, que foi o órgão de intercâmbio cultural e de defesa dos interesses da ALFRS. Posteriormente, três perspectivas orientaram a estrutura da narrativa: a “Academia para dentro” (estabelecimento, organização e transformações de práticas e posicionamentos da ALFRS internamente ao longo de suas três décadas iniciais – 1943-1973); “de fora para dentro da Academia” (temas e finalidades da ALFRS levados ao público externo nos editoriais de Atenéia) e, por fim, “de fora para dentro da Academia e vice-versa” (sentidos políticos de uma escrita aparentemente descomprometida nos editoriais de Atenéia). / This study has as an object the Academia Literária Feminina do Rio Grande do Sul (ALFRS), founded in Porto Alegre by the year of 1943, being still in activity in the city until the present day (2016). This dissertation has as a main question to understand what were the thoughts and practices permead by gender constituted this feminine literary institution, as well as, its transformation from the 1940s to 1970s in Porto Alegre. The time frame clipping has embraced the ALFRS creation period and its first thirty initial years, encompassing the Institution meeting minutes in the sources used in this study from 1943 to 1973, its bylaws, and the Atenéia magazine, that had been published from 1949 to 1972. Through the category of gender, this study has had as an outlook to track back which speeches permeated the Academy, either internally, through its meetings minutes, or externally, by means of its magazine editorials. Initially, the reasons of its creation were examined, to understand how this women uniquely literary academy was structured and what were its first initial characteristics, further the journal general informations, which was the cultural cooperation executive body and acted in the ALFRS interests defence. Afterward, three perspectives guided the narrative structure: the “inward academy” (establishment, organization and ALFRS internally practices transformations and placements over the course of its first three decades – 1943-1973); “the outside in academy” (ALFRS themes and purposes taken to the external public by the editorials of Atenéia) and, finally, “from the outside in Academy to inward Academy and vice versa” (political senses from an apparently non-committal writing in the editorials of Atenéia).

Através da poética telúrica, escrita pelos poetas-membros da Academia Sul-Mato-Grossense de Letras, propomos discutir questões de identidade e representação. Nosso estudo tem como recorte temporal as décadas de 1980, 1990 e 2000 e concentra-se somente em textos poéticos publicados nos dois periódicos da Academia: o Suplemento Cultural e a Revista da Academia Sul-Mato-Grossense de Letras. O olhar investigativo está focado nos aspectos literários dos textos e a discussão parte do princípio de que o conteúdo desta poética permite verificar, em termos de representação, a identidade cultural do povo sul-mato-grossense, entendendo-se por identidade cultural o sentimento de pertença a um espaço. Para a leitura analíticointerpretativa dos textos poéticos nos apropriamos, basicamente, da teoria dos estratos, contida em A obra de arte literária, de Roman Ingarden. / Through telluric poetic, written by poets belonging to Sul-Mato-Grossense Letters Academy, we propose to discuss questions on identity and representation. The study has got as temporal cut the decades of 1980,1990 and 2000 and focus only on poetic texts published on the two Academy journals: Suplemento Cutural and a Revista Academia Sul-Mato-Grossense de Letras. The investigative look centers on the texts literary aspects, and the discussion is based on the assumption that the poetic content can reveal, in terms of representation, the sul-matogrossense people cultural identity, having cultural identity as belonging feeling related to a space. To the poetic texts analytical-interpretative reading, we used, basically, the Roman Ingarden's strata-layers' theory.

Submitted by Maike Costa (maiksebas@gmail.com) on 2016-02-05T14:33:59Z No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1146190 bytes, checksum: 0a43ed25bde19c7667c471fb5d1710ca (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-02-05T14:34:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1146190 bytes, checksum: 0a43ed25bde19c7667c471fb5d1710ca (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-06-18 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The following research is centered on the construction of the female body in contemporary society, from the development of an ethnographic experience in a women’s fitness gym, located in a popular neighborhood in the city of João Pessoa, during the period from December 2012 to December 2013. The objectives of the study are to investigate how the body is built on the practices and discourses of a women’s fitness center, which control mechanisms, and profiles of femininity constituted in everyday fitness facility. Moreover, it is also a main interest of this study to examine the practices of an organized sociability, as to understand the socio anthropological construction of the body in the context of those health centers. The research involves middle-aged adult women attending a women's fitness club and the results are structured into main axes of analysis, namely: the morality of practices around the body, the represented tangible types and the not stated performance identified by body movements. The study revealed that the corporeality is constituted by a broad network of meanings that involves my own body as revealed the survey. Therefore, the femininity stands out and pervades the maternal, the marital, the media and the religious fields, such as the changes that happen during the middle-aged period; a dynamic of permanent construction between subjects and the social environment. / A pesquisa que se segue tem como eixo central a construção do corpo feminino na atual sociedade, a partir do desenvolvimento de uma experiência etnográfica em uma academia de ginástica só para mulheres, localizada em um bairro popular da cidade de João Pessoa, no período entre os meses de dezembro de 2012 a dezembro de 2013. Os objetivos do estudo são investigar de que maneira o corpo é construído nas práticas e nos discursos da academia de ginástica só para mulheres, quais os mecanismos de controle que influenciam tal construção, e os perfis de feminilidade constituídos no cotidiano da academia de ginástica. Além disso, também é de interesse deste estudo examinar as práticas de sociabilidade organizadas, para assim, compreender a construção sócio antropológica do corpo no contexto da academia. A pesquisa envolve mulheres adultas de meia-idade, frequentadoras de uma academia de ginástica feminina e os resultados estão estruturados em três amplos eixos de análise, quais sejam: as práticas de moralidade em torno do corpo, os tipos corpóreos representados e o plano do nãodito identificado pela performance dos movimentos corporais. O estudo revelou que a corporeidade está constituída a partir de uma ampla rede de significações. Destaca-se, portanto, uma feminilidade que permeia os campos maternal, midiático, religioso, matrimonial e as mudanças ocorridas no período da meia-idade feminina, numa dinâmica de construção permanente entre sujeitos e o meio social.