Transgressing the borders between politics and aesthetics, imaginary and physical forms, this dissertation pursues a broad interdisciplinary exploration of the construction of public space. In order to confront the dual character of public space – a physical realm with unclear borders, as well as an evasive concept, imbued with ideas of freedom, critique and democracy – the dissertation addresses public space as a ”medium”, that is, as a material for aesthetic practice and in terms of communication, as a “projective screen” of society. Using the refurbishment of Stortorget in Kalmar as its generative case, the dissertation examines the conditions for making and thinking such a space, whereby the hidden assumptions of public space are brought to the fore. Due to the hybrid character and complexity of the Stortorget project, carried out as a seamless collaboration between art and architecture, it in addition raises issues that are highly significative for the identity and legitimacy of the respective disciplines. Focussing on the concept of “place”, and tracing its role within art and architecture theory and practice since the paradigmatic shift between late modernity and postmodernity, the dissertation examines the conflictual relationship between art and architecture in order to gain an understanding of them as different, yet intimately connected, ways of producing new forms of reality. The claim made throughout the dissertation is that public space cannot be “reconstructed” on the basis of historical forms and ideals – rather it must be continuously reinvented in accordance with a critical understanding of democracy. Ultimately, the dissertation is an examination of how, and why, public space can be defended as an indispensible form of society and of the complex coalition of its aesthetical and political effects. / QC 20100824

La concepció occidental del paisatge, estretament lligada a la seva representació pictòrica, ha tendit a crear un imaginari paisatgístic de la unitat i la immobilitat que ha condicionat una part important de les reflexions estètiques al voltant del paisatge. L'objectiu d'aquesta tesi és plantejar els principis per una estètica del paisatge cinematogràfic fonamentada en les dues grans particularitats tècniques del cinema: el découpage i la imatge en moviment. Basant-nos en el diàleg intertextual entre cinema, pintura i literatura dibuixem una "altra història" del paisatge on la fragmentació, l'entrellaçament i la mobilitat són els principals mecanismes de representació paisatgística. L'estructura de la tesi, en consonància amb l'esperit de la investigació, parteix de la situació del paisatge en la contemporaneïtat per, posteriorment, emprendre un viatge arqueològic a través del temps per tal de localitzar els orígens del découpage paisatgístic i del paisatge en moviment. A través d'aquesta mirada retrospectiva s'observa com el cinema reescriu i dialoga per la via cinemàtica amb formes paisatgístiques que estaven disseminades en els altres arts. / The Occidental conception of the landscape –that has been closely linked to its pictorial representation- has tended to create an imaginary of the unity and the immobility. It conditioned an important part of the aesthetic refections regarding the landscape. The aim of this thesis is to consider the principles for an aesthetic of the film landscape, which is based on two technical characteristics of the cinema: the découpage and the moving image. Looking at the intertextual dialogue between the cinema, the painting and the literature, we describe “another history” of the landscape where the fragmentation, the entanglement and the mobility are the principal mechanisms of the landscape representation. According to the spirit of this research, the structure of the thesis starts from the situation of the landscape in the contemporary world to go on a later archaeological journey across the time. This trip seeks to locate the origins of the landscape découpage and the moving landscape. Through this retrospective look, we can observe how the cinema rewrite and dialogue by a cinematic way with the forms of the landscape that were spread out in other arts.

This study examines changes in culture, economics and politics in Taiwan. Ronald Inglehart suggests that culture, economics and politics are mutually connected and these dynamics shape each other over time. Richard Florida argues that the driving force behind the transformation of a society¡¦s lifestyles, worldview and values is the rise of human creativity. In order to observe the changes over time, Inglehart and his colleagues have been collecting data through questionnaires (World Values Survey) in countries around the world. The purpose of this study is to measure and interpret the recent changes in Taiwan. Data collected from Taiwan is compiled in a unique database for analysis. This paper discusses the findings from this analysis and interprets the direction of change brought by intergenerational change. In addition, a cross-cultural analysis between Sweden and Taiwan is performed using the latest data collected from the two countries. Results suggest that Taiwan¡¦s shift is in the direction of Postmodernity. In addition, younger people are found to be more tolerant against different groups of people compared to the older generation.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-12T20:34:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 capa.pdf: 93779 bytes, checksum: 63e98b6a62455decabd828311e628e9e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2004-12-03 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This paper has the objective of studying the use of the English language to name commercial organizations in Joinville, state of Santa Catarina Brazil, considering the notion of postmodernity, and using as an analysis device the Peircean semiotics. Taking into account the ideas of Fredric Jameson, Jean-François Lyotard and Stuart Hall, I regard as postmodern elements: the loss of cultural identity, the disbelief in ancestors tradition, and the capitalism allied with globalization. Therefore, I relate these elements to the occurrence of the linguistic phenomenon that I study here. The city context shows a cultural fragmentation that can be understood, considering the rupture in relation to the German culture, inherited from the immigrants, and associating it with the contact to other cultures, because of the constant migration. The corpus analyzed was a set of streets that are situated in the central area of the city, and some neighborhoods. It includes a considerable number of businesses, so it was possible to have a significant figure, in terms of percentage. This analysis made use of semiotics to categorize the signs, according to the trichotomic Peircean classification and, it identified: icons, indexes and symbols. The conclusion of this paper is that, the commercial use of the English language in this community refers more to the visual context, than to the linguistic one, so it does not indicate that the foreign language has being used as means of communication to the detriment of the Portuguese language. / Este trabalho tem por objetivo estudar o uso da língua inglesa nas denominações dos estabelecimentos comerciais da cidade de Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brasil, a partir da noção de pós-modernidade e, utilizando como instrumento de análise, a semiótica peirceana. A partir de Frederic Jameson, Jean-François Lyotard e Stuart Hall considero como elementos da pós-modernidade, a perda da identidade cultural, o descrédito pelas tradições dos antepassados e o capitalismo aliado à globalização. Relaciono esses elementos à ocorrência do fenômeno lingüístico que estudo aqui. O contexto joinvilense apresenta uma fragmentação cultural que, através de um resgate histórico, foi possível entender, tendo em vista a ocorrência de uma ruptura em relação à cultura alemã, herdada dos colonizadores, associada à exposição a outras culturas advindas da constante migração. O corpus selecionado, um conjunto de ruas que compreende a região central da cidade e alguns bairros adjacentes, agrega um número considerável de estabelecimentos comerciais, o que permitiu uma amostragem significativa em termos percentuais. É apresentada uma análise semiótica dos signos que utilizam a língua inglesa, segundo a classificação tricotômica peirceana, de tal forma a identificar ícones, índices e símbolos. A conclusão do trabalho é que o uso comercial da língua inglesa na comunidade joinvilense tem um comprometimento mais visual do que lingüístico, sendo assim, ele não é um indício de que a língua estrangeira está sendo usada como meio de comunicação, em detrimento da língua portuguesa.

Submitted by Noeme Timbo (noeme.timbo@metodista.br) on 2017-10-16T15:53:25Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Paulo Cesar Pereira da Silva2.pdf: 1706944 bytes, checksum: 065137b360b6603b92771aea80ca160f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-16T15:53:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Paulo Cesar Pereira da Silva2.pdf: 1706944 bytes, checksum: 065137b360b6603b92771aea80ca160f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-04-07 / Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / This research aims to understand in what sense the Christian faith can be articulated in times of transitions, more precisely, in times of rapid changes amid the processes of postmodern life. As for perceptions of change, we start with Zygmunt Bauman's research on how the relations of postmodern individuals with time are established, which the author terms as liquid times, being guided by phenomena such as uncertainty, insecurity and This term is called the state of interregnum, which is constituted through the process of transition between the modern solid world and the postmodern world as liquid world, where the old is being deprived and no longer has its fixed values, of The new configurations have not yet been established, classifying this era as a transitional period. As an interlocutor we present the theologian Paul Tillich who had been considered the theologian of modernity, articulating hope through a dynamic Christian faith, since he redefined that concept through existential philosophy. Faith, for him, is to be possessed by what touches us unconditionally, whereas in its perspective, the concept is not established having as an understanding a faith locked in religious dogmas, rites and myths, but rather, having in its character the faith As an intrinsic element of human life and not just a construct of the religious relationship. This would be the Christian faith an interesting resource in times of doubt and uncertainty? Our hypothesis is that faith can be the hope for uncertain times, which will help to support the changes of / in the globalization that in turn generates impact on all the subjects. / Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo entender em que sentido a fé cristã pode ser articulada em tempos de transições, mais precisamente, em tempos de mudanças rápidas em meio aos processos da vida pós-moderna. Quanto a percepções de mudanças, partimos das pesquisas de Zygmunt Bauman a respeito de como se estabelece as relações dos indivíduos pós-moderno com o tempo, as quais o autor denomina como tempos líquidos, norteando-se por meio de fenômenos como incerteza, insegurança e medo, denominando assim este período como estado de interregno, que se constitui através do processo de transição entre o mundo sólido moderno e o pós-moderno como mundo liquido, onde o antigo está sendo destituídas e já não tem mais os seus valores fixados, de contra partida, as novas configurações também não se afirmaram ainda, classificando essa época como um período de transição. Como interlocutor apresentamos o teólogo Paul Tillich que fora considerado o teólogo da modernidade, articulando a esperança por meio de uma fé cristã dinâmica, visto que o mesmo redefiniu tal conceito através da filosofia existencial. Fé, para ele, é estar possuído por aquilo que nos toca incondicionalmente, ao passo que em sua perspectiva, o conceito não se estabelece tendo como entendimento uma fé travada nos dogmas, ritos e mitos religiosos, mas sim, tendo em seu caráter a fé como elemento intrínseco da vida humano e não apenas um construto da relação religiosa. Isto posto seria a fé cristã um recurso interessante em tempos de dúvidas e incerteza? Nossa hipótese é que a fé pode se a esperança para tempos incertos, que ajudará suportar as mudanças da/na globalização que por sua vez gera impacto sobre todos os sujeitos.

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Submitted by Jordan (jordanbiblio@gmail.com) on 2018-07-27T14:20:14Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DISS_2015_Bruna Fernanda Bólico Pereira.pdf: 1090246 bytes, checksum: bd6044cdd41a8355ba9a1eda02bbe061 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Jordan (jordanbiblio@gmail.com) on 2018-08-02T12:50:01Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DISS_2015_Bruna Fernanda Bólico Pereira.pdf: 1090246 bytes, checksum: bd6044cdd41a8355ba9a1eda02bbe061 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-02T12:50:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DISS_2015_Bruna Fernanda Bólico Pereira.pdf: 1090246 bytes, checksum: bd6044cdd41a8355ba9a1eda02bbe061 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-10-19 / Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar a presença do conservadorismo no Serviço Social brasileiro. Para isso foi realizada uma pesquisa bibliográfica e documental. Busca-se compreender a ideologia conservadora clássica, e o seu significado com o advento da modernidade, bem como a oposição ao conservadorismo e a resistência que se estabeleceu com a dialética marxista. Percorremos o momento histórico em que emerge a profissão de Serviço Social até o processo de busca de ruptura com o tradicionalismo. Posteriormente buscamos identificar os principais caminhos que reatualizam o conservadorismo e o neoconservadorismo no Serviço Social. Procurou-se, ter clareza dos desafios que se apresentam a profissão, a fim de lançar-se ao seu enfrentamento. / This work aims to analyze the presence of conservatism in the Brazilian Social Service. For this a literature search was performed. We seek to understand the classic conservative ideology, and its meaning with the advent of modernity, as well as opposition to conservatism and resistance that was established with the Marxist dialectic. We go through the historical moment that emerges of social workers to the search process to break with traditionalism. And then we enter in the contemporary world in order to identify the main ways that reactualized conservatism and neoconservatism in Social Work. He tried to even have clarity of the challenges facing the profession in order to throw himself to his face.

This thesis deals with the form of relationship actors (client and social worker) in social work profession, through the optics of interactive model. Thesis also deals with the role, purpose, important aspects, principles and values of helping relationship with regard to working with postmodern (relational) loss. The critical discussion treats with the possible relationship difficulties and paradoxes, which are viewed by ethical perspective. In all of the formulated relational paradoxes is valid, that the social worker has to think, reflect and be able to have publicly defend his dealing with the client