Text in Afrikaans / In hierdie navorsing word die interpersoonlike proses waardeur betekenissisteme deur dialoog in die terapeutiese konteks geko-konstrueer word, beskryf en gelllustreer, aan die hand van 'n gevallestudie. Hierdie navorsing is gegrond in 'n kubemetiese epistemologie wat impliseer dat probleme, oplossings en realiteite nie as 'n objektiewe realiteit beskryf kan word nie, maar eerder as 'n konstruksie van die observeerder. Terapie word beskryf as 'n dialektiese proses tussen die terapeut en die klient waarin betekenissisteme geko-konstrueer word. Die proses waardeur realiteite deur vertelling in terapie geko-konstrueer word, word gepunktueer in terme van 'n dialektiese beskrywingsproses tussen die sensoriese ervaring (dit sluit in kognitiewe verstandsprosesse wat deur konstruktivistiese teoriee verklaar word), en die beskrywing daarvan in taal (wat deur sosiale konstruktivisme verklaar word). In hierdie rekursiewe proses word betekenissisteme as intersubjektiewe fenomeen geskep en ervaar deur die individu betrokke in dialogiese en interaksionele prosesse. / This research illustrates and describes, through the use of a case study, the interpersonal process through which meaning systems are co-constructed by means of dialogue in the therapeutic context. The research is founded on the cybernetic epistemology which implies that problems, solutions and realities cannot be described as an objective reality, but rather as a construction ofthe observer. Therapy is described as a dialectic process between the therapist and the client in which new meaning systems are being co-constructed. The process in which realities are co-constructed through narratives, are punctuated in terms of a dialectic process of description between the sensory experience (that includes cognitive mental processes which are explained through constructivism), and the description thereof in language (which is explained through social constructivism). In this recursive process meaning systems as an intersubjective phenomena are created and experienced by the individual in dialogical and interactional processes. / Psychology / M.A. (Kliniese Sielkunde)

This study aims to show that the adoption of the cybernetic perspective is appropriate in dealing with relationship problems of interacting and communicating individuals since it authenticates the inclusion of the therapist in the therapeutic system, and thus the creation of a reality by all involved, and not just the therapist alone. The constructivist view of the world and the systemic theoretical assumptions are recognized as the required framework for the adopted cybernetic approach. The consideration of the stability/change nature of change is acknowledged as forming the most essential aspects of the change that system require. Thus addressing both stability of what clients need to maintain of themselves, as well as what they want to change is important. The action research methodology used in this research ensured a focus on the actions of the therapist/social worker while facilitating a therapeutic process with a family. Therefore attention could be given to areas requiring change through the planning, acting and reflecting steps throughout the process. / Social Work / M.A. (Social Science (Mental Health))

O trabalho apresenta um estudo com a finalidade de verificar a aplicabilidade do Modelo do Sistema Viável (VSM Viable System Model) no projeto de uma arquitetura robusta de um Sistema de Informação voltado à área naval nuclear. A ênfase do estudo está em avaliar uma modelagem alternativa para a especificação da arquitetura do Sistema de Informação, incorporando o conjunto de funcionalidades especificadas pelo VSM, com o objetivo de fortalecer esta arquitetura. A estratégia desta pesquisa baseia-se em uma revisão bibliográfica relacionada ao VSM, aos Sistemas de Informação e a sua arquitetura, e às influências destes elementos na sobrevivência das organizações diante das mudanças constantes no ambiente. É apresentado um estudo de caso onde são mostrados os elementos teóricos do VSM e da arquitetura de SI aplicados na elaboração da arquitetura de um SI. O Sistema escolhido para esta aplicação é o Sistema de informação de incidentes nucleares (SIN) nas instalações onde são feitas pesquisas e desenvolvimento de tecnologia nuclear a ser aplicada na propulsão de um submarino. / The present work presents a study aiming to verify the applicability of the Viable System Model (VSM) in a robust architecture for an Information System targeting nuclear naval area. The emphasis of the study is in assessing an alternative modeling for the Information System (IS) architecture specification, incorporating a set of functionalities defined by the VSM, with the purpose of strengthening this architecture. The strategy of this research is based on a bibliographic revision on VSM, Information System and its architecture, and the influence of those elements in the survival of the organizations in a ever changing environment. It is presented one case study where it is showed the theoretical elements of the VSM and IS architecture applied on the development of a IS architecture. The selected system for this application is the IS for nuclear incidents (SIN) on the installations dedicated to research and development on nuclear technology applied to submarine propulsion system.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T18:14:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Eduardo Kiochi Nakamiti.pdf: 730671 bytes, checksum: 08bbe2df9c9c685eaa5e4cdb5a4893a5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-12-05 / The object of this research is to study the spread in mass and digital media in its various forms, scientific advances in the field of human-machine relations. The paper aims to discuss the gap between the forms of academic communication and dissemination, on the one hand, and popular, on the other, that depict the development of post-humanism and post-human in their quest for permanence or immortalization. Our specific objective is to evaluate, through the dissemination of the findings of the sciences of complexity, this popular form of communication that is doing this in digital media such as the Internet and other mass media. This type of communication designed to rapidly disseminate technological advances, simplify complex theories to popular understanding, and especially disseminate theses and controversial studies, often viewed with skepticism by the Academy. The mass media tries to portray the quest for permanence by man, disseminating technological discoveries that highlight the post-human and immortal. But, what is the purpose of this revolution? Why do we need all this energy in popular magazines? Is it because of the speed of these new discoveries? Our hypothesis is that this is necessary to ensure the funding of research in matters of public knowledge, but not yet developed. Methodologically, we use as sources on the one hand, the available academic literature, recognized by the Academy and, in particular, science articles from Scientific American. For dissemination in the mass media, we use the figure of Raymond Kurzweil as an exemplary case, because it comes from a scientist who became famous with the popular dissemination of technological change and its consequences, which result in Artificial Intelligence that will supersede Human intelligence. Because this popularization of science, the public is familiar with terms such as cosmology, nanotechnology, black hole, quasar, boson etc. Show as Ray Kurzweil has every sponsorship and support for their research, based on this disclosure form. Also be used as a source of dissemination multiple sites, as well as the program of Morgan Freeman television series titled "Great mysteries of the universe with Morgan Freeman." As theoretical sources, we use the traditional academic work Lúcia Santaella, Donna Haraway, Neil Badminton, Robert Pepperell, Rudiger Francisco, Paula Sibilia and Raymond Kurzweil, Brian Greene, Miguel Nicolelis, Robert Freitas Júnior, Michio Kaku as popular sources / O objeto desta pesquisa é estudar a divulgação nas mídias de massa e digital, em suas mais variadas formas de avanços científicos na esfera das relações homem-máquina. O trabalho visa discutir o descompasso entre as formas de comunicação e divulgação acadêmica, por um lado, e popular, por outro, que retratam o desenvolvimento do pós-humanismo e do homem pós-humano em sua busca pela permanência ou eternização. Nosso objetivo específico é avaliar, por meio da divulgação das descobertas das ciências da complexidade, esta forma de comunicação popular que está se faz presente nas mídias digitais, tal como a Internet e outras mídias de massa. Esse tipo de comunicação visa divulgar rapidamente os avanços tecnológicos, simplificar teorias complexas para o entendimento popular e, principalmente, divulgar teses e estudos controversos, normalmente vistos pela Academia com certo ceticismo. A mídia de massa se esforça em retratar a busca da permanência pelo homem, divulgando as descobertas tecnológicas que destacam o homem pós-humano como imortal. Mas para que esta revolução? Por que é necessário toda esta energia na divulgação popular? Será por causa da velocidade das descobertas? Nossa hipótese é de que isto se faz necessário para garantir as verbas de pesquisa em temáticas de conhecimento do público, mas ainda não desenvolvidas. Metodologicamente, utilizaremos como fontes, de um lado, a literatura acadêmica disponível, reconhecida pela Academia e, em especial, os artigos científicos da Scientific American. Para a divulgação na mídia de massa, utilizaremos a figura de Raymond Kurzweil como case exemplar, pois se trata de um cientista que se notabilizou com a divulgação popular da evolução tecnológica e de suas consequências, que resultarão numa Inteligência Artificial que suplantará a Inteligência Humana. Esta popularização da ciência está familiarizando o público com termos como cosmologia, nanotecnologia, buracos negro, quasar, bóson etc. Mostraremos como Ray Kurzweil possui todo o patrocínio e apoio para suas pesquisas, baseados nesta forma de divulgação. Também serão utilizados como fonte diversos sites de divulgação, bem como o programa da série televisiva de Morgan Freeman intitulada Grandes mistérios do universo com Morgan Freeman . Como fontes teóricas, usamos os trabalhos acadêmicos tradicionais de Lúcia Santaella, Donna Haraway, Neil Badmington, Robert Pepperell, Francisco Rudiger, Paula Sibilia e Raymond Kurzweil, Brian Greene, Miguel Nicolelis, Robert Freitas Júnior, Michio Kaku como fontes populares

Dans le contexte économique, social, politique et mass-médiatique des années 1960, les reportages photographiques et télévisuels ont pris le relais d'une représentation de la nature et du paysage jusque-là réservée aux artistes. Ces images rompent avec la représentation idyllique d'une nature naturelle et pittoresque pour révéler la nature telle qu'elle est, vivante et fragile, dont l'homme fait partie, mais dont il menace l’intégrité. Paysages blanchis autour des cimenteries, forêts décimées, nuages de dioxine s'échappant du réacteur d'une usine chimique, déversement de pétrole en mer : les images des premières catastrophes écologiques frappent l'imagination. La représentation du paysage devient problématique, les concepts liés à l'idée de nature - tels que l'échelle planétaire, le long temps, le climat, la pollution - y introduisent une part d'immatérialité. Des stratégies plastiques et visuelles se mettent en place à un niveau international : les artistes renouvellent leur approche de la nature. Ils l’envisagent dans ses processus physiques et biologiques, comme site à réhabiliter et comme écosystème. Outre la production de tableaux, environnements, objets, performances et photographies, certains rédigent des communiqués, déclarations, manifestes, lettres ouvertes, s’engagent dans des associations, des partis politiques ou mènent des actions concrètes dans la sphère publique, parfois avec quelques résultats. La présentation du corpus de formulations plastiques et/ou militantes forme l’occasion de questionner l’impact de ces travaux : sont-ils l’occasion d’un renouvellement de la fonction sociale de l’artiste ou relèvent-ils du domaine de l’utopie? Comment leurs auteurs les envisagent-ils ? Leurs effets sont-ils mesurables ? Peuvent-ils faire l’objet d’études d’impact ? Selon quelle méthodologie et avec quelles précautions ? / In the economic, social and political environments of the 1960s, themass media evolution led photography and television reports to take over the representation of nature and landscape. Until then, the illustration of nature and landscape had been the preserve of artists. The new trend was to move away from the idyllic representation of the natural world in order to reveal nature as it really is, alive and fragile, a nature in which man plays an integral role while also posing a threat to its integrity.Landscapes started to feature ecological disasters such as: decimated forests, clouds of dioxin billowing from chemical reactors, oil spills in the sea or also cement work, – in essence, familiar images that strike the imagination. Such representation of landscape was in itself a challenge. Concepts connected to the idea of nature, such as a global climate, pollution, scale effect, and long term impact, introduced an element of immateriality.Various strategies to create visual and plastic representations were initiated across the world; a number of artists renewed their approach to nature. They envisaged it in its physical and biological processes, and addressed it as a series of ecosystems and locations that need to be rehabilitated. Concrete actions in the public sphere have sometimes produced significant results: photos, objects, performances, environments, as well as draft communiqués, declarations, manifestos, open letters and the participation in associations or political parties.The presentation of the body of plastic formulation and/or militant acts raises the issue of their impact. Do they represent the renewal of the social role of the artist, or are they just an utopian vision? How do their authors envisage them? Are their effects measurable? Can it be the subject of environmental studies? What methodology to use? And what are its limitations ?

This study examines the myth of the surrogate power of canonicity by exposing the condition of liminality of the Zimbabwean short story genre within African literary canon. Building on the hypothesis that canonisation distorts literature the study postulates that literary canon produce predictable biases in construing the position of the short story. It fossilises and condenses the marginal genres to the extent that the existing canon repertoire hardly recognises them. The peripheral but de facto canon of the short story genre entertains a strong relationship of heteronomy to the mainstream/central canon. This thesis studies this relationship which determines canon formation within the African literary systems. It challenges the prevailing status quo in which the short story is polarised against other literary modes. The polarity creates a charged diametric force between the presumed canonical genres and the supposedly non-canonical short story mess. What lacks in this equation of conflicts is a sense of revival, reformation and continuity of the short story canon. The marginality of the short story canon is predicated on factors external to the genre itself, such as the influence of colonial institutions, collegiate institutions and publishers on writers. These factors pervade the dialectics of canonical marginality of the genre. The study, which argues that there is no unanimity on theory of canon, proposes Africulture, as both a theory and praxis of Afrocentricity, to function as an arbiter of short story literary reputation and consecration. The research reveres the autonomous value of African story-telling tradition which withstood the test and movement of time, in the process, surviving not only the historical-cum-cultural threat of colonial loss and canonical displacement, but also the throes and will power of new media and digital technologies. The ascendancy of the electronic short story genre to canonical status remains questionable. Critical controversies abound about the canonicity of electronic literature. The study employs Technauriture as a theoretical model for rethinking the transcendence of the electronic short story canon. The study concludes that, by virtue of its resilience, the short story ought to be treated as a wholesale and independent genre, worth of full scale appreciation. / African Languages / D. Litt. et Phil. (African Languages)

This study aims to show that the adoption of the cybernetic perspective is appropriate in dealing with relationship problems of interacting and communicating individuals since it authenticates the inclusion of the therapist in the therapeutic system, and thus the creation of a reality by all involved, and not just the therapist alone. The constructivist view of the world and the systemic theoretical assumptions are recognized as the required framework for the adopted cybernetic approach. The consideration of the stability/change nature of change is acknowledged as forming the most essential aspects of the change that system require. Thus addressing both stability of what clients need to maintain of themselves, as well as what they want to change is important. The action research methodology used in this research ensured a focus on the actions of the therapist/social worker while facilitating a therapeutic process with a family. Therefore attention could be given to areas requiring change through the planning, acting and reflecting steps throughout the process. / Social Work / M.A. (Social Science (Mental Health))

This study focuses on the cybernetic complementarity of stability and change in family therapy. Stability and change involve both the client and therapist, and is a selfreferential process where the observer is part of that which is observed. One couple was involved in ten therapy sessions. During the action research cycles of planning, acting and reflecting, the principles of systems theory, cybernetics and second cybernetics were implemented. A team consisting of one lecturer and two students were actively involved throughout all the phases of the research process. During therapy, the therapist focused on stability to facilitate change in the structure of the couple's organizational system. The research served as a good example of how punctuation of two complementarity processes (stability and change) can enable and empower clients to autonomously reflect on their own behaviour, and to make decisions regarding patterns they would like or feel ready to change. / Social Science (Mental Health) / Thesis (M. Soc. Science)--University of South Africa, 2001. / M.A. (Social Science (Mental Health))

This study sets out to demonstrate the usefulness of cybernetic description for grief therapy, specifically the field parental loss of a child. This paradigm was used to facilitate an alternate mode of conceptualisation, one engendering a more encompassing, aesthetic view. The following core cybernetic concepts were used: punctuation, complementarity, pattern and metapattern forming the framework of cybernetic description as applied. A literature study attempting to merge the gestalt of cybernetic description with that of bereavement theory, specifically that pertaining to the parental loss of a child, is presented. A single case study is described illustrating how cybernetic description is applied to the grief narrative. Arising out of this, the implications of cybernetic description for the field of grief and social work in general are outlined. / Social Work / M.A. (Social Science (Mental Health))

This thesis constitutes a narrative description of the evolution of my therapeutic self during my training as a clinical psychologist. During the telling of this story, I review the ways in which I was perturbed by the mix between the various theories and the various contexts visited during the years of my post-graduate training. I have described and critically compared my responses to the following models: psychoanalytic, psychodynamic, first-order cybernetic, and secondorder cybernetic (covering the first, second and third movements). Throughout, I have attempted to track the development of a congruent, personal therapeutic self while simultaneously assuming that this self is constantly coming-into-being. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology)