Cast in the dual genre of ethnographic biography, this thesis is focused on the life, work and vision of the late Edward Ned Mippy, an Aboriginal Elder of the Yuat Nyoongara Community who devoted the latter years of his life to promoting and developing the cultural identity of his people. As biography, it portrays the life of Mr. Mippy with particular emphasis on the factors which help to highlight his understandings and his vision for an Indigenous cultural renewal. As ethnography, the study is intended as a vehicle for wider concerns, evoking an interpretative glimpse of his community and contributing a new perspective of that community as a continuing social entity.These aims are broadly set forth in the brief introduction. The first chapter of the thesis then outlines the origin and development of the research project and the evolution of its methodology. Chapter two presents a picture of Mr. Mippys life experience, largely in terms of his own recorded memories and perceptions, while chapter three places his later life in a community context which includes historical, personal and demographic perspectives. The following two chapters, four and five, present various accounts of the work undertaken by Edward Mippy. They offer a glimpse of his cultural knowledge, seeking to explain the nature of his vision and the way in which his goals were implemented. The sixth chapter aims to situate his life and work in the wider social and academic discourses of Indigenous identity. The thesis then concludes with an interpretation of Mr. Mippys personal understandings regarding the dynamics of cultural transmission and its importance for future generations.

Este trabalho buscou investigar os usos do Caderno do Aluno de Língua Inglesa, material impresso de apoio, semelhante a um livro didático, veiculado pela recente Proposta Curricular (2008), para as escolas públicas do Estado de São Paulo, disponível nas escolas a partir de 2009. Para tal, foi realizada uma pesquisa de cunho qualitativo e inspiração etnográfica, na qual foram entrevistados dez professores de língua inglesa de Rede Pública Estadual com o objetivo de conhecermos algumas de suas percepções referentes ao uso do Caderno do Aluno, com base nas considerações delineadas por Lefebvre (1980;1981) e Penin (1989;1995), a respeito do estudo da das representações e da vida cotidiana. Foi acompanhado, também, um professor da disciplina durante o segundo semestre de 2009 e primeiro de 2010 para que fossem observadas suas aulas nas classes de 5ª à 8ª séries. As observações, registros, transcrições e análises foram realizadas com base nas diretrizes enunciadas por Rockwell (1987), que descreve as características e procedimentos da pesquisa etnográfica. O estudo indica que a nova organização curricular e o instrumento impresso trouxeram mudanças positivas para a rotinas das aulas de inglês. No entanto, observamos que não houve alterações substancias na rotina das aulas em relação à concepção de ensino da disciplina, historicamente focada no estudo das estruturas da língua. Finalmente, é apresentada uma reflexão acerca das características que envolvem o estudo qualitativo, à luz das proposições de Hammersley (1989, 1993). Objetivamos assim, promover uma discussão sobre a metodologia para que esta seja novamente utilizada em outros estudos, referentes à mesma temática, ampliando o escopo de pesquisas sobre o ensino de língua inglesa na escola pública no futuro. / The objective of this work was to investigate the uses of the Caderno do Aluno de Lingua Inglesa (Student\'s English Notebook), the recently printed school material, similar to a school book , created and distributed due by the new Proposta Curricular (2008) and meant to be used in the public schools of São Paulo state. In order to do so, qualitative research was conducted, inspired by the ethnographic approach and ten English language teachers were interviewed, so that we could observe their perceptions and representations towards the use of the Notebook, based on the considerations placed by Lefebvfre (1980,1981) and Penin (1989, 1995). Also, a state school teacher was observed while dealing with his ten to fifteen- year-old students during the second semester of 2009 and first of 2010. The observation register and data analyses were based on Rockwell´s description and definition of the ethnographic procedures. The study indicates that the new curriculum and the printed tool, the notebook have brought positive changes to the routine of teachers and students. However, it was observed that there were no deeper changes into the teaching routine of the subject, historically focused on the study of the language structures. Finally, we provide the reader with some reflexions over qualitative study based on the proposition stated by Hammersley (1989, 1993) so that we can help spreading the approach in a sense that it might inspire and broaden the range of studies about the teaching English as a Foreign Language in public schools in the future.

Este trabalho buscou investigar os usos do Caderno do Aluno de Língua Inglesa, material impresso de apoio, semelhante a um livro didático, veiculado pela recente Proposta Curricular (2008), para as escolas públicas do Estado de São Paulo, disponível nas escolas a partir de 2009. Para tal, foi realizada uma pesquisa de cunho qualitativo e inspiração etnográfica, na qual foram entrevistados dez professores de língua inglesa de Rede Pública Estadual com o objetivo de conhecermos algumas de suas percepções referentes ao uso do Caderno do Aluno, com base nas considerações delineadas por Lefebvre (1980;1981) e Penin (1989;1995), a respeito do estudo da das representações e da vida cotidiana. Foi acompanhado, também, um professor da disciplina durante o segundo semestre de 2009 e primeiro de 2010 para que fossem observadas suas aulas nas classes de 5ª à 8ª séries. As observações, registros, transcrições e análises foram realizadas com base nas diretrizes enunciadas por Rockwell (1987), que descreve as características e procedimentos da pesquisa etnográfica. O estudo indica que a nova organização curricular e o instrumento impresso trouxeram mudanças positivas para a rotinas das aulas de inglês. No entanto, observamos que não houve alterações substancias na rotina das aulas em relação à concepção de ensino da disciplina, historicamente focada no estudo das estruturas da língua. Finalmente, é apresentada uma reflexão acerca das características que envolvem o estudo qualitativo, à luz das proposições de Hammersley (1989, 1993). Objetivamos assim, promover uma discussão sobre a metodologia para que esta seja novamente utilizada em outros estudos, referentes à mesma temática, ampliando o escopo de pesquisas sobre o ensino de língua inglesa na escola pública no futuro. / The objective of this work was to investigate the uses of the Caderno do Aluno de Lingua Inglesa (Student\'s English Notebook), the recently printed school material, similar to a school book , created and distributed due by the new Proposta Curricular (2008) and meant to be used in the public schools of São Paulo state. In order to do so, qualitative research was conducted, inspired by the ethnographic approach and ten English language teachers were interviewed, so that we could observe their perceptions and representations towards the use of the Notebook, based on the considerations placed by Lefebvfre (1980,1981) and Penin (1989, 1995). Also, a state school teacher was observed while dealing with his ten to fifteen- year-old students during the second semester of 2009 and first of 2010. The observation register and data analyses were based on Rockwell´s description and definition of the ethnographic procedures. The study indicates that the new curriculum and the printed tool, the notebook have brought positive changes to the routine of teachers and students. However, it was observed that there were no deeper changes into the teaching routine of the subject, historically focused on the study of the language structures. Finally, we provide the reader with some reflexions over qualitative study based on the proposition stated by Hammersley (1989, 1993) so that we can help spreading the approach in a sense that it might inspire and broaden the range of studies about the teaching English as a Foreign Language in public schools in the future.

The presented work is an empirical study offering an insight into the providing of addictology care in the everyday practice. In a selected Organization, I ethnographically examine how the good addictology practice is done and what, according to the participants, makes it good. That means how the Organization comes to what is good and what is not, when and in which situation is it good. Through analyses of Organization's everyday life taking place in various facilities helping people at risk of dependents and their loved ones, through documents analyses and through the way the Organization presents itself, I offer proved a support for the good practice. These are the organization's spirit, that is cultivated from the long-term care for the organization's culture and also an awareness of the constant formation of one's own path towards good and even better care. However, neither the path nor the spirit has the same face and final form. Although it stands on solid foundations, which are the organizational values (respect, openness, responsibility, relationship and cooperation) and is based on a long history and traditions, it is shaped by what every day brings to the Organization. Despite its functional support, the Organization is not free from mistakes, errors. However, it seeks to ensure that its...