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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Early Leader Effects on the Process of Institutionalization Through Cultural Embedding: The Cases of William J. Donovan, Allen W. Dulles, and J. Edgar Hoover

Painter, Charles N. 09 May 2002 (has links)
This study examines the ways early leaders can influence the process of institutionalization in public organizations. Using Schein's (1983, 1991) model of cultural creation and embedding as a heuristic device, secondary historical sources detailing the creation and development of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the careers of three significant leaders are used to understand the institutionalizing effects of those leaders, how they created those effects, and what happened to those effects over time. The case studies of William Donovan and Allen Dulles at CIA and J. Edgar Hoover at the FBI, provide evidence that these early leaders explicitly and implicitly used several of the cultural creation and embedding mechanisms identified by Schein to entrench their beliefs and predispositions into their organizations. These ensconced attitudes and tendencies seemingly played significant roles in the institutionalization of beliefs, rules, and roles that have developed, persisted, and affected the historical evolution of both CIA and the FBI. / Ph. D.
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Phase-field Modeling of Phase Change Phenomena

Li, Yichen 25 June 2020 (has links)
The phase-field method has become a popular numerical tool for moving boundary problems in recent years. In this method, the interface is intrinsically diffuse and stores a mixing energy that is equivalent to surface tension. The major advantage of this method is its energy formulation which makes it easy to incorporate different physics. Meanwhile, the energy decay property can be used to guide the design of energy stable numerical schemes. In this dissertation, we investigate the application of the Allen-Cahn model, a member of the phase-field family, in the simulation of phase change problems. Because phase change is usually accompanied with latent heat, heat transfer also needs to be considered. Firstly, we go through different theoretical aspects of the Allen-Cahn model for nonconserved interfacial dynamics. We derive the equilibrium interface profile and the connection between surface tension and mixing energy. We also discuss the well-known convex splitting algorithm, which is linear and unconditionally energy stable. Secondly, by modifying the free energy functional, we give the Allen-Cahn model for isothermal phase transformation. In particular, we explain how the Gibbs-Thomson effect and the kinetic effect are recovered. Thirdly, we couple the Allen-Chan and heat transfer equations in a way that the whole system has the energy decay property. We also propose a convex-splitting-based numerical scheme that satisfies a similar discrete energy law. The equations are solved by a finite-element method using the deal.ii library. Finally, we present numerical results on the evolution of a liquid drop in isothermal and non-isothermal settings. The numerical results agree well with theoretical analysis. / Master of Science / Phase change phenomena, such as freezing and melting, are ubiquitous in our everyday life. Mathematically, this is a moving boundary problem where the phase front evolves based on the local temperature. The phase change is usually accompanied with the release or absorption of latent heat, which in turn affects the temperature. In this work, we develop a phase-field model, where the phase front is treated as a diffuse interface, to simulate the liquid-solid transition. This model is consistent with the second law of thermodynamics. Our finite-element simulations successfully capture the solidification and melting processes including the interesting phenomenon of recalescence.
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A geração do humor no conto "No Kaddish for Weinstein" de Woody Allen : scripts semânticos e construção identitária

Moreira, Cíntia Brunetta 21 August 2014 (has links)
Esta dissertação trata dos mecanismos de geração do humor no conto “No Kaddish for Weinstein” (ALLEN, 1975). É possível identificar nessa narrativa a forte e frequente presença do humor étnico, mais especificamente do humor judaico-americano. Porém acredita-se que este não seja o único tipo de humor de que o autor faz uso, considerando-se também que o humor possui diversos mecanismos e pode emergir de diversas situações. Por essa razão, há a necessidade de não só identificar o humor característico de Woody Allen, mas também analisar o tipo de narrativa que esse escritor constrói em seus contos. Além disso, é necessário verificar a relevância do conhecimento cultural na construção do humor e nas relações identitárias que constituem as personagens e narradores. Partindo do pressuposto de que o humor de WA é singular, surgem as questões desta pesquisa: (a) Quais são os domínios, estratos e parâmetros que tipificam a narrativa de Allen?, (b) Quais os mecanismos de humor que o autor usa em seus contos?, (c) Que elementos linguísticos, culturais, identitários e cognitivos são peças-chave na construção do humor alleniano? A partir dessas questões, surgem questionamentos derivados: por que o humor e o judaísmo estão conectados? Qual a relação entre eles? O objetivo geral da pesquisa é examinar o humor nos contos de Woody Allen e sua relação com elementos sociocognitivos e identitários da cultura judaica e judaico-americana. Os objetivos específicos são (a) analisar a estrutura narrativa dos contos de WA, (b) identificar as características dos tipos de humor no conto alleniano “No Kaddish for Weinstein”, (c) analisar os elementos linguísticos que fazem emergir o humor no conto em questão, (d) relacionar elementos linguísticos e fatores socioculturais no conto do escritor e (e) relacionar os elementos que constituem o humor alleniano. Entre os vários contos pré-analisados de diferentes coletâneas da produção de Allen, escolheu-se o conto “No Kaddish for Weinstein", por ser uma narrativa que reúne características que estão presentes, em maior ou menor grau, em seus contos como um todo. Embora variem as temáticas narrativas, o conto “No Kaddish for Weinstein" pode ser considerado prototípico. Por prototípico, entende-se a propriedade de reunir, de forma bastante condensada, atributos gerais do estilo narrativo do autor. Os resultados demonstram que o autor utiliza uma ampla variedade de mecanismos geradores de humor, tais como: quebra de expectativa do leitor, punch lines e scripts opostos. Quanto as questões identitárias da cultura judaico-americana, são mais salientes as referências à autodepreciação e a costumes próprios desta cultura. Fica evidente a construção de uma narrativa que demanda a evocação de conhecimentos enciclopédicos (frames) por parte do leitor, sem os quais não é possível reconhecer o humor potencial do conto. Todos esses resultados se encontram relacionados com o tipo de estrutura narratológica do conto, segundo o framework do Sistema Cognitivo da Narrativa de Talmy (2000), principalmente em relação ao perfilamento de um leitor que compartilhe de conhecimentos da cultura judaico-americanca e de referências as mais diversas à história e cultura nova-iorquina. / Submitted by Ana Guimarães Pereira (agpereir@ucs.br) on 2015-03-30T16:36:07Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Cíntia Brunetta Moreira.pdf: 1436905 bytes, checksum: 5f270e4ff2f3d61937e25705566549f3 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-30T16:36:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Cíntia Brunetta Moreira.pdf: 1436905 bytes, checksum: 5f270e4ff2f3d61937e25705566549f3 (MD5) / This dissertation is about humor mechanisms generation present in the short story “No Kaddish for Weinstein” (ALLEN, 1975). It is possible to identify in the narrative the frequent presence of ethnic humor, more specifically the Jewish-American humor. However, it is believed that this is not the only type of humor the author uses, considering also that humor can emerge from many different mechanisms and situations. For this reason, there is the necessity of not only identifying the characteristic humor of Woody Allen, but also the necessity of analyzing the narrative type built by the author in his short stories. Besides all that, it is necessary to verify the relevance of cultural background in humor generation, as well as in identity relations within characters and narrators. The research questions derive from the presupposition that the humor created by Allen is singular, they are: (a) what are the domains, strata and parameters that typify Allen’s narrative?, (b) what are the humor mechanisms that the author uses in his short stories?, (c) what linguistic, cultural, identity and cognitive elements are essential in the Allenian humor? Other questions rise from these interrogations: why humor and Judaism are connected? What is the relation between them? The general objective of this research is to examine the humor present in Allen’s short stories and its relation with sociocognitive and identity elements of Jewish culture. The specific objectives are (a) to analyze the narrative structure in Allen’s short stories, (b) to identify the characteristics of the type of humor in Allen’s “No Kaddish for Weinstein”, (c) analyze what linguistic elements make humor rise in Allen’s referred short story, (d) make relations between linguistic and sociocultural elements in Allen’s short story and (e) make relations between the elements that constitute allenian humor. Among the many short stories pre-analyzed from different collection books produced by Woody Allen, “No Kaddish for Weinstein” was chosen for being a narrative that encompasses the characteristics that are present, in higher or lower degree, in all his short stories as a whole. Although the narrative themes vary, the short story “No Kaddish for Weinstein" can be considered prototypical. By prototypical it is understood the property of encompassing, in a condensed manner, the general requisites of the narrative style of the author. The results demonstrate that the author makes use of a great variety of humor mechanisms, among them: rupture of the reader’s expectation, punch lines e opposite scripts. In relation to the identity issues of Jewish-American culture, the references to selfhatred and habits are more relevant. It is evident, the construction of a narrative that demands from the reader the evocation of encyclopedic knowledge (frames). Without the recognition of these frames it is not possible to recognize the potential humor of the short story. All the results are related with the narratologic structure type of the short story, according to the framework of the Cognitive Approach to the Analysis of Narrative by Talmy (2000). This is mainly because it permits designing a reader’s profile that shares the knowledges concerning the Jewish-american and New Yorker culture, moreover references about history.
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Salomé danse-t-elle ? Enquête sur les représentations littéraires et chorégraphiques d'un mythe féminin aux XIXe et XXe siècles / Does Salome dance? Investigating literary and choreographic representations of a feminine myth in the 19th and the 20th century

Dariane, Cynthia 02 December 2013 (has links)
Depuis toujours, Salomé hante les esprits et se profile dans les créations artistiques. Elle évolue selon les siècles, changeant selon l’humeur des artistes, assouvissant leur désir créateur. Cependant, ce sont les artistes symbolistes et décadents qui vont donner à la danseuse biblique son véritable essor et l’imposer comme une véritable figure archétypale, avec la danse au cœur de cette recréation. L’art de Terpsichore s’empare également de Salomé et les techniques scéniques et chorégraphiques permettent l’affirmation de nouvelles idées sociales, de courants de danse novateurs ainsi que le développement de nouveaux savoir-faire artistiques à travers la figure de la fille d’Hérodiade. Notre travail va porter non pas sur Salomé dans l’absolu, mais sur sa danse en tant que telle, et plus particulièrement sur la façon dont elle est retranscrite dans les textes et sur scène. Il s’agira donc de se demander, à travers la figure de la danseuse, quelles sont les connivences entre les deux langages, celui du corps, des gestes, et celui des mots. En quoi Salomé arrive-t-elle à conjuguer influence artistique et révolution socioculturelle ? / Salomé has always been haunting our minds and sneaking into artistic creations. She evolves through the centuries, changing with artists' state of mind and meeting their creative desire. However, symbolist and decadent artists are those who gave the biblical dancer her real take-off, imposed her as a true archetypal figure, with dance at the heart of the recreation. Terpsichore's art also takes hold of Salome and stage and chorography techniques enable the assertion of new social ideas, innovative dance trends and the development of new artistic know-hows through the myth of Herodias. This work tackles not Salome in absolute, but rather her dance, and more specifically the way it is expressed in writings and on stage. We shall see, through the figure of the dancer, what complicity bond the two languages, that of the body and the moves, and that of the words. How does Salome mix artistic influence and social and cultural revolution?
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A geração do humor no conto "No Kaddish for Weinstein" de Woody Allen : scripts semânticos e construção identitária

Moreira, Cíntia Brunetta 21 August 2014 (has links)
Esta dissertação trata dos mecanismos de geração do humor no conto “No Kaddish for Weinstein” (ALLEN, 1975). É possível identificar nessa narrativa a forte e frequente presença do humor étnico, mais especificamente do humor judaico-americano. Porém acredita-se que este não seja o único tipo de humor de que o autor faz uso, considerando-se também que o humor possui diversos mecanismos e pode emergir de diversas situações. Por essa razão, há a necessidade de não só identificar o humor característico de Woody Allen, mas também analisar o tipo de narrativa que esse escritor constrói em seus contos. Além disso, é necessário verificar a relevância do conhecimento cultural na construção do humor e nas relações identitárias que constituem as personagens e narradores. Partindo do pressuposto de que o humor de WA é singular, surgem as questões desta pesquisa: (a) Quais são os domínios, estratos e parâmetros que tipificam a narrativa de Allen?, (b) Quais os mecanismos de humor que o autor usa em seus contos?, (c) Que elementos linguísticos, culturais, identitários e cognitivos são peças-chave na construção do humor alleniano? A partir dessas questões, surgem questionamentos derivados: por que o humor e o judaísmo estão conectados? Qual a relação entre eles? O objetivo geral da pesquisa é examinar o humor nos contos de Woody Allen e sua relação com elementos sociocognitivos e identitários da cultura judaica e judaico-americana. Os objetivos específicos são (a) analisar a estrutura narrativa dos contos de WA, (b) identificar as características dos tipos de humor no conto alleniano “No Kaddish for Weinstein”, (c) analisar os elementos linguísticos que fazem emergir o humor no conto em questão, (d) relacionar elementos linguísticos e fatores socioculturais no conto do escritor e (e) relacionar os elementos que constituem o humor alleniano. Entre os vários contos pré-analisados de diferentes coletâneas da produção de Allen, escolheu-se o conto “No Kaddish for Weinstein", por ser uma narrativa que reúne características que estão presentes, em maior ou menor grau, em seus contos como um todo. Embora variem as temáticas narrativas, o conto “No Kaddish for Weinstein" pode ser considerado prototípico. Por prototípico, entende-se a propriedade de reunir, de forma bastante condensada, atributos gerais do estilo narrativo do autor. Os resultados demonstram que o autor utiliza uma ampla variedade de mecanismos geradores de humor, tais como: quebra de expectativa do leitor, punch lines e scripts opostos. Quanto as questões identitárias da cultura judaico-americana, são mais salientes as referências à autodepreciação e a costumes próprios desta cultura. Fica evidente a construção de uma narrativa que demanda a evocação de conhecimentos enciclopédicos (frames) por parte do leitor, sem os quais não é possível reconhecer o humor potencial do conto. Todos esses resultados se encontram relacionados com o tipo de estrutura narratológica do conto, segundo o framework do Sistema Cognitivo da Narrativa de Talmy (2000), principalmente em relação ao perfilamento de um leitor que compartilhe de conhecimentos da cultura judaico-americanca e de referências as mais diversas à história e cultura nova-iorquina. / This dissertation is about humor mechanisms generation present in the short story “No Kaddish for Weinstein” (ALLEN, 1975). It is possible to identify in the narrative the frequent presence of ethnic humor, more specifically the Jewish-American humor. However, it is believed that this is not the only type of humor the author uses, considering also that humor can emerge from many different mechanisms and situations. For this reason, there is the necessity of not only identifying the characteristic humor of Woody Allen, but also the necessity of analyzing the narrative type built by the author in his short stories. Besides all that, it is necessary to verify the relevance of cultural background in humor generation, as well as in identity relations within characters and narrators. The research questions derive from the presupposition that the humor created by Allen is singular, they are: (a) what are the domains, strata and parameters that typify Allen’s narrative?, (b) what are the humor mechanisms that the author uses in his short stories?, (c) what linguistic, cultural, identity and cognitive elements are essential in the Allenian humor? Other questions rise from these interrogations: why humor and Judaism are connected? What is the relation between them? The general objective of this research is to examine the humor present in Allen’s short stories and its relation with sociocognitive and identity elements of Jewish culture. The specific objectives are (a) to analyze the narrative structure in Allen’s short stories, (b) to identify the characteristics of the type of humor in Allen’s “No Kaddish for Weinstein”, (c) analyze what linguistic elements make humor rise in Allen’s referred short story, (d) make relations between linguistic and sociocultural elements in Allen’s short story and (e) make relations between the elements that constitute allenian humor. Among the many short stories pre-analyzed from different collection books produced by Woody Allen, “No Kaddish for Weinstein” was chosen for being a narrative that encompasses the characteristics that are present, in higher or lower degree, in all his short stories as a whole. Although the narrative themes vary, the short story “No Kaddish for Weinstein" can be considered prototypical. By prototypical it is understood the property of encompassing, in a condensed manner, the general requisites of the narrative style of the author. The results demonstrate that the author makes use of a great variety of humor mechanisms, among them: rupture of the reader’s expectation, punch lines e opposite scripts. In relation to the identity issues of Jewish-American culture, the references to selfhatred and habits are more relevant. It is evident, the construction of a narrative that demands from the reader the evocation of encyclopedic knowledge (frames). Without the recognition of these frames it is not possible to recognize the potential humor of the short story. All the results are related with the narratologic structure type of the short story, according to the framework of the Cognitive Approach to the Analysis of Narrative by Talmy (2000). This is mainly because it permits designing a reader’s profile that shares the knowledges concerning the Jewish-american and New Yorker culture, moreover references about history.
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Nutida Woody Allens stereotyper / The stereotypes in contemporary films of Woody Allen

Ekholm Sjöblom, Josefina January 2016 (has links)
No description available.
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Musik och Film : Ett möte mellan två konstformer i Stanley Kubricks ”2001 – a Space Odyssey” och Woody Allens ”Manhattan”

Werner Kjellberg, Petra January 2007 (has links)
<p>Filmmusic is often composed specially for a film. When analyzing film-music it seems very common to study the function of the music in a narrative context in order to see how it cooperates or relates to this narration. In the present thesis I am investigating the interaction between film and music as two ingredients on an equal level. In short: what happens when a filmmaker chooses music that has already been composed for another occasion, even in another time and a different cultural context? My aim is twofold: first to examine current film analytic strategies, secondly to find new ways of comprehend pre-composed music in relation to its new setting in a film. My interest, thus, is to seek meaning of music in film rather than function.</p><p>The study calls for an inter-disciplinary approach using theories and discussions from a wide range of subjects: psychology, music therapy, anthropology, musicology in general and semantics.</p><p>I am examining two films that are similar in their respect to use music that has been composed and used elsewhere. However, in “2001-a Space Odyssey” Stanley Kubrick uses music from the European art music tradition whereas Woody Allen in “Manhattan” uses music from the popular American music repertoire of the 20s and 30s (The American Songbook). The music, by various composers and in various idioms, in Kubrick´s films, works on a fairly abstract level in a sort of counterpoint to the mythological and visionary contents of the film plot. The meaning of the music on the one hand, and film music on the other operates on a deeper level as a result of this confrontation.</p><p>In Woody Allen´s film the pieces of music represent a culturally and tecknically much more homogenous group. The implicit texts of the songs ( they are never sung) can be comprehended as a commentary on a deeper level by those familiar with this repertoire. Allen´s choice of subject and enacted dramaturgy for his film is very different from Kubrick´s. The chosen music contributes in an independent way to a reciprocal understanding of film and music as two separate but still independent art entities.</p>
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Musik och Film : Ett möte mellan två konstformer i Stanley Kubricks ”2001 – a Space Odyssey” och Woody Allens ”Manhattan”

Werner Kjellberg, Petra January 2007 (has links)
Filmmusic is often composed specially for a film. When analyzing film-music it seems very common to study the function of the music in a narrative context in order to see how it cooperates or relates to this narration. In the present thesis I am investigating the interaction between film and music as two ingredients on an equal level. In short: what happens when a filmmaker chooses music that has already been composed for another occasion, even in another time and a different cultural context? My aim is twofold: first to examine current film analytic strategies, secondly to find new ways of comprehend pre-composed music in relation to its new setting in a film. My interest, thus, is to seek meaning of music in film rather than function. The study calls for an inter-disciplinary approach using theories and discussions from a wide range of subjects: psychology, music therapy, anthropology, musicology in general and semantics. I am examining two films that are similar in their respect to use music that has been composed and used elsewhere. However, in “2001-a Space Odyssey” Stanley Kubrick uses music from the European art music tradition whereas Woody Allen in “Manhattan” uses music from the popular American music repertoire of the 20s and 30s (The American Songbook). The music, by various composers and in various idioms, in Kubrick´s films, works on a fairly abstract level in a sort of counterpoint to the mythological and visionary contents of the film plot. The meaning of the music on the one hand, and film music on the other operates on a deeper level as a result of this confrontation. In Woody Allen´s film the pieces of music represent a culturally and tecknically much more homogenous group. The implicit texts of the songs ( they are never sung) can be comprehended as a commentary on a deeper level by those familiar with this repertoire. Allen´s choice of subject and enacted dramaturgy for his film is very different from Kubrick´s. The chosen music contributes in an independent way to a reciprocal understanding of film and music as two separate but still independent art entities.
129

Mourning and Message: Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 Atlanta Funeral as an Image Event

Burns, Rebecca Poynor 20 November 2008 (has links)
The seven-and-a-half-hour series of funeral rites that occurred in Atlanta on April 9, 1968 in honor of assassinated civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. were broadcast live to 120 million U.S. television viewers and reported extensively in local and national newspapers and magazines. While King's April 4 assassination triggered deadly riots in more than 100 cities, Atlanta remained peaceful before and during the funeral. In this research thesis I explore how the funeral was leveraged by three disparate stakeholder group's King's family, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and Atlanta's liberal white leadership- to stage image events. I create a historiography for each group that draws on primary sources and original interviews. Using an intertextual approach I conduct qualitative content analysis of the media coverage generated by each group's actions, identifying seven major messages that emerged.
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Vägen till religion : En undersökning om slavars yrkesroll och sociala status betydelse för religiöst engagemang och skapandet av de första afrikansk-amerikanska kyrkorna i USA. / One of the processes of the christianization in american slave communities during the 19th century : A case study of six former slaves whom became christian pastors

Spetz, Dick January 2013 (has links)
Studien undersöker utvecklingen av afrikansk-amerikansk religion i början på 1800-talet i USA. Materialet som studien är konstruerad på består av en undersökning gjord på sex olika slavar som blev predikanter och pastorer. Undersökningen i Studien svarar om dessa individers yrkesroll och socialisering var av betydelse för det religiösa engagemanget och dess utveckling. Slavarnas yrkens betydelse undersöks med hjälp av Etzionis teori om tvångsorganisationer och med Durkheims arbetsfördelningsteori. Studien avser att bidra med information om hur afrikansk-amerikansk religion utformades i början av 1800-talet.

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