Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-10-06T14:31:04Z No. of bitstreams: 1 andreperaltagrillo.pdf: 441776 bytes, checksum: bfe3dc30cd16a5b78fdba6b8c0dab409 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-10-07T12:11:39Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 andreperaltagrillo.pdf: 441776 bytes, checksum: bfe3dc30cd16a5b78fdba6b8c0dab409 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-07T12:11:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 andreperaltagrillo.pdf: 441776 bytes, checksum: bfe3dc30cd16a5b78fdba6b8c0dab409 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-03-02 / FAPEMIG - Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais / A presente incursão sobre o fenômeno do estranhamento social começa com algumas reflexões teóricas gerais, na tentativa aplainar o terreno para uma melhor compreensão dos dilemas e conflitos que o mesmo provoca. Parte-se de uma discussão do texto “O Estranho”, no qual Freud busca compreender o que causa a sensação de estranhar algo. Passando para as contribuições de Georg Simmel, são trabalhadas suas reflexões sobre o estrangeiro, a vida urbana, etc. De Pierre Bourdieu, se faz recurso à sua teoria sobre classes sociais e espaço social, em especial a relação entre os espaços físico e social e a questão das lutas por distinção de classe e de hegemonia dentro de um campo. São discutidas também as análises sobre a diferenciação das esferas de valor, o desencantamento do mundo e os determinantes da sensação de pertencimento social em Max Weber, e a teoria do reconhecimento de Axel Honneth. Algumas características do “estranho” são ilustradas com o romance “O Estrangeiro”, de Albert Camus. A partir daí, identifica-se dois pólos do estranhamento: a invisibilidade e o choque. O primeiro pólo é trabalhado partindo-se da concepção de que a invisibilidade social deriva diretamente do estranhamento de classe (como uma espécie de recurso anestésico), e o segundo privilegia o estranhamento intencional, seja encarado como uma atitude puramente disruptiva e/ou subversiva, seja como uma “luta por reconhecimento” de um determinado estilo de vida ou modo de agir. Em seguida, são discutidas as obras de Howard Becker e Zygmunt Bauman que apresentam importantes contribuições para a compreensão do “estranhamento social”, apesar de se afastarem da perspectiva desta dissertação em questões importantes. Na segunda parte, é explorado o estranhamento relacionado a invisibilidade social através de trabalho empírico com catadores de lixo e com um morador de rua. / The present work on social strangement begin with some general theoretichal reflexions, in a atempt to prepare the field for a better comprehesion of the dilemas and conflicts that emerges from it. It starts with a discusion of the paper “The Stranger”, in wich Freud seeks to comprehend the cause of the sensacion of strangement. Then it is shown the contribution of Georg Simmel, through his reflexions about the “stranger”, the urban life, etc. From Pierre Bourdieu, it is explored his theory about social class and social space, specially the relation between the phisical and social space and the struggle for class distinction and hegemony in a field. It is also discused the analisys of the diferenciation of value spheres, the desechantment of the world and the conditions of the sensation of social belonging in Max Weber, and the theory of recognition in Axel Honneth. Some of the features of “the stranger” are ilustrated with the novel “The Stranger”, from Albert Camus. From this, it is identified two poles of the strangement: invisibiity and chock. The first pole is worked out from the conception that social invisibility derives directly from class strangement (as a kind of anesthesic resource), and the second is more related with a intencional strangement, as a subversive atitude, or a “struggle for recognition” of a particular lifestyle or way of behavior. In the following, it is discused the works of Howard Becker and Zygmunt Bauman that demonstrates important contributions for the comprehension of “social strangement”, although they go apart of the present work in important questions. In the second part, it is explored the strangement related with the social invisibility throught a empirical work with “garbage pickers” and a homeless man.

<p dir="ltr">The feeling of invisibility threatens fundamental needs and negatively affects mood. One could conclude from this research that more visibility should minimize need threats and negative moods. However, studies have also shown that, in some instances, experiences of hypervisibility are distressing. Social media is flooded with videos and articles of Black men and women feeling invisible in the medical fields and not receiving the treatment they deserve. Likewise, social media examples abound of Black individuals feeling monitored in retail situations or being killed by the police because of racial stereotypes. Researchers also found adverse experiences of invisibility or hypervisibility among Black individuals that appear to be contradictory at a phenomenological level. My research aims to assess how invisibility and hypervisibility are experienced qualitatively and how manipulations of invisibility and hypervisibility may cause different psychological effects. In Study 1, Black participants were asked to recall their experiences with both invisibility and hypervisibility. Participants had little difficulty reporting both experiences, in which strangers either dismissed, ignored, and excluded them or spotlighted them because of race-based stereotypes. Coding themes also showed that participants could recall positive events and emotions when asked about hypervisibility but not invisibility. In Study 2, I manipulated invisibility and hypervisibility using a novel method: comics. Results showed that Black participants experienced threatened needs when reading a comic about a Black child being invisible or hypervisible. However, their needs were more threatened when the child recalls an invisibility experience. Lastly, in Study 3, I replicated Study 2 but also added necessary control conditions. Additionally, I examined the impact of comic-induced invisibility and hypervisibility on cognitive interference using a Stroop test. The results of Study 2 were replicated, but there was no difference in cognitive interference between the conditions. In summary, although the present research shows that invisibility and hypervisibility are both aversive, invisibility leads Black individuals to feel worse and have lower need satisfaction. Additionally, invisibility and hypervisibility threaten the needs of self-esteem and control similarly, but invisibility leads to more threats to belonging and meaningful existence than does hypervisibility. Using an innovative method of comics, my research demonstrates the aversive psychological impact of invisibility as well as the aversive reactions to hypervisibility. Future research should focus on whether hypervisibility is primarily detrimental because the individual may feel that while their stereotypic physical or social features are highly noticed, their core attributes of what makes them a person are not.</p>

Extensive computer use is creating a society where its citizens are communicating outside the norm of real life. These diversions from real life communication behavior have been named the Online Disinhibition Effect (ODE). The effect is a psychological model that is structured with different types of elements which can be triggered by different communication mediums. There are two sides of the effect; a benign, where compassion and a reveal of emotions are more likely, and a toxic, where anger, frustration and threats are in focus. In the online video game industry, ODE is active, but as the medium is different than regular internet use the effects are different as well. This paper looks at how online video games are affected by ODE. By using the most current disinhibition model made by Suler and looking at modern cyberpsychology in online games, this paper found eight features that have the possibility to decrease disinhibition amongst users. This paper concludes with a warning that games are becoming more immersive and without the proper authority features, games will increase their disinhibition effect amongst its users.

This project explores banal nationalism from a perspective where the visibility and usage of the US flag as decoration on everyday products in Sweden is problematized. In comparison with the Swedish flag which has a history of being “unwaved” because open nationalism for a long time has been thought of as vulgar in Sweden, the frequent reproduction of the US flag seems to elude a critical discussion on national expressions. The effects of using a national symbol for commercial purposes is therefore theoretically and practically researched. / <p>The full thesis contains copyrighted material which has been removed in the published version. </p>

Les rapports scientifiques l’attestent, la progression de l’obésité serait irrémédiable. Elle ferait peser sur la santé des individus des risques considérables et menacerait de faire imploser notre système de santé. Ce constat alarmant, a conduit les autorités publiques à prendre le problème à bras le corps. Par sa place centrale dans le dispositif des soins, il est demandé à l’hôpital de s’organiser pour répondre à ce véritable tsunami sanitaire. Or, la réalité hospitalière offre un étonnant contraste. La maladie semble apparemment invisible dans les services de soins. Dans le domaine des pathologies reliées aux troubles du comportement alimentaire, l’obésité ne serait pas « première ». Elle serait plutôt une maladie « secondaire ». En dehors des Centres Hospitaliers Universitaires, ou des centres spécialisés, elle ne concernerait en définitive que très peu d’établissements hospitaliers. Mais, dans ces établissements où l’obésité a été visibilisée, le modèle hospitalier actuel polarisé sur la rationalité des soins, les progrès scientifiques et la performance médicale autour de plateaux techniques imposants, est bousculé. Dans un contexte d’intensification du travail hospitalier et de changement des modes de financement, la prise en charge de l’obésité impose à ces institutions d’engager une réflexion sur les pratiques professionnelles en s’ouvrant à l’environnement hospitalier. De nouvelles formes de coopération apparaissent avec des acteurs locaux qui assurent aux sujets obèses le maintien des liens sociaux et qui participent à la prévention du développement de la maladie. / Scientific reports indicate that the progression of obesity is irremediable. It represents a considerable health risk for individuals and threatens our health system with collapse. This alarming fact has led the public authorities to tackle the problem head-on. In view of their central position in the care system, hospital is required to organize in order to respond to this veritable healthcare tsunami. The situation of hospital does, however, offer an astonishing contrast. The illness appears to be invisible in the healthcare services. In the field of eating disorders, obesity is not in the foreground. It is a “secondary” disease. Outside university hospitals, or specialized centers, it is only of concern to very few hospitals. In those establishments in which obesity has been given a high profile, though, the current hospital model, focused on rational healthcare, scientific progress and medical performance involving impressive technical platforms, is being shaken up. In a scenario of increased hospital work and of changes in funding mechanisms, dealing with obesity obliges these institutions to reflect on professional practices, opening up to their environment. New forms of cooperation are created with local agents who ensure the maintenance of social connections for obese patients and who help to prevent the disease from developing.

A presente dissertação de mestrado aborda o potencial poético da linguagem audiovisual na influência das relações que envolvem a questão da imagem, supostamente invisível, e acompanha reflexões suscitadas por inquietações sobre o ver e o não ver relacionadas à produção artística. Para tanto, o trabalho é dividido em três capítulos ao mesmo tempo independentes e complementares: IN - o invisível dentro do visível, SUB - o invisível abaixo do visível, e VISÍVEL - o invisível através do visível. / The present dissertation focus on the poetic potential of the audiovisual language involving the issue of allegedly invisible image and accompanying reflections prompted by concerns about seeing and not seeing related to the artistic production. Therefore, the work is divided into three chapters at the same time independent and complementary: IN - the invisible within the visible, SUB - the invisible below visible, and VISIBLE - the invisible through the visible.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-03T19:27:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 14 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Este trabalho tem a intenção de investigar as formas pelas quais a vida em liberdade foi construída pelos indivíduos oriundos do cativeiro, tomando como locus de observação o município de São Francisco de Paula, no nordeste do Rio Grande do Sul, durante as duas décadas finais do século XIX. Nesta localidade serrana, investiguei aspectos como moradia, relacionamento com os antigos senhores, tutela de menores, trabalho, criminalidade, engajamento militar e os nomes adotados pelos ex-cativos na vida em liberdade, como algumas vias de acesso aos complexos caminhos pelos quais se deu sua inserção, em novos parâmetros, na sociedade em que viviam / This paper intends to investigate the forms through which free life was built by former slaves, taking as locus the city of São Francisco de Paula, in the northeast of Rio Grande do Sul, during the two final decades of the 19th century. In this city,located in the highlands, I investigated subjects such as residence, relationship with the old masters, child tutelage, work, criminality, military engagement, and the names adopted by former slaves in free life as some of the means of access to the complex ways through which their insertion in their society was, under new parameters, made possible

Ce travail de thèse constitue une contribution originale et importante à la compréhension de la transformation d’espace et ouvre la voie au design de nouvelles structures éléctromagnétiques. Le couplage entre cette technique innovante et les métamatériaux a permis la réalisation de prototypes aux propriétés uniques. C’est ainsi que nous avons pu concevoir une cape d’invisibilité polygonale, un adapteur de modes ou encore une antenne directive ou isotrope. La fabrication de notre antenne très directive par cette méthode est le seul prototype dans la littérature qui allie le contrôle de la permittivité et la perméabilité à partir de résonnateurs électriques et magnétiques. Ce contrôle ultime de la lumière à partir d’une ingénierie de l’espace trouvera son utilité dans la recherche fondamentale mais aussi pour les ingénieurs et dévellopeurs recherchant plus de précision dans leur conception de dispositifs électromagnétiques. / This phD work is an original and important contribution to the understanding of transformation optics and paves the way to the design of new electromagnetic structures. The coupling between this innovative technique and metamaterials has led to prototypes with unique properties. We have thus developed an invisibility polygonal cloak, an electromagnetic taper, a directional antenna and isotropic source. The realization of our high-directive antenna with this method is the only prototype in the literature that combines controlled variations of the permittivity and permeability from electric and magnetic resonators. The ultimate control of light from an engineering space will find its usefulness in fundamental research but also for engineers and developers who are looking for more precision in the design of electromagnetic devices.

A presente dissertação de mestrado aborda o potencial poético da linguagem audiovisual na influência das relações que envolvem a questão da imagem, supostamente invisível, e acompanha reflexões suscitadas por inquietações sobre o ver e o não ver relacionadas à produção artística. Para tanto, o trabalho é dividido em três capítulos ao mesmo tempo independentes e complementares: IN - o invisível dentro do visível, SUB - o invisível abaixo do visível, e VISÍVEL - o invisível através do visível. / The present dissertation focus on the poetic potential of the audiovisual language involving the issue of allegedly invisible image and accompanying reflections prompted by concerns about seeing and not seeing related to the artistic production. Therefore, the work is divided into three chapters at the same time independent and complementary: IN - the invisible within the visible, SUB - the invisible below visible, and VISIBLE - the invisible through the visible.

This thesis interrogates gangsta hip-hop for the unique attention it plays to the drug trade. I read theories of hypervisibility/invisibility and Louis Althusser’s theory of interpellation alongside hip-hop feminist theory to examine the Black female criminal subjectivity that operates within hip-hop. Using methods of discourse analysis, I question the constructions of gangster femininity in rap lyrics as well as the absences of girlhood on Season 4 of HBO’s television drama The Wire. In doing so, I argue that the discursive construction of Black female subjectivity within gangsta hip-hop provides a hypervisibility that portrays Black women as violent while simultaneously erasing the broader social processes that impact the lives of Black women and girls. Hip-hop feminism allows the cultural formations of hip-hop to be read against the politics that structure the lives of women of color in order to provide a lens for analyzing how their criminality is constructed through media.