This thesis examines the use of form and spatial language in confessional fiction by men to elucidate how they conceptualise and negotiate material, corporeal, and psychological boundaries amidst the shifting social and political landscape of the United States since the Second World War. In light of increasingly urgent calls to address gender and racial discrimination in the United States, this study offers timely insight into an identity that, while culturally dominant, often escapes examination: white, heterosexual masculinity. Focusing on the representation of forms and spatial imagery, the chapters explore how five formally experimental novelists-Vladimir Nabokov, Joseph McElroy, Harry Mathews, William H. Gass, and Peter Dimock- employ the confessional genre to illustrate the way men perceive themselves as spatially and temporally circumscribed, and to look at the way they reinforce or transgress the boundaries of masculine identity. The post-war period in the United States witnessed a proliferation of confessional writing that coincided with the popularisation of Freudian psychoanalysis, the cold war rhetoric of suspicion, and the rise of second-wave feminism. As a result, the concept of the self increasingly becomes a repository for fantasies of potential discovery and hidden danger that rely, significantly, on metaphors of surface and depth. It is within, and often against, this cultural preoccupation with the self that these writers address, both directly and indirectly, the status of white masculinity. Drawing on innovative theories of forms and spatiality, this study examines the diverse language and imagery men use to describe their sense of selfhood as well as the bonds they form with others. The works considered in this study demonstrate a common preoccupation with the boundaries that separate interior from exterior and private from public. In response to pressures both intimate and impersonal, the narrators of the texts discussed in this thesis turn to confessional practices of written self-examination to locate themselves within networks of fluctuating relations and obligations. The question that this thesis seeks to resolve is whether the forms and spatial language the narrators employ enable or obstruct their efforts to negotiate the competing demands of ethical responsibilities to others and the desire to preserve a stable sense of self.

Research on livelihoods has been conducted across various fields but there has been less focus upon detection and analyzing of the interconnected relationships between space and livelihoods. This study investigates these relationships from a place-specific point of view utilizing the Tibetan exile community in India as a case study. The qualitative method of semi-structured, in-depth interviews has been employed in order to gather primary data. Theoretically, this thesis draws it framework mainly from the human geography perspective on space and place combined with the conceptual Sustainable Livelihood framework.  This thesis argues that it is possible to distinguish four examples of reciprocal relationships between space and livelihoods in the places studied. These are spatial congregation into an ethnic enclave, the altering of place specific time-space relations which in turn alters livelihood possibilities over time, migration and spatial dispersion of livelihoods. These results are case specific and not generalizable. / Forskning kring försörjningsmöjligheter har utförts inom en rad vetenskapliga fält men få har fokuserat på att finna och analysera ömsesidiga relationer mellan space och försörjningsstrategier. Denna studie undersöker dessa relationer med en plats-specifik utgångspunkt och använder det tibetanska exilsamhället i Indien som fallstudie. Den kvalitativa metoden semi-strukturerade djupintervjuer har använts för att samla in primärdata. Uppsatsen drar sitt teoretiska ramverk från det samhällsgeografiska perspektiven på space och place i kombination med det konceptuella ramverket Sustainable Livelihood framework.  Uppsatsen menar att det är möjligt att särskilja fyra exempel på de ömsesidiga relationerna mellan space och försörjningsstrategier. Dessa är rumslig ansamling i en etniska enklav,  förändringar i platsspecifika tid-rum relationer vilket påverkar försörjningsmöjligheter över tid, migration och rumslig spridning av försörjning. Dessa resultat anses vara fallspecifika och därför inte möjliga att generalisera.

Le développement des sociétés à travers le monde est influencé par des dynamiques de pouvoir social. D’une perspective de genre, les relations patriarcales ont contribué à la réorganisation du développement par un accès inégal aux ressources, à l’espace et à la mobilité. La société mexicaine, caractérisée par un fort patriarcat et une pauvreté endémique, a vu émerger de multiples outils de développement pour pallier aux inégalités de genre. Plus récemment, les programmes de microfinance sont devenus un instrument de choix pour lutter contre la marginalisation des femmes et les inégalités de genre. La littérature scientifique présente des lacunes au sujet de la nature des relations de genre dans les ménages qui bénéficient de la microfinance. Plusieurs études portent sur les impacts de la microfinance sur la vie des femmes, mais peu offrent une vision holistique considérant la microfinance comme un outil de développement capable de changer la nature spatiale des inégalités de genre. Cette recherche est basée sur une comparaison qualitative de deux études de cas de groupes de microfinance de San Miguel Tenextatiloyan et d’Émilio Carranza, deux communautés de la Sierra Norte de Puebla (Mexique). Son objectif principal est d’évaluer le degré selon lequel les programmes de microfinance ont changé la place des femmes dans la société. Pour répondre à cette question, un portrait de l’organisation spatiale du genre sera tracé, puis, les impacts des programmes de microfinance sur la place des femmes dans les espaces domestiques, de travail et communautaires seront évalués. L’étude mène à la conclusion que les programmes de microfinance du CESDER n’ont pas beaucoup changé la place des femmes dans la société. La recherche dévoile plutôt que, dans un contexte de pauvreté, la microfinance stabilise les ménages et offre des lieux d’échange et de réseautage, mais elle n’offre pas aux femmes une véritable chance d’acquérir plus de contrôle sur leur vie. Deuxièmement, les résultats démontrent que les tâches associées à la reproduction sociale – largement assumée par les femmes - engendrent une barrière structurante à l’empowerment des femmes, un obstacle que la microfinance ne parvient pas entièrement à surmonter. Mots-clés : Géographie du genre, relations de pouvoir, développement, microfinance, spatialité, néolibéralisme, Mexique. / The development of societies around the world is influenced by dynamics of social power. From a perspective of gender, patriarchal relationships often shape development by influencing differential access to resources, including space and mobility. Mexico, historically characterized by both patriarchy and endemic poverty, has been home to a wide range of development strategies addressing gendered inequality. Most recently, microfinance programs have become an instrument of choice for confronting female marginalization and gender inequality. The scientific literature reveals important gaps in the study of gendered relationships in households which benefit from microfinance. Several studies address the impact of microfinance on the lives of women, but few offer a holistic vision that views microfinance as a tool of development promising to shift the spatial nature of gendered inequality. This research is based on qualitative comparative case studies of microfinance groups in San Miguel Tenextatiloyan and Émilio Carranza, two communities of the Sierra Norte de Puebla (Mexico). Its primary objective is to evaluate the degree to which microfinance programs have changed the place of the women in society. To answer this issue, a portrait of the spatial organization of gender is presented, and then the impacts of microfinance programs on the place of women in domestic, work and community spaces is assessed. The results of the study indicate that microfinance programs have not changed substantially the place of women in society. Rather the research finds that, in a context of poverty, microfinance stabilizes households, but does not lead to a clear amelioration of the material circumstances of women’s lives. Secondly, the findings demonstrate that the tasks associated with social reproduction – largely assumed by women – provide a structural barrier to female empowerment that microfinance alone cannot fully confront. Keywords: Gender geography, power relations, development, microfinance, spatiality, neoliberalism, Mexico. / El desarrollo de las sociedades a través del mundo es influido por dinámicas de poder social. De una perspectiva de género, las relaciones patriarcales contribuyeron a la reorganización del desarrollo por un acceso desigual a los recursos, al espacio y a la movilidad. La sociedad mexicana, caracterizada por un patriarcado fuerte y una pobreza endémica, vio emerger instrumentos múltiples de desarrollo para mitigar a las desigualdades de género. Más recientemente, los programas de microfinanzas se convirtieron en un instrumento de elección para luchar contra la marginación de las mujeres y las desigualdades de género. La literatura científica presenta lagunas respecto a la naturaleza de las relaciones de género en los hogares que gozan de las microfinanzas. Varios estudios se refieren en los impactos de estos programas en la vida de las mujeres, pero poco ofrecen una visión holística que considere las microfinanzas como un instrumento de desarrollo capaz de cambiar la naturaleza espacial de las desigualdades de género. Esta investigación está basada en una comparación cualitativa de dos estudios de caso de grupos de microfinanzas de San Miguel Tenextatiloyan y de Emilio Carranza, dos comunidades de la Sierra Norte de Puebla (México). Su objetivo principal es evaluar el grado según el cual los programas de microfinanzas cambiaron el lugar de las mujeres en la sociedad. Para responder a esta cuestión, un retrato de la organización espacial del género será trazado; posteriormente se analizarán y evaluarán los impactos de los programas de microfinanzas respecto al papel de las mujeres en los espacios domésticos, de trabajo y comunitario. El estudio lleva a la conclusión que los programas de microfinanzas del CESDER no cambiaron mucho la plaza de las mujeres en la sociedad. La investigación descubre más bien que, en un contexto de pobreza, las microfinanzas estabilizan los hogares y ofrecen un lugar de discusión, pero no les ofrecen a las mujeres una verdadera posibilidad de adquirir más control sobre su vida. En segundo lugar, los resultados demuestran que las tareas asociadas con la reproducción social -ampliamente asumida por las mujeres- engendran una barrera estructurante en el empoderamiento de las mujeres, un obstáculo que las microfinanzas no llegan totalmente a eliminar. Palabras clave: geografía del género, relaciones de poder, desarrollo, microfinanzas, espacialidad, neoliberalismo, México.

Loin d’être homogène, l’habitat est à la fois le reflet de l’assignation des femmes à un rôle de sexe et, dans le même temps, un instrument politique du changement social, de la transgression des normes sociales fixées sur le genre. De quelles manières des actions collectives féministes qui se réclament de l’émancipation peuvent-elles, par le biais de pratiques habitantes, affirmer un autre possible, construire d’autres modes d’être et d’agir en vue d’une vie plus libre ? La mise en œuvre de notre questionnement a conduit à choisir comme objet d’étude le « squat » associé à une critique féministe de l’ordre social. Du squat féministe, un regard se pose sur l’ordre social, un discours est porté sur les raisons de cet engagement dans les marges de la société. Des attitudes, des manières de faire et d’agir s’y construisent afin d’élaborer des réponses à la question des rapports sociaux, des rapports de genre. Nous avons comparé deux modèles de squat féministe : les squats politiques français soumis à une grande instabilité du fait de leur statut « sans droit ni titre » et les squats « légalisés » allemands qui, au regard du contexte historique et politique, s’inscrivent dans un temps plus long. La thèse permet d’élaborer une sociologie du genre renouvelée à partir d’une remise en question de l’ordre social par un engagement féministe autour de pratiques habitantes et de rendre compte de la façon dont des actrices sociales répondent aux problèmes féministes en fabriquant un « autre » modèle. / Far from being homogeneous, the habitat is both a reflection of the relegation of women to the role of sex and, at the same time, a political instrument of social change, of the transgression of social norms of gender. In what ways can feminist collective actions, which claim to be representative of emancipation, affirm another possible, develop other modes of being and acting for a freer life, through inhabitants’ practices? The implementation of our questioning has led us to choose as the object of study the "squat" associated with a feminist critique of the social order.. From the feminist squat, one’s gaze rests on the social order, a speech is focused on the reasons for this engagement in the margins of society. Attitudes, ways of doing and acting, develop to answer the question of social relationships, of gender relationships. We compared two models of feminist squat: in France, political squats which are instable because of their status "without right or title" and in Germany, "legalized" squats which, in terms of historical and political context, are in a longer timeframe.The thesis allows the development of a sociology of gender, from a feminist questioning of the social order around inhabitants’ practices. It also helps to account for how the social actors respond to feminist problems by making an "other" model.

O presente trabalho trata da análise da estrutura e da espacialidade na obra de Mies van der Rohe. O objetivo é identificar sistemas e estratégias estruturais diversas ao longo do seu trabalho e entender sua relação com a evolução da concepção espacial de suas obras. Adotou-se como referência para esta análise dois períodos da carreira de Mies: o Período Europeu, de 1906 a 1938, e o Período Americano de 1938 a 1968, nos quais foram identificadas respectivamente quatro fases estruturais, conforme os sistemas estruturais e espaciais utilizados. A investigação centrou-se em quatro obras de referência do arquiteto: o Pavilhão de Barcelona (1928-29), o Crown Hall (1950), o Edifício Seagram (1954) e a Neuegalerie (1968). Compreendendo que o elemento poético da obra do arquiteto, aquele a partir do qual se articulam estrutura e espacialidade, é a tectônica, buscou-se analisar as convergências entre concepção espacial e estrutural e a tectônica destas obras. O resultado mostra que Mies van der Rohe, através de sessenta anos de ensaios e pesquisas estruturais e espaciais, consegue nas décadas de 1950-60 chegar à essência da sua obra: a estrutura como meio ordenador espacial do edifício. / This dissertation analyzes the structure and spatial characteristics on Mies van der Rohe´s work. The goal is to identify many structural strategies and systems throughout Rohe's work in order to understand their relationship with his spatial conception evolution. Two periods of Rohe's career were adopted as reference for this analysis: the European period, from 1906 to 1938, and the American period, from 1938 to 1968. In these periods, four structural stages were identified according to the structural and spatial systems used. The investigation focused on four of his key works: Barcelona Pavilion (1928), Crown Hall (1950), Seagram Building (1954) and Neuegalerie (1968).Understanding that the poetic element within the architect´s work - that from which structural and spatial concepts articulate - is its tectonic element, it was developed here the analysis of the convergence between the space and structural conceptions and the tectonics of the cited works. The dissertation finds that Mies van der Rohe - after 60 years of attempts, and structural spatial researches - achieved, during the 50s and 60s , the essence of his work: the structure as the spatial organizer of the building.

O presente trabalho trata da análise da estrutura e da espacialidade na obra de Mies van der Rohe. O objetivo é identificar sistemas e estratégias estruturais diversas ao longo do seu trabalho e entender sua relação com a evolução da concepção espacial de suas obras. Adotou-se como referência para esta análise dois períodos da carreira de Mies: o Período Europeu, de 1906 a 1938, e o Período Americano de 1938 a 1968, nos quais foram identificadas respectivamente quatro fases estruturais, conforme os sistemas estruturais e espaciais utilizados. A investigação centrou-se em quatro obras de referência do arquiteto: o Pavilhão de Barcelona (1928-29), o Crown Hall (1950), o Edifício Seagram (1954) e a Neuegalerie (1968). Compreendendo que o elemento poético da obra do arquiteto, aquele a partir do qual se articulam estrutura e espacialidade, é a tectônica, buscou-se analisar as convergências entre concepção espacial e estrutural e a tectônica destas obras. O resultado mostra que Mies van der Rohe, através de sessenta anos de ensaios e pesquisas estruturais e espaciais, consegue nas décadas de 1950-60 chegar à essência da sua obra: a estrutura como meio ordenador espacial do edifício. / This dissertation analyzes the structure and spatial characteristics on Mies van der Rohe´s work. The goal is to identify many structural strategies and systems throughout Rohe's work in order to understand their relationship with his spatial conception evolution. Two periods of Rohe's career were adopted as reference for this analysis: the European period, from 1906 to 1938, and the American period, from 1938 to 1968. In these periods, four structural stages were identified according to the structural and spatial systems used. The investigation focused on four of his key works: Barcelona Pavilion (1928), Crown Hall (1950), Seagram Building (1954) and Neuegalerie (1968).Understanding that the poetic element within the architect´s work - that from which structural and spatial concepts articulate - is its tectonic element, it was developed here the analysis of the convergence between the space and structural conceptions and the tectonics of the cited works. The dissertation finds that Mies van der Rohe - after 60 years of attempts, and structural spatial researches - achieved, during the 50s and 60s , the essence of his work: the structure as the spatial organizer of the building.

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Cette recherche, en lien avec mes activités de pianiste, compositrice et chef d’orchestre, porte sur l’élaboration de l’œuvre de jazz symphonique. Le jazz symphonique a représenté un hybride musical et un terrain de recherche autour de l’espace sonore de l'orchestre. Il a été à bien des égards un précurseur dans l’exploration des possibilités pour créer une musique dans laquelle les approches et les préoccupations jazz et savantes entraient dans une dialectique productive. Le geste d’écriture qu'il a privilégié intègre alors la palette instrumentale comme un révélateur fondamental des structures musicales. Le compositeur élabore un processus musical qui permet au matériau de s’exprimer, de déployer ses potentialités expressives et perceptives par l’appréhension de l’espace orchestral. Identifier et comprendre les stratégies d’écoute que le compositeur destine à l’auditeur et la manière dont il potentialise la signification des éléments constitutifs de l’œuvre représentent un des principaux enjeux de la recherche. / This research relates to my pursuits as a pianist, composer and conductor, and concerns the development of the art of symphonic jazz. Symphonic jazz has represented a musical hybrid and a field of research around the soundscape of the orchestra. In many ways, it has been a forerunner in exploring the possibilities for creating music in which jazz and scholarly approaches and inquiries had entered into a productive dialectic. Hence the favoured approach to writing now integrates a variety of instruments as a fundamental revealer of musical structures. The composer creates a musical process that allows the material to express itself and spread its expressive and perceptive potential through comprehension of the orchestral space. Identifying and understanding the composer’s listening strategies for the listener, as well as the way he increases the meaning of the elements constituting the work is one of the main subjects of research.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The variation that occurred since the 1990s in the composition and structure of the cavalcade in Itaporanga d'Ajuda / SE led us to question its manifestation as a traditional and contemporary festive practice. In this context, we had the objective of analyzing the territories of the cavalcade riding in the city by the socio-spatial practices that maintain and propel them. And, as specific objectives we had: i) trace the time line of the cavalcade and their corteje; ii) apprehend the subjects and the relations undertaken for the accomplishment of the yous routes; iii) understand the socio-spatial practices of horseback riders and yours produces; iv) and ascertain the material and symbolic bases of the territories of the cavalcade. To this end, we base the territory on both power in the concrete sense and in the symbolic sense, because we are interested in ascertaining the production and maintenance of cavalcade by power relations and the interests of local political groups. The socio-spatialities of cavalcade were seized and discussed with the help of authors who emphasize the construction of social space and cultural space by organization, significance of production and appreciation of symbolic aspects. We discuss the multidimensionality of the territory by political practices, cultural and economic factors that conduct the cavalcade as a re-signification tradition and determine their territories in Itaporanga d'Ajuda. The research is of qualitative nature when electing the cavalgada phenomenon as object of study, in seeking to understand it through the socio-spatial practices that maintain it and that unfold in the territory. In addition to the bibliographic review, we adopted as methodology the documentary research in websites and newspapers and the field research using observation, conducting interviews, applying questionnaires and photographic records. We discuss and expose the representations and territories of the cavalcade as a popular feast and as a political event. The feast is apprehended as a traditional manifestation that gives meaning and value to the symbolic aspects of the villages. As a political event, although an old practice, was resignified as market practice, as "currency of exchange of political favors.". The feast and the event that takes place in the cavalcades is still distinguished, respectively, by the sense of appropriate patrimony as popular know-how and by the patrimony instituted by legal norms. / A variação ocorrida desde a década de 1990 na composição e na estrutura da cavalgada em Itaporanga d’Ajuda/SE levou-nos a questionar sua manifestação como prática festiva tradicional e contemporânea. Nesse contexto, tivemos por objetivo analisar os territórios das cavalgadas no município pelas práticas sócio-espaciais mantenedoras e propulsoras de sua realização. E, como objetivos específicos: i) traçar a linha do tempo das cavalgadas e seus cortejos; ii) apreender os sujeitos e as relações empreendidas para a realização das cavalgadas; iii) compreender as práticas sócio-espaciais dos produtores e dos participantes das cavalgadas; iv) e averiguar as bases materiais e simbólicas dos territórios da cavalgada. Para tal, fundamentamos o território tanto ao poder no sentido concreto quanto no sentido simbólico, pois interessa-nos averiguar a produção e manutenção das cavalgadas pelas relações de poder e pelos interesses de grupos políticos locais. As sócio-espacialidades das cavalgadas foram apreendidas e discutidas com auxílio de autores que destacam a construção do espaço social e do espaço cultural pela organização, significação da produção e valorização dos aspectos simbólicos. Discutimos a multidimensionalidade do território pelas práticas políticas, culturais e econômicas que reconduzem a cavalgada como tradição ressignificada e determinam seus territórios em Itaporanga d’Ajuda. A pesquisa é de natureza qualitativa ao eleger o fenômeno cavalgada como objeto de estudo e ao buscar compreendê-la por meio das práticas sócio-espaciais que a mantém e que se desenrolam no território. Além da revisão bibliográfica, adotamos como metodologia a pesquisa documental em sites e jornais e a pesquisa de campo com uso da observação, realização de entrevistas, aplicação de questionários e registro fotográfico. Discutimos e expomos as representações e os territórios das cavalgadas como festa popular e como evento político. A festa é apreendida como manifestação tradicional ressignificada que dá sentido e valoriza os aspectos simbólicos dos povoados. Enquanto evento político, embora prática antiga, ressignificou-se como prática mercadológica, como “moeda de troca de favores políticos”. A festa e o evento que se produzem nas cavalgadas se distingue ainda, respectivamente, pelo sentido de patrimônio apropriado pelo saber fazer popular e pelo patrimônio instituído por normas legais. / São Cristóvão, SE

Este trabalho discute as possibilidades de construção de ações emancipatórias frente às imposições hegemônicas. Para tanto, buscou-se compreender as práticas construídas nas ambiências das classes subalternas, em especial sua relação com o espaço no contexto da cidade. Tal relação foi discutida a partir do entendimento da comunicação e cultura como campo investigativo e da consideração do espaço como eixo articulador das novas subjetividades subalternas. Ao tomar como objeto de estudo o trabalho realizado pela Rede Livre Leste, o que se buscou, nesta pesquisa, foi mapear aspectos das novas subjetividades subalternas, analisando suas práticas culturais e seus processos comunicativos. Assim, avaliaram-se as potencialidades de constituição de novos fluxos emancipatórios diante da imposição das forças hegemônicas, ou seja, procurou-se estimar a viabilidade da constituição de espacialidades subalternas. / This paper discussed about the possibilities of the constructions of emancipatory actions before the hegemonic impositions in understanding the practices built in the ambiences of subaltern classes, especially its relationship with espace in the city context. These relationships have been discussed from the understanding of communication and culture as investigative field and taking into account the espace as the articulator central line of the new subaltern subjectivities. By taking as the study aim the work done by Rede Livre Leste, this paper aimed to map the aspects of the new subaltern subjectivities, analysing its cultural practices and its communicative processes to evaluate the potentialities of constitution of new emancipatory flows before the imposition of the hegemonic forces, that is, it was attempted to estimate the viability of the constitution of the subaltern spatialities.