This thesis explores the problem of information systems evaluation by conceptualising it as a process in which the manager comes to an understanding about a system. In other words, information systems evaluation is a hermeneutic process. The thesis explicates this notion through an argument that is itself hermeneutic in its development, beginning with the mainstream functionalist view of information systems evaluation, and then considering an interpretive view of IS evaluation, each of which points to one of two stereotypes of IS evaluation and the manager engaged in this process: the objective/rational manager utilising objective/rational methods versus the subjective/political manager engaged in political manoeuvring, utilising objective/rational methods only as ritual or symbolism. Neither of these opposing stereotypes is satisfactory. Instead, this thesis proposes a dialectic view of information systems evaluation, in terms of which, rather than being a decision maker, the manager is in-the-world, evaluating systems in order to get the job done, on the basis of her thrownness in-the-world. This conceptualisation provides an intuitively appropriate account of evaluation on the part of an individual manager, but we must still consider how managers as members of the organisation, reach a common understanding about a system. This they do through a process of organisational learning as encultured knowing, in terms of which a narrative, situated, pragmatic knowledge is most useful in evaluation. Evaluation, in other words, happens in the course of skilful conversation. Such conversation is, however, not always skilful because the organisation is not just a collection of individuals but also a network of power relations. Conversations as generators of meaning are never held outside of power: systems evaluations as conversations cannot take place outside of a regime of truth. A post-dualist view of action as both constituted by and constituting structure, however, suggests that there is always the potential for genuinely hermeneutic and ethical conversation, provided it is both improvisatory and deconstructive. Having understood the requirement for improvisation and deconstruction, it is possible to suggest some heuristics for information systems evaluation based on these ideas. / Dissertation (Phd (Information Technology))--University of Pretoria, 2003. / Informatics / unrestricted

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T18:14:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Leandro Martins Borges.pdf: 1300808 bytes, checksum: ff11f79fb81a55aa49b0df03f11f15b3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-05-15 / This research investigates in which way the documentary, understood here as a regime of truth, is contested by the documentary production known as fake documentary. This genre appropriates the esthetic/narrative documentary forms in order to tell a fictional story. We consider that it is possible to criticize the very construction of the regimes of truth in a subversive way through its mimicry. This approach the subversive power within the fake documentary is not found in the few studies on the subject. Jane Roschoe s and Alexandra Juhasz s books, along with Matheus Barbosa Emérito s dissertation analyze the fake documentary from its formal aspects, seeing it as a parody or a deconstruction of the documentary. Our proposal is to build a film analysis of two fake documentaries chosen for their capability to generate a double critique of the regime of truth, present both in the cinematographic aspect and in the subject of the movies. From the theories of discourse and the concepts developed by Foucault, i ek and Lacan, relating regime of truth, falseness and ideology, we analyze the films Exit Through The Gift Shop and Opération Lune. As an expected result there is the possibility of perceiving how a film genre, typically associated with its commitment to the truth, can be paradoxically a means used subversively to generate noise in the regimes of truth. This paper intends to analyze the cinematographic resources that make a movie being classified as a documentary possible, and how the fake documentary uses the same resources to carry out a subversive critique of the regimes of truth related to the subject of each film / Esta pesquisa investiga de que forma o documentário, aqui entendido como um regime de verdade, é contestado pela produção documentária conhecida como falso-documentário. Esse gênero se apropria das formas estético/narrativas documentárias, para narrar uma história ficcional. Consideramos que ao se mimetizar um regime de verdade, seja possível realizar uma crítica, de forma subversiva, à própria forma de construção de regimes de verdade. Esse enfoque na potência subversiva presente no falso documentário não é encontrado nos poucos estudos sobre o assunto. Os livros de Jane Roschoe, Alexandra Juhasz e a dissertação de Matheus Barbosa Emérito, analisam o falso documentário a partir da questão formal, compreendendo-o como uma paródia ou uma desconstrução do documentário. Nossa proposta é construir uma análise fílmica de dois falsos documentários selecionados por sua capacidade em gerar uma dupla crítica ao regime de verdade, presente tanto no aspecto cinematográfico, assim como no tema de seus filmes. A partir das teorias de discurso e dos conceitos desenvolvidos por Foucault, i ek e Lacan, relacionando regime de verdade, falso e ideologia, analisaremos os filmes Exit Through the Gift Shop e Opération Lune. Como resultado esperado, se coloca a possibilidade de perceber como um gênero cinematográfico, comumente associado ao seu compromisso com a verdade, pode ser, paradoxalmente, um meio usado de forma subversiva para gerar ruídos nos regimes de verdade. Este trabalho visa a análise dos recursos cinematográficos que possibilitam que um filme possa ser classificado como um documentário, e como o falso documentário se utiliza desses mesmos recursos, para realizar uma crítica subversiva aos regimes de verdade relacionados ao tema de cada filme

Submitted by Alison Vanceto (alison-vanceto@hotmail.com) on 2016-10-11T13:02:48Z No. of bitstreams: 1 TeseJF.pdf: 1813917 bytes, checksum: 3ddd3aea7011f767521494d0f5fe488e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ronildo Prado (ronisp@ufscar.br) on 2016-10-11T20:04:33Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 TeseJF.pdf: 1813917 bytes, checksum: 3ddd3aea7011f767521494d0f5fe488e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ronildo Prado (ronisp@ufscar.br) on 2016-10-11T20:04:42Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 TeseJF.pdf: 1813917 bytes, checksum: 3ddd3aea7011f767521494d0f5fe488e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-11T20:17:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 TeseJF.pdf: 1813917 bytes, checksum: 3ddd3aea7011f767521494d0f5fe488e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-06 / Não recebi financiamento / The research is based on the statements circulating in the political/media relationship, from which reviews the statements related to the school performance evaluation system of São Paulo state (SARESP). For this, texts were selected from two newspapers of different natures, published between 1995, beginning of Mario Covas government, which implemented the SARESP and 2010, the last year of the government of José Serra. Folha de S. Paulo characterized as a daily newspaper, commercial, nationwide, whose activities are based on the business logic, articulated the demands of an industrial line news production. Jorrnal da APEOESP is an information vehicle of the union of official school teachers of the São Paulo state (APEOESP), with circulation addressed to the shareholders, free distribution and variable frequency, whose journalistic practices are linked to the conflicts underlying the defense of the rights of the teaching category. SARESP is an external evaluation tool of the São Paulo state‘s school system, established in 1996. It consists of an examination applied to all students in certain grades, being compulsory in state public schools and membership in municipal public schools and private networks. As a theoretical basis for the analysis of texts from newspapers, stand out Foucault's notions of power, statement, discourse and regime of truth. The study aimed to identify, in the political/media relationship, certain statements considered “true”, related to SARESP. It was sought to identify aspects of media practice to indicate the formation of a “performative discourse”, due to the appreciation of criteria of efficiency and innovation, related to the neoliberal policy reform process. The study of the participation of the press in the circulation of “performative discourse” allowed to establish an “impression of consensus” about the SARESP. Although the effects of this process have worked towards interdict other possible discourses, it was noticed that there were some statements that came constitute a "discourse of resistance" related to criticism of performativity's criterias. It is concluded, in this regard, that the statements related to improving the quality of education is interconnected to the statements dealing SARESP as the legitimate measure of quality, featuring the preponderance of “performativity of speech”, however, associated and constant relationship with different settings of “discourse of resistance”. / A pesquisa tem como base os enunciados que circulam na relação política/imprensa, a partir dos quais são analisados os enunciados relacionados ao Sistema de Avaliação de Rendimento Escolar do Estado de São Paulo (SARESP). Para isto, foram selecionados textos de dois jornais de naturezas distintas, publicados entre os anos de 1995, início do governo de Mario Covas, que implantou o SARESP e 2010, último ano do governo de José Serra. A Folha de S. Paulo caracteriza-se como um jornal diário, comercial, de abrangência nacional, cujas atividades estão fundamentadas na lógica empresarial, articuladas às demandas de uma linha industrial de produção de notícias. O Jornal da APEOESP é um veículo de informação do Sindicato dos Professores do Ensino Oficial do Estado de São Paulo (APEOESP), com circulação dirigida aos sócios, distribuição gratuita e periodicidade variável, cujas práticas jornalísticas vinculam-se aos conflitos subjacentes à defesa dos direitos da categoria docente. O SARESP é um instrumento de avaliação externa da rede de ensino de São Paulo, implantado em 1996. Consiste de um exame aplicado a todos os alunos de determinadas séries, sendo obrigatório nas escolas estaduais e por adesão nas redes municipais e privada. Como fundamentação teórica à análise dos textos dos jornais, destacam-se noções foucaultianas de poder, enunciado, discurso e regime de verdade. O estudo teve como objetivo identificar na relação política/imprensa certos enunciados considerados “verdadeiros“, relacionados ao SARESP. Buscou-se identificar aspectos das práticas midiáticas que indicassem a constituição de um “discurso de performatividade“, decorrente da valorização de critérios de eficiência e de inovação, relacionados ao processo de reforma política de orientação neoliberal. O estudo da participação da imprensa na circulação do discurso da performatividade permitiu constatar uma "impressão" de consenso acerca do SARESP. Ainda que os efeitos deste processo tenham atuado no sentido de interditar outros discursos possíveis, percebeu-se a existência de certos enunciados que vieram constituir um “discurso de resistência “, relacionado às críticas aos critérios de performatividade. Conclui-se, neste sentido, que aos enunciados relacionados à melhoria da qualidade da educação interligam-se aos enunciados que tratam o SARESP como medida legítima de qualidade, caracterizando a preponderância do “discurso de performatividade“, todavia, associado e em relação constante com as diferentes configurações do “discurso de resistência“.

Avsikten med denna studie är att problematisera och ge en djupare förståelse för tre utbildade specialpedagogers tankar och reflektioner, beträffande hur makt, konstruktioner och diskurser kan komma till uttryck kring barn med autismspektrumtillstånd (AST) i förskolan. Forskningsområdet utgår från en förståelse som hävdar att det finns otillräckliga kunskaper om maktrelationer, sociala konstruktioner och diskurser som präglar dessa barn. Studiens forskningsfrågor berör hur barn med AST skildras och förstås, blir socialt konstruerade samt vilka förhållningssätt som kan finnas gentemot dem i förskolan. De teoretiska utgångspunkter som denna studie grundas på, är socialkonstruktionism, diskursteori och Michel Foucaults maktperspektiv. För att samla in och analysera data, tillämpades den kvalitativa forskningsintervjun och diskursanalys. Resultaten visar att barn med AST betraktas som socialt avvikande och att de på olika sätt blir föremål för korrigering.

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-05-15T16:24:58Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Carlos Augusto dos Santos Ferreirinha.pdf: 928603 bytes, checksum: 28d7858f9d7fa5cb78bcffd2c175a349 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-15T16:24:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Carlos Augusto dos Santos Ferreirinha.pdf: 928603 bytes, checksum: 28d7858f9d7fa5cb78bcffd2c175a349 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-04-27 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The aim of this assignment is to reflect on the ways of recreating Afro-Mozambican myths in the narratives “A Lenda de Namarói” (2012), “A infinita fiandeira” (2009) e “Nas águas do tempo” (2012), by Mia Couto. The problematization questions: to what extent do the African Myths imply the process of identify and social institution of the African community and, by extension, of the Mozabican? How does Mia Couto assimilates these mythical aesthetics in his narratives? Two hypotheses were selected: The Myth inscribes an affirmation in the construction and institutionalization of life and in the Regime of Truth of the Afro-Mozambican people; Mia Couto's narrative recovers and recreates the aesthetic and the mythic structures of Mozambican culture in order to keep alive the veracity and the belief in the Myths as a matrix of real and valid thought. As a theoretical basis for approaching the Myth, we highlight the concepts of Anti-Narcissus, Penser autrement (CASTRO,2015), Regime of Truth (FOUCAULT,1999); and Tautegory (SCHELLING, 2007); in relation with the process of mythical aesthetics recreation in the literary composition, we utilize the concept of transcreation, by Haroldo de Campos (1992), as well as semiotic sign propositions of Charles Sanders Peirce (2000) and Octavio Paz (1976). It is observed that Mia Couto retrieves and presentifies mythical aesthetic and structural compositions as a way of institutionalizing and giving voice to orality, to the matix of thought and to the Regime of Truth of the Afro-Mozambican subject as a living and present reality / O objetivo deste trabalho é refletir sobre formas de recriação de Mitos afro-moçambicanos nas narrativas “A Lenda de Namarói” (2012), “A infinita fiandeira” (2009) e “Nas águas do tempo” (2012), de Mia Couto. A problematização interroga: até que ponto os Mitos africanos implicam o processo de instituição identitária e social da comunidade africana e, por extensão, da moçambicana? Como Mia Couto apreende essas estéticas míticas em suas narrativas? Duas hipóteses foram selecionadas: o Mito inscreve uma afirmação na construção e institucionalização da vida e do Regime de Verdade do sujeito afro-moçambicano; a narrativa de Mia Couto recupera e recria estéticas e estruturas míticas da cultura moçambicana, de modo a manter viva a veracidade e a crença nos Mitos como matriz de pensamento real e válida. Como fundamentação teórica para a abordagem do Mito, valemo-nos dos conceitos de Anti-Narciso Outramento (CASTRO, 2015), Regime de Verdade (FOUCAULT 1999) e Tautegoria (SCHELLING, 2007); no que diz respeito ao processo de recriação das estéticas míticas na composição literária, utilizamos o conceito de transcriação, de Haroldo de Campos (1992), assim como proposições sígnicas semióticas de Charles Sanders Peirce (2000) e de Octavio Paz (1976). Observa-se que Mia Couto recupera e presentifica as composições estéticas e estruturais míticas como forma de institucionalizar e dar voz à oralidade, à matriz de pensamento e ao Regime de verdade do sujeito afro-moçambicano enquanto realidade viva e presente

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Title: Values, Desirability and Ideology in CNN Travel -- a Discourse Analysis on Travel Stories Author: Emmi Laine Course: Journalistikvetenskap, Kandidatkurs, H13 J Kand (Bachelor of Journalism, Fall 2013), JMK, Stockholm University, Sweden Aim: The aim is to examine which values and ideologies CNN Travel fulfills in their stories. Method: Qualitative discourse analysis. Summary: This Bachelor ́s thesis asks what is desirable, which are the values of CNN Travel, the major U.S. news corporation CNN ́s online travel site. The question has been answered through a qualitative discourse analysis on 20 chosen travel stories, picked by their relevancy, diversity, and their expressive tone. Due to the limited space and the specific textual method, the analysis was restricted to the editorial texts of these stories. The chosen method was discourse analyst Norman Fairclough ́s model of evaluation, which revealed the explicit and implicit ways the media texts suggest desired characteristics. These linguistic devices took the readers ́ agreement for granted, as they imposed a shared cultural ground with common values, which is a base for a mutual understanding. After identifying the explicit and implicit evaluations, they were organized according to some major discursive themes found in the texts, and finally analyzed in order to expose their underlying values. The results showed how these certain values brought forth certain ideologies, to some extent in keeping with recent research of tourism and travel journalism. As the study has been put into a larger context of related research, the following pages will first explain some larger concepts of discourse analysis, such as representation, cultural stereotypes, ideology and power. A cross-section from older to more contemporary theories in culture studies has been utilized; moving from Edward Said ́s postcolonial classic Orientalism, an example of cultural stereotyping, to the more recent topics of ‘promotion culture’ and consumerism, and tourism researcher John Urry ́s ideas about the consumption of places and the ‘tourist gaze.’ In the end, the study considers what kind of power does travel journalism possess over the represented tourism destinations. Finally, when questioning the travel journalists ́ legitimacy and power to represent the travel destinations, poststructuralist Michel Foucault ́s theory about the ‘regime of truth,’ as well as Antonio Gramsci ́s ideas of ‘hegemony,’ theory of dominance through consent, were discussed and confirmed.

Cette thèse s’interroge sur le phénomène du jeune téléspectateur contemporain. Je questionne cette « réalité », qui fait l’objet de discours et de pratiques sociales au quotidien. L’idée de l’existence « objective » de l’enfant téléspectateur depuis l’avènement de la télévision est si fertile, qu’elle a même contribué au développement d’un sous-domaine de recherche en communication : la communication jeunesse. J’inclus également ce sous-domaine dans la problématique. Ce faisant, je tente d’esquisser une théorisation de l’enfant téléspectateur, en le comprenant comme une formation discursive et sociale. Suivant le point de vue de l’analyse de discours de Michel Foucault (1969), j’axe son étude en articulant deux éléments qui forment les objets sociaux : le régime de vérité et les formations discursives. Ainsi, je réfléchis au jeune téléspectateur comme objet de savoir et de vérité, et comme fruit d’un ensemble de formations discursives. J’ancre empiriquement le questionnement du jeune téléspectateur contemporain dans le Chili « post-1990 ». Je propose une approche méthodologique et analytique me permettant de rendre compte de l’articulation d’éléments hétérogènes qui participent au façonnement discursif et social de celui-ci. Cet outil exploratoire est « le rhizome », que j’emprunte à Gilles Deleuze et à Félix Guattari (1976). Le rhizome m’est utile pour rendre compte des multiples portes d’entrée dans la formation discursive de l’enfant téléspectateur, du déplacement comme chercheuse à l’intérieur de celle-ci, et des figures qui se forment par l’articulation du discours et des pratiques entreprises à son égard. Ce faisant, je propose une archive d’époque de l’enfant téléspectateur du Chili « post-1990 ». Dans celle-ci, je montre des modalités particulières de sa formation discursive et des figures hétéroclites de celui-ci qui ont émergé dans les analyses. Finalement, je présente un ensemble de pratiques discursives qui ont également fait surface dans les analyses. Ces pratiques emploient la figure de l’enfant téléspectateur pour instaurer discursivement d’autres « réalités », qui ne le concernent pas directement. M’appuyant sur Jean-Michel Berthelot (1992), notamment sur son concept d’« opérateur discursif », je qualifie ainsi ces pratiques observées. / This thesis examines the contemporary child television viewer phenomenon. I challenge this « reality » which is the subject of everyday life discourse and social practices. Since the advent of television, the notion of an « objective » existence of a child television viewer has been so fertile that it has even contributed to the development of a sub-domain in communication studies: Children, Youth and the Media. I examine this sub domain as well. The thesis attempts to outline a theoretical approach to the child television viewer, understood as a social and discursive formation. Following Michel Foucault’s (1969) analysis of discourse, the study articulates two of the elements that are involved in the social construction of objects: the regime of truth and the discursive formations. I consider the child television viewer as an object of knowledge and truth, and as the product of a set of discursive formations. I challenge on an empirical level this phenomenon in the « post-1990 » Chile, through a methodological and analytical approach that allows me to articulate the heterogeneous elements involved in the shaping of the child television viewer. This exploratory tool is the « rhizome », borrowed from Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari (1976). « Rhizome » allows me to enter through multiple gateways into discursive formations of the child television viewer. Once inside, as a researcher I move in multiple directions and see different modalities of the social construction happening therein. These modalities produce multiple figures of the child television viewer emerging from the articulation of the discourse and of the social practices. I suggest an Archive of the child television viewer in Chile « post-1990 », showing the specifics of the discursive formations and the assorted figures that have risen to surface throughout the rhizomatic process of research. Finally, I present a set of discursive practices that have also emerged from the analysis. These practices employ the figure of the child television viewer to discursively establish other « realities » that do not concern him/her directly. Borrowing from Jean-Michel Berthelot (1992), I name these practices « discursive operator ». / Esta tesis se interroga acerca del fenómeno del niño telespectador contemporáneo. Cuestiono esta « realidad », que a diario es objeto de discurso y de prácticas sociales. Desde el advenimiento de la televisión, la idea de la existencia « objetiva » del niño telespectador ha sido tan fértil, que contribuyó a desarrollar un sub-dominio particular de investigación en comunicaciones: niños, adolescentes y medios. Incluyo igualmente este subdominio en la problemática. El trabajo intenta esbozar una teorización sobre el niño telespectador, entendiéndolo como una formación discursiva y social. Siguiendo el punto de vista del análisis de discurso de Michel Foucault (1969), este estudio articula dos elementos que intervienen en la construcción social de los objetos: el régimen de verdad y las formaciones discursivas. Reflexiono sobre el niño telespectador como un objeto de saber y de verdad, fruto de un conjunto de formaciones discursivas. El análisis de la formación discursiva del niño telespectador se ancla empíricamente en el Chile « post-1990 ». Propongo un enfoque metodológico y analítico que permite mostrar la articulación de elementos heterogéneos que le dan forma discursiva y social. Este recurso de exploración es el « rizoma », inspirado de Gilles Deleuze y de Félix Guattari (1976). El rizoma permite dar cuenta de las múltiples puertas de entrada a la formación discursiva, del desplazamiento como investigadora en su interior y de las figuras de niño telespectador que se forman por la articulación del discurso con las prácticas desplegadas en su nombre. La tesis propone un Archivo de época del niño telespectador del Chile « post-1990 ». En este se muestran las modalidades particulares de su formación discursiva, así como las figuras heterogéneas de niño telespectador que emergieron de los análisis. Finalmente se presenta un conjunto de otras prácticas discursivas, igualmente observadas, que emplean al niño telespectador para instaurar discursivamente otras « realidades », que no lo conciernen directamente. Califico a estas prácticas a partir del concepto del « operador discursivo » de Jean-Michel Berthelot (1992).

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