Thesis (M.S.)--University of Nevada, Reno, 2007. / "May, 2007." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 119-126). Online version available on the World Wide Web.

En adoptant une approche qualitative et pluridisciplinaire, basée sur l’étude longitudinale des circulations de la population de Deir Mqaren - un village syrien situé entre Damas et la frontière libanaise - cette thèse interroge la dimension réticulaire des mobilités humaines. A travers les récits de vie des réfugiés de cette bourgade et l’analyse de leurs parcours migratoires vers la Jordanie et l’Allemagne, elle décrypte la mécanique des flux au départ de Syrie. Cette recherche invite ainsi le lecteur à déplacer son regard vers des réseaux de lieux et d’acteurs souvent considérés comme marginaux, mais formant pourtant l’ossature des routes de l’exil reliant la Syrie au reste du globe. En plaçant la focale sur les conditions du mouvement des individus, l’intention de cette étude est à la fois de mettre en exergue les imbrications entre les migrations économiques antérieures au conflit et la logique des mouvements actuels de réfugiés ; mais aussi de montrer de manière tangible l’évolution des mécanismes relationnels permettant aux exilés d’accéder à des ressources (informations, mobilité, logement, emploi) en dépit des contraintes structurelles auxquelles ils ne cessent d’être confrontés. Les représentations (carto)graphiques élaborées dans le cadre de cette thèse visent pour leur part à mieux rendre compte du caractère mobile, instable et particulièrement labile de ces dynamiques socio-spatiales. / In adopting a qualitative and multidisciplinary approach, based on the longitudinal study of the Deir Mqaren’s inhabitants’ circulations – a Syrian village located between Damascus and the Lebanese border – this thesis questions the “reticular” dimension of human mobility. Through refugees’ narratives and the analysis of their migration journeys to Jordan and Germany, its aims to understand the mechanics of refugee flows from Syria. Thus, this research invites the reader to move his focus towards networks of places and actors often considered as being marginal, despite the fact that they form the “backbone” of the roads of exile liking Syria to the rest of the world. By placing the focal point on individuals’ conditions of movement, the intention of this study is to both highlight the continuum existing between pre-conflict economic migration and the logic of the current refugee movements; and show in a tangible way the evolution of the relational mechanisms allowing exiles to access resources (such as information, mobility, housing, employment) despite the structural constraints they are constantly facing on their way towards safe destinations. The graphic representations developed in the framework of this thesis aim to better reflect the mobile, unstable and particularly labile nature of these socio-spatial dynamics.

O turismo é uma atividade crescente e é responsável por um a cada doze empregos no mundo. Com o advento da internet, as relações interpessoais e comerciais alteram-se a cada dia. Para as agências de viagens e turismo, empresas distribuidoras do produto/serviço turístico, tais transformações têm alterado totalmente o modo de gerir os negócios. Esta dissertação analisa a interferência da internet na competitividade das agências de viagens e turismo. Objetiva identificar o perfil dessas empresas, a forma de utilização da internet, os processos que auxiliam o relacionamento com os clientes por meio das tecnologias de informação e comunicação e avaliar a interferência da internet na competitividade dessas empresas. Na formação do marco teórico, foi utilizada uma pesquisa bibliométrica para apurar o estado da arte sobre o tema, somada às ideias de autores das áreas do Turismo, Administração, Marketing, Competitividade, Qualidade, Finanças e Sistemas de Informação. A pesquisa de campo entrevistou 68 empresas da cidade de São Paulo e apresentou resultados similares aos de outros países. Dentre eles, o perfil predominante de micro e pequenas empresas, que ainda não estão totalmente conscientes das mudanças ocorridas no mercado e que possuem certeza de que o investimento no relacionamento com o cliente, juntamente com a constante análise das suas capacidades internas, é determinante para seu sucesso. O presente estudo vem agregar literatura ao segmento das agências de viagens e turismo, o qual possui pouca produção específica. / Submitted by Ana Guimarães Pereira (agpereir@ucs.br) on 2014-11-20T16:08:01Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Maguil Marsilio.pdf: 2427930 bytes, checksum: 49456a5db3ae2004a465df748aaca182 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-11-20T16:08:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Maguil Marsilio.pdf: 2427930 bytes, checksum: 49456a5db3ae2004a465df748aaca182 (MD5) / Tourism is a growing activity and is responsible for one in every twelve jobs in the world. With the advent of internet interpersonal and commercial relationships change every day. For travel agencies and tourism, distributors of the product / tourist service, such transformations have totally changed the way to manage the business. This paper analyzes the interference of the Internet on the competitiveness of travel and tourism agencies and aims to identify the profile of these companies, how to use the Internet, the processes that assist in customer relationships through information and communication technologies and evaluate the role of the Internet in the competitiveness of these companies. In forming the theoretical framework used out a bibliometric study to determine the state of the art on the topic and added to the authors of the areas of Tourism, Management, Marketing, Competitiveness, Quality, Finance and Information Systems. The field research interviewed 68 companies from São Paulo and showed similar results to those of other countries, such as the profile of predominantly micro and small enterprises, which are still not fully aware of the changes in the market, and have assured that investment in the relationship with the client, along with the constant analysis of its internal capabilities is critical for the success of the same. The current study add to the literature segment of the travel and tourism agencies, which has little specific literature.

O turismo é uma atividade crescente e é responsável por um a cada doze empregos no mundo. Com o advento da internet, as relações interpessoais e comerciais alteram-se a cada dia. Para as agências de viagens e turismo, empresas distribuidoras do produto/serviço turístico, tais transformações têm alterado totalmente o modo de gerir os negócios. Esta dissertação analisa a interferência da internet na competitividade das agências de viagens e turismo. Objetiva identificar o perfil dessas empresas, a forma de utilização da internet, os processos que auxiliam o relacionamento com os clientes por meio das tecnologias de informação e comunicação e avaliar a interferência da internet na competitividade dessas empresas. Na formação do marco teórico, foi utilizada uma pesquisa bibliométrica para apurar o estado da arte sobre o tema, somada às ideias de autores das áreas do Turismo, Administração, Marketing, Competitividade, Qualidade, Finanças e Sistemas de Informação. A pesquisa de campo entrevistou 68 empresas da cidade de São Paulo e apresentou resultados similares aos de outros países. Dentre eles, o perfil predominante de micro e pequenas empresas, que ainda não estão totalmente conscientes das mudanças ocorridas no mercado e que possuem certeza de que o investimento no relacionamento com o cliente, juntamente com a constante análise das suas capacidades internas, é determinante para seu sucesso. O presente estudo vem agregar literatura ao segmento das agências de viagens e turismo, o qual possui pouca produção específica. / Tourism is a growing activity and is responsible for one in every twelve jobs in the world. With the advent of internet interpersonal and commercial relationships change every day. For travel agencies and tourism, distributors of the product / tourist service, such transformations have totally changed the way to manage the business. This paper analyzes the interference of the Internet on the competitiveness of travel and tourism agencies and aims to identify the profile of these companies, how to use the Internet, the processes that assist in customer relationships through information and communication technologies and evaluate the role of the Internet in the competitiveness of these companies. In forming the theoretical framework used out a bibliometric study to determine the state of the art on the topic and added to the authors of the areas of Tourism, Management, Marketing, Competitiveness, Quality, Finance and Information Systems. The field research interviewed 68 companies from São Paulo and showed similar results to those of other countries, such as the profile of predominantly micro and small enterprises, which are still not fully aware of the changes in the market, and have assured that investment in the relationship with the client, along with the constant analysis of its internal capabilities is critical for the success of the same. The current study add to the literature segment of the travel and tourism agencies, which has little specific literature.

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This thesis aims to shed light on the cultural and aesthetic implications of the relationship between Italy and India on and off the screens of Italy, following the expansion of Bollywood in Europe during the 90s. Bollywood's propagation abroad affected the identity of the South Asian diaspora, urban spaces and aesthetics which generated what Le Guellec - describing the arrival of Indians and Bollywood cinema to Paris - named as Bollywood/India mania. The study began with the exploration of the historical meaning of the term aesthetic in order to offer a contextualization on the sense of the aesthetic as a philosophy of art; furthermore, it established a background for further theoretical debate on South Asian diasporic identity formations within the entertainment industry of Italy. The research methods that predominated throughout this work were those of textual argumentation, aesthetic analysis, quantitative and qualitative questionnaires and interview data. The reasons for using different and interdisciplinary methods and approaches to offer an account on diasporic cultures, resided in the attempt to reveal the multiplicities of the "cultural and social" visible. The theoretical frame that this research intends to follow is through two quite distinct disciplines: aesthetic and cultural studies. The aim is to capitalise on the productive intersection of these two disciplines to analyse parts of the South Asian cultural text on the screen and beyond it as producers of transnational images imbued with melancholic memories and melancholically conceived spaces. This work will attempt to individuate the existence of representational patterns based on the aesthetic of melancholy with its nuances and metamorphoses, which represents, narrates and constructs South Asian and/or fused identities socially and culturally on the screens of Italy. The notion of semiosphere as elaborated by Jury Lotman, was utilised to define the cultural and dialogic dynamics of mainstream products that move constantly closer to each other generating original "formats" characterised by novel transnational and multiple identities. Throughout this thesis, the emphasis was placed on the "encounters", the "journeys" and the "sharing" of cultures, hence highlighting the possible conditions of belonging contemporaneously through multiple modalities: mentally, psychologically and experientially to multiplicities of cultures. In addition, the notion of "world culture" was contemplated in an attempt to practically support what Gilroy, in Black Atlantic, shaped as "inter-cultural" and translational formations.

Little is known about the factors that influence people from the Caribbean to seek reproductive health services in the United States. In this paper, I focus on Indo-Caribbean women from Guyana and Trinidad who undertake reproductive journeys to New York. I ask: (1) What influences Indo-Caribbean women to begin their reproductive journeys to Richmond Hill, New York? (2) How do Indo-Caribbean women challenge gender norms during their reproductive journeys? (3) How does women’s class inform their decision making in challenging gendered norms? After conducting 30 in-depth interviews with Indo-Caribbean women from Guyana and Trinidad who seek reproductive health services in New York, I find that Indo-Caribbean women’s reproductive journeys are influenced by sexism experienced within households, communities, and doctors’ offices, lack of proper care, legal restrictions, and unaffordable treatment. Another driver is support from women networks. Social networks helped women challenge gendered norms around motherhood that are present within communities in home countries. As women receive support from their networks, they challenge gender norms varied by their class. Women from middle-income households are more likely to challenge gender norms outwardly. Obtaining reproductive health care abroad becomes a journey with multidimensional experiences of gendered negotiations and constraints.

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Esta tese apresenta uma metodologia de trabalho na escola para aprender e ensinar Geografia. Trata-se de uma proposta de ensino a partir de um trabalho de campo que tem como princípios: a reflexão de uma construção plural de aula de campo, com múltiplos olhares com destaque para os alunos e professores. O objetivo principal foi propor um método de investigação com ênfase na valorização dos saberes geográficos tradicionais dos litorâneos de São José de Ribamar/MA, a partir de um estudo do meio com alunos da rede pública municipal de ensino, a fim de identificar se os saberes são utilizados pelos professores de Geografia. A partir de aula de campo, alunos e professores experimentaram de que forma os saberes podem ser sistematizados em um currículo que possibilite relacionar os conteúdos escolares com a realidade do cotidiano dos seus pais. Foram realizados dois experimentos intitulados Jornadas Geográficas Litorâneas com alunos do 6º ano para avaliar os efeitos das tarefas realizadas em campo e de que forma contribuem para a aprendizagem dos conteúdos geográficos que dizem respeito ao dia-a-dia da comunidade ribamarense. A primeira serviu de laboratório na avaliação da metodologia, a segunda serviu de parâmetro para análise dos efeitos das tarefas realizadas. Foram efetuadas quatro modalidades de análise: mapeamento da trilha com introdução de noções de cartografia escolar, análise dos relatórios, interpretação das cenas fotografadas e avaliação dos fatores presentes no cenário trilhado a partir de seminário. A experiência das jornadas realizadas por alunos e professores mostra-nos que um planejamento de aulas de campo, durante o período letivo da escola, pode contribuir decisivamente para a formação da cidadania do educando, aproximando o conhecimento teórico com o saber prático da comunidade. / This thesis presents a methodology of work to learn and to teach Geography at school. It is a teaching proposal from a field study whose principles are: the reflection of a plural construction of class field from multiple perspectives with emphasis on students and teachers. The main objective is to propose a method of research with emphasis on the valorization of classical traditional geographical knowledge of the seaside city of São José de Ribamar/ MA, from a study of the environment with students from public municipal school in order to identify whether that knowledge is used by Geography teachers. From field class, students and teachers experienced how that knowledge can be systematized in a curriculum that enables students to relate the contents with the everyday reality of their parents. Two experiments entitled \"Geographic Seaside Journeys were conducted with 6th grade students to evaluate the effects of the tasks performed in the field and how they contribute to the learning of geographic contents related to the everyday life of São José de Ribamars community. The first served as a laboratory for the evaluation of the methodology, the second as a parameter for analysis of the effects of the tasks performed. Four types of analysis were done: mapping the track with introductions of notions of school cartography, analysis of reports, interpretation of photographed scenes and evaluation through seminaries of factors presented in the followed settings. The experience of the journeys undertaken by students and teachers shows us that planning field classes during the academic school year, can contribute decisively to the citizenship of the student, approaching the theoretical knowledge to the practical knowledge of the community.