Este estudo tem como objetivo compreender como os saberes das mulheres veteranas na rede de economia solidária, se constroem e podem ou não trazer elementos para se pensar outra proposta de ensinar, aprender, criar e produzir, outra(s) sociabilidade(s) e outro(s) modo(s) de viver e ser no coletivo social. Entendemos que o processo educativo não acontece deslocado da construção da cidade, da cultura, das identidades, do trabalho, dos tempos e espaço de socialização. A natureza da pesquisa foi qualiquantitativa. A pesquisa de representação social deve ser qualitantitativa, porque as opiniões coletivas apresentam, ao mesmo tempo, uma dimensão qualitativa e uma quantitativa. Dados qualitativos e quantitativos não estão em oposição, pelo contrário, entre eles há uma oposição complementar, agregar o que a pesquisa qualitativa tem de positivo às virtudes da pesquisa quantitativa é oferecer riqueza de informações, aprofundamento e maior fidedignidade interpretativa.Para a coleta de dados empíricos realizamos observação participante e entrevista semiestruturada. O trabalho de campo foi realizado na segunda edição do Fórum Social e Feira Mundial de Economia Solidária ocorrida nos dias 11 a 14 de julho de 2013, na cidade de Santa Maria no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul – Brasil. Participaram da pesquisa seis mulheres veteranas de cada região do Brasil. As regiões pesquisadas foram Sul, Norte, Nordeste, Sudeste e Centro Oeste. Para a escolha dos critérios dos sujeitos da pesquisa demos como centralidade às mulheres que tinham mais experiência de trabalho artesanal. As informações foram analisadas e interpretadas à luz da perspectiva histórica crítica tendo como base de interpretação metodológica o Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo, por meio de contribuições teóricas marxianas. Para compreendermos essa realidade nos fundamentamos em autores como MARX, MAUSS, ARENDT, BRUSCHINI, CATTANI, MESZÁROS, FREIRE, BEAUVOIR, SIMMEL, CAILLÉ, LAVILLE, TRIVIÑOS, ABRAMO, ALAMBERT, ANTUNES, FRIGOTTO, GOHN, LEFEVRE & LEFEVRE, LOURO, KERGOAT, HIRATA, FREITAG, entre outros. Identificamos que, o trabalho das mulheres nas redes de economia solidária tem uma expressão não só produtiva, mas essencialmente educativa, pois tem em sua base um compromisso político e ético, que incide no reconhecimento do outro como produtor de diferentes saberes. A categoria fundamental de nossa pesquisa é a sororidade que é o pacto entre as mulheres que se reconhecem como próximas fisicamente e afetivamente. Desse modo, a sororidade é um dos conceitos básicos de uma proposta educativa que junto com a cooperação almeja a superação e resistência à institucionalização da exclusão e da pobreza proposta pela lógica do capital. / This study aims to comprehend how the knowledge of senior women in the solidarity economy net builds and may bring elements to think another approach to teach, learn, create and produce other sociability (ies) and other way(s) to live and to be in the social collective. It is understood that educative process does not happen displaced from the city construction, the culture, the identities, the work and the time and place of socialization. This research was cuali-quantitative type. The social representation research must be cuali-quantitative because the collective opinions present, at the same time, a qualitative and quantitative dimension. Qualitative and quantitative data are not in opposition, on the contrary, between them there is a complementary opposition, it aggregates what the qualitative research has as positive to the quantitative data, offering a richness of information, deepness and a better trustworthiness on the interpretation. To collect the empirical data it was done participant observation, a semi structured interview and the field work was done in the second edition of Social Forum and World Fair of Solidarity Economy held in Santa Maria- RS - Brazil from 11 to 14 of July in 2013. It was participant six senior women from each region of Brazil, the regions researched were South, North, Northeast, Southeast and Center West. As a criterion of choice to gather the subjects researched, it was elected the women with more experience in handcraft work. The information were analyzed and interpreted in the light of the historical and critical perspective based on the methodological interpretation of the discourse of the collective subject, regarding theoretical Marxian contributions. To understand this reality we based on authors such as: MARX, MAUSS, ARENDT, BRUSCHINI, CATTANI, MESZÁROS, FREIRE, BEAUVOIR, SIMMEL, CAILLÉ, LAVILLE, TRIVIÑOS, ABRAMO, ALAMBERT, ANTUNES, FRIGOTTO, GOHN, LEFEVRE & LEFEVRE, LOURO, KERGOAT, HIRATA, FREITAG, among others. It was identified that the work of women in the solidarity economy net has an expression that is not just productive, but essentially educative, because it permeates in its roots an ethical compromise, which concerns in the other’s recognition as a producer of different knowledge. The main analyses category in this study is sorority that is a pact among women that recognize themselves as physically and affectively close. This way, sorority is a basic concept of an educative proposal that joined with cooperation and self-management aims to overcome and be resistant to the institutionalization of exclusion and poverty proposed by the capital logic.

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Fraternity and sorority membership has been among the highest contributing factors linked to increased exposure to alcohol consumption among college students. Many have argued that this association persists as a result of the drinking sub-culture among Greek organizations, and report that finding effective methods to minimize alcohol consumption among college students is critical. Using self-reported data from fraternity and sorority members at East Tennessee State University (n=107) the link between observed alcohol consumption and demographic characteristics of the individual Greek member and the Greek organization was examined through a quantitative lens. It was hypothesized that the demographic characteristics of the individual Greek member and the characteristics of the Greek organization would affect observed alcohol consumption. The results reveal no statistical significance for many of the hypotheses, however the data revealed significant findings when the living status of a Greek organization member and the link to observed alcohol consumption.

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Seven hundred thousand college undergraduates are members of men's and women's fraternities in the United States and Canada. Fraternal organizations, or fraternities and sororities, claim they exist to enrich students' lives and enhance the educational mission of universities. However, strong resistance exists within academic ranks to the existence and perpetuation of these organizations. This resistance calls for the study of the college fraternity to determine what, if any, roles the organizations play in the experiences and development of undergraduate students. This study examined and compared reported outcomes associated with the undergraduate college experiences of fraternity and sorority members versus students who are not members. Significant differences in student outcomes were analyzed in relation to three defined principles and objectives of student affairs practice: (1) student engagement; (2) the ability of students to develop coherent values and ethical standards; and (3) the connection of students to a supportive and inclusive community.

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The purpose of this is study is to investigate the experiences of students in Latino/Latina fraternities and sororities. Five students were selected to take part of the study and were interviewed using a qualitative case study methodology grounded in critical race theory. Five themes were identified: the support system that Latino Greek Lettered Organizations (LGLO) offer, going Greek, challenges, differences from other Greeks, and shifting identify of the organizations from Latino to multicultural. Student affairs practitioners, educators, and researchers will be able to use the findings from this study to better support LGLO's and consequently the success of Latino students on college campuses. / Graduation date: 2012

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005. / Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center; full text release delayed at author's request until 2008 Dec 29

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