Thesis (D. Phil. (Ed.))--University of Pretoria, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 151-159). Available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

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This dissertation demonstrates that Sarah Orne Jewett’s The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896), Mary Hunter Austin’s The Land of Little Rain (1906), Kate Chopin’s The Awakening (1899), and Mary Wilkins Freemans The Portion of Labor (1903) exemplify the radical politics and aesthetics that late nineteenth-century literary regionalism shares with the Arts and Crafts Movement. Despite considerable feminist critical accomplishments, scholarship on regionalism has yet to relate its rural folkways, feminine aesthetics, and anti-urban stance to similar ideals in the Arts and Crafts Movement. Jewett, Austin, Chopin, and Freeman all depict the challenges of the regional woman artist in order to oppose the uniformity and conventionality of urban modernity. They were not alone in engaging these concerns: they shared these interests with period feminists, sexual radicals, and advocates of the Arts and Crafts Movement like John Ruskin and William Morris, all of whom deeply questioned industrial capitalism and modernization. Jewett, Austin, Chopin, and Freeman envisioned women’s Arts and Crafts communities that appealed to readers through narratives that detailed the potential uniqueness of homemade decorative arts and other aspects of women’s material culture. For Arts and Crafts advocates and regionalists, handcrafted goods made using local folk methods and natural materials fulfilled what they saw as the aesthetic requirements for artistic self-definition: The Country of the Pointed Firs and The Land of Little Rain embrace the destabilizing effect queer and feminist characters have on a presumably heterosexual domestic environment, and they formally resist the narrative structures of industrial modernity, emphasizing the Arts and Crafts ideal union between woman artist, natural environment, and communal bonds. The Awakening and The Portion of Labor expose the suffocating impact of industrial capitalism and sexism on women artists who strive for connection with their local environments and communities and cannot achieve their creative goals. I prove that all four texts do more than simply interpret regionalism through the Arts and Crafts Movement as a means to launch their critiques of industrial modernity, they transform the meaning of regionalist Arts and Crafts aesthetics and politics in late nineteenth-century American literature.

Orientadora: Karina Lilia Pasquariello Mariano / Banca: José Briceño Ruiz / Banca: Regiane Nitsch Bressan / O Programa de Pós-Graduação em Relações Internacionais é instituído em parceria com a Unesp/Unicamp/PUC-SP, em projeto subsidiado pela CAPES, intitulado "Programa San Tiago Dantas" / Resumo: Esta pesquisa analisa a multiplicação dos processos de integração regional na América do Sul a partir de sua institucionalidade. O objetivo é verificar se o desenvolvimento desses processos ocorre de forma concorrente ou de maneira complementar, avaliando o quanto há de sobreposição de atividades, agendas e interesses. Selecionamos como objeto as agendas de MERCOSUL, UNASUL e CELAC e a hipótese deste trabalho é que a fragmentação pode ser verificada na multiplicação de iniciativas, refletindo a pluralidade de estratégias adotadas pelos governos em sua política externa para tratar a integração, e denotando a ausência de uma concepção majoritária de "integração regional" na América Latina que permita a formação de uma base de convergência das múltiplas iniciativas de modo articulado. Para a verificação da mesma, realizou-se um mapeamento dos processos regionais e análise documental, combinados com entrevistas a atores institucionais dos mecanismos. Os resultados obtidos demonstram que os cenários de governança e fragmentação coexistem no espaço regional, demandando novos estudos e esforços para a construção de um espaço integrado. / Abstract: This research analyzes the proliferation of regional integration processes in South America from its institutionality. The goal is to verify if the development of these processes occur concurrently or in a complementary manner by evaluating how activities, agendas and interests overlap. MERCOSUR, UNASUR and CELAC agendas' were selected as the object of this work and the hypothesis is that fragmentation can be seen in the multiplication of initiatives and reflects the diversity of strategies adopted by the governments in their foreign policy to treat integration, denoting the absence of a majority conception of "regional integration" in Latin America that may allow the formation of a base of convergence of multiple initiatives. To verify it, we did a mapping of regional processes and document analysis, combined with interviews with institutional actors of the mechanisms. The results show that governance and fragmentation scenarios coexist in the region, demanding new studies and efforts to build an integrated space. / Mestre

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo analisar a evolução do regionalismo latinoamericano, sobretudo confrontando-se as principais características dos modelos de regionalismos no continente, caracterizados como aberto e pós-hegemônico. Ambos os regionalismos demarcam os períodos de criação e desenvolvimento do principal bloco econômico da América do Sul, o Mercosul, e determinaram suas transformações e seu desempenho. Tendo-se em vista sua relevância na história e nas mudanças do modelo da integração na região, por meio da análise histórica, o presente trabalho estuda os motivadores quando de sua criação, estrutura, relevância regional e como, ao longo dos anos, sofreu alterações devido às influências externas e domésticas de seus países membros, fatores estes fortemente influenciadores dos modelos de integração específicos que conformaram o bloco, denominados como regionalismos estratégico, social e produtivo. Com isso, busca-se demonstrar que o Mercosul reflete as transformações econômicas, políticas e sociais ocorridas ao final do século XX, culminando em sua criação, e transformando-o substancialmente na primeira década do século XXI. / This paper focuses on the analysis of the Latin Americas regionalism evolution, especially confronting the main features of regionalism models in the continent characterized as \"open\" and \"post-hegemonic. Both regionalisms characterize the periods of creation and development of the main economic bloc in South America, Mercosur, and determine its transformations and performance. Due to its relevance in history as well as in the transformation of the regional integration pattern, through a historical analysis, this paper studies the issues that motivated its creation, structure, importance in the region and how, over the years, has changed due to external and domestic influences of its members, which strongly influenced in specific models of integration that composed the Mercosur, called strategic, social and productive regionalisms. Thus, it aims to demonstrate that Mercosur reflects the economic, political and social changes that occurred at the end of the twentieth century, culminating in its creation and development, modifying it substantially in the first decade of the current century.

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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Esta dissertação tem como objetivo abordar as peculiaridades da manifestação do fenômeno regionalista no romance A Mulher do Garimpo de Nenê Macaggi. Publicado na década de 70, o romance tematiza e representa a Amazônia, em especial o espaço que hoje compreende o estado de Roraima, no período que vai do final da década de 20 até meados da década de 40. E, nesse movimento, dá a conhecer a Amazônia elegendo e sumariando os elementos naturais dessa região: a fauna, a flora, a abundância de suas terras, os recursos hídricos e minerais, dentre outros. Elementos esses que a região dadivosamente oferece àqueles que, com técnica e conhecimento, aqui chegando, poderão aproveitar para o bem da nação. Como elemento pitoresco, o texto de A Mulher do Garimpo seleciona o indígena da região, seus costumes, sua culinária, suas crenças; mas escolhe o garimpeiro como herói da narrativa, figura que, juntamente com os fazendeiros, historicamente considerados os pioneiros de Roraima, faz parte da casta dos desbravadores do lugar. E é justamente por essa preocupação da autora em selecionar e documentar em seu romance o meio físico, social e mesmo linguístico da região, que A Mulher do Garimpo se aproxima do regionalismo realistanaturalista da literatura brasileira. De outra perspectiva, analisamos também como a representação e a mimetização destes elementos marcantes, exóticos, se apoiam num tipo de discurso de longa duração sobre a Amazônia. A análise desses elementos de representação, que se manifestam na estrutura, no desenvolvimento da temática, na história e no discurso de A Mulher do Garimpo, conduz à interpretação da manifestação do regionalismo nesta obra pioneira da narrativa romanesca roraimense. / This dissertation aims to address the peculiarities of manifestation of the regionalism phenomenon in the novel A Mulher do Garimpo by Nenê Macaggi. Published in the 70s, the Macaggis novel takes the Amazon as the major theme, especially the space that now forms the state of Roraima, in the period from the late 1920s until the beginning of 1940. And in this movement, shows the Amazon, electing and summarizing the natural elements of the region: its fauna and flora, the abundance of its lands, its water and mineral resources, and points out that the region offers its richness for those people who, arriving here with technical knowledge, can enjoy its richness for the good of the nation. As picturesque element, A Mulher do Garimpo selects the indigenous of the region: his beliefs, his cuisine, his traditions; but chooses the gold miner as the hero of the narrative. The gold miner, who, together with the farmer, figures as part of the caste of the pioneers of Roraima. And it is precisely this concern by the author in selecting and documenting the physical environment, the social and even language of the region in this novel, that the A Mulher do Garimpo approximates of the realistic-naturalistic regionalism of Brazilian literature. From another perspective, we analyze how the representation and imitation of these striking elements is supported by a type of long term discourse about the Amazon. The analysis of the representation of these elements that appear in the structure, theme development, history and discourse of the novel A Mulher do Garimpo leads the interpretation of the regionalismo manifestation in this narrative, which is considered the pioneering novel in Roraima.

O tema desta tese é o regionalismo político norte-mineiro da segunda metade do século XX. O objetivo central é compreender a emergência e o desenvolvimento da ideologia das classes dirigentes, identificando os seus principais componentes, sua difusão e assimilação pelo conjunto da sociedade. Foram utilizados como fontes os documentos produzidos pelos órgãos públicos e pelas lideranças e entidades de classe, a imprensa, os trabalhos de escritores regionais e a literatura acadêmica concernente ao tema. A conclusão mais importante é a de que a burguesia regional se organizou como classe, nesse período, tendo evoluído de uma ação corporativa inicial para o exercício da hegemonia, ao final do século XX. Suas concepções, assimiladas e difundidas por intelectuais diversos e por grande parte da sociedade civil, universalizaram-se, estabelecendo os parâmetros para a compreensão da história, problemas atuais e diretrizes para o desenvolvimento do Norte de Minas, encobrindo as relações de classe sob o manto de imagens e conceitos generalizantes, expressando-se como uma ideologia regionalista. / The theme of this doctoral dissertation is the political regionalism in north of Minas Gerais in the second middle of the twentieth century. The main subject is to comprehend the emergency and the development of the ideology of the governmental classes, identifying their more important components, their diffusion and assimilation by society. We explore the documents produced by public institutions and leaders and class entities, press, works of regional writers and the academic literature about the theme. The most important conclusion is that the regional upper class was organized as a class, in that period, evolving from a corporative action to the exercise of hegemony, in the end of the twentieth century. Its conceptions, assimilated and diffused by severe intellectuals and many people of the civil society, were universalized, establishing the parameters to the comprehension of the history, the actual problems and rules for the development of north of Minas Gerais, covering the relations of classes in a veil of images and general concepts, expressing them as a regional ideology.

LL.M. (International Law) / After witnessing the catastrophic effects of the First World War, the pursuit of a global regulatory body charged with the responsibility of maintaining global peace and security was the talk of the day and a body which became known as the League of Nations soon surfaced. However, with the manifestation of the Second World War the essential failure of the League of Nations was evident and led to the creation of a new body along with a dream to prevent the same kind of disastrous conflict the world had just witnessed for a second time from occurring again. The idea that a single body would in essence control the fate of world security matters was brought to life and the United Nations Security Council essentially emerged, reflecting the power balance that ensued at the end of World War 2 – the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, China and France suddenly became the most powerful nations in the world. With the existence of regional organisations pre-dating that of both the League and the United Nations, the debate as to the ideal relationship between the global body and regional bodies developed. Despite the fact that the UN Charter essentially instilled a hierarchy, with the Security Council holding primacy over matters of security governance4 whilst allowing regional organisations to act unilaterally only in limited circumstances,5 this debate has continued to the present day. Since the conception of the United Nations, the traditional role of regional organisations in matters of security governance were mostly limited to peacekeeping and preventative diplomacy and the inaction of the Security Council during the Cold War saw an increase in the activity of these bodies, albeit in these forms.

The aim of this heuristic research is to develop a framework that is relevant and applicable for use in the description and explication of the semiology of Kenyan architectural artefacts from the paradigmatic perspectives of Phenomenology and Critical Regionalism, which are conjointly proposed for entrenchment into architectural pedagogy and praxis within the Kenyan context. The research study is initially situated within the global body of existing research in architectural theory through acknowledging the achievements of selected works of past researchers while identifying pertinent lacunae with regard to the semiology of artefacts1 - including the linkages between Kenyan architecture and its evolution, based on both tangible and intangible multivalent aspects of Kenyan culture, derived from politics, tradition, religion, economics and issues of identity as well as a context-specific history as anchor and an epistemology that favours Afrocentricity without entirely disparaging Eurocentricity and is therefore useful for architectural analysis and evaluation - within the architectural heritage of the Kenyan region. The study then addresses some of these lacunae by adopting an ecosystemic approach, where the historical milestones and key developments of the Kenyan nation are highlighted and structured using a historical timeline in which the various significant epochs are isolated and selected architectural artefacts therein are analysed within the cultural ecology of each epoch. The issues engaged include colonisation of the country, struggle and attainment of independence from British Imperialism, post-independence governance of the country as well as aspects of totalitarianism and pluralism, African Nationalism, culture, statecraft, zeitgeist, socio-politico-economic dynamics and geography which are extensively elucidated and elaborated as appropriate, outlining their roles in the genesis and evolution of Kenyan architectural forms and artefacts. The issues pertaining to the semiology of Kenyan architectural artefacts are then explored from a theoretical position in order to ground the perspectives of the research study within a datum of a broad and integrative architectural theory. The relevance of historicism, typology, language and poetry to the paradigms of Phenomenology and Critical Regionalism is corroborated. The case is presented for the justification of the adoption and inclusion of these two paradigms into the Kenyan context. Existing criticisms and prejudices directed against the epistemological bases of the two paradigms are presented in outline, discussed and evaluated in order to address the extent to which they would invalidate the use of the two pardigms in anchoring the framework that is developed and established herein. The manifestations of the two paradigms within the case study artefact, Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC), are exposed and articulated. After a brief evaluation of the present architectural curricula in Kenya, exemplified by the programme at the University of Nairobi’s department of architecture, the methods by which a broader Phenomenology and a more inclusive Critical Regionalism could be co-opted into the existing Kenyan architectural curricula are proposed as a means of introducing rigour in the description and explication of the semiology of Kenyan architectural artefacts and to architectural practice within the Kenyan context. To achieve this objective, it was necessary for this study to consider other aspects of phenomenological philosophy that could be integrated into the proposed (new) curriculum beyond the Existential and embryonic Heideggerian based Phenomenology that was initially proposed and co-opted by Christian Norberg-Schulz. Phenomenology is then presented as a first order theory as well as a second order unitary and integrative theory that can anchor, complement and sustain the practice of Critical Regionalism in Kenya. The new curriculum is presented and motivated. Thus, the semiological explicative and interpretive framework for analysis of Kenyan architectural artefacts is established and substantiated. Further areas of research, emanating from the considerations in this study, are then proposed as a means of continuing and maintaining the dialogue that is initiated herein, through employing the developed framework to build a corpus of the semiology of key architectural artefacts in the Kenyan context. Such a corpus will be indispensable in the training of the next generation of Kenyan architects. / Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2013. / gm2014 / Architecture / Unrestricted