My MFA project titled, “Lantern's Diary” is a synergy of colors, tactile experiences, and reflections on change. The artwork is based on cultural influences. The physical form of the lantern is a metaphor of culture identity—in Eastern culture, paper has been used in architecture, furniture, clothing, funerals, writing materials, and lanterns. Its function as a material is to fulfill the necessity of daily life and ceremonial rituals. Hence, paper plays an important role in the Eastern society. The color spectrum representing “Change” corresponds with the western system of color organization. The gallery space plays a spatial aesthetic role in guiding one's interpretative journey through the artwork. The cooler colors were placed closer to the entrance of the gallery. Then the warmer colors were arranged and set in the furthest end of the left-hand corner of the gallery. As a result, the warmer colors would draw the viewers to walk around to the other end of the exhibit, signifying the importance of looking on the bright side of things as we go through life changes, with bright hope at the end. I was interested in the thinking and production process. I sketched a lot in my sketchbook and made some prototypes as references. The lanterns were made from reeds and handmade paper. Each of the thirty lanterns is about seven to eight feet tall and hangs from the ceiling of the gallery. The structural form of each lantern may vary a little in detail, but they are all based on the same design concept—a chrysalis. Reeds, commonly used in basket weaving were used to make the skeleton structure of the lanterns. Understanding the profound process of making the lanterns is important, as it mirrors us making sense of changes in our lives as they unfold.

Neste trabalho, foi analisada a influência do conhecimento tradicional da pesca na formulação de políticas públicas do setor no Brasil partindo-se do caso da pesca artesanal no trecho mineiro do rio São Francisco. Para tanto, fez-se uma análise sociológica da organização social da pesca por meio de seus processos, suas formas de interações e suas sínteses, em uma perspectiva micro e macrossociológica, visando identificar como o processo de institucionalização da pesca considera o fazer artesanal - cultura, técnicas e práticas sociais - no escopo das políticas formuladas pelo setor. Em termos institucionais foram discriminados os conflitos e incongruências do projeto de modernização da pesca oriundos do Plano Nacional de Desenvolvimento de Sustentação da Aqüicultura e Pesca da SEAP/PR. Em termos sociais, no que concerne ao modo de vida da pesca artesanal, foram discriminadas as principais características sócio-ambientais que circundam e interagem com o pescador, observando a relação entre a lógica de mercantilização recente do uso das águas doces no Brasil e a evolução das condições de vida e trabalho da categoria entre 1999 e 2004, apontando para uma provável extinção da mesma. O estudo conclui a existência de grande distância entre o discurso e a prática das políticas anunciadas pela SEAP/PR em 2003 e como o projeto de modernização citado reverbera no modo de vida da pesca artesanal do alto-médio São Francisco. / In this work, the influence of the traditional knowledge of fishing on the formulation of public policies on this section in Brazil was analyzed by proceeding with the case of handmade fishing at the section of Minas Gerais of São Francisco river. For that, a sociological analysis of the social organization of the fishing was made by its processes, its forms of interactions, and its syntheses in a micro and macro-sociological perspective, by seeking to identify how the process of institutionalization of the fishing considers the handmade performance - culture, techniques and social practices - in the purpose of the formulated policies on such section. On institutional terms, the conflicts and the incongruities of the project of modernization of fishing derived from the national plan of development of sustenance of the acquiculture and the fishing of the SEAP/PR were discriminated. On social terms, concerning the way of life of handmade fishing, the main socio-environmental characteristics that surround and interact with the fisherman were distinguished by observing the relationship between the logic of the recent mercantilization of the use of fresh water in Brazil and the evolution of the life and work conditions of such category between 1999 and 2004, that points to a probable extinction of it. The study concluded the existence of great distance between the speech and the practice of the announced policies by the SEAP/PR in 2003, and how the cited project of modernization reverberates through the way of life of fishing of high-medium São Francisco.

Neste trabalho, foi analisada a influência do conhecimento tradicional da pesca na formulação de políticas públicas do setor no Brasil partindo-se do caso da pesca artesanal no trecho mineiro do rio São Francisco. Para tanto, fez-se uma análise sociológica da organização social da pesca por meio de seus processos, suas formas de interações e suas sínteses, em uma perspectiva micro e macrossociológica, visando identificar como o processo de institucionalização da pesca considera o fazer artesanal - cultura, técnicas e práticas sociais - no escopo das políticas formuladas pelo setor. Em termos institucionais foram discriminados os conflitos e incongruências do projeto de modernização da pesca oriundos do Plano Nacional de Desenvolvimento de Sustentação da Aqüicultura e Pesca da SEAP/PR. Em termos sociais, no que concerne ao modo de vida da pesca artesanal, foram discriminadas as principais características sócio-ambientais que circundam e interagem com o pescador, observando a relação entre a lógica de mercantilização recente do uso das águas doces no Brasil e a evolução das condições de vida e trabalho da categoria entre 1999 e 2004, apontando para uma provável extinção da mesma. O estudo conclui a existência de grande distância entre o discurso e a prática das políticas anunciadas pela SEAP/PR em 2003 e como o projeto de modernização citado reverbera no modo de vida da pesca artesanal do alto-médio São Francisco. / In this work, the influence of the traditional knowledge of fishing on the formulation of public policies on this section in Brazil was analyzed by proceeding with the case of handmade fishing at the section of Minas Gerais of São Francisco river. For that, a sociological analysis of the social organization of the fishing was made by its processes, its forms of interactions, and its syntheses in a micro and macro-sociological perspective, by seeking to identify how the process of institutionalization of the fishing considers the handmade performance - culture, techniques and social practices - in the purpose of the formulated policies on such section. On institutional terms, the conflicts and the incongruities of the project of modernization of fishing derived from the national plan of development of sustenance of the acquiculture and the fishing of the SEAP/PR were discriminated. On social terms, concerning the way of life of handmade fishing, the main socio-environmental characteristics that surround and interact with the fisherman were distinguished by observing the relationship between the logic of the recent mercantilization of the use of fresh water in Brazil and the evolution of the life and work conditions of such category between 1999 and 2004, that points to a probable extinction of it. The study concluded the existence of great distance between the speech and the practice of the announced policies by the SEAP/PR in 2003, and how the cited project of modernization reverberates through the way of life of fishing of high-medium São Francisco.

隨著科技不斷進步，改變我們傳遞祝福的方式數位祝福形式取代傳統紙本卡片，實體卡片不再普及，手作卡片所擁有的觸覺與情感上的獨特價值也被忽略。數位與手作之間，存在某種隔閡，數位的強大虛擬化傾向與實體物件背後的情感價值似乎有著矛盾性。然而人們對數位科技的依賴不代表實體已經失去魅力，手感經濟的被提倡顯示人們對手作價值的重新看重，也顯示出兩者之間需要尋求更好的連結。 　　故本研究提出一項幫助手作立體卡片製作的行動應用服務構想「HandiCard」，擁有數位輔具在編輯和製作上的便利性，同時容許製作者融入個人巧思，又保有與紙張的實質接觸，是兼具數位科技長處與實體存在感的設計。 　　透過文獻與案探討，本研究歸納出「客製化、手作、即時性」三大影響因素，並匯整立體卡片常見結構與規則，作為HandiCard設計原型的考量。最後根據受訪者的使用意見與回饋，進行整理與討論，探討此原型未來可發展的方向。 / The advance of technology has changed the way we convey blessings. However, these digital methods also diminish the unique value of emotions and the sense of touch which brought by handmade cards. The reflections on advocating Hand-Touch Economy shows that there seems to be a contradiction between the strong tendency of digitalization and the sentimental value of physical objects. 　　Therefore, this study developed “HandiCard”, a prototype for assisting the design and production of pop-up cards by using mobile application. It provides the convenience of digital tools and focuses simultaneously on the sentimental value given by handmade products. We expect that HandiCard could seek out the possibilities of combining digital technology with handmade products, which could provide more real touch and the sense of existence in the digital era. 　　Through literature review and case study, we summed up that “customized”, “handmade”, and “real-time” are the three major factors. Also, we summarized the common structures and principles in pop-up cards as the reference for designing the prototype of HandiCard. At last, we discussed interview feedbacks from user testing to explore the possibilities of being commercialized in the future.

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No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Débora Mota da Silva.pdf: 25629997 bytes, checksum: 87954e2cafd9cbc8b026403a9960ebd5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-07-15 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This thesis approaches the daily consumption of manioc gum and starch which may contain alterations and invisibilities not evident at first contact, but apparent. Manioc gum is consumed on a daily routine, but it also hides an alteration that may not noticeable at first sight. The consumption of manioc starch in Manacapuru, which was previously the consumption of manioc gum, constitutes an aspect of these alterations along the years. The objective is to analyze and discuss the changes in the consumption of handmade manioc gum and starch and how these hidden, almost invisible, alterations are inserted on our daily routine by enlarging the debate to the scope of federal, state and municipal development policies. For this purpose, we employed a methodology from the present to the past and returning to the present for deeper understanding, based on a Lefebvrian perspective, as well as a field research in Manacapuru, and secondary data from official bodies linked to the production of manioc gum and starch. The emergence of cities related to agricultural activities in the Amazon set the relationship between rural and urban, city and field, sometimes harmonious sometimes conflicting. The field supplies the cities with agricultural products, but at the same time, it acquires industrialized products from the cities. The industry changes this relationship, also reflecting on the commercialized manioc gum in the city of Manacapuru, which used to be produced locally through traditional processes and along the years resulted in an exogenous industrialized manioc starch, that is, produced in another Brazilian state, in this case, Paraná. This new product enters the local market in the fairs of Manacapuru covered with handmade gum and passing through a rehydration process. The differentiation between handmade manioc gum and industrialized manioc starch is based on the production process. While manioc gum is produced in an artisanal way, without employing much technology, the production of manioc starch follows an industrial process, with intensive use of technology. The starch industry in Brazil has been encouraged by a larger demand of this product since 2001, but its industrial process has been occurring since the 1950s, a period when it was employed in several industrial fields and the regions concentrating the starch already had a production tradition. Considering the substitution in the consumption of handmade manioc gum with exogenous industrialized manioc starch, some development policies were announced, studied and planned by federal, state and municipal public authorites, as a set or isolated. Among the empirical projects, the construction of a starch industry in the Amazon still has a long way to cover, since in the fairs of Manacapuru, as well as other cities in the Amazon, the commercialized manioc starch is clearly from another state, which implies that the policies inherent to this product did not reach or were not sufficient to enable its development in the state. / A presente dissertação aborda o consumo da goma e da fécula de mandioca inserido no cotidiano, que pode conter transformações e invisibilidades, que em primeiro contato não é evidente e sim aparente. O consumo da goma de mandioca pode ser algo cotidiano, mas ao mesmo tempo esconde uma transformação não perceptível a uma observação simples. O consumo da fécula de mandioca em Manacapuru, que anteriormente era o consumo da goma de mandioca, constitui aspecto das alterações com o passar dos anos. O que se pretende é analisar e discutir a mudança no consumo da goma de mandioca artesanal e fécula industrializada e como essas mudanças veladas, quase imperceptíveis, estão inseridas na vida cotidiana que nos cerca, que estamos nela e ao mesmo tempo fora dela. Ampliando o debate para as esferas de políticas de desenvolvimento no nível federal, estadual e municipal para enfrentar essa substituição. Para alcançar essa proposta utilizou-se o emprego de uma metodologia partindo do presente para o passado retornando ao presente para compreendê-lo, com base em uma visão lefebvriana, assim como uma pesquisa de campo em Manacapuru, e com dados secundários em órgãos oficiais que estariam vinculados a produção da goma e fécula de mandioca. O surgimento das cidades, dentre elas as cidades da Amazônia atrelada às atividades agrícolas, bem como outras atividades, marcam a relação entre rural e urbano, cidade e campo, essa relação ora harmoniosa ora conflituosa. O campo abastece as cidades com produtos agrícolas ao mesmo tempo em que adquire produtos industrializados da cidade. A indústria muda esta relação, esta mudança ocorre também com a goma de mandioca comercializada na cidade de Manacapuru que antes era produzida localmente em moldes tradicionais e com o passar dos anos surgiu uma fécula de mandioca industrializada exógena, ou seja, produzida em outro estado brasileiro, Paraná. Este novo produto entra no mercado local nas feiras de Manacapuru revestido de goma artesanal, passando por um processo de reidratação. A diferenciação entre goma de mandioca artesanal e fécula industrializada de mandioca está baseada na forma de processo de produção da mesma. Enquanto a goma de mandioca é produzida artesanalmente sem o emprego de muita tecnologia, a produção de fécula obedece a um processo industrial, com uso intenso de tecnologia em quantidades maiores. A indústria da fécula no Brasil foi incentivada pela maior procura por este produto a partir do ano de 2001, mas seu processo industrial ocorre desde a década de 1950, período em que é empregada em diversos ramos industriais, e as regiões onde as fecularias estão concentradas já possuíam uma tradição na produção de fécula. Diante da substituição no consumo da goma de mandioca artesanal pela fécula industrializada exógena algumas políticas de desenvolvimento são anunciadas, estudadas e planejadas pelos poderes públicos federal, estadual e municipal, em conjunto ou isoladas, mas entre os projetos empíricos e realização de uma indústria de fécula no Amazonas um longo caminho está sendo percorrido, pois é visível nas feiras de Manacapuru, bem como em outras cidades amazonenses, o comércio da fécula de mandioca oriunda de outro estado, o que denota que as políticas inerentes a esse produto não alcançaram ou não foram suficientes para possibilitarem o desenvolvimento deste produto no estado

The diploma thesis deals with the creation of a business plan for the establishment of a confectionery with a handmade production in Šumperk. The first, theoretical part of the thesis, is focused on the definition of basic concepts in the field of thinking and definition of the activity, the business plan and its structure, especially the analytical and evaluative methods used in the second chapter. The analytical part of the thesis includes the analysis of external, field and internal environment which are analysed by means of collection of secondary and primary data in the form of own marketing survey among potential customers. The design part elaborates in more detail the selected strategy and the follow-up parts of the confectionery establishment plan to make the project workable and viable.

The diploma thesis deals with the creation of a business plan for the establishment of a confectionery with a handmade production in Šumperk. The first, theoretical part of the thesis, is focused on the definition of basic concepts in the field of thinking and definition of the activity, the business plan and its structure, especially the analytical and evaluative methods used in the second chapter. The analytical part of the thesis includes the analysis of external, field and internal environment which are analysed by means of collection of secondary and primary data in the form of own marketing survey among potential customers. The design part elaborates in more detail the selected strategy and the follow-up parts of the confectionery establishment plan to make the project workable and viable.

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Because of a demonstrable need, there should be a course for the study of Appalachian art in the high school curriculum. This study is a proposal for the study of traditional Appalachian art and its importance to the promotion and preservation of the arts and crafts in the Appalachian region. This course consists of background information on selected traditional Appalachian art, contact and interaction with local artists and craftspeople, and student hands-on experience in the art forms considered. Detailed unit and lesson plans are included in the following areas: Spinning and Weaving, Dyeing, Basketry, Quilting, Pottery, Woodcarving, Blacksmithing, Vernacular Architecture, and Handmade Instruments of Country Music. This course has been taught by the writer at Science Hill High School in Johnson City, Tennessee, and was enthusiastically received by both students and members of the community.

Bakalauro baigiamajame darbe nagrinėjama Šiaulių miesto rankų darbo aksesuarų vartotojų elgsenos tema. Tiriamą problemą apibūdina klausimas: kokie pagrindiniai vidiniai ir išoriniai vartotojų elgsenos veiksniai skatina įsigyti rankų darbo aksesuarus? Teorinėje darbo dalyje pateikiama vartotojų elgsenos samprata, vidiniai ir išoriniai veiksniai, vartotojų sprendimo pirkti priėmimo procesas, alternatyvų identifikavimas bei marketingo komplekso elementų įtaka vartotojų elgsenai. Empirinėje darbo dalyje apklausus 100 Šiaulių miesto gyventojų – moterų, identifikuotos esminės priežastys, įtakojančios rankų darbo aksesuarų vartotojų elgseną; išsiaiškinti pagrindiniai tokio tipo aksesuarų pasirinkimo motyvai ir kriterijai, vartotojų nuomonės; giluminio interviu metu pagrįsta kokybinio tyrimo metu gauta informacija. Remiantis gautais kiekybinio ir kokybinio tyrimo rezultatais, sudarytas rankų darbo aksesuarų vartotojų elgsenos modelis. / Undergraduate thesis examined Šiauliai handmade accessories, consumer behavior topic. The problem under study describes the issue: what are the key internal and external factors are driving consumer behavior to purchase handmade accessories? The theoretical part of the consumer behavior on the concept of internal and external factors, consumer purchase decision process, the identification of alternatives, and marketing mix elements influence consumer behavior. Empirical survey of 100 working in Šiauliai city's population - women, identified the root causes that influence handmade accessories, consumer behavior, to clarify the main reasons for the choice of the type of accessories and the criteria for consumer satisfaction, depth interviews during the qualitative analysis based on the information received. Based on quantitative and qualitative results of the study, consisting of handmade accessories, consumer behavior model.