Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T16:25:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 PRELIMINARES.pdf: 24591 bytes, checksum: b9b5fb200776da574fa28d6a5495fbb7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-03-30 / This work discusses the role of the harpsichord in Brazilian contemporary music particularly in chamber music. After a brief contextualization of harpsichord in Brazilian chamber music, the work develops in five main parts, namely: part 1 a description of the harpsichord since its origins in the monochord of Pythagoras until the models constructed in present time; part 2 the harpsichord s mechanism is presented in such a way as to elucidate the instrument performance possibilities; part 3 an analysis of idiomatic aspects of the instrument and their influence in interpretative and compositional decisions; part 4 the available repertoire and the process used to organize it including Brazilian solo and chamber music for the instrument. The works are organized by composer, date and medium; part 5 - analytical comments of selected works to be presented in the masters recital. The comments combine Jan La Rue s view with the idiomatic aspects discussed in the part 3 of this paper. The commentaries consider both compositional and performance possibilities. Aspects analyzed include form, instrumentation, level of difficulty, dynamics indication, registration, metric, fingering, use of expanded technique, performance notes and ad-libitum passages (or random elements). As a conclusion, it was possible to organize several Brazilian works for harpsichord in various compositional styles / Este trabalho discute a presença do cravo na música contemporânea brasileira, com enfoque em música de câmera. Após uma breve contextualização do cravo na música de câmera brasileira, o trabalho se desenvolve em cinco partes principais, a saber: parte 1 - apresenta um histórico do cravo desde suas origens, no monocórdio de Pitágoras, até os modelos construídos na atualidade; parte 2 - apresenta-se o mecanismo do cravo e seu funcionamento, como forma de elucidar as possibilidades de execução do instrumento; parte 3 - faz uma análise dos aspectos idiomáticos do instrumento e procura mostrar a influência destes em decisões interpretativas e composicionais; parte 4 - apresenta o repertório para cravo solista e camerista, organizado com indicação de compositor, data e formação para qual foi escrita, além do processo utilizado para sua coleta junto a compositores e acervos no Brasil. As obras coletadas são organizadas com indicação de compositor, data e formação para qual foi escrita; parte 5 comenta analiticamente as obras selecionadas para o recital de defesa sob uma combinação da ótica do teórico Jan La Rue com os aspectos idiomáticos apontados na parte 3. Os comentários consideraram recursos composicionais e possibilidades de performance. Neste sentido, observou-se forma, instrumentação, nível de dificuldade, indicação de dinâmica, indicação de registros, métrica definida, escolha de dedilhado, uso de técnica expandida, notas para o performer e uso de improviso e/ou elementos aleatórios. Ao final do trabalho, foi possível reunir número significativo de obras para cravo de variados estilos composicionais, inclusive com uso de técnicas expandidas

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T20:38:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 4038.pdf: 2201340 bytes, checksum: e81ba7d0740040195a15afe5f6fe6401 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-08-04 / Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos / The aim of this thesis is to analyze the Pentecostal discourse focusing primarily on various levels of discourse production of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) and the International Church of the Grace of God (ICGG) in order to answer the following question: Is the structuring of these churches predominantly built on the theology of prosperity or on a more varied a range of discursive elements? Based on the hypothesis that these churches try to offer a full experience of life and religion, in opposition to the idea that has been spread by many non-academic commentators and academic works that these churches are only ―supermarket of faith‖, where the ―customer‖ ―buys‖ religious products that he will use in his worldly life and soon goes away, eventually to become ―customer of another supermarket‖. To this end we analyzed two different national contexts. Church activities were followed in Brazil, mainly in Florianopolis, and the Netherlands, especially in the capital Amsterdam. This work also has the characteristics of case study and comparative study. Information obtained during fieldwork in Brazil brought elements for analyzing the behavior of the church and its parishioners in a very different national context, thus enabling us to see what remains and what changes in the discourse of the church and the attitudes of the followers in the new context. / O objetivo desta tese é analisar o discurso neopentecostal focando principalmente nos diversos níveis de produção discursiva da Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus (IURD) e Igreja Internacional da Graça de Deus (IIGD) a fim de responder a seguinte questão: A estruturação destas igrejas é predominantemente construída sobre a Teologia da Prosperidade ou sobre uma gama de elementos discursivos mais variados? Partindo se da hipótese que estas igrejas tentam oferecer uma experiência de vida e religiosa plenas, contrariando a ideia que vem sendo difundida pelo senso comum e em outros trabalhos acadêmicos de que estas igrejas são apenas ―supermercados da fé‖, onde o ―cliente‖ ―compra‖ o produto religioso que terá uso em sua vida mundana e em pouco tempo vai embora, para eventualmente tornar-se ―freguês de outro supermercado‖. Para tanto se analisou dois contextos nacionais diferentes. Foram acompanhadas atividades no Brasil, principalmente em Florianópolis, e na Holanda, principalmente em sua capital Amsterdã. Assim, este trabalho tem também as características de estudo de caso e estudo comparativo. As informações obtidas no trabalho de campo fora do Brasil trouxeram elementos para se analisar o comportamento da igreja e de seus frequentadores em um contexto bem diferente, podendo se perceber o que permanece e o que se modifica no discurso da igreja e das atitudes dos frequentadores diante da nova realidade.

A presente tese investigou quais foram, como foram produzidas e quais os motivos para a produção das doutrinas jurídicas utilizadas pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal para decidir os habeas corpi relativos a casos políticos dos estados e distrito federal entre 1906, a partir da tensão surgida durante o governo Afonso Pena entre os correligionários de Pinheiro Machado e a base de sustentação do presidente no Congresso, e 1915, ano do assassinato do senador. Foi empregada a obra de Michael Stolleis como referencial teórico, que busca articular história, história do direito e história da ciência do direito, utilizando o termo “história” não apenas com o significado de mudanças fáticas e normativas, mas também com o de expressão, preparação e compreensão intelecto-linguística dessas mudanças, tratando-se sempre da interação entre a transformação histórica e um pensar que conceitua, podendo o pensamento preceder os acontecimentos ou segui-los, comentando-os e interpretando-os. A presente tese foi dividida em dois capítulos. No primeiro, trata-se do surgimento da primeira república, suas características básicas, instituições relevantes para a presente tese e a cultura jurídica do período, com análise das faculdades, livros, perfil dos juristas etc. Esse capítulo é importante para balizar os limites das discussões político-jurídicas, por exemplo, e para ver que a forma como os juristas decidiram os processos no STF no período investigado não constituiu uma “exceção”. No segundo capítulo, sendo realizada a divisão das seções de acordo com os governos do presidentes no período pesquisado, é analisada a relação do STF com a política no período pesquisado, mediante a análise dos processos de habeas corpus relativos a casos políticos dos estados e distrito federal. O auge da tensão foi durante o governo Hermes da Fonseca, durante a política das salvações e a posterior reação pinheirista, quando vários casos políticos foram judicializados e parte dos ministros do tribunal era identificada com o hermismo, outra parte identificada com o pinheirismo (ambos os grupos normalmente aliados), assim como parte era identificada com a oposição. Foi um claro momento de divisão do STF na primeira república. No contexto de uma formação superior distante da excelência, marcada pelo autodidatismo, muitos dos ministros eram bons juristas de acordo com aqueles padrões, tendo conhecimento das doutrinas e autores, nacionais e estrangeiros, relevantes naquele tempo e espaço, e eram capazes de elaborar doutrinas jurídicas de aparência sofisticada, convincentes, sem contradições lógicas grosseiras, a partir de um amplo e desconexo quadro de referências nacionais e estrangeiras, com o objetivo de defender suas posições. Eram os “jurisconsultos adaptáveis” (Seelaender) em ação. Para identificar a estratégia doutrinária adotada pelos ministros, entendeu-se que a análise isolada de doutrinas do habeas corpus, desconsiderando o contexto político da época e discussões jurídicas paralelas sobre teorias de intervenção federal, estado de sítio, controle de constitucionalidade e separação de poderes, seria muito despistadora. É fundamental compreender a interação entre essas teorias no pensamento jurídico dos atores pesquisados. Foi necessário compreender como essas teorias funcionavam de forma combinada nos votos proferidos pelos juízes em casos políticos para compreender a atuação dos ministros. Por exemplo, por um lado, pode-se ver que o hermista Enéas Galvão concomitantemente costumava atribuir ao habeas corpus um escopo mais amplo de proteção e de decidir que o Poder Judiciário não poderia controlar a constitucionalidade da intervenção federal e do decreto de estado de sítio emitido pelo Presidente da República. Por outro lado, pode-se ver que o perrepista Pedro Lessa concomitantemente atribuía ao habeas corpus um âmbito mais restrito de proteção, funcionando de forma semelhante a uma ação possessória, na forma como formulava o habeas corpus como meio apto para proteger “a liberdade-condição, a liberdade-meio, a fim de que se possa exercer a liberdade-fim”, e decidia que o Poder Judiciário poderia controlar a constitucionalidade da intervenção federal e do estado de sítio emitido pelo Presidente da República, e estabelecer limites, dando aos estados governados por oligarcas em oposição ao governo federal - com quem ele e sua facção estavam intimamente ligados - mais espaço para, ao mesmo tempo, evitar uma intervenção federal e lidar com oposicionistas locais nos estados. Claro, ao lado de juristas mais sofisticados, como Enéas Galvão e Pedro Lessa, havia outros menos sofisticados, que, além de adotar uma visão mais delimitadora do habeas corpus e do controle de constitucionalidade, e uma visão mais amplificadora da intervenção federal e do estado de sítio, tentavam resolver os casos de forma mais simples, com base exclusiva em questões processuais. Esse era o caso, e. g., do pinheirista Pedro Mibielli. / This PhD dissertation investigated which were, how they were produced, and what were the motives for the production of legal doctrines used by the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court to decide the habeas corpora on political cases from the states and the federal district between 1906, from the arising tension during the Afonso Pena government between supporters of Pinheiro Machado and the president's support base in Congress, and 1915, the year of the senator's murder. It was employed as a theoretical framework the work of Michael Stolleis, which seeks to articulate history, legal history, and science of legal history, using the term “history” not only with the meaning of factual and normative changes, but also the meaning of expression, preparation, and intellectual and linguistic understanding of these changes, since it is always the interaction between historical change and conceptual thinking that conceptualizes, being the thought able to precede the events or follow them, commenting on them and interpreting them. This PhD dissertation has been divided into two chapters. In the first one, it is dealt with the emergence of the first republic, its basic characteristics, relevant institutions for this work, and the legal culture of the period, with the analysis of law schools, books, the lawyer’s profile, etc. This chapter is relevant to mark the boundaries of legal-political discussions, for instance, and to see that the way lawyers decided the cases in the Supreme Court in the researched period did not constitute an “exception.” In the second chapter, being held the division of sections according to the governments of presidents in the researched period, it is analyzed the STF's relationship with politics in the researched period by the analysis of habeas corpus procedures relating to political cases of states and district federal. The height of the tension was during Hermes da Fonseca’s government, during the politics of salvation and the subsequent pinheirista reaction when several political cases were judicialized and part of the judges of the court was identified with the hermismo, another part was identified with the pinheirismo (both usually allied groups) and part was identified with the opposition. It was a clear moment of STF’s division in the first republic. In the context of a higher education far from excellence, marked by self-education, many of the judges were good lawyers according to those standards, with knowledge of the doctrines and authors, national and foreigners, relevant at that time and space, and were able to create sophisticated legal doctrines, with a compelling appearance and without gross logical contradictions, from a broad and disjointed framework of national and international references, in order to defend their positions. They were the “adaptive lawyers” (Seelaender) in action. To identify the doctrinal strategy adopted by the judges, it was understood that the isolated analysis of the habeas corpus doctrines, disregarding the political context of the time and parallel legal discussions on theories of federal intervention, state of siege, constitutional review, and separation of powers, would be very misleading. It is essential to understand the interaction between these theories in the legal thinking of the researched actors. It was necessary to understand how these theories worked combined in the opinions cast by the judges in political cases to understand the actions of the judges. For example, on the one hand, one can see that the hermista Eneas Galvão concomitantly used to assign habeas corpus a broader scope of protection and decide that the judiciary could not review the constitutionality of federal intervention and state of siege decree issued by the President. On the other hand, one can see that the perrepista Pedro Lessa concurrently attributed to habeas corpus a narrower scope of protection, operating similarly to a possessory action, in the way he formulated the habeas corpus as a means able to protect “the freedom- condition, the freedom-means, so that it can be exercised the freedom-end,” and decided that the judiciary could review the constitutionality of federal intervention and the state of siege issued by the President, narrowing their scope, giving the states ruled by oligarchs in opposition to the federal government - with whom he and his faction were closely linked - more room to, at the same time, avoid federal intervention and deal with local opposition in the states. Of course, alongside more sophisticated lawyers, such as Eneas Galvão and Pedro Lessa, there were other less sophisticated, which, in addition to adopting a more bounding view of habeas corpus and judicial review, and a further amplifying vision of federal intervention and state of siege, tryed to solve the cases more simply, exclusively based on procedural matters. This was the case, e. g., of the pinheirista Pedro Mibielli.

A presente tese investigou quais foram, como foram produzidas e quais os motivos para a produção das doutrinas jurídicas utilizadas pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal para decidir os habeas corpi relativos a casos políticos dos estados e distrito federal entre 1906, a partir da tensão surgida durante o governo Afonso Pena entre os correligionários de Pinheiro Machado e a base de sustentação do presidente no Congresso, e 1915, ano do assassinato do senador. Foi empregada a obra de Michael Stolleis como referencial teórico, que busca articular história, história do direito e história da ciência do direito, utilizando o termo “história” não apenas com o significado de mudanças fáticas e normativas, mas também com o de expressão, preparação e compreensão intelecto-linguística dessas mudanças, tratando-se sempre da interação entre a transformação histórica e um pensar que conceitua, podendo o pensamento preceder os acontecimentos ou segui-los, comentando-os e interpretando-os. A presente tese foi dividida em dois capítulos. No primeiro, trata-se do surgimento da primeira república, suas características básicas, instituições relevantes para a presente tese e a cultura jurídica do período, com análise das faculdades, livros, perfil dos juristas etc. Esse capítulo é importante para balizar os limites das discussões político-jurídicas, por exemplo, e para ver que a forma como os juristas decidiram os processos no STF no período investigado não constituiu uma “exceção”. No segundo capítulo, sendo realizada a divisão das seções de acordo com os governos do presidentes no período pesquisado, é analisada a relação do STF com a política no período pesquisado, mediante a análise dos processos de habeas corpus relativos a casos políticos dos estados e distrito federal. O auge da tensão foi durante o governo Hermes da Fonseca, durante a política das salvações e a posterior reação pinheirista, quando vários casos políticos foram judicializados e parte dos ministros do tribunal era identificada com o hermismo, outra parte identificada com o pinheirismo (ambos os grupos normalmente aliados), assim como parte era identificada com a oposição. Foi um claro momento de divisão do STF na primeira república. No contexto de uma formação superior distante da excelência, marcada pelo autodidatismo, muitos dos ministros eram bons juristas de acordo com aqueles padrões, tendo conhecimento das doutrinas e autores, nacionais e estrangeiros, relevantes naquele tempo e espaço, e eram capazes de elaborar doutrinas jurídicas de aparência sofisticada, convincentes, sem contradições lógicas grosseiras, a partir de um amplo e desconexo quadro de referências nacionais e estrangeiras, com o objetivo de defender suas posições. Eram os “jurisconsultos adaptáveis” (Seelaender) em ação. Para identificar a estratégia doutrinária adotada pelos ministros, entendeu-se que a análise isolada de doutrinas do habeas corpus, desconsiderando o contexto político da época e discussões jurídicas paralelas sobre teorias de intervenção federal, estado de sítio, controle de constitucionalidade e separação de poderes, seria muito despistadora. É fundamental compreender a interação entre essas teorias no pensamento jurídico dos atores pesquisados. Foi necessário compreender como essas teorias funcionavam de forma combinada nos votos proferidos pelos juízes em casos políticos para compreender a atuação dos ministros. Por exemplo, por um lado, pode-se ver que o hermista Enéas Galvão concomitantemente costumava atribuir ao habeas corpus um escopo mais amplo de proteção e de decidir que o Poder Judiciário não poderia controlar a constitucionalidade da intervenção federal e do decreto de estado de sítio emitido pelo Presidente da República. Por outro lado, pode-se ver que o perrepista Pedro Lessa concomitantemente atribuía ao habeas corpus um âmbito mais restrito de proteção, funcionando de forma semelhante a uma ação possessória, na forma como formulava o habeas corpus como meio apto para proteger “a liberdade-condição, a liberdade-meio, a fim de que se possa exercer a liberdade-fim”, e decidia que o Poder Judiciário poderia controlar a constitucionalidade da intervenção federal e do estado de sítio emitido pelo Presidente da República, e estabelecer limites, dando aos estados governados por oligarcas em oposição ao governo federal - com quem ele e sua facção estavam intimamente ligados - mais espaço para, ao mesmo tempo, evitar uma intervenção federal e lidar com oposicionistas locais nos estados. Claro, ao lado de juristas mais sofisticados, como Enéas Galvão e Pedro Lessa, havia outros menos sofisticados, que, além de adotar uma visão mais delimitadora do habeas corpus e do controle de constitucionalidade, e uma visão mais amplificadora da intervenção federal e do estado de sítio, tentavam resolver os casos de forma mais simples, com base exclusiva em questões processuais. Esse era o caso, e. g., do pinheirista Pedro Mibielli. / This PhD dissertation investigated which were, how they were produced, and what were the motives for the production of legal doctrines used by the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court to decide the habeas corpora on political cases from the states and the federal district between 1906, from the arising tension during the Afonso Pena government between supporters of Pinheiro Machado and the president's support base in Congress, and 1915, the year of the senator's murder. It was employed as a theoretical framework the work of Michael Stolleis, which seeks to articulate history, legal history, and science of legal history, using the term “history” not only with the meaning of factual and normative changes, but also the meaning of expression, preparation, and intellectual and linguistic understanding of these changes, since it is always the interaction between historical change and conceptual thinking that conceptualizes, being the thought able to precede the events or follow them, commenting on them and interpreting them. This PhD dissertation has been divided into two chapters. In the first one, it is dealt with the emergence of the first republic, its basic characteristics, relevant institutions for this work, and the legal culture of the period, with the analysis of law schools, books, the lawyer’s profile, etc. This chapter is relevant to mark the boundaries of legal-political discussions, for instance, and to see that the way lawyers decided the cases in the Supreme Court in the researched period did not constitute an “exception.” In the second chapter, being held the division of sections according to the governments of presidents in the researched period, it is analyzed the STF's relationship with politics in the researched period by the analysis of habeas corpus procedures relating to political cases of states and district federal. The height of the tension was during Hermes da Fonseca’s government, during the politics of salvation and the subsequent pinheirista reaction when several political cases were judicialized and part of the judges of the court was identified with the hermismo, another part was identified with the pinheirismo (both usually allied groups) and part was identified with the opposition. It was a clear moment of STF’s division in the first republic. In the context of a higher education far from excellence, marked by self-education, many of the judges were good lawyers according to those standards, with knowledge of the doctrines and authors, national and foreigners, relevant at that time and space, and were able to create sophisticated legal doctrines, with a compelling appearance and without gross logical contradictions, from a broad and disjointed framework of national and international references, in order to defend their positions. They were the “adaptive lawyers” (Seelaender) in action. To identify the doctrinal strategy adopted by the judges, it was understood that the isolated analysis of the habeas corpus doctrines, disregarding the political context of the time and parallel legal discussions on theories of federal intervention, state of siege, constitutional review, and separation of powers, would be very misleading. It is essential to understand the interaction between these theories in the legal thinking of the researched actors. It was necessary to understand how these theories worked combined in the opinions cast by the judges in political cases to understand the actions of the judges. For example, on the one hand, one can see that the hermista Eneas Galvão concomitantly used to assign habeas corpus a broader scope of protection and decide that the judiciary could not review the constitutionality of federal intervention and state of siege decree issued by the President. On the other hand, one can see that the perrepista Pedro Lessa concurrently attributed to habeas corpus a narrower scope of protection, operating similarly to a possessory action, in the way he formulated the habeas corpus as a means able to protect “the freedom- condition, the freedom-means, so that it can be exercised the freedom-end,” and decided that the judiciary could review the constitutionality of federal intervention and the state of siege issued by the President, narrowing their scope, giving the states ruled by oligarchs in opposition to the federal government - with whom he and his faction were closely linked - more room to, at the same time, avoid federal intervention and deal with local opposition in the states. Of course, alongside more sophisticated lawyers, such as Eneas Galvão and Pedro Lessa, there were other less sophisticated, which, in addition to adopting a more bounding view of habeas corpus and judicial review, and a further amplifying vision of federal intervention and state of siege, tryed to solve the cases more simply, exclusively based on procedural matters. This was the case, e. g., of the pinheirista Pedro Mibielli.

A discussão proposta neste trabalho considera a criação de casas de culto aos Orixás, dentro do modelo nagô brasileiro e suas transformações históricas ao longo do processo de dispersão para todo o território brasileiro. O caminho teórico assumido estabelece a hipótese que essas formas religiosas foram construídas em atmosferas sociais, nas quais a infra-estrutura do sistema econômico capitalista é confrontada com os desenvolvimentos culturais e a resistência dos hábitos do sistema de crença. As pesquisas históricas foram fixadas em um período que começa com a formação da casa de culto mais antiga ainda em funcionamento, na década de 1840 na cidade de Salvador, na Bahia e termina no ano de 2007, com as entrevistas realizadas na cidade Campo Grande, em Mato Grosso do Sul. / The discussion proposed in this work considers the creation of the house of cult to the Orixás, inside of the Brazilian nagô model and its historical transformations, along the process of dispersion for the whole Brazilian territory. The theoretical way took on establishes the hypothesis that these religious forms were built in social atmospheres in which the infrastructure of the capitalist economical system is confronted with the cultural developments and the resistance of the habits of the system of belief. The historical researches were set in a period that begins with the formation of the oldest house of cult on the nagô model still in operation, at the decade of 1840 in the city of Salvador, Bahia and ended in the year of 2007, with the interviews accomplished in the city of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul.

A construção pesada brasileira, setor produtor das rodovias, túneis, aeroportos, portos, ferrovias, metrovias, barragens, usinas hidrelétricas e obras de arte, pontes e viadutos - bens que compõem a infraestrutura nacional - além de dinamizar diretamente as demais indústrias, contribuir para ocupação da mão de obra e absorver conhecimento tecnológico, é também formadora de uma engenharia nacional de alta especialidade técnica, reconhecida e respeitada no mundo todo. Para se entender a pujança desta atividade industrial, parte-se da gênese histórica da construção pesada nacional e das grandes firmas. Verifica-se o funcionamento do setor, aspectos técnicos, jurídicos, econômicos, políticas, materiais, máquinas, pessoal e demanda. E, por fim, a distribuição espacial, localização de obras e empresas. A estruturação da construção pesada acompanha o processo da industrialização nacional, dinamizado, sobretudo, a partir dos anos 1930. De 1960 a 1970 o setor montado vive a expansão interna com o aumento da demanda e início da inserção no mercado regional. Após a desaceleração da demanda interna a partir dos anos 1980, as construtoras partem para concessões de serviços públicos e demanda externa de construção de obras pesadas. Mantém-se pela expansão via diversificação de atuação e multinacionalização, as quais tomam força a partir da década 1990. Com as políticas nacionais de privatizações passam a atuar as firmas em saneamento, telecomunicações, energia, petroquímicos, transportes, defesa, mineração, óleo e gás, bioenergia, mobilidade urbana, empreendimentos imobiliários, têxtil, naval. Nos anos 2000 consolidam-se como grandes grupos empresariais atuantes nos mais diversos setores econômicos e retomam com força às atividades de construção de infraestruturas internas estimuladas por novas demandas públicas. A partir dos anos 2010 inicia-se o reajuste do setor. O objetivo principal deste trabalho é o de compreender o setor da construção pesada brasileira sua consolidação, expansão e multinacionalização, a partir da combinação de aspectos naturais e sociais. Um setor complexo que atingiu preponderância regional e consagrado destaque mundial associado ao protagonismo de empresas, que começaram pequenas, cresceram, disputaram e ganharam mercados internacionais, demonstrando excelência. / Brazilian heavy construction, road, highways, railroads, underground, marine construction, bridges, tunnels, harbor and port facilities construction, dams, hydroelectric power plant construction infrastructure suppliers products - besides being important to the overall economy, pushing other industries, it contributes to job generation and technological knowledge, and it is also responsible for a high specialized national engineering, acknowledged and respect all over the world. To understand the strength of this sector, firstly the research follows historical data about beginning of Brazilian heavy construction industry and Brazilian main enterprises. Then how the sector works, technical activities, rules, laws and regulations, policies and practices, materials, equipments, labor and demand. Finally where main heavy constructions have been distributed and Brazilian contractors are located. Brazilian heavy construction sector increased while the national industrialization process was set down planning by political policies most since 1930. From 1960 to 1970 stimulated by public sector and assistance from the federal government and domestic demand Brazilian contractors reach technical skills make them ready to foreign market. When recession issues from the 1980s weaken some Brazilian industries, contractors start operating new segments as public service concessions merging more easily export policies. Consolidated in the 1990s whether by diversification due to privatization projects or multinationalization strategies. They have started business in sanitation, telecommunication, power, petrochemicals, transportation, defense, mining, oil and gas, bioenergy, building construction. In the 2000 already powerful organized corporations acting in many different economic activities, attracted by internal infrastructure demand, they come back where they had started. From 2010 sector has known little by little its breakdown. This text intends to understand Brazilian heavy construction its beginning, consolidations, development, distribution and internationalization, following natural and social aspects arrangement. A very complex sector which had a long time achieved regional leadership and worldwide acknowledgment.

The Brazilian Neo-Pentecostal Movement has impressively spread throughout the country in the past two decades and significantly diversified the evangelical landscape in the nation. Churches affiliated with the movement comprise the fastest growing segment in Brazilian evangelicalism and their adherents make up an estimated forty-two percent of the Pentecostal camp. The Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus (IURD, Universal Church of the Kingdom of God) is the most well-known denomination to come out of the movement and possibly the largest contemporary missionary export from a third-world nation. Therefore, the missiological case analysis centers on the IURD to determine if it has actually facilitated or inhibited the successful evangelization of Brazilian society. Published documents by the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization and evangelical scholars who are in general agreement with the Lausanne Movement provide sound criteria for the evangelical mission assessment. In the first chapter, I present preliminary details concerning Brazilian Neo-Pentecostalism and the IURD, the research question, a literature review, and rational for the project. The second chapter documents the development of Brazilian Pentecostalism from its inception to the 3 present third-wave movement. Chapter three surveys aspects of the IURD: its founder and principal leader, controversies and criticisms around the denomination, ecclesiastical organization, principal ministry outlet, primary message, and expansion. The fourth chapter explores factors that have facilitated the IURD‟s growth and integration in Brazilian society. The fifth chapter analyzes certain features of the IURD to determine if it has promoted or deterred the evangelization of Brazilian society; areas for consideration include soteriological tenets, certain aspects related to worldview, fellowship dynamics, the importance of financial giving, and societal interaction. The last chapter recaps the thesis‟ content, summarizes a response to the research question, and elaborates on the implications that the findings mean for evangelical mission. Through the contents herein, mission researchers and the global church can better comprehend the IURD‟s complexity, teachings, strategies, and practices and begin to understand its impact on evangelical mission. Furthermore, pastors and parishioners can effectively serve potential, current, and former adherents of the IURD and similar churches. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / D.Th. (Missiology)

This thesis examines the articles the Brazilian writer Lima Barreto (1881-1922) published in the popular satirical magazine Careta. It argues that Careta epitomises Lima Barreto’s aim to create social impact through literature, as it provided him with the largest readership he enjoyed in his lifetime, reaching hundreds of thousands of readers weekly nationwide and internationally. The thesis expands the knowledge about the strategies Lima Barreto used to convey his ideas, showing how he endeavoured to engage with mass audiences in order to combat social fragmentation and intellectual alienation in early twentieth century Brazil. The significance of this thesis is evident on two levels. First, I demonstrate throughout the chapters that Barreto fully engaged with Careta to convey his ideas to a mass audience, choosing the magazine as his main periodical voice in the last years of his life. This argument challenges the idea that Lima Barreto was a marginal writer in the First Republic. Second, the originality of this thesis lies in locating and uncovering almost one hundred and fifty hitherto unknown texts, most of them published pseudonymously in Careta. Chapter one discusses the militancy of Barreto's works. Chapter two argues that Barreto elected magazines, more than newspapers, to convey his message to a large audience. Chapter three relates the early history of Careta. Chapter four suggests that Barreto incorporated pictorial strategies into his articles. Chapter five argues that Barreto embraced Careta's central theme derived from the Commedia dell'Arte. Chapter six discusses systematically the pseudonyms attributed to Barreto in Careta and provides robust evidence that he published many hitherto unknown texts pseudonymously. Finally, I conclude that Careta encapsulates Barreto's efforts to reach a mass readership and communicate with readers beyond literary circles.

The articulation of Portuguese nasalized vowels poses some articulatory problems accompanied by negative acoustic effects for the performance of Brazilian art songs. The main objective was to find strategies that permit the singer to conciliate an idiomatic pronunciation of these vowels with a well-balanced resonance, a desirable quality in classical singing. In order to devise these strategies, the author examined sources dealing with nasalized vowels from varied perspectives: acoustic properties of vowel nasalization, phonetic and phonological aspects ofBrazilian Portuguese (BP), historical views on nasality in singing, and recent vocal pedagogy research. In addition to the overall loss of sonority, the main effect of nasalization is felt mainly in the first formant (F1) region of oral vowels, due to the introduction of nasal formants and antiformants, and to shifts in the tongue posture. Several sources report the existence of a nasality contour in BP, by which a nasalized vowel starts with an oral phase and transitions gradually to a nasal phase. The author concludes that the basic approach to sing nasalized vowels in BP is (1) to find the tongue posture corresponding to the oral vowel congener (the “core vowel”), and (2) to adjust the nasality contour in such a way that the oral portion remains prominent in order to keep the resonance balance consistent during the emission of the vowel. Once the core vowel is determined, standard vowel modification choices can be made according to voice type and the musical context in which the vowel is being sung. Some challenging excerpts from Brazilian art songs are examined, with suggestions for the application of the discussed strategies.

The Brazilian Neo-Pentecostal Movement has impressively spread throughout the country in the past two decades and significantly diversified the evangelical landscape in the nation. Churches affiliated with the movement comprise the fastest growing segment in Brazilian evangelicalism and their adherents make up an estimated forty-two percent of the Pentecostal camp. The Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus (IURD, Universal Church of the Kingdom of God) is the most well-known denomination to come out of the movement and possibly the largest contemporary missionary export from a third-world nation. Therefore, the missiological case analysis centers on the IURD to determine if it has actually facilitated or inhibited the successful evangelization of Brazilian society. Published documents by the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization and evangelical scholars who are in general agreement with the Lausanne Movement provide sound criteria for the evangelical mission assessment. In the first chapter, I present preliminary details concerning Brazilian Neo-Pentecostalism and the IURD, the research question, a literature review, and rational for the project. The second chapter documents the development of Brazilian Pentecostalism from its inception to the 3 present third-wave movement. Chapter three surveys aspects of the IURD: its founder and principal leader, controversies and criticisms around the denomination, ecclesiastical organization, principal ministry outlet, primary message, and expansion. The fourth chapter explores factors that have facilitated the IURD‟s growth and integration in Brazilian society. The fifth chapter analyzes certain features of the IURD to determine if it has promoted or deterred the evangelization of Brazilian society; areas for consideration include soteriological tenets, certain aspects related to worldview, fellowship dynamics, the importance of financial giving, and societal interaction. The last chapter recaps the thesis‟ content, summarizes a response to the research question, and elaborates on the implications that the findings mean for evangelical mission. Through the contents herein, mission researchers and the global church can better comprehend the IURD‟s complexity, teachings, strategies, and practices and begin to understand its impact on evangelical mission. Furthermore, pastors and parishioners can effectively serve potential, current, and former adherents of the IURD and similar churches. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / D.Th. (Missiology)