Higher education is at a crossroads. In the U.S. especially, the question of what role education should play in greater society continues to come up. Should education be about fundamentally developing the predispositions or skills of an individual so that he or she can be a more effective citizen later in life? Or should education merely function as a box to check off, a kind of rite of passage that, regardless of quality or content, is required of an individual on the way to becoming part of some “real world?” These issues are quickly moving to the forefront for students and scholars alike; no longer relegated behind closed doors at faculty meetings, these issues are coming to define the very institutions that question them. It is the goal of this thesis, then, to address these shifting goals for, and horizons of, education through a rhetorical lens. From this perspective, education functions as the text under consideration. Rhetoric as it is understood for the majority of this project can be seen in the social interactions that take place, typically between the individual student and his or her educational environment. The core theme that runs throughout this thesis is that learning is not something that solely takes place through formal education, nor is it about acquiring mere common sense; rather, it is a natural extension of human curiosity to wonder about and explore the world of which we are all a part. It is the responsibility of schools and universities alike to facilitate students in developing who they are as a part of this bigger picture. To this end, I introduce the term “inhabited learning.” Inhabited learning elaborates on why one’s learning experience in formal education is still so important: In an age of information we all need some way of making sense of the myriad facts and figures we encounter in our everyday lives, with the hope of being able to make better sense of ourselves in the process. / text

this thesis is an exploration of rational architectural forms and urban ideas. reflections of density, circulation, rhythm, pattern, and punctuation. the formal consequence of two ideas, city and spectacle, manifest in a theatre for the acrobatic performing arts. on the exterior, an autonomous construction where the architecture is a confrontation to the urban world. internally, a world where spectator and spectacle exist playfully through drawing, modeling, and collage. the project brings the structure of the city to the structure of the theatre. theatre as analogy, a city turned inward. / Master of Architecture

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One of the most striking examples of popular architecture in the North-East of Brazil is the ¨meia morada¨ house [a small Dutch-style house with a single door and two windows]. It belongs to an architectural style that has existed for centuries and still characterizes the urban configuration of towns that are situated in the interior of several states in the North-East. For the purposes of this study, the town of Quebrangulo has been chosen as a benchmark. It has 11 thousand inhabitants and is located in the wild landscape of the State of Alagoas. Within a passage taken from this research study, some houses were chosen that have been inhabited by traditional families who have remained there since the time they were first built. Thus they have accompanied the aging of those who dwell in them. Comforted and warmed by a wide array of decorative and religious objects, they are impregnated with the household experiences that underline the value of their faith and memories. By becoming acquainted with these houses through empirical observation and the narrative accounts of their residents, the researchers carried out an investigation into the ways they are inhabited, giving priority to the affective relationships that are established by the inhabitants within the spaces they occupy. This study is divided into three parts: the first examines the town of Quebrangulo; the second entails a close examination of the houses which form the passage that has been discussed in the current literature on the subject. The aim of this is to understand how these buildings appear in the setting of Quebrangulo; the third part is an attempt to get to know these houses from inside and to understand their dynamics. These different parts involved exploring the domestic surroundings in greater depth so that they could be seen in guided visits conducted by the residents themselves: the living-rooms, passages, bedrooms, kitchens and gardens. Prominence was given to reflecting on how religious feelings play a part in the dwellings examined in this study. / Dentre as várias manifestações da arquitetura popular no Nordeste, destacam-se as casas de meia morada, tipologia arquitetônica que atravessa séculos e ainda hoje marca a configuração urbana das cidades interioranas de vários estados nordestinos. Para este estudo, foi tomada como referência a cidade de Quebrangulo, que tem pouco mais de 11 mil habitantes e fica localizada no agreste do estado de Alagoas. Dentro do recorte coberto pela pesquisa, foram elegidas casas habitadas por antigas famílias que ali permanecem desde a sua construção. Assim, elas acompanham o envelhecimento de seus moradores. Acalentadas por um acúmulo de objetos decorativos e religiosos, tangenciam experiências de habitar em que ganham destaque a fé e a memória. Acessando estas casas por meio da observação empírica e das narrativas dos seus moradores, investigou-se as maneiras como são habitadas, privilegiando as relações afetivas que as pessoas estabelecem com o espaço por elas habitado. O trabalho estrutura-se em três blocos: a primeira parte apresenta a cidade de Quebrangulo; a segunda constitui uma aproximação das casas que compõem o recorte proposto primeiramente através da literatura corrente sobre o assunto para então entender como estas edificações se apresentam em Quebrangulo; a terceira parte é um esforço de conhecer as casas por dentro para compreender suas dinâmicas. Adentra-se nos ambientes domésticos tal como eles vão sendo apresentados nas visitas guiadas pelos próprios moradores: salas, corredores, quartos, cozinhas e quintais. Há destaque para uma reflexão sobre como a religiosidade participa do habitar das casas em estudo.

Syftet med denna studie är att utifrån teorin om befolkade institutioner förstå hur fyra socialtjänstkontor förhåller sig till interkulturellt socialt arbete. Socialarbetare möter klienter från andra kulturer än den svenska, och de skapar kompetenser inom interkulturellt socialt arbete. Undersökningen tar avstamp i intervjuer med socialarbetare och enhetschefer enskilt och i grupp. Analysen visar att ett socialkontor utmärker sig medan de övriga tre socialkontoren skiljer sig minimalt från varandra. Koppling till en institutionaliserad myt om socialarbetare med interkulturell kompetens sker i alla enheter och med likartade konsekvenser, även om det på ytan kan se olika ut. Resultatet visar att många socialarbetare menar att de saknar inter­kulturell kompetens, och att de flesta inte har reflekterat över vad interkulturellt socialt arbete betyder i mötet med klienter med utländsk bakgrund, samtidigt som alla faktiskt utför ett interkulturellt arbete i praktiken. Den interkulturella sociala kompetensen skapas i huvudsak genom klientmöten och genom ett kollegialt kunskapsutbyte. Formell och strukturerad kompetensutveckling i ämnet verkar dock saknas. Socialarbetare i en kulturellt diversifierad arbetsgrupp med interkulturell medvetenhet inom enheten verkar bättre klara att återkoppla och länka sin kunskap och meningsbyggnad till mångfalden runt omkring dem. Slutsatsen är att interkulturellt socialt arbete kontinuerligt måste artikuleras, dokumenteras och spridas, detta för att främja ökad kunskap och kompetens. I den bästa av världar sker detta i en kulturellt diversifierad personalgrupp i samverkan med omvärlden.

Plus de trente ans après l’adoption de la Politique de protection des rives, du littoral et des plaines inondables (abrogée par le Régime transitoire le 1er mars 2022), les impacts de l’occupation humaine sur les rives et le littoral demeurent un enjeu d’actualité. Même si la littérature québécoise souligne les limites inhérentes aux interventions municipales et l’opinion des experts en sciences naturelles, en droit ou en planification du territoire, le point de vue des résidents riverains est peu documenté. Dans ce mémoire, nous voulons explorer ce sujet à travers le cadre théorique des communs. Le mémoire vise à approfondir nos connaissances du point de vue des riverains et des autres intervenants qui participent aux interventions collectives environnementales visant à protéger les lacs habités de la région administrative des Laurentides. Nous tenterons donc de répondre à la question : comment repenser la protection des rives et du littoral des lacs habités en milieu de villégiature? Les résultats des entretiens semi-dirigés permettent d’expliquer 3 types de solutions : 1) que l’intervention collective environnementale constitue une piste de solution crédible en matière de protection des rives et du littoral; 2) que les impacts de l’occupation humaine sur les rives et le littoral des lacs habités en milieu de villégiature peuvent être pensés comme un problème de ressources collectives; 3) que les initiatives citoyennes et associatives ne se traduisent pas nécessairement par l’émergence de communs. Notre réflexion prospective permet de dire que les municipalités locales et les associations de lacs sont complémentaires à plus d’un titre et constituent un partenariat « public-commun ». Ces deux organisations sont de nature à accroître le nombre et l’étendue des interventions collectives visant directement ou indirectement la protection des rives et du littoral des lacs habités en milieu de villégiature. / More than thirty years after the adoption of the Protection Policy for Lakeshores, Riverbanks, Littoral Zones and Floodplains Environmental Quality Act (repealed by the transitional regime on March 1, 2022), the impacts of human occupation on lakeshores and littoral zones remain a topical issue. Even if the Quebec literature emphasizes the inherent limits of municipal interventions and the opinion of experts in the natural sciences, law or urban planning, the point of view of the shoreline residents is poorly documented. In this thesis, we explore this topic through the theoretical framework of the commons. The thesis aims to deepen our knowledge from the point of view of shoreline residents and other stakeholders who participate in collective environmental interventions aimed at protecting the inhabited lakes of the administrative region of the Laurentians. We will therefore try to answer the question: how to rethink the protection of the lakeshores and littoral zones of inhabited lakes in resort areas? The results of the semi-directed interviews make it possible to explain 3 types of solutions: 1) that collective environmental intervention constitutes a credible solution for the protection of lakeshores and littoral zones; 2) that the impacts of human occupation on the lakeshores and littoral zones of inhabited lakes in resort areas can be thought of as a problem of collective resources; 3) that citizen and associative initiatives do not necessarily result in the emergence of commons. Our forward thinking allows us to say that local municipalities and lake associations are complementary in more ways than one and constitute a “public-common” partnership. These two organizations are likely to increase the number and extent of collective interventions aimed directly or indirectly at protecting the lakeshores and littoral zones of inhabited lakes in resort areas.

Ce mémoire se penche sur les discours citoyens des Lavallois lorsqu’il est question de l'altérité ethnoculturelle dans leur quartier de banlieue. Cela implique de poser un regard sur le contexte spécifique de la ville de Laval pour y déchiffrer les arrimages entre rapport à l'espace et rapport à l'altérité ethnique dans l'expérience des répondants. Cette recherche qui se situe donc à la croisée des domaines des relations ethniques, de la géographie sociale et des études urbaines permet d’ancrer les représentations de l’altérité ethnoculturelle dans l’espace social et physique de la banlieue. Dans ce cadre, le discours de citoyens lavallois issus de deux quartiers ayant connu différents processus de croissance urbaine et de diversification ethnique sont analysés. Pour une majorité de répondants, les changements urbains récents témoignent d'une diversification de l'espace habité, ce qui est généralement mal perçu. Les manifestations d’altérité ethnoculturelle dans l’espace public et privé lavallois sont aussi associées à une détérioration du lien social dans la communauté du quartier. Au terme de cette étude, je soutiens que la présence d'immigrants est imbriquée dans les récents changements urbains dans la ville de Laval et que ces derniers sont directement associés à la perte du statut convoité de banlieue idéale. / This master's thesis addresses citizen discourses, regarding ethnocultural otherness in suburban neighborhood of Laval. To do so, I focus on the specific context of the city of Laval to detangle the relations between space and ethnocultural otherness from the perspective of the inhabitants. This research, thus standing at the crossroads of ethnic studies, social geography and urban studies, enables an anchoring of the representation of ethnocultural diversity in both the social and physical spaces of the suburb. Within this framework, the discourses of the Lavallois, coming from two neighbourhoods each characterized by different processes of urban development and ethnic diversification are analyzed. For a majority of our sample, the recent changes in the urban landscape attest of a diversification in the inhabited space that generally evokes a negative response. The presence of ethnocultural otherness in the public and private spaces of Laval is also linked to a perceived degradation of the social bond in their community. At the study's conclusion, I argue that the perception of immigrants is intertwined in the recent urban changes occurring in the city of Laval. As such, immigrants are directly associated with the loss of the idealized suburban branding.

Le retour de l'Art mural à l'époque contemporaine" tourne autour de la problématique suivante: en quoi l'Art Mural est-il une nouvelle forme de métaphysique puisqu’elle permet à l'homme de projeter son âme sur un support et se retrouve ainsi dévoilée aux yeux de tous sous cette forme qui s’apparente à l" ekstase "soit un au dehors mis en mouvement par une "corporéité habitée" car le peintre muraliste est celui qui revendique l'esprit d'une époque et fusionne avec le mur pour créer une image, celle de l'invisible rendue visible. Le concept de « mur » sera abordé comme une pierre angulaire au travers des âges, comme support dans l’art moderne, art qui permet de faire un lien avec le passé mais surtout se démarque des arts contemporains car il sera nécessaire d’approcher les œuvres murales et le graffiti en général qui sera défini et fera l’objet d’une étude approfondie. Ainsi l’art rupestre qu’il est possible de comprendre d’après les études de Henri LHOTE, d’André LEROI-GOURHAN et de l’Abbé BREUIL pourra être mis en lumière notamment en décrivant les peintures pariétales retrouvées dans la grotte de Niaux, de Kapova, de Altamira, de Lascaux et de Chauvet qui représentent la première forme d’art humain et le commencement d’une spiritualité naissante. Le lien pourra être fait avec le symbolisme de l’Art égyptien et sa construction de l’image pour arriver à l’art décoratif des fresques de Pompéi et d’Herculanum où les graffitis de ces villes ont été étudiés par Eva CANTARELLA. De manière chronologique il sera intéressant de rappeler que le Moyen Age fut l’époque de la naissance des fresques romanes en vue de promouvoir une spiritualité qui évolue au cours des âges. Il existe aussi des techniques selon Cennino CENNINI qui explique les procédés de l’« intonaco » et de la fresque « a fresco » associés au père Ignazio POZZO. Enfin la période contemporaine fera l’objet de cette réflexion car les mouvements en peinture sont faits de liens mais surtout font rupture avec ce qui précède pour s’établir dans le temps selon l’expression de Valérie DUPONT, historienne de l’Art. / The return of Mural Art in the contemporary period” revolves round the following issue: In what way can one consider art to be a new form of metaphysics, since it allows man to project his soul on a support thus unveiling it to all in this form, which is close to a kind of “ecstasy”, i.e. an outside that is made to move through a “lived-in corporality”, for the mural painter claims the spirit of a period and merges with the wall so as to created an image – that of the invisible made visible. The “wall” concept will be examined as a foundation stone through the ages, as a support in modern art, a type of art that can create a link with the past but which especially stands out from contemporary art types, since we'll be studying mural works made by muralists as well as graffiti in general, which will be defined and studied in depth. Thus, rupestral art, which may be understood through the studies of Henri LHOTE, André LEROI-GOURHAN and Abbot BREUIL, can be explained most notably by looking at parietal paintings found in the Niaux, Kapova, Altamira, Lascaux and Chauvet caves, which represent the first form of human art and the beginning of a nascent spirituality. A link may be made to the symbolism of Egyptian art and its construction of image before reaching the decorative art of the Pompei and Herculanum frescoes – graffitis in those cities were studied by Eva CANTARELLA. It will be interesting, from a chronological point of view, to remember that the Middle Ages were the period when romanesque frescoes were born in order to further foster that age-old evolving spirituality. Such art was considered by Cennino CENNINI, who, along with father Ignazio POSSO explains the processes of “intonaco and the “a fresco” fresco. Finally, we'll have to study the modern period, since painting movements are made up of links and, more importantly, make a break with what preceded them, in order to last in time, as Valérie DUPONT, an arti historian, says.

Cette thèse a un double propos. Tout d’abord, elle cherche à identifier comment les expériences de protection de l’Environnement au sein d’Espaces naturels protégés habités (ENPH) peuvent se développer. Puis, elle examine, dans le contexte des démarches de conservation de la nature « ordinaire », de quelles manières « l’Environnement » peut organiser et intégrer les dynamiques sociales et politiques d’un territoire donné. Pour cela, nous avons effectué une série d’entretiens, de séjours d’observation, de recherches d’archives et une large revue de presse. En faisant appel à une histoire croisée des rapports locaux au milieu naturel et au milieu politique et de leur mobilisation lors du traitement d’une affaire contemporaine mettant en jeu les politiques de protection – à savoir, des infrastructures routières –, nous avons identifié des points de repère pour saisir les contextes de sens bâtis au sein de et par le biais du Parc naturel régional du Marais poitevin (France) et de l’Aire de Protection environnementale de Guaraqueçaba (Brésil). À travers notre recherche, nous montrons l’importance des situations problématiques dans l’émergence d’« expériences publiques de l’Environnement », comprises par nous comme toute expérience dérivée de l’incorporation de l’enjeu environnemental dans différents champs d’interaction. Que ces expériences soient générées par des actions ou arènes publiques, qu’elles procèdent du ressenti de « troubles » ou d’une procédure enquête, elles deviennent publiques dans la mesure où (i) elles font de la « nature » un objet d’attention, d’action ou de débat et (ii) elles engagent la relation de différents « publics » à leurs « environnements ». Incorporant des enjeux à la fois internationaux, nationaux et locaux, les expériences « de l’Environnement » deviennent ainsi publiques et privées au fur et à mesure des expérimentations sociales, des déstabilisations et des réaménagements de ces espaces. / This thesis has a double purpose. First, it seeks to identify how the experiences of environmental protection can be developed within inhabited protected natural areas (ENPH). Then, it examines how the “Environment” can organize and integrate the social and political dynamics of the territories touched by approaches of conservation based on “ordinary” nature. To this end, we conducted a series of interviews, observation visits, archival research and a broad press review. By appealing to a cross history of local relationships with the natural and political environment and their mobilization in dealing with contemporary affairs involving protection policies – namely: the construction of roads – we have searched the benchmarks of how the contexts of meaning could be built within and through the Marais poitevin Regional Natural Park (France) and the Guaraqueçaba Environmental Protected Area (Brésil). Through our research, we show the importance of problematic situations – whether or not they result from nature conservation approaches – in the emergence of “public experiences of the Environment”, which is understood by us as any experience derived from the incorporation of the environmental issues into different fields of interaction. Whether these experiences are generated by public actions or arenas, whether they stem from the feeling of “troubles” or from a procedure of “inquiry”, they become public to the extent that (i) they make of “nature” an object of attention, action or debate and (ii) they involve the relationship of different “publics” to their “environments”. Incorporating international, national and local issues, “Environmental” experiences become public and private throughout the social experiments, and the processes of destabilization and reformulation of these protected areas. / Esta tese tem um duplo propósito. Primeiramente, ela busca identificar como as experiências de proteção do Meio Ambiente podem se desenvolver em Unidades de Conservação (UC) habitadas. Em seguida, ela procura examinar, no contexto de iniciativas de conservação de naturezas “ordinárias”, de que maneira o “Meio Ambiente” pode organizar e integrar as dinâmicas sociais e políticas de determinados territórios. Para tanto, efetuamos uma série de entrevistas, de estadias de observação, de pesquisa de arquivos e uma extensa revisão de documentos de imprensa. Recorrendo a uma história cruzada entre as relações locais ao meio natural e ao meio político, assim como a uma identificação da mobilização de tais relações quando do tratamento de problemas contemporâneos colocando em questão as políticas de proteção – a saber, a construção de estradas –, pudemos identificar como o Parque Natural Regional do Marais poitevin (França) e a Área de Proteção Ambiental de Guaraqueçaba (Brasil) orientaram a formação de sentido ambiental através de sua existência e de sua ação. Através nossa pesquisa, mostramos a importância da confrontação a situações “problemáticas” – que elas decorram ou não de atividades de conservação da natureza – para a emergência de “experiências públicas do meio ambiente”, compreendidas por nós como toda experiência derivada da incorporação da questão ambiental em diferentes campos de interação. Que estas experiências sejam geradas por ações ou arenas públicas, que elas resultem de “distúrbios” ou de um procedimento de “enquete”, elas tornam-se públicas na medida em que (i) elas fazem da “natureza” um objeto de atenção, de ação e de debate e (ii) elas envolvem a relação de diferentes “públicos” a seus “ambientes”. Incorporando questões ao mesmo tempo internacionais, nacionais e locais, as experiências do “Meio Ambiente” tornam-se assim públicas e privadas ao longo das experimentações sociais, assim como das desestabilizações e das reformulações de tais espaços.