I apply enchantment theory to William Gibson's Neuromancer and several works by the Japanese SF author Masaki Goro to reveal shared assumptions about Japan as the locus of an emergent techno-social hybridity. Both Gibson and Masaki register signs of widespread disenchantment stemming from an increasingly technologically advanced society with a ruthlessly efficient take on capitalism. However, they mobilize their portrayals to different ends. I demonstrate that the authors diverge in their assessments of a technologically-mediated reenchantment. I also argue that the authors' use of conventions from hard-boiled fiction performs several functions. First, it ironically highlights the impossibility of nostalgia in such a future world, where the concept of home is divested of stability. Second, it evinces an anxiety over the transition from individualistic subjectivity to decentered posthumanity. Third, it reinforces the theme of the supplantation of the traditional nation-state by hyper-capitalist forms.

Sport horse genetic evaluations are used throughout Europe to inform breeding practices. In England specifically, British Equestrian Federation Futurity evaluations are used to assess horse potential and to inform British breeding. Futurity premium scores are allocated to represent performance potential based on horse’s component traits (primarily conformation and locomotion). This study demonstrated that over half (61/106) questionnaire respondents believe that Futurity premium scores influence horse training decisions and monetary value. This is highly relevant to the industry as premium scores can therefore have economic and welfare implications. Therefore horse premiums must be reliable and indicative of future competition performance. Retrospective Futurity premiums (n=566) were investigated for reliability using the MiniTab™ v17 statistical package. Regression analysis of premium scores versus test variables demonstrated that whilst horse age and colour significantly correlated with Futurity premiums (P=0.017 and P=0.027 respectively); sex and test location did not (P >0.05). Regression analysis of components of horse competition records (lifetime points, placings, winnings, percentage scores and penalty points) versus Futurity premiums demonstrated limited correlations. British Eventing penalty point scores correlated with the majority of Futurity scores, BD percentage scores correlated with one and British Showjumping, none. British Eventing penalty point scores appear the most appropriate measure of performance as this method evaluates each phase of the individual’s competition, unlike points/placings. Futurity component scores demonstrated mixed results. A high Futurity score did not necessarily predict a high performance score. A key issue with the data was the fact that the horses examined were relatively young. Average horse age was 7 years and therefore these horses may not have been old enough to have developed their abilities towards their mature potential, limiting competition results therefore their records and consequently affecting analysis outcomes. Furthermore, industry practitioners have highlighted judge subjectivity as a limitation, however results suggest that test location (representing the judging panel) is not influential in scoring. As the Futurity develops, a larger dataset of older horses will become available which will provide further insight into the tests usefulness.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgico / FundaÃÃo Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Cientifico e TecnolÃgico / O trabalho trata da expressÃo da futuridade nos tipos de discurso das ordens do expor e do narrar e investiga a variaÃÃo entre formas â como presente do indicativo, perÃfrase ir + infinitivo e futuro do presente do indicativo, na ordem do expor, e como imperfeito do indicativo, perÃfrase ir + infinitivo e futuro do pretÃrito do indicativo, na ordem do narrar â que codificam subdomÃnios funcionais de expressÃo de futuridade baseados nos tipos de discurso. SÃo objetivos do trabalho: a) delimitar subdomÃnios funcionais de expressÃo da futuridade, relacionando-os aos tipos de discurso do expor e do narrar, baseando-se na perspectiva interacionista social, de Bronckart (2003); b) analisar a variaÃÃo entre as formas acima, usando princÃpios e metodologia da Teoria da variaÃÃo e mudanÃa, de Labov (2008). A pesquisa analisa dados obtidos do uso da lÃngua, provenientes de corpora das modalidades oral e escrita, produzidos no CearÃ, e busca fatores linguÃsticos e sociais que possam condicionar o uso das variantes, submetendo esses dados a tratamento estatÃstico atravÃs do pacote computacional VARBRUL. Os resultados mostram que o valor e o uso das formas investigadas sÃo diferentes nos diferentes tipos de discurso. No discurso interativo, da ordem do expor, ir + infinitivo foi a variante preferida, mas no discurso teÃrico, tambÃm da ordem do expor, a variante preferida foi o futuro do presente. No relato interativo, da ordem do narrar, a variante mais usada foi ir + infinitivo, e, na narraÃÃo, tambÃm da ordem do narrar, foi o futuro do pretÃrito. Os resultados mostram tambÃm que grupos de fatores linguÃsticos, como projeÃÃo da futuridade, e grupos de fatores sociais, como idade e sexo, sÃo relevantes na variaÃÃo das formas em questÃo nos tipos de discurso observados. O grupo de fatores linguÃsticos projeÃÃo da futuridade mostra que parece existir uma relaÃÃo entre as variantes e a expressÃo de mais ou menos certeza sobre o futuro. Os contextos de mais certeza sÃo reservados para as formas do presente e imperfeito do indicativo na expressÃo da futuridade. O grupo de fatores idade sugere, em linhas gerais, que hà um processo de mudanÃa no qual ir + infinitivo està assumindo a funÃÃo de expressÃo de futuridade em lugar do futuro do presente e futuro do pretÃrito do indicativo. O processo de mudanÃa parece ser mais avanÃado no discurso interativo e no relato interativo, entretanto, no discurso teÃrico e na narraÃÃo o processo à incipiente. O grupo de fatores sexo sugere, como a teoria sociolinguÃstica hipotetiza, que as mulheres assumem a implementaÃÃo da nova variante (ir + infinitivo) quando o processo de mudanÃa à mais avanÃado, mas os homens usam com mais frequÃncia a nova forma no comeÃo do processo de mudanÃa. Outros grupos de fatores, como paradigma verbal, ocorrÃncia da forma em construÃÃo verbal maior e futuridade quanto à limitaÃÃo sugerem que princÃpios funcionalistas, como o princÃpio da retenÃÃo (BYBEE, 2003) e o princÃpio das regras de quantidade (GIVON, 2001), tÃm influÃncia no uso das variantes. / The research deals with the expression of futurity in the types of discourse of the exposition and of the narration orders and investigates the variation between forms â as indicative present, periphrasis ir + infinitive and indicative present future, in the exposition order, and as indicative imperfect past, periphrasis ir + infinitive and indicative past future, in the narration order â that codify functional subdomains of expression of futurity based on that types of discourse. It has as objectives: a) to delimit functional subdomains of expression of futurity, relating them to the types of discourse of the exposition and narration orders, basing on the social interactionist perspective of Bronckart (2003); b) to analyze the variation between the forms above, using principles and methodology of the Theory of variation and change of Labov (2008). It analyzes data from language use, originated from corpora of oral and written modalities, produced in CearÃ, and it searches for linguistics and social factors that can determine the use of the variants, submitting this data to statistic treatment on the computational pack VARBRUL. The results show that the value and the use of the investigated variants are different, so are different the types of discourse. In interactive discourse, of the exposition order, ir + infinitive was the preferred variant, although in theoretical discourse, of the exposition order too, the preferred variant was indicative present future. In the related discourse, of the narration order, the most used variant was ir + infinitive, and, in the narration, of the narration order, it was indicative past future. The results show also that linguistic factor groups, as projection of futurity, and social factor groups, as age and gender, are relevant in the variation of the analyzed forms in the types of discourse observed. Projection of futurity lingugistic factor group shows that seems to exist a relation between the variants and the expression of more or less certainty about the future. The contexts of more certainty are reserved especially to the forms of simple present and imperfect past on the expression of futurity. The social factor group age suggests, in a general line, that there is a process of change, in that ir + infinitive is assuming the function of expression of futurity in the place of indicative present future and past future. This process of change seems to be more advanced in the interactive discourse and in the related discourse, although, in the theoretical discourse and in the narration, the process is incipient. Gender factor group suggests, as the sociolinguistics theory has as hypothesis, that women assume the implementation of the new variant (ir + infinitive) when the process of change is more advanced, but men use with more frequency the new form in the beginning of the change process. Other factor groups, as verbal paradigm, occurrence of the form in a bigger verbal construction and limitation of futurity suggest that functionalist principles, as the principle of retention (BYBEE, 2003) and the principle of the quantity rules (GIVÃN, 2001), have influence in the use of variants.

Recent writing in the anthropology of affect and cognate fields has positioned hope as a useful category with which to examine socio-political life and formulate a political and theoretical response adequate to its form. This dissertation extends this endeavour by exploring the ‘hopeful projects' mothers and families undertake in order to secure their children's futures in contemporary Cape Town. Based on ethnographic research conducted with Black mothers between March and October 2018, I argue that the supposedly private maternal hopes my interlocutors hold are in fact indexical of the ways in which social inequality functions and becomes manifest in everyday life and care. Situated at the interface of embodied experience and political histories, their hopes are indicative of how liberal logics of selfextension, self-mastery, and self-maximisation are inhabited to produce alternative futures. At the same time, however, such hopes are continually undone by contexts of intractable structural violence and deprivation, reinvested into normative notions of kinship, domesticity, sexuality, and the body, or marshalled to perform reparative work that should properly fall under the purview of the state. In detailing the ways in which my interlocutors attempt to craft more capacious, more just, and more materially abundant futures for their children, I illustrate the affective entailments of life-building in post-Apartheid South Africa

ALVES, Thiago Gil Lessa. A Expressão da futuridade nos tipos de discurso do expor e do narrar a partir de textos de língua falada e escrita cearenses. 2011. 262f. – Tese (Doutorado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Departamento de Letras Vernáculas, Programa de Pós-graduação em Linguística, Fortaleza (CE), 2011. / Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2014-08-26T11:55:23Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2011_tese_tglalves.pdf: 1306320 bytes, checksum: 1d574a0ba923b62c24a15733dbd38e05 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo(marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2014-08-26T12:58:16Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2011_tese_tglalves.pdf: 1306320 bytes, checksum: 1d574a0ba923b62c24a15733dbd38e05 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-26T12:58:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2011_tese_tglalves.pdf: 1306320 bytes, checksum: 1d574a0ba923b62c24a15733dbd38e05 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / The research deals with the expression of futurity in the types of discourse of the exposition and of the narration orders and investigates the variation between forms – as indicative present, periphrasis ir + infinitive and indicative present future, in the exposition order, and as indicative imperfect past, periphrasis ir + infinitive and indicative past future, in the narration order – that codify functional subdomains of expression of futurity based on that types of discourse. It has as objectives: a) to delimit functional subdomains of expression of futurity, relating them to the types of discourse of the exposition and narration orders, basing on the social interactionist perspective of Bronckart (2003); b) to analyze the variation between the forms above, using principles and methodology of the Theory of variation and change of Labov (2008). It analyzes data from language use, originated from corpora of oral and written modalities, produced in Ceará, and it searches for linguistics and social factors that can determine the use of the variants, submitting this data to statistic treatment on the computational pack VARBRUL. The results show that the value and the use of the investigated variants are different, so are different the types of discourse. In interactive discourse, of the exposition order, ir + infinitive was the preferred variant, although in theoretical discourse, of the exposition order too, the preferred variant was indicative present future. In the related discourse, of the narration order, the most used variant was ir + infinitive, and, in the narration, of the narration order, it was indicative past future. The results show also that linguistic factor groups, as projection of futurity, and social factor groups, as age and gender, are relevant in the variation of the analyzed forms in the types of discourse observed. Projection of futurity lingugistic factor group shows that seems to exist a relation between the variants and the expression of more or less certainty about the future. The contexts of more certainty are reserved especially to the forms of simple present and imperfect past on the expression of futurity. The social factor group age suggests, in a general line, that there is a process of change, in that ir + infinitive is assuming the function of expression of futurity in the place of indicative present future and past future. This process of change seems to be more advanced in the interactive discourse and in the related discourse, although, in the theoretical discourse and in the narration, the process is incipient. Gender factor group suggests, as the sociolinguistics theory has as hypothesis, that women assume the implementation of the new variant (ir + infinitive) when the process of change is more advanced, but men use with more frequency the new form in the beginning of the change process. Other factor groups, as verbal paradigm, occurrence of the form in a bigger verbal construction and limitation of futurity suggest that functionalist principles, as the principle of retention (BYBEE, 2003) and the principle of the quantity rules (GIVÓN, 2001), have influence in the use of variants. / O trabalho trata da expressão da futuridade nos tipos de discurso das ordens do expor e do narrar e investiga a variação entre formas – como presente do indicativo, perífrase ir + infinitivo e futuro do presente do indicativo, na ordem do expor, e como imperfeito do indicativo, perífrase ir + infinitivo e futuro do pretérito do indicativo, na ordem do narrar – que codificam subdomínios funcionais de expressão de futuridade baseados nos tipos de discurso. São objetivos do trabalho: a) delimitar subdomínios funcionais de expressão da futuridade, relacionando-os aos tipos de discurso do expor e do narrar, baseando-se na perspectiva interacionista social, de Bronckart (2003); b) analisar a variação entre as formas acima, usando princípios e metodologia da Teoria da variação e mudança, de Labov (2008). A pesquisa analisa dados obtidos do uso da língua, provenientes de corpora das modalidades oral e escrita, produzidos no Ceará, e busca fatores linguísticos e sociais que possam condicionar o uso das variantes, submetendo esses dados a tratamento estatístico através do pacote computacional VARBRUL. Os resultados mostram que o valor e o uso das formas investigadas são diferentes nos diferentes tipos de discurso. No discurso interativo, da ordem do expor, ir + infinitivo foi a variante preferida, mas no discurso teórico, também da ordem do expor, a variante preferida foi o futuro do presente. No relato interativo, da ordem do narrar, a variante mais usada foi ir + infinitivo, e, na narração, também da ordem do narrar, foi o futuro do pretérito. Os resultados mostram também que grupos de fatores linguísticos, como projeção da futuridade, e grupos de fatores sociais, como idade e sexo, são relevantes na variação das formas em questão nos tipos de discurso observados. O grupo de fatores linguísticos projeção da futuridade mostra que parece existir uma relação entre as variantes e a expressão de mais ou menos certeza sobre o futuro. Os contextos de mais certeza são reservados para as formas do presente e imperfeito do indicativo na expressão da futuridade. O grupo de fatores idade sugere, em linhas gerais, que há um processo de mudança no qual ir + infinitivo está assumindo a função de expressão de futuridade em lugar do futuro do presente e futuro do pretérito do indicativo. O processo de mudança parece ser mais avançado no discurso interativo e no relato interativo, entretanto, no discurso teórico e na narração o processo é incipiente. O grupo de fatores sexo sugere, como a teoria sociolinguística hipotetiza, que as mulheres assumem a implementação da nova variante (ir + infinitivo) quando o processo de mudança é mais avançado, mas os homens usam com mais frequência a nova forma no começo do processo de mudança. Outros grupos de fatores, como paradigma verbal, ocorrência da forma em construção verbal maior e futuridade quanto à limitação sugerem que princípios funcionalistas, como o princípio da retenção (BYBEE, 2003) e o princípio das regras de quantidade (GIVON, 2001), têm influência no uso das variantes.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-09-13T18:14:40Z No. of bitstreams: 1 fernandacunhasousa.pdf: 1598443 bytes, checksum: 65e01902ac9f240cb4d888e77ba3758b (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Diamantino Mayra (mayra.diamantino@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-09-26T20:16:35Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 fernandacunhasousa.pdf: 1598443 bytes, checksum: 65e01902ac9f240cb4d888e77ba3758b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-26T20:16:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 fernandacunhasousa.pdf: 1598443 bytes, checksum: 65e01902ac9f240cb4d888e77ba3758b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-12-22 / FAPEMIG - Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais / Nosso objetivo de estudo é o de verificar as diferentes possibilidades de construções com querer seguidas de complementos formados por V2. Para essa verificação, o trabalho será norteado, a partir da perspectiva funcionalista discursiva, por duas hipóteses que acreditamos que se complementem: 1. O verbo querer, em virtude de sua carga semântica volitiva, envolve sempre noções de projeção, futuridade e, portanto, irrealis; 2. As diferentes construções querer podem ser descritas de acordo com as diferentes relações sintáticosemânticas estabelecidas com V2 (seja como oração, perífrase ou formando uma só unidade semântica com querer); Para a verificação das hipóteses levantadas e aplicação das teorias selecionadas, utilizamos um corpus pancrônico documental constituído de textos completos: 1. do século XII ao XVI, retirados do Corpus diacrônico do CIPM e do site do Instituto Camões; 2. do século XVII ao XX, fotografados e transcritos diretamente do acervo do Arquivo Nacional do Rio de Janeiro; 3. do século XX ao XXI, transcritos diretamente de cópias impressas dos arquivos do setor de Ações Penais da Vara Federal Criminal da Subseção Judiciária do Rio de Janeiro e textos retirados do site oficial do Supremo Tribunal Federal. E, como as ocorrências encontradas no século XXI do corpus pancrônico foram poucas, para validar a análise empreendida em um corpus escrito do português atual, utilizamos ainda textos escritos retirados da Revista Você SA para formar um corpus exclusivamente sincrônico em que o fenômeno estudado aparecesse. Querer revelou, em nossos dados, duas acepções recorrentes: introdutor de vontade e de vontade/polidez; mas, em conjunto com V2, pode ainda apresentar valores semânticos de conclusão ou função discursiva que se aproxima de um marcador discursivo. Após a análise qualitativa, verificaremos a frequência de cada uma das configurações morfossintáticas possíveis para querer para verificar a distribuição dessas construções nos corpora sincrônico e pancrônico por acreditarmos que a frequência de uso pode ser um fator determinante para elucidar processos de gramaticalização. Para abordar os estágios de encaixamento e de dependência entre querer e V2 observados nas diferentes possibilidades de conexões de oração, trabalhamos com a proposta de Lehmann (1988) e Halliday (1994), e com as propostas de Bybee et alii (1994), Hopper (1991), Heine (1993/1994) sobre a Teoria da Gramaticalização. O fenômeno da gramaticalização é compreendido como um processo que envolve o recrutamento de material lexical que tende a um deslizamento funcional na direção de um item mais gramatical, mas a permanência do traço volitivo impede a completude do processo. Com base no aporte teórico discutido e nas análises empreendidas, foram confirmadas as duas hipóteses inicialmente levantadas para este trabalho. / Our objective of study is to verify the different possibilities of construction with “querer” followed by complements formed by V2. To this verification, our study is going to by guided, from functionalist discursive perspective, by two hypotheses we believe that complement each other: 1. The verb “querer”, by virtue of its volitional semantic load, always involves notions of projection, futurity and, therefore irrealis; 2. The different constructions with “querer” could be described according to the different syntactic-semantic relations established with V2 (either as an oration, or periphrasis forming a single semantic unit with “querer”); For the verification of the considered hypotheses and the application of the selected theories, we used a documental panchronic corpus constituted by complete texts: 1. From the XII to the XVI century, taken from the diachronic Corpus of CIMP and from the Camões Institute website; 2. From the XVII to the XX century, photographed and directly transcripted from the collection of the National Archive of Rio de Janeiro; 3. From the XX to the XXI century, directly transcripted of printed copies of the sector of criminal actions of the Federal Court of Criminal Judiciary Subsection of Rio de Janeiro and texts taken from the official website of Federal Supreme Court. And, how the occurrences found on the XXI century panchronic corpus were few, to validate the analysis undertaken in a written corpus of the actual Portuguese, we also used written texts taken from Você SA magazine to form a corpus exclusively synchronic in that the studied phenomenon appeared. “Querer” revealed, in our data, two recurring meanings: introducer of desire and of desire/politeness; but, with V2, can present semantic values of conclusion or discursive function that approaches of a discursive marker. After the qualitative analysis, we are going to verify the frequency of each one of the possible morphosyntactic configurations for the matrices with “querer” to verify the distribution of these constructions on the synchronic and panchronic corpora because we believe that the frequency of the using can be a determinant factor to elucidate grammaticalization processes. To board the stages of embedding and dependency between matrix and V2 observed in the different possibilities of oration conexions, we worked with the Lehmann proposal (1988) and the Halliday one (1994), and with the Bybee et alii proposal (1994), Hopper (1991), Heine (1993/1994) about the Grammaticalization Theory. The grammaticalization phenomenon is understood as a process that involves recruitment of lexical material that tends to a functional sliding in direction to one item more grammatical, but the permanency of the volitional trait prevents the completion of the process. Based on the theoretical approach discussed and the analysis undertaken, the two hypotheses first raised were confirmed for this study.

Seven series of artworks; painted, drawn and performed. These works are presented as affective incorporation exercises, that test modes of aesthetic communication in response to varying political contingencies. The constitutive processes used to develop the work also function as a methodology for my own political radicalization. As an artist I am wagering how to talk, as an activist I am preparing to act. The artworks discussed occur at the crossroads of these desires as enactions of futurity within the subjunctive mood.

This dissertation deploys queer theory and temporality to investigate the ways in which American authors were writing about identity at the turn of the twentieth century. I provide a more expansive use of queer theory, and argue that queerness moves beyond sexual and gender identity to have intersectional implications. This is articulated in the phrase "queer textual libido" which connects queer theory with affect and temporal theories. Queerness reveals itself on both narrative and rhetorical levels, and can be used productively to show the complex navigation between individual and national identity formation.

In this dissertation I think-with figures of #AnthropoceneChild in speculative texts that story the end of the world through some form of climate catastrophe. In these post-apocalyptic tales, the child-figures do different things. Firstly, child-figures reflect problematics of the contemporary world without interrupting dominant patterns of thought, materiality, and governance. In these stories, the child is the future and the future is the child. Secondly, some child-figures are tasked with protecting a world in which they have been made disposable. This incites critical questions about distributions of racialized harm and also exposes the limits of survivalist logics. Thirdly, a few child-figures refuse current arrangements of existence and set in motion new worlds, even if the contours, forces, and politics cannot yet be fully described. These are speculative worlds of not this, what if, and not yet. Different aspects of this assemblage are centred at different moments in this dissertation. The looseness of the framework allows me to move between the unsettled complexities of bionormative childhoods, anthropogenic climate change, reproductive futurism, and structures of anti-blackness, settler colonialism, and white supremacy in relation to (1) child-figures at the end of a world, (2) child-figures who save their world, and (3) child-figures who destroy the world. This dissertation is organized into two main sections: Part I provides the theoretical background for the speculative arguments developed over Part II. In Part I, I unpack my proposal that #AnthropoceneChild bookends the Anthropocene. By this I mean that the language of birth, origin, and innocence finds repetitious form in scholarly discussions of Anthropocene beginnings, and that child-figures are pivotal to playing out the end of the world in pop culture performances of Anthropocene pedagogy. Part II consists of three chapters that engage with speculative child-figures that inherit and inhabit a damaged planet. This includes grappling with racialized technologies of care and abandonment, folding parent-child relations into environmental discourses of stewardship, and gesturing towards imaginaries of what might be possible after the end of the (white) world. The conclusion pulls the ideas and figures of previous chapters together in a queer-kin consideration of geos-futurities for #AnthropoceneChild wherein the end of the world might not be a cause for mourning but a possibility for an otherwise. / Graduate

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