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No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 3554110 bytes, checksum: 35c61671dc9bf20c3fd19db81c250e70 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-25 / Education for some time has been receiving great attention and influence of the Administration, through the introduction of models of school management, which includes, among other things, the discussion curriculum, budget organization and people management. However, in this study, the school management of basic education will be examined from the lens of Practice-based Studies (PBS), specifically the sociomateriality. The lens of the PBS and sociomateriality, allows us to see the school management beyond the prescriptive control of internal variables. Thus, by studying the school management for this approach, this practice does not occur through the “hands” of the Director, but this is a dynamic phenomenon, and that takes a lot of nuances that are dependent on the action of various actors (human and non-human). Thus, the overall objective of this research was to analyze the practice of school management in light of sociomateriality in a public school of the Brazilian State of Paraíba in the northeast of the country. To the achievement of the goals, it was the qualitative research, through data collection techniques: shadowing, associated with the moviments of zooming-ing and zooming out and Interview to the double. In addition, also direct observations and informal conversations were adopted. For data analysis, we used the framework drafted by Bispo (2015) to guide data analysis processes in research using the PBS. With regard to the results, it was identified the existence of three practices that together support the "texture" of school management practices, they are: practice of educational management, the practice of administrative management and practice management with the community. It was noticed also the strong presence of the tranverse element political aspect to all practices that make up the "texture" of the school management. In addition, it became evident as the practice of school management doesn't happen way isolated, but is linked to a larger texture of practices. With respect to the sociomaterial aspect of the practice of school management, it was noticed the constant presence of non-human actors as agents of construction, reproduction and modification of the practice, providing support for the implementation of the practice, mediating the relationship between other actors, or even directing the conduct of practice. Finally, this study sought to contribute to theoretical and practical way for the construction of the knowledge of the field from the experiments experienced. / A educação há algum tempo vem recebendo grande atenção e influência da administração, principalmente por meio da tentativa de introdução de modelos de gestão escolar, o que inclui, entre outras coisas, a discussão de currículos, organização orçamentária e gestão de pessoas. Contudo, neste estudo, a gestão escolar do ensino básico será analisada a partir da lente dos Estudos Baseados em Prática (EBP), mais especificamente a sociomaterialidade. A lente dos EBP e da sociomaterialidade, nos permite enxergar a gestão escolar além do controle prescritivo de variáveis internas. Dessa forma, ao estudar a gestão escolar por essa abordagem, entende-se essa prática não ocorre por meio das “mãos” do diretor, mas trata-se de um fenômeno dinâmico, situado e que assume várias nuances que dependem da ação de diversos atores (humanos e não-humanos). Assim, o objetivo geral dessa pesquisa foi analisar a prática da gestão escolar a luz da sociomaterialidade em uma escola pública do estado brasileiro da Paraíba localizado no nordeste do país. Para o alcance dos objetivos, utilizou-se a pesquisa qualitativa, por meio das técnicas levantamento de dados: shadowing, associado aos movimentos de zooming-ing e zooming-out e o Interview to the double. Além disso, utilizou-se observações diretas e conversas informais. Para análise dos dados, foi utilizado o framework elaborado por Bispo (2015) para orientar processos de análise de dados em pesquisas que utilizem a abordagem dos EBP. No que se refere aos resultados, foi identificado a existência de três fragmentos de práticas que juntas suportam a “textura” de práticas da gestão escolar, são elas: prática pedagógica, prática do apoio administrativo e prática do interesse social. Percebeu-se também a forte presença do aspecto político como elemento transversal à todas as práticas que compõem a “textura” da gestão escolar. Além disso, ficou evidente como a prática da gestão escolar não acontece de maneira isolada, mas está interligada a uma textura maior de práticas. No que tange ao aspecto sociomaterial da prática da gestão escolar, percebeu-se a sua constante presença de atores não-humanos como agentes de construção, reprodução e modificação da prática, seja proporcionando suporte para a realização da prática, mediando a relação entre outros atores, ou até mesmo direcionando a condução da prática. Por fim, esta pesquisa buscou contribuir de maneira prática e teórica para a construção do conhecimento do campo a partir das experiências vivenciadas.

O objetivo desse estudo é compreender os saberes desenvolvidos nas práticas de trabalho e nas trajetórias de vida de um grupo de cinegrafistas, de uma emissora de televisão. A compreensão dos saberes desenvolvidos nas práticas do grupo pesquisado segue a perspectiva da aprendizagem baseada em prática à luz do knowing in practice. Para atingir o objetivo, se fez necessária, além da análise dos saberes e das práticas predominantes no cotidiano desses profissionais, a identificação de como, no desenvolvimento dessas práticas, os processos de aprendizagem estão relacionados. O estudo foi desenvolvido através da metodologia de histórias de vida, com a utilização de vídeos de matérias trazidos pelos próprios entrevistados, para que eles pudessem contar sobre suas experiências a partir de uma situação real e visível. As entrevistas foram realizadas, entre os meses de julho e agosto de 2014, com cinco cinegrafistas da mesma emissora de televisão, com tempos de profissão distintos, para possibilitar a análise de diferentes percepções. Seus relatos possibilitaram constituir o percurso profissional de cada entrevistado, identificando os saberes relacionados. A descrição do cotidiano de trabalho dos cinegrafistas entrevistados permitiu entender a relação entre os saberes constituídos, durante a história de vida de cada um, e a (re)produção das práticas e seus processos de aprendizagem. Evidenciou-se que práticas, saberes e aprendizagem aparecem simultaneamente, durante as rotinas de trabalho, quer através de subsídio verbal dos colegas mais experientes, quer através da observação e da vivência em diferentes situações, durante as gravações. A pesquisa sinalizou não somente a complexidade dos saberes envolvidos, por estarem vinculados a uma série de práticas heterogêneas, mas também peculiaridades da profissão foram desvendadas durante as conversas. Para desempenhar suas tarefas, os cinegrafistas adaptam seus corpos e consideram os equipamentos de gravação como uma extensão deles. Adaptam também a mente, pois as gravações exigem grande esforço cognitivo, relacionado à capacidade de improviso, ao controle das emoções e ao julgamento do que é esperado pelo telespectador. O estudo mostrou a possibilidade de articulações teóricas entre os conceitos do knowing in practice e a realidade vivenciada pelos cinegrafistas. Indicou também que os saberes são complexos e estão vinculados a uma rede de práticas; são aprendidos e desenvolvidos por meio das relações e das experiências e impulsionados pelas necessidades de cada imagem a ser capturada. / The aim of this study is to understand the knowledge developed in working practices and life trajectories of a cameramen group of a television station. The understanding of the knowledge gained in the activities of the group observed is based on the learning perspective of practice-based in the light of knowing in practice. In order to achieve the goal, it was necessary to analyze the prevailing knowledge and practices in the daily life of these professionals. It was also necessary to identify how the learning processes are related in the development of these practices. The study was conducted by using the methodology of life stories, by using videos of materials brought by the interviewees so that they could narrate their experiences from a real and visible situation. The interviews were carried out between the months of july and august 2014, with five cameramen from the same television station with different career time to enable the analysis of different perspectives. Based on the reports, it was possible to structure the career path that each interviewee came from, identifying the related knowledge. The description of the daily work of the cameramen allowed the understanding of the relationship between the knowledge acquired during the life story of each one and the (re) production practices and their learning processes. It was possible to prove that practices, knowledge and learning appear simultaneously during their work routines, be it with the verbal assistance of more experienced colleagues or through the observation and experience in different situations during the recording. Not only did the research indicate the complexity of the knowledge involved, which is linked to a number of heterogeneous practices, but also showed the industry peculiarities which have been elucidated during the conversations undertaken. In order to perform their tasks, the filmmakers adapt their bodies, already considering the recording equipment as an extension of them, and also adapt their minds, because the recordings required a great cognitive effort, related to the ability to improvise, to control emotions and to judge what is expected by the viewer. The study indicated the possibility of theoretical links between the concepts of knowing in practice and the reality experienced by the cameramen. It also indicated that knowledge is complex and linked to a network of practices; it is also learned and developed through relationships and experiences, which are driven by the needs of each image to be captured.

O objetivo desse estudo é compreender os saberes desenvolvidos nas práticas de trabalho e nas trajetórias de vida de um grupo de cinegrafistas, de uma emissora de televisão. A compreensão dos saberes desenvolvidos nas práticas do grupo pesquisado segue a perspectiva da aprendizagem baseada em prática à luz do knowing in practice. Para atingir o objetivo, se fez necessária, além da análise dos saberes e das práticas predominantes no cotidiano desses profissionais, a identificação de como, no desenvolvimento dessas práticas, os processos de aprendizagem estão relacionados. O estudo foi desenvolvido através da metodologia de histórias de vida, com a utilização de vídeos de matérias trazidos pelos próprios entrevistados, para que eles pudessem contar sobre suas experiências a partir de uma situação real e visível. As entrevistas foram realizadas, entre os meses de julho e agosto de 2014, com cinco cinegrafistas da mesma emissora de televisão, com tempos de profissão distintos, para possibilitar a análise de diferentes percepções. Seus relatos possibilitaram constituir o percurso profissional de cada entrevistado, identificando os saberes relacionados. A descrição do cotidiano de trabalho dos cinegrafistas entrevistados permitiu entender a relação entre os saberes constituídos, durante a história de vida de cada um, e a (re)produção das práticas e seus processos de aprendizagem. Evidenciou-se que práticas, saberes e aprendizagem aparecem simultaneamente, durante as rotinas de trabalho, quer através de subsídio verbal dos colegas mais experientes, quer através da observação e da vivência em diferentes situações, durante as gravações. A pesquisa sinalizou não somente a complexidade dos saberes envolvidos, por estarem vinculados a uma série de práticas heterogêneas, mas também peculiaridades da profissão foram desvendadas durante as conversas. Para desempenhar suas tarefas, os cinegrafistas adaptam seus corpos e consideram os equipamentos de gravação como uma extensão deles. Adaptam também a mente, pois as gravações exigem grande esforço cognitivo, relacionado à capacidade de improviso, ao controle das emoções e ao julgamento do que é esperado pelo telespectador. O estudo mostrou a possibilidade de articulações teóricas entre os conceitos do knowing in practice e a realidade vivenciada pelos cinegrafistas. Indicou também que os saberes são complexos e estão vinculados a uma rede de práticas; são aprendidos e desenvolvidos por meio das relações e das experiências e impulsionados pelas necessidades de cada imagem a ser capturada. / The aim of this study is to understand the knowledge developed in working practices and life trajectories of a cameramen group of a television station. The understanding of the knowledge gained in the activities of the group observed is based on the learning perspective of practice-based in the light of knowing in practice. In order to achieve the goal, it was necessary to analyze the prevailing knowledge and practices in the daily life of these professionals. It was also necessary to identify how the learning processes are related in the development of these practices. The study was conducted by using the methodology of life stories, by using videos of materials brought by the interviewees so that they could narrate their experiences from a real and visible situation. The interviews were carried out between the months of july and august 2014, with five cameramen from the same television station with different career time to enable the analysis of different perspectives. Based on the reports, it was possible to structure the career path that each interviewee came from, identifying the related knowledge. The description of the daily work of the cameramen allowed the understanding of the relationship between the knowledge acquired during the life story of each one and the (re) production practices and their learning processes. It was possible to prove that practices, knowledge and learning appear simultaneously during their work routines, be it with the verbal assistance of more experienced colleagues or through the observation and experience in different situations during the recording. Not only did the research indicate the complexity of the knowledge involved, which is linked to a number of heterogeneous practices, but also showed the industry peculiarities which have been elucidated during the conversations undertaken. In order to perform their tasks, the filmmakers adapt their bodies, already considering the recording equipment as an extension of them, and also adapt their minds, because the recordings required a great cognitive effort, related to the ability to improvise, to control emotions and to judge what is expected by the viewer. The study indicated the possibility of theoretical links between the concepts of knowing in practice and the reality experienced by the cameramen. It also indicated that knowledge is complex and linked to a network of practices; it is also learned and developed through relationships and experiences, which are driven by the needs of each image to be captured.

Abstract The purpose of this study was to analyse the effectiveness and cost of fissure sealant treatment in preventing dental caries in children in a practice-based research network using survival analysis. The survival times of first permanent molars in children were analysed in three countries: in Finland (age cohorts 1970–1972 and 1980–1982), in Sweden (1980–1982) and in Greece (1980–1982), and additionally at two municipal health centres in Finland (age cohorts 1988–1990 in Kemi and 1990 in Vantaa). The study population comprised altogether 8 551 children. The data were collected manually from paper dental records (Finland, Sweden and Greece), and an automatic data-mining system for collecting data from electronic dental records was used in the case of the two health centres in Finland (Kemi and Vantaa). Comparisons of the survival times of first molars caries-free were performed between sealed and non-sealed individual teeth, and between the subjects in cases where a subject’s all first permanent molars were either sealed or non-sealed before the age of eight years. The cumulative costs of caries risk determination, use of xylitol, fissure sealant treatment, and restorations were calculated based on the data from the digital dental records of the health centres of Kemi and Vantaa. The results stressed the importance of caries-risk assessment on a tooth and subject level, when estimating the need for sealing treatment. Sealing of first molars of very high caries risk children (caries present in any of the permanent first molars before the age of eight years) seemed to be insufficient to prevent further dental decay later on. Instead, sealants were beneficial in caries prevention in medium-risk children (caries present in any of the permanent first molars between the ages of eight and ten years). Low-risk children (no caries in any of the permanent first molars before the age of ten years) did not benefit remarkably from sealant treatment. When sealant treatment were targeted only at high caries risk children based on risk-determination at the age of two years and all their permanent first molars were sealed (Kemi), their total treatment costs later were higher compared to the low-risk children, who were left unsealed. Significant differences in the survival curves of sealed and non-sealed first molars on a tooth and subject level confirmed that a translational approach is needed to study the effectiveness of preventive dental treatment in practice. The practice-based study model provides a good overview on the situation in real-life circumstances and helps to incorporate the evidence-based dentistry study results into everyday dental practice. / Tiivistelmä Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli analysoida fissuurapinnoituksen tehokkuutta ja kustannuksia lasten hammaskariesta ehkäisevänä toimenpiteenä käytäntöön perustuvan tutkimusmenetelmän ja elinkaarianalyysin avulla. Ensimmäisten pysyvien poskihampaiden elinkaarianalyysi tehtiin Suomen (ikäkohortit 1970–1972 ja 1980–1982), Ruotsin (1980–1982) ja Kreikan (1980–1982) aineistojen sekä lisäksi kahden suomalaisen terveyskeskusaineiston (Kemi 1988–1990 and Vantaa 1990) perusteella. Tutkimusaineisto koostui yhteensä 8 551 lapsesta. Tutkimukseen tarvittavat tiedot kerättiin manuaalisesti potilaspapereista Suomen, Ruotsin ja Kreikan aineistoista sekä elektronisesti suoraan kahden suomalaisen terveyskeskuksen (Kemi ja Vantaa) digitaalisista potilastietojärjestelmistä. Ensimmäisten pysyvien poskihampaiden elinkaarikäyriä verrattiin pinnoitettujen ja pinnoittamattomien hampaiden sekä pinnoitettujen ja pinnoittamattomien henkilöiden (kaikki neljä pysyvää ensimmäistä poskihammasta joko pinnoitettu tai pinnoittamatta kahdeksanteen ikävuoteen mennessä) välillä. Kumulatiiviset kustannukset karieksen riskimäärityksestä, ksylitolin käytöstä, pinnoituksista ja täytteistä laskettiin Kemin ja Vantaan terveyskeskusaineistojen perusteella. Tutkimuksen tulokset korostavat riskimäärityksen tärkeyttä pinnoituspäätöksen tekemisessä sekä hammaskohtaisesti että potilaskohtaisesti. Korkean kariesriskin lapsille (kariesta yhdessä tai useammassa ensimmäisessä pysyvässä poskihampaassa ennen kahdeksatta ikävuotta) pinnoitusten teho näytti olevan riittämätön estämään karieksen kehittymisen myöhemmällä iällä. Pinnoitukset olivat tehokkaita keskisuuren kariesriskin (kariesta yhdessä tai useammassa ensimmäisessä pysyvässä poskihampaassa kahdeksan ja kymmenen ikävuoden välillä) lapsilla. Matalan kariesriskin lapset (ei kariesta yhdessäkään ensimmäisessä pysyvässä poskihampaassa ennen kymmenettä ikävuotta) eivät hyötyneet merkittävästi pinnoitteiden kariesta ehkäisevästä vaikutuksesta. Kun pinnoitteet kohdennettiin valikoidusti lapsille joilla oli kahden vuoden iässä todettu korkea kariesriski ja heidän kaikki ensimmäiset pysyvät poskihampaat pinnoitettiin (Kemi), heidän osaltaan kokonaishoidosta seuranneet kustannukset myöhemmin olivat korkeampia verrattuna lapsiin joilla oli matala kariesriski ja joiden hampaita ei pinnoitettu. Pinnoitettujen ja pinnoittamattomien ensimmäisten pysyvien poskihampaiden hammas- ja henkilökohtaisten elinkaarikäyrien tilastolliset erot tutkituissa kohorteissa osoittavat, että käytäntöön perustuva tutkimusmenetelmä on suositeltava analysoitaessa hammashoidon tehokkuutta jokapäiväisessä toiminnassa. Käytäntöön perustuva tutkimusmalli antaa hyvän käsityksen todellisissa hoito-olosuhteissa tehtyjen toimenpiteiden tehokkuudesta ja avaa siihen uuden näkökulman sekä edesauttaa soveltamaan näyttöön perustuvan hammaslääketieteen tutkimustuloksia jokapäiväiseen hammaslääkärintyöhön vastaanotolla.

Dans un monde de compétition économique en évolution constante, les équipes projets plurifonctionnelles constituent un outil de management apprécié pour mettre en place des transformations stratégiques majeures dans les multinationales. Cependant, de nombreuses études empiriques (Kotter, 1995; Beer, Eisenstat and Spector, 1990; Beer, 2000; Stvetena and Damian, 2006) montrent que ces équipes, à moins qu’elles ne soient bien gérées, conduisent à l’échec. A partir d’une étude comparative approfondie d’une équipe pilote et de quatre autres équipes dédiées à la transformation du marketing, de la vente et de la distribution, dans deux entreprises pharmaceutiques, nous examinons les conditions internes des équipes plurifonctionnelles dédiées au changement organisationnel au sein d’organisations multinationales. Les résultats montrent que ces équipes réussissent mieux lorsque qu’elles couplent leurs activités avec le reste de l’organisation dans la première phase et la dernière phase du projet, lorsqu’elles pratiquent un leadership partagé et lorsqu’elles sont organisées en semi-structures. Cette étude contribue à la littérature sur le changement organisationnel en transcendant les relations paradoxales entre stabilité et changement, à la littérature de l’approche par les pratiques en explicitant les relations entre les pratiques et les organisations, et propose des enseignements clés pour les managers impliqués dans des transformations majeures au sein d’entreprises multinationale / In today’s ever-changing, competitive business environment, cross-functional teams are an increasingly popular mechanism to implement major business transformations within multinationals. Yet empirical data (Kotter, 1995; Beer, Eisenstat and Spector, 1990; Beer, 2000; Stvetena and Damian, 2006) support for the prevailing view that such teams, unless they are well managed, lead to failure. By drawing on an in depth comparative study of one Pilot Team and four teams dedicated to marketing, sales and distribution transformation in two pharmaceutical companies, we examine under which internal conditions cross-functional teams dedicated to organizational change enable or hinder organizational change within multinational corporations. The findings suggest that they succeed best through high level coupling activities with the remainder of the organization during the early and the later phases of a project, when practicing shared leadership and when organized as a semi-structure. This study contributes to the literature on organizational change in transcending the paradoxical relationships between stability and change, to the literature on the practice-based approach in making more explicit the relationships between practices and organizations and provides implications for managers involved in major business transformations in multinational corporations.

This thesis adopts a practice-based approach to understanding how power, knowledge and knowing intermingle in organizations to facilitate/constrain individual access to opportunities for knowing-in-practice (learning). It explores how organizational mechanisms and technologies of regulation (re)construct and (re)produce organizational dimensions of knowledge as power/knowledge resources by which intermingling modalities of power are enacted to continuously sanction and (re)constitute individual meanings and identities.

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Cette recherche vise à interroger la façon dont des dispositifs organisationnels (formels et informels) façonnent la démarche d’alerte, lancée par un employé qui souhaite témoigner d’une fraude ou d’un manquement à l’éthique organisationnel.Inscrite dans un paradigme interprétativiste, notre design de recherche repose sur des entretiens qualitatifs ainsi que sur des récits de vie conduits avec des lanceurs d’alerte. Nos résultats permettent de montrer l’inopérance des dispositifs formels (outils de recueil de l’alerte) mis en place par l’organisation pour recueillir la parole de l’employé, qui manquent de traiter correctement l’alerte qui leur est signalée ; d’autre part, nous caractérisons l’idée selon laquelle d’autres dispositifs, plus informels, placent eux-mêmes, par leur non-réponse ou réponses ambiguës, l’employé en situation de lancer l’alerte, en dehors des dispositifs qui avaient été mis en place par l’organisation. Enfin, nous interrogeons la possibilité qui est laissée à un employé d’exprimer un doute lorsque celui-ci concerne le bien-fondé éthique de certaines pratiques organisationnelles. / This research aims to examine the way in which organizational mechanisms (both formal and informal) shape the whistleblowing process initiated by employees wanting to expose a fraud or a breach of organizational ethics.Our research design adopts an interpretivist paradigm and is based on qualitative and life-story interviews conducted with whistleblowers. Our results show the ineffectiveness of the formal mechanisms implemented by organizations to collectemployee testimonies (tools for gathering employee warnings), which fail to correctly address the whistleblowing that is signaled to them. We also describe the suggestion that other, more informal, mechanisms, by failing to respond or byproviding ambiguous responses, place employees in a situation where they feel compelled to blow the whistle, outside the mechanisms implemented by the organization. Finally, we examine the possibilities available to employees to express doubts concerning the ethical soundness of certain organizational practices.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Humantities, Dramatic Arts, 2012 / This creative practice-based research report explores a phenomenological approach to the body as a sensorially, audibly, visibly and viscerally present entity. The research argues for an experience of embodiment that highlights the primacy of the body within the context of the HIV and AIDS pandemic in South Africa. It addresses theoretical and methodological concerns of theatre making as a creative practice for interrogating the body’s lived experience of HIV and AIDS. The study argues that theatre has tended to describe the surface experience of the trauma of HIV and AIDS and that it has failed to speak to the lived body experience of HIV and AIDS. In so doing, this report excavates the innovation of a theatre making process that helps illuminate complex human experience through performance. This research report is written in a way that allows the reader access to the process that was developed by the researcher/theatre maker/writer. Through a facilitated process of theatre making, this study focuses on the four co-researchers/performers lived experiences of HIV and AIDS and how through the use of stimuli (visual art and elements of nature) and the use of the combination of somatic play, movement and sound, they evoked and exhumed their bodies living memory. The accounts that were made in the exploration are presented in this report and in the performance and recording (DVD) of Stains Inner. This research posits the body as a knowing entity in the era of HIV and AIDS in South Africa and highlights the process of on-flow in theatre making as a fluid dynamic process through which the body can viscerally access the latent lived experiences associated with the pandemic. It is a powerful process that enhances the body aesthetic in theatre. The study concludes that this form of theatre making has the capacity to create a transformative experience for the performer and audience. The study also puts forth recommendations that would possibly shift the landscape of HIV and AIDS discourse.

In this text, I aim to provide a critical account of a practice-based process where I composed the pieces: No Future, Futuribile No.2, celycib~, and radiocib~. In this iterative process, practical explorations provided foundations for theoretical development, which in turn, guided the following iteration of the practical work. In addition to this, I will critique the concept of the post-acousmatic, using the theoretical insights that emerged from the iterative process. In presenting the artistic results, I will describe the compositional intentions, the process, the aesthetical decisions I made, and a critical reflection on the results. The outcomes of my compositional journey might be regarded as heterogeneous in terms of musical results, and I strongly regard this occurrence in a positive manner. Despite the heterogeneity of the artistic outcomes, a conceptual framework emerges from the critical reflection on the works, linking them together. The conceptual basis of my work is related to two main aspects: one linked to my interest in political issues, the other to artistic and aesthetic matters. I see the artistic space as an opportunity to stage a potential socio-political scenario, in which different possibilities can be prototyped and explored, showing that a broader horizon of possibility can exists, even if in the confined boundaries of the stage. The artistic and aesthetic matters are related to my interest in acousmatic music. In this text I will show how I frequently make use of acousmatic techniques in a post-acousmatic context, which will be described in the Critical Reflection. The description and the critique of the works will highlight how such techniques contribute to this idea.In this text I will frequently make use of the term acousmatic. I am aware of the ambiguity of using this term, which in my understanding, might refer either to a phenomenon or a music genre (see The Post-Acousmatic section). However, I find it a useful tool to address a set of intentions and compositional strategies, aesthetics, and communities. My political and artistic stands relate to each other through my belief that an experimental approach to arts can contribute, to some extent, to the socio-political context. I regard the compositional approaches developed in relation to the acousmatic condition as the most interesting development in new music of the last century. Nevertheless, in the last decades, a standardized way of composing has emerged from the acousmatic communities. My belief is that this led to a speculation over self-referential aesthetics, and consequently, excluded new audiences to get access to it. On the other side, the absence of acousmatic music is noticeable in the programmes of venues, or the online listeners communities, and therefore, the everyday life of people. My belief is that an experimental approach towards arts, including acousmatic music, might be beneficial for contributing to a less hierarchical society: an experimental attitude in arts is the way to explore a broader horizon of possibility.