Thesis advisor: Mary E. Walsh / Gender is an undeniably significant element of human identity, contributing to multiple aspects of development. Previous research suggests that gender typicality, a sense that one is typical for one's own gender category, is associated with positive developmental outcomes among children while a sense of gender atypicality is generally associated with negative outcomes, including lowered self-esteem (Egan & Perry, 2001). This study further investigates the relationship between gender typicality and self-esteem from a developmental-contextual perspective by examining the relationship in the context of various developmental systems (e.g., school, peer group). Positive connections to developmental systems such as peers and school have been found to foster resilience by reinforcing strengths and buffering students from negative outcomes (Masten & Coatsworth, 1998). Therefore, it was hypothesized that classroom social support and school belonging would moderate the relationship between gender typicality and self-esteem by protecting gender atypical children from the negative cost of low self-esteem. Within the current sample, the relationship between gender typicality and self-esteem was more robust than in previous studies. While the moderating hypotheses were not confirmed, gender typicality was found to mediate the relationship between school belonging and self-esteem. The current findings underscore the vital role of gender and gender typicality in children's lives. Implications for prevention and intervention efforts in schools are discussed. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2009. / Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education. / Discipline: Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology.

A presente pesquisa objetivou compreender como os idosos significam suas práticas de lazer vivenciadas nos grupos de convivência dos quais fazem parte promovidos pela Prefeitura Municipal de Porto Alegre/RS, desenvolvidos no Parque Alim Pedro. Na busca de alcançar esse objetivo, foi desenvolvida uma etnografia durante os meses de setembro a dezembro de 2017, período em que vivenciei as atividades das modalidades: “REEDUCAÇÃO POSTURAL”, “RITMOS” e “CAMINHADA ORIENTADA”. Juntamente com os idosos e professores participei de diversas atividades que eram realizadas cotidianamente, incluindo as rodas de conversas, as confraternizações, os ensaios e as apresentações. Todas estas vivências foram relatadas nos meus diários de campo. No mês de março de 2018 realizei 27 entrevistas com os idosos participantes destas práticas de lazer e 3 entrevistas com os professores. Após este período de imersão na realidade estudada, os dados empíricos desta pesquisa foram analisados e interpretados e, com isso, desenvolvi as categorias de análise. O universo e contexto do local estudado foram abordados no primeiro capítulo juntamente com a descrição e as características dos três grupos pesquisados. Após essa contextualização descrevo as categorias de análises: A “Adesão às Atividades”, onde os idosos relataram que aderiram as atividades pelos mais variados motivos, dentre eles a prática durante toda a vida, a aposentadoria, o incentivo de amigos ou parentes, a busca por atividades que amenizem os fatores negativos do envelhecimento e recomendação médica. Na segunda categoria, ”Os Cuidados com a Saúde”, pude constatar que a busca e consequentemente, a manutenção da saúde aliada as preocupações com a estética são fatores influenciadores para a permanência dos idosos nas práticas de lazer desenvolvidas no Parque Alim Pedro. Na terceira categoria, “Autonomia e Independência” foi evidenciado que os participantes desta pesquisa associam as práticas de lazer com as melhorias na saúde física, propiciando melhoras na capacidade funcional dos idosos. A quarta, e última categoria, “O Bem-estar e as Práticas de Lazer” os participantes demostraram que as atividades realizadas no Parque Alim Pedro possibilitam maior sociabilidade, favorecendo a noção de pertencimento, o que impulsiona a permanência nas atividades. Diante dessas categorias, finalizo os resultados fazendo uma reflexão acerca de uma possível Necessidade/Obrigatoriedade do Lazer para o público idoso. Frente aos resultados obtidos, na conclusão deste estudo procurei estabelecer um diálogo com algumas concepções do lazer, tendo em vista algo que me pareceu paradoxal: por um lado o lazer é visto como algo distante das obrigações, algo que ‘se escolhe’, por outro, parece existir autoconsciência da necessidade/obrigatoriedade de participação nessas práticas para pessoas dessa faixa etária. Fica, assim, um questionamento: as vivências de lazer, para o público idoso, não acabam por ser ‘obrigatórias/necessárias’? / This research aimed to comprehend how the elderly audience signify their practices of leisure in living groups promoted by the Municipal Administration of Porto Alegre, developed at Alim Pedro Park. Searching this goal, an etnography study was developed from the months of september to december, 2017, in which I watched the activities in this different modalities: “POSTURAL REEDUCATION”, “RHYTHMS” and “ORIENTED WALKING”. Next to the elderly and the teachers I participated from many activities that were accomplished everyday, including the chat circles, the confraternizations, the rehearsals and the presentations. All these experiences were reported on my diaries. During March, 2018, I did 27 interviews with the elderly audience and three interviews with the teachers. After this period of immersion in the reality, the empirical data were analysed and interpreted and, after that, I developed the categories of analyses. The universe and the local context that were studied were mentioned in the first chapter with the description and the characteristics of the three researched groups. After this contextualization I describe the categories of the analyses: The “Accession to the Activities”, where the elderly reported that joined to the activities for many reasons, among them the practice of exercises during all their lives, the retirement, the incentive of relatives or friends, the search for activities that could soften the negative factors of aging and the medical recommendation. In the second category, “The Care with Health”, I could verify that the search and the maintenance of health, allied to the concerns with esthetics are influencers for the permanence of the elderly in the leisure practices developed at Alim Pedro Park. In the third cathegory, “Autonomy and Independence” it was evidenced that the participants of this research associate the leisure practices to the physical health improvements, providing improvements on their functional capacity. In the fourth and last category, “The Wellfare and the Practices of Leisure”, the participants demonstrated that the activities developed at Alim Pedro Park enable a greater sociability, favoring the notion of belonging, which boosts their permanence on them. According to these categories, I finish the results doing a reflexion about a possible Necessity/Obligation of Leisure to the elderly audience. Facing the obtained results, in the conclusion of this study I tried do establish a dialogue with some conceptions of leisure, taking into consideration what seemed paradoxical for me: from one side leisure is viewed like something distant from the obligations, something that “we choose”, on the other hand, it seems to exist self-awareness necessity/obligation of participation on these practicals for people from this range of age. Finally, I conclude this study with the following question: The leisure experiences to the elderly audience do not end up being “obligatory”?

É expressiva no espaço urbano brasileiro a presença de um grande número de moradores vivendo em situação de risco e vulnerabilidade social. Isso é visível diante da precariedade de suas moradias, da infraestrutura dos bairros, da condição socioeconômica entre outros fatores, chamando a atenção para a rapidez com que essas moradias favelas - se proliferaram na cidade de Londrina. Diante deste contexto, esta tese tem como objetivo desenvolver um estudo centrado nas reflexões sobre o pertencimento ao lugar favela por parte dos moradores do Jardim União da Vitória VI, localizado na zona sul da cidade de Londrina, bem como analisar a temática sobre o termo lugar e do conceito de favela. Além disso, averiguar sua percepção por um grupo de pessoas, e alunos do 7ºano de duas escolas públicas localizadas na área de estudo ou próxima, e as intervenções do poder público local na elaboração e implantação de politicas públicas, levando em conta a questão habitacional e o contexto histórico da formação da cidade de Londrina. / It is expressive in the Brazilian urban area the presence of a great number of dweller living in a risk situation and social vulnerability. It is visible before preciosity of their dwellings, the districts infrastructure, social-economic condition among other factors, calling the attention to rapidity with which theses dwellings shanty town, proliferate in Londrina city. Ahead this context, this thesis has as objective develops a center study in the reflection about the belonging to the shanty town place by its dwellers of Victory Union Garden VI, situated in the South Zone of Londrina city, as well as to analyze the theme about place term and the concept of shanty town. Beyond that, ascertain its perception by a group of people, and pupils of 7º year of two public schools situated in the study area or close to it, and the local Public Authority interventions in elaboration and implementation of public politics, taking in account the housing issue and the historical context of the formation of Londrina city.

A presente dissertação propõe uma análise ética e estética do espaço urbano em busca de um território de Pertencimento na cidade de São Paulo. Trata-se de uma pesquisa interdisciplinar que, fazendo uso do método da cartografia e da arte como busca epistemológica, observou, no cotidiano da autora migrante, diferentes perspectivas de estar no mundo e de construir formas potentes de pertencer a um lugar na contemporaneidade. Além de abordagens teóricas, foram utilizados experimentos poéticos que resultaram na criação de uma obra Instalação chamada Cidade/Labirinto, que mescla vídeo performances, esculturas, um ato performativo e uma publicação montada com colagens feitas a partir de impressos coletados nas derivas. / This paper proposes an ethical and aesthetic analysis of urban space in search of a territory of Belonging in the city of São Paulo. It is an interdisciplinary research, that uses the method of cartography and art as an epistemological search to observe in everyday migrant author, different perspectives of being in the world and to build powerful forms of belonging to a place in the contemporary time. They were used in addition to theoretical approaches, poetical experiments that resulted in the creation of a work installation called Cidade/Labirinto that mixes video performances, sculptures, a performative act and a publication mounted with collages made above printed collected in drifts.

Submitted by SBI Biblioteca Digital (sbi.bibliotecadigital@puc-campinas.edu.br) on 2019-03-18T13:50:45Z No. of bitstreams: 1 ALICE DE MARTINI.pdf: 21973876 bytes, checksum: 7068fe80dc9722bce61f2a046d1c07fc (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2019-03-18T13:50:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ALICE DE MARTINI.pdf: 21973876 bytes, checksum: 7068fe80dc9722bce61f2a046d1c07fc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-12-14 / Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica de Campinas - PUC Campinas / Walkability designates a conscious preference for walking. When people walk, they develop social interactions and experience places, both of which are required for members of a community to have a sense of belonging and for building ties. Communities are crucial elements in the pursuit of urban sustainability and the common good as well as social and environmental justice. From a more general standpoint, sustainability may be seen as a counterpoint to the current economic system. The challenge is to have cities ridden by contradictions and inequalities become scenarios for sustainability. Social-spatial inequalities have historically emerged as urban space, rather than being planned for social and environmental reasons, was organized by vested economic interests that deliberately separate territory in two: business center and periphery, as part of an uneven and combined dialectic relationship. The present study analyzes two urban sections from the city of Campinas, one in its central or downtown area, the other on its geographic and economic periphery. Conditions conducive to walking ? walkability - were empirically observed and used as the basis for an analysis of how urban infrastructure may affect social interaction. By making this center-periphery comparison, the analysis may be broadened to apprehend how urban sustainability is impacted by the city?s 3D (dispersed, distant and disconnected) profile. Informations from the field research confirms that the inequality persists between downtown Campinas and its own periphery and that the higher income population tend to self-segregate in their houses and condos for fear of urban insecurity and social interactions with people from different ethnicities and social groups, a factor that compromises the walkability and the possibility of the creation of a sense of belonging to the place. / A Caminhabilidade designa uma op??o consciente pelo deslocamento a p?. Essa escolha propicia ao caminhante o desenvolvimento de intera??es sociais e a viv?ncia do lugar, duas condi??es essenciais para a forma??o dos la?os de comunidade. A comunidade, por sua vez, ? um elemento chave para se alcan?ar a sustentabilidade urbana, entendida como a busca pelo bem comum e pela justi?a socioambiental. Em uma an?lise mais ampla, a sustentabilidade pode ser entendida como um contraponto ao sistema econ?mico vigente. O desafio, portanto, ? o de conceber a cidade, dotada de contradi??es e de desigualdades, como palco da sustentabilidade. As desigualdades socioespaciais s?o o resultado da organiza??o do espa?o urbano, orientada, historicamente, pelos interesses econ?micos ante aos socioambientais. Tal organiza??o diferencia, propositalmente, os territ?rios em centro e periferia econ?mica, numa rela??o dial?tica desigual e combinada. O estudo analisou dois recortes urbanos da cidade de Campinas, um na ?rea central, e outro na periferia geogr?fica e econ?mica. As condi??es de Caminhabilidade foram observadas empiricamente e serviram como base para analisar como a infraestrutura urbana pode interferir na intera??o social. O cotejamento centro-periferia permitiu ampliar a an?lise e entender como a disposi??o da cidade 3D (dispersa, distante e desconectada) impacta a sustentabilidade urbana. As informa??es da pesquisa de campo confirmaram que a desigualdade centro-periferia persiste na cidade de Campinas e que a popula??o de maior renda tende ? autossegrega??o em casas e condom?nios fechados por medo da inseguran?a urbana e tamb?m pela mixofobia, fator que compromete a Caminhabilidade e a possibilidade da cria??o do pertencimento ao lugar.

Submitted by Mariana Dornelles Vargas (marianadv) on 2015-05-20T17:46:22Z No. of bitstreams: 1 reinventando_tradicao.pdf: 1204866 bytes, checksum: da00181367d4109978f48b71972651ac (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-20T17:46:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 reinventando_tradicao.pdf: 1204866 bytes, checksum: da00181367d4109978f48b71972651ac (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Nenhuma / A presente pesquisa busca determinar a identidade/identificação dos jovens de 12 a 21 anos, filhos de migrantes vindos dos estados do Sul do Brasil (Paraná, Santa Catarina e Rio Grande do Sul) para o norte de Mato Grosso, residentes no bairro São Cristóvão, nascidos na cidade de Sinop-MT. Assim, o locus é o olhar da juventude descendente de migrantes sulistas perante a herança cultural legada de seus progenitores, buscando, assim, desvendar as lógicas de pertencimentos desses jovens com relação ao Sul do país, ao Mato Grosso ou, ainda, se há copresença de ambas as culturas. A pesquisa de campo fez uso da observação participante, de entrevistas semiestruturadas e de grupos focais. A análise perpassa conceitos como identidade, pertencimento, tradição e tradução. / This paper seeks to identify the identity/identification of young people from 12 to 21 years old, descendents of migrants from the southern states of Brazil (Parana, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul) to the north of Mato Grosso state, and that live in Sao Cristovao distric that are born in Sinop city. Thus, the locus is the outlook of youth migrant descendant of southerners to cultural heritage inherited from their parents, seeking in this way to unveil the games of belonging of these young people with respect to the South of the country, to the Mato Grosso or if there are simultaneous presence of the two cultures. The field research has made use of participant observation, semi-structured interviews and focus groups. The analysis runs through concepts such as identity, belonging, tradition, and translation.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T18:15:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Bianca Alves Costa.pdf: 3939395 bytes, checksum: 5b9bbcf1725e2d30c0755ce9f72bf118 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-06-09 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This research includes two literary events that occur at the periphery of the South Zone of São Paulo: Sarau of Binho and Sarau Cooperifa. Our main objective to investigate whether such events contribute to the democratization on urban space segregated for local development through the appropriation and reinterpretation of the place held by the participants. For this purpose, we survey data about the socioeconomic conditions of the places examined, as well as field research, with questionnaires, collection of testimonies and interviews. Since the systematization of the results, we investigate the hypotheses. Among the results, we conclude that such events contributed to some changes in the meaning attributed to place, as well as for expanding the cultural repertoire of the participants, and their consequent mobilization in pursuit of improvements in the neighborhoods where they live. With regard to the democratization of urban space, we find that the events contributed to a portion of respondents had access to cultural facilities located in their neighborhoods and the centrality of the city, and also contributed to the creation of spaces of intersection between the resident populations in the central city and periphery / Esta pesquisa contempla dois eventos literários que ocorrem na periferia da Zona Sul da cidade de São Paulo: O Sarau do Binho e o Sarau Cooperifa. Nosso principal objetivo foi investigar se tais eventos contribuem para a democratização do espaço urbano segregado e para o desenvolvimento local, a partir da apropriação e ressignificação do lugar realizada pelos participantes. Para tanto, fizemos levantamentos de dados acerca das condições socioeconômicas dos lugares analisados, bem como pesquisa de campo, com a aplicação de questionários, coleta de depoimentos e entrevistas. A partir da sistematização dos resultados obtidos, pudemos investigar as hipóteses levantadas. Dentre os resultados obtidos, concluímos que tais eventos contribuíram para algumas mudanças no significado atribuído ao lugar, bem como para a ampliação do repertório cultural dos participantes, e para sua consequente mobilização em busca de melhorias nos bairros onde residem. No que se refere à democratização do espaço urbano, constatamos que os eventos contribuíram para que uma parcela dos entrevistados tivesse acesso a equipamentos culturais localizados em seus bairros e na centralidade da cidade, e contribuíram, também, para a criação de espaços de intersecção entre as populações residentes na centralidade da cidade e na periferia

A sense of school belonging has a powerful effect on students' emotional, motivational and academic functioning. This phenomenological research synthesized qualitative literature presenting pupil voice on school belonging, investigated how secondary school-aged students who have undergone a 'managed move' experience belonging, and sought their views on the role stakeholders might play in promoting school belonging for managed move students. The author discusses policy and practice implications and outlines a dissemination strategy. The first paper is an interpretative meta-synthesis involving a process of reciprocal translation and synthesis of seven qualitative studies was used to examine secondary school students' experiences of school belonging. The second paper is an empirical study investigating how secondary school students who have undergone a managed move experience school belonging, and what they feel would promote a sense of school belonging for other managed move students. This research employed purposive sampling, an interpretative case study design and semi-structured phenomenological interviews. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to analyse data. The meta-synthesis (Paper 1) generated four main concepts: school belonging and intersubjectivity; school belonging and knowledge, understanding and acceptance of individual identity; school belonging and experiences of in-group membership and school belonging and safety/security, and the 'higher-order concept' of school belonging as 'feeling safe to be yourself in and through relationships with others in the school setting'. Superordinate themes identified in the empirical study (Paper 2) were 'making friends and feeling safe'; 'feeling known, understood and accepted as a person in receiver school'; 'identification of and support for SEN/D' and 'supportive/unsupportive school practices/protocols'. Findings indicated that a sense of school belonging for these students resulted from positive social relationships with peers and an attendant sense of safety, security and acceptance. Managed move participants expressed the desirability but also the perceived difficulty of forging relationships in a new school and acknowledged the value of sensitive and subtle support.

abstract: Belonging to a tribe or American Indian Indigenous group in the United States, even if one has already been enrolled or accepted into the community, is a lifelong endeavor. Belonging may be achieved by meeting specific criteria during one life stage yet one must continue to behave and act in ways that align with community expectations to maintain a sense of belonging throughout all life stages. This descriptive qualitative case study presents the findings of in-depth interviews, with five individual tribal members, two male and three female participants, ranging in age from 25 to 55, who are college graduates and tribal members. The study aimed to understand the different forms and ideas of belonging for tribal members, how the notion of belonging is understood and achieved over the life course, and how phenotypic arguments, blood quantum, the role of schooling and demonstration of tribal knowledge influences the extent to which belonging is earned and how that can change over time. The study sought to answer the following questions: How do tribal members define “belonging”? How and in what ways do tribal members learn how to become members of the community? And, what can tribal communities and tribal members do to foster a sense of belonging for members who have left to obtain professional or academic training and seek to return to serve the nation? The study focused on participants the Gila River Indian Community, a tribal community in southwest Arizona with approximately 23,000 enrolled members, who completed a higher education degree and sought to return to serve as professionals and/or leaders at their tribal nation. Interviews were conducted off-reservation in the Phoenix metropolitan area within a 30-day window and held during the month of September 2015. Interviews were analyzed using three iterative levels of content analysis. Findings suggest there can be three methods of belonging within Gila River: belonging by cultural practices, belonging by legal definition, and belonging by both cultural and legal definition. However, the three methods of belonging do not automatically equate to being accepted by other tribal members. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Educational Psychology 2018

ABSTRACT The thesis investigates how transnational familial ties and socio-cultural dynamics shape migrants‘ remitting behavior and inform their relationships. It shows that most research on remittances fails to capture the personal and social significance remittances have for migrants, embedded not only in their transnational social relations, but also in cultural contexts. Drawing on empirical qualitative and quantitative research amongst Congolese migrants in Johannesburg, the study argues that migrants remit mainly in a bid to escape social death by fostering familial belonging and sustaining social status. It shows that socio-cultural influences and internalized social stereotypes about the economic effects of emigration shape migrants‘ awareness of the role expectations their communities of origin hold in relation to them. This internalization of role expectations subjects migrants to such a social pressure that they often feel a compelling need to be perceived as financially ―successful‖ as well as ―valid‖ and ―good‖ family members – not only in their communities of origin but also among other migrants. In this context, remittances become a fundamental measure and criterion that shapes migrants‘ sense of belonging and social and familial inclusion or exclusion. For individual migrants, remittances play an essential instrumental role portraying positive images for themselves and, at the same time, are seen as a means to avoid social stigmatization and exclusion.