A questão dos sofrimentos psíquicos é um tema recorrente na obra de Adília Lopes, surgindo na forma de alusões às psicopatologias, menções a medicamentos e a nomes de médicos e psicoterapeutas, referências à história do tratamento das doenças mentais, bem como a instituições hospitalares e seus pacientes. A proposta deste trabalho é analisar as representações do tema na poética adiliana, evidenciando a postura crítica em relação à desmedida normalização social vigente na contemporaneidade e ao cientificismo, que subjazem à medicalização dos comportamentos. O referencial teórico parte dos conceitos de normalidade e patologia estabelecidos por Georges Canguilhem, sua articulação com a noção de biopoder, de Michel Foucault, e a implicação dos procedimentos normalizadores na emergência do paradigma da depressão, segundo a concepção de Elizabeth Roudinesco. / The issue of psychic suffering is a recurrent theme in Adília Lopes\' artwork, arising in the form of allusions to psychopathology, medications, names of doctors and psychotherapists, and references to the history of mental illness treatment, as well as hospital facilities and their patients. This article aims to analyze the representations of the subject in Adilian poetry, evidencing the critical point of view in relation to the excessive social normalization prevailing in contemporaneity and in scientism, which underlie the medicalization of behaviors. The theoretical reference is based on the concepts of normality and pathology established by Georges Canguilhem, his articulation with Michel Foucault\'s concept of biopower, and the implication of normalizing procedures in the emergence of depression paradigm according to Elizabeth Roudinesco\'s conception.

The annual science fiction anthology series The Best Japanese SF started publication in 2009 and showcases domestic writers old and new and from a wide range of publishing backgrounds. Although representative of the second golden era of Japanese science fiction in print in its diversity and with an emphasis on that year in science fiction, as the volumes progress the editors’ unspoken agenda has become more pronounced, which is to create a set of expectations for the genre and to uphold writers Project Itoh and EnJoe Toh as exemplary of this current golden era. This thesis analyzes the context of the anthology series’ publication, how the anthology is constructed, and these two writers’ contributions to the genre as integral to the anthologies and important to the younger generation of writers in the genre.

Marcella Althaus-Reid was a theologian who dared to imagine differently, a thinker whose inventive style brought striking originality to her writings on sexuality and gender, people and God. Her work is remembered most noticeably in theological academia for her conceptual phrase, ‘Indecent Theology’. In this thesis about questions of God, the innovative elements of Marcella’s literary corpus are developed in new ways by placing her academic theories alongside a practical research study undertaken in the alternative milieu of Church of Scotland congregations in Edinburgh. This primary material, which has been analysed through interview and focus group transcripts, together with questionnaire responses, brings revealing insights to frame the emerging tensions between churchgoers and Marcella across the dimensions of its four chapters. In each, the following themes are developed: the ambiguities surrounding questions of asking who God might be; the considerations involved in recognising God’s relationship with the Bible; the exploration of the extent to which sexuality and gender may influence God concepts; and the recognition of the role people play in evaluating their understandings of God in Christianity. Arranged in a rhythmical structure throughout, every chapter is first prefaced by a media-based report which contextualises relevant themes in a contemporary idiom, and is later concluded by a deconstructive postscript that, in fragmentary ways, invokes some critical concepts in the work of Jacques Derrida germane to the particular questions of God pursued in each.

'The Yangtze is China’s Mother River. It is my Mother River.’ This practice-based PhD research was initially motivated by the researcher’s personal search for The Mother River and a critical question in finding her own vision of the river. As the field experiences contradicted the researcher’s expectation of The Mother River, the research methodology changed and led to a new, critical understanding: The Mother River is mythic. This thesis examines the politics and characters of such a myth. It also asks with what research methods and visual strategy can landscape photography interrogate The Mother River myth’s complexities. Between 2010 and 2014, the author conducted eight field trips to the Yangtze River. Initially working observationally, it soon became apparent that this method alone was insufficient in reaching an original understanding of the physical and cultural Yangtze landscapes. A series of tactile interventions within the landscapes were then performed and critically evaluated prior to the next phase of the research, in which the entire 6,211 km of the Yangtze River was photographed at precise 100 km intervals. A new body of photographic work titled Mother River was produced as a result. To test its effect in challenging the myth, Mother River has been staged in 12 international exhibitions and printed in one complete catalogue. Over 80,000 people visited the shows in China. Deep mapping, which combines experiential and contextual research with multi-sensorial emplacement as a key method, emerged from this research process and is argued as a new contribution to the field of photographic research. Meanwhile, the artistic output of this research, Mother River, is the most systematic documentation of the entire river made by one person since the 1840s. Furthermore, it is argued that using the Y Points System as a physical framework and storytelling a visual strategy, Mother River challenges the mythic Yangtze The Mother River with a scale and complexity rarely employed by other photographers.

Penser les architectures de l'abandon dans contemporaneidade et fuir de la description au détriment de l'expérience. Tout au moyen de la cartographie sentimentale. Abandonner la centralité des certitudes de la matière, de la significação et du sujet, proposées dans les théories de l'architecture et de l'urbanisme, pour, de cette forme, s'ouvrir à l'art, à la philosophie et à la vie. Croiser des frontières, quelquefois, abandonner est oublier, renoncer, laisser quelque chose. Les architectures de l'abandon, avant toute chose, c'est un état, une condition, qui passent par la découverte des signes de l'abandon, soient eux des negativo-agressivos, positivo-amorosos, não-valorizados ou catastrophiques. Pour, finalement, démasquer que celui-là peut être une architecture de la liberté, de ce sans engagement, c'est-à-dire, de la fin et du commencement de l'architecture elle-même. Lire la ville à partir de leurs architectures et les espaces de l'abandon est regarder la vie nue et le pouvoir souverain joints, coexistentes. Tout chargé par les pouvoirs du profane et par la philosophie de la différence, violável, de de la mélancolie, de l'art contemporain. Nous avons déjà vu ce film, déjà visitons cette place, déjà sentons des calafrios à nous rencontrons avec les architectures de l'abandon. Maintenant c'est seul d'essayer ! / Pensar as arquiteturas do abandono na contemporaneidade e fugir da descrição em detrimento da experiência. Tudo por meio da cartografia sentimental. Abandonar a centralidade das certezas da matéria, da significação e do sujeito, propostas nas teorias da arquitetura e do urbanismo, para , dessa forma,abrir-se à arte, à filosofia e à vida. Cruzar fronteiras, às vezes, abandonar é esquecer, renunciar, deixar alguma coisa. As arquiteturas do abandono, antes de qualquer coisa, é um estado, uma condição, os quais passam pela descoberta dos sinais do abandono, sejam eles negativo-agressivos, positivo-amorosos, não-valorizados ou catastróficos. Para, por fim, desvendar que essa pode ser uma arquitetura da liberdade, do sem compromisso, ou seja, do fim e do começo da própria arquitetura. Ler a cidade a partir de suas arquiteturas e espaços do abandono é olhar a vida nua e o poder soberano unidos, coexistentes. Tudo carregado pelas potências do profano e pela filosofia da diferença, do violável, da melancolia, da arte contemporânea. Nós já vimos esse filme, já visitamos esse lugar, já sentimos calafrios ao nos deparamos com as arquiteturas do abandono. Agora é só experimentar! / To think the architectures of the abandonment about the contemporaneidade and to run away from the description in detriment of the experience. Everything by means of the sentimental cartography. To abandon the centralidade of the certezas of the substance, the significação and the citizen, proposals in the theories of the architecture and urbanism, for, of this form, to confide it the art, to the philosophy and the life. To cross borders, to the times, to abandon is to forget, to renounce, to leave some thing. The architectures of the abandonment, before any thing, are a state, a condition, which pass for the discovery of the signals of the abandonment, they are negative-aggressive they, positive-lovers, not-valued or catastrophic. For, finally, unmasking that this can be an architecture of the freedom, of the one without commitment, that is, of the end and the start of the proper architecture. To read the city from its architectures and spaces of the abandonment is to look at joined the naked life and the sovereign power, coexistentes. All loaded one for the powers of the profane one and the philosophy of the difference, the violável, the melancholy, the art contemporary. We already saw this film, already we visit this place, already we feel calafrios to the one in we come across them with the architectures of the abandonment. Now it is alone to try!

A pesquisa definiu o processo de transição da curadoria ‘tradicional’, voltada para as atividades de conservação, organização, pesquisa e exposição das obras de arte, para a curadoria ‘contemporânea’, caracterizada pela organização da exposição através da elaboração de conceitos críticos formulados pelo curador, que desenvolve de forma autoral o tema da exposição e seleciona quais artistas irão participar da mostra. O período em que ocorreu esta transição foi na segunda metade do século XX, em sincronia com a arte contemporânea e o aumento do número de exposições, fato, este, decorrente da ampliação de espaços expositivos, visível em diversos países. A pesquisa buscou as origens da curadoria para perceber como a atividade foi se constituindo ao longo do tempo até chegar às características concernentes da curadoria ‘contemporânea’. Feito o levantamento sobre quais exposições se tornaram referenciais na arte contemporânea, foi elaborada uma análise para precisar as mudanças ocorridas no âmbito da curadoria, através da atuação de diferentes curadores. Entre eles, Harald Szeemann, Walter Zanini, Achille Bonito Oliva, Sheila Leirner, Jean-Hubert Martin e Paulo Herkenhoff. Concluídas as análises, foram apresentadas conside-rações sobre o curador enquanto autor de exposições, as relações entre a curadoria e os outros agentes do campo artístico e a curadoria como parte do processo de construção da história da arte. / The research has defined the transition process from the ‘traditional’ curatorship involved in conservation and organization activities, research and display of the art pieces to a ‘contemporary’ curatorship, characterized by the organization of the exhibition through the elaboration of critical concepts formulated by curator who develops in authorial way the theme of the exhibition and selects which artists will take part in it. This transition happened in the second half of the twentieth century, in synchronicity with the contemporary art and the increasing number of exhibitions, which derived from the increase of exhibition spaces, noticeable in many countries. The research searched the origins of the curatorship to perceive how the activity built up throughout the time until the concerning characteristics of contemporary curatorship were settled. After the assessment about which exhibitions became a reference was made, an analysis was elaborated to precise the changes in the scope of curatorship through the work of various curators. We can highlight among them: Harald Szeemann, Walter Zanini, Achille Bonito Oliva, Sheila Leirner, Jean- Hubert Martin and Paulo Herkenhoff. After the conclusion of the analysis, considerations about the curator as an author of the exhibitions were presented; the relationship between the curatorship and other agents of the artistic field and the curatorship as a part of the construction of Art history.

O artista Paulo Nazareth (Governador Valadares/MG, 1971) desenvolve uma poética em que caminhadas representam importantes práticas, nas quais são estabelecidos diálogos vinculados às suas raízes étnicas, negra e indígena. Transita entre espaços periféricos e centrais, provocando fluxos diferenciados. Essas ações tornam-se significativas no atual contexto geopolítico de globalização, o que provoca, na esfera da arte, tensões entre espaços hegemônicos e periféricos. A partir deste cenário, a pesquisa busca compreender de que forma as ações do artista, em circulações internacionais, discutem sua posição no campo globalizado da arte. Para tanto, optou-se por um estudo de caso a respeito das ações do artista nas Bienais de Veneza de 2013 e 2015 e nas Bienais de Veneza / Neves, eventos concomitantes à mostra italiana, ocorridos na periferia da cidade de Ribeirão das Neves / MG. ( Continuação ) Através de pesquisa de campo, pode-se estudar a constituição destes eventos, bem como ao coletar dados junto ao artista e à galeria representante. Como marcos teóricos da pesquisa, são destacadas as teorias sobre a deriva, elaboradas pelo Internacional Situacionismo, bem como autores que analisam estas práticas na arte. Também são importantes marcos os estudos pós-coloniais e decoloniais, através das suas relações com a arte contemporânea. Compreende-se, por fim, que as ações de Paulo Nazareth nas exposições analisadas provocam uma importante alteração nos fluxos entre centros e periferias, ao superarem muitas das intervenções institucionais. / The artist Paulo Nazareth (Governador Valadares/MG, 1971) develops a poetic in which walkings represent important actions that set dialogs linked to his ethnical origins, black and indigenous. He transits between peripheral and central spaces, resulting in differentiated flows. These actions become meaningful in the present geopolitical context of globalization, what sets, in art domain, tensions between hegemonic and peripheral spaces. From this scene, the research seeks to understand in which way the artist’s actions, in international circulations, discuss his position in global art field. For this purpose, had choose a case analysis about the artist’s actions in the 2013 and 2015 Venice Biennales and in the Venice Biennales / Neves, simultaneous shows to the italian event, occurred in Ribeirão das Neves / MG city’s periphery. Through the field research, it’s possible to study this event’s constitutions, as well as in collecting data with the artist and his representing gallery.As theorical marks of this research, the theory of the dérive (drift) created by Situationist International, are emphasized, as well as authors who analyze this practices in art. The post-colonial and decolonial studies are also important marks, through its relations with contemporary art. Finally it is understood that Paulo Nazareth’s actions at analyzed expositions set important changes at flows between centers and peripheries, overcoming much of institutional interventions.

A presente pesquisa investiga coletivos de arte contemporânea que trabalham com fotografia, considerando seus modos de produção e o tipo de atuação que desenvolvem nos cruzamentos entre os campos da arte, da fotografia documental e do fotojornalismo. Para isso, procura compreender os motivos que levam, em um contexto marcado pela afirmação da fotografia digital e da comunicação em rede, um número crescente de fotógrafos a investir em formas compartilhadas de autoria. A partir da opção por estudar a produção de três grupos formados entre 2003 e 2013 na cidade de São Paulo − Cia de Foto, Garapa e Trëma −, a pesquisa investiga como a atuação desses coletivos contribui para as discussões sobre fotografia, arte e autoria e para um tensionamento das fronteiras entre documento e ficção. Propõe-se, também, estabelecer relações entre os grupos que atualmente se dedicam à fotografia e outras práticas coletivas observadas no campo da arte ao longo do século XX. Se, devido à sua gênese automática, a fotografia foi por muito tempo vista como uma simples reprodução do real, a atuação desses coletivos evidencia que a imagem fotográfica é resultado de um processo de construção, que pode ser pensado, discutido e compartilhado por diferentes autores. / This research investigates contemporary art collectives dedicated to photography, considering their work processes and activities developed in the intersections of art, documentary photography and photojournalism. In a context characterized by the expansion of digital photography and online communication, it analyzes the reasons why an increasing number of photographers is investing on shared forms of authorship. By focusing on three collectives formed between 2003 and 2013 in the city of São Paulo, the present thesis investigates how the activities of these groups contribute to the discussions about photography, visual arts and authorship, as well as to revise the boundaries between document and fiction. It also proposes to establish connections between groups that currently work with photography and other collective practices observed in the fields of art and photography over the 20th century. If, due to its automatic genesis, photography was considered for a long time as a mere reproduction of the real, the production of these collectives indicates that the photographic image is the result of a construction process, which can be conceived, discussed and shared by different authors.

Dans nos sociétés occidentales contemporaines, esthétiques et spectaculaires, le corps est un objet de fétichisme social de même qu'un écran sur lequel il est possible de projeter une identité maniable et changeante. Considéré comme le support de l’individualité, il est l'objet de toutes les métamorphoses. De simple parti pris vestimentaire, le style peut parfois se faire l’expression d’un véritable mode de vie, d’une existence qui s'établit à l'encontre des normes imposées par une société. L’apparence devenant la manifestation ostentatoire (parfois caricaturale) d’une prise de position politique, philosophique ou sexuelle.Quels liens unissent la pratique du cabaret New-Burlesque, du Cosplay, de la Sape ou du Voguing ?En apparence dissemblables, voire peut-être antagonistes ; regroupant des membres d'âges, de sexes, d'origines différentes et s'ignorant la plupart du temps l'une l'autre ; ces communautés sous-culturelles partagent néanmoins des symboles, une idéologie, une organisation structurelle et sociale comparables. Dans une forme maîtrisée de l’artifice et du théâtre, tous utilisent leur apparence comme dispositif de résistance et interrogent la validité et les limites des impératifs sociétaux. C'est du moins ce que cette thèse tente de mettre en lumière, par la photographie et sur le terrain de la sociologie. / In our contemporary societies, the body has become not only an object of social fetishism but also a screen where we can take on any kind of identity. Apperance can be transformed in a playground and used as a tool to resist society's standards. From a simple choice of clothing, a look can in fact express a global lifestyle. Even if seemingly light, style can show the choice of a certain way of life and be an exit from social constraints. It can reveal existential choices, whether political, philosophical or sexual.This researches are involving different groups of people and communities. What could possibly link Congolese Sapers, Voguers, Cosplayers, Roller derby and New-Burlesque performers? A priori different, most likely antagonistic and gathering a large range of people from various ages, social classes or origins, these subcultures still share a lot of similarities. From a comparable ideology to the use of similar symbols and compatible social organizations, they all seek to re-enchant our world in a critique of cast societies and question the limits of their social imperatives.In both photography and sociology, this PhD aims at forming a kaleidoscope of various facets of self-presentation in our contemporary society, with all its hopes and disappointments.

La thèse s'attache à aborder, par le prisme de la notion de roman symbolique, un corpus de romans choisis parmi les œuvres de Sylvie Germain, Henry Bauchau et Philippe Le Guillou. La démarche de ces trois auteurs, investissant pleinement les ressources de la narration et du romanesque, permet de les situer dans une lignée littéraire qui rencontre le roman mythologique, initiatique, ou la démarche psychanalytique ; la notion de symbole se situe à la confluence de ces orientations, sans que l'on puisse résumer la démarche des trois romanciers à un seul de ces modèles. Le roman symbolique est ainsi situé dans le cadre des interrogations modernes et contemporaines, portant sur la représentation par l'écriture. Celle-ci apparaît comme symbolique dans le corpus, car la figuration se fait signification, et appel à l'interprétation : elle est aussi configuration et transfiguration. Une vision du monde ressort par conséquent de ces œuvres, renouvelant l'approche de questions, à dimension philosophique et spirituelle, qui sous-tendent tout système symbolique, celle de la situation de l'homme dans le monde, perçu comme une totalité avec laquelle on peut entrer en relation, et celle de la figuration de l'invisible, qu'il s'agisse d'une autre dimension de la réalité ou des profondeurs de l'intériorité. La thématique de la confrontation de l'homme à ce qui le dépasse ou lui échappe, ainsi présente dans les œuvres, a des conséquences sur la poétique du roman : c'est l'écriture elle-même qui manifeste un dépassement ou une inadéquation avec son objet, et se fait ainsi révélation d'une transcendance en creux, dont la présence paradoxale se réalise dans le langage romanesque. / Through the notion of symbolism in the novel, this thesis deals with a corpus of works written by Sylvie Germain, Henry Bauchau and Philippe Le Guillou. Thanks to fictional and narrative techniques, these authors' approach belongs to a literature between the mythological novel, the initiation rite genre or the psychoanalytical approach. The notion of symbol fits into the directions mentioned above ; however, the three novelists' approach cannot be restricted to one of these notions. The symbolic novel identifies with modern and contemporary questionings about representation in writing which appears through symbolism in the novels, for figuration turns into signification and appeals interpretation : it is both construction and metamorphosis. As a consequence, in these works the world is perceived with its philosophical and spiritual dimensions that are inherent in symbolism : the one of the man in the world seen in his entirety with whom communication is possible and the one of the figuration of the invisible whether it is another dimension of reality or deep inwardness. In these works, the theme of the man confronted to what is beyond him or what escapes from his reality impacts on the poetry of the novel : it is the writing itself that expresses an appearance or an inadequation with its topic and thus reveals an empty transcendance which paradoxal figuration exists in fictional language.