Esta dissertação trata da importância da preservação da cultura local, na cidade de São Luis do Paraitinga, no interior do Estado de São Paulo. O sentimento de pertencer a um grupo, partilhando valores, ideais e crenças comuns motiva essa população a comemorar e dessa forma preservar suas festas tradicionais, uma rica e diversificada cultura popular. A pesquisa aqui apresentada buscou conhecer como os processos comunicacionais dessa localidade se relacionam com as suas manifestações culturais, mas deteve-se no estudo da comunicação radiofônica, com ênfase na rádio comunitária da cidade. Foi procurar indícios de como a Rádio Paraitinga pode estabelecer um processo comunicacional, em comunhão com a concepção de vida, dos valores éticos, estéticos, artísticos e religiosos da comunidade. Como compreende, participa e desenvolve os laços de identidade e de pertencimento. Como a comunidade se identifica com a Rádio. Como vinculam sua intensa vivência do cotidiano à emissora. O estudo apresenta, em suas considerações finais, importantes dados indicadores do quanto a rádio da cidade responde a essas questões e sugere ações para que ela efetivamente exerça seu papel junto à comunidade, ações que realmente possam identificá-la como comunitária e, dessa forma, contribuir para a preservação das manifestações culturais. / This study says about the importance of the local culture preservation, in the city of São Luis do Paraitinga, interior of São Paulo. The feeling of belonging to a group, sharing values, ideals and common beliefs motivate this population to celebrate and therefore preserve their folk festivities, a rich and diversity popular culture. The following research meant to know how the communicational processes of this place relate to their culture manifestations, but privileged the radiophonic communication, focusing the city community radio. Searched hints how the Paraitinga Radio can establish a communication process, in congruent with their life conceptions, ethical, aesthetical, artistical and religious values. As understanding, sharing and developing their identity and belonging bonds. As the community identify itself with the Paraitinga Radio. As sharing their intense way of life with the radio station. In its final considerations, the research shows important indicating data of how the city radio answer this questions and its recommends actions that can really identify than as community and therefore to contribute to the preservation of the cultural manifestations.

Nos últimos anos, os estudos sobre a prática do futebol no Brasil se avolumaram em diversas áreas do saber. Compreendido como um fenômeno de largo alcance social, o futebol que antes era desprezado pela intelectualidade, tornou-se espaço privilegiado para a compreensão de diversos fenômenos sociais correlatos. Não obstante ao desenvolvimento dessas pesquisas, diversas fontes documentais produzidas pelo universo futebolístico ao longo do século XX, ainda não tinham sido analisadas com rigor sistemático. Assim, esse trabalho ao se inserir em um contexto de renovação historiográfica denominada Nova História Cultural, busca compreender algumas facetas da sociedade paulistana que estiveram presentes em seus principais campos, equipes e estádios de futebol no período estudado (1894-1942). A formação de um circuito de praticantes e simpatizantes, a intervenção do poder público, a construção de campos e estádios, o surgimento dos três principais clubes de futebol da cidade, as disputas pelo controle das rendas geradas pelo espetáculo e sua profissionalização, mostraram-se como excelentes fontes documentais para a compreensão da complexidade do processo de modernização ocorrido em São Paulo e suas consequências para seus habitantes, no período abarcado pela pesquisa. / In recent years, many studies on the practice of football in Brazil have been carried out in different areas of knowledge. Understood as a broad-ranging social phenomenon, football which was once despised by intellectuals and academia has become a privileged source for the study of many interconnected social phenomena. Despite the development of said studies, many documentary sources produced in the world of football throughout the twentieth century still have not been systematically assessed. Hence, because this study is part of context of historiographical renewal referred to as New Cultural History, its objective is to further understand certain aspects of the São Paulo society present in the main football fields, teams and stadiums with respect to the period subject matter hereof (1894 1942). The establishment of a group of practitioners and supporters, together with government intervention, the construction of fields and stadiums, the emergence of three major football clubs in the city, disputes over control of revenues generated by the sport itself and its gradual pathway towards becoming increasingly professional reveal to be excellent documentary sources for better understanding the complexity of the modernization process that took pplace in São Paulo and the consequences thereof for its citizens during the period covered in this study.

In this study, we explore six preschool pedagogues’ experiences regarding the celebrations of cultural and religious festivals and traditions, and how this is noted in their respective preschool settings. The purpose of this critical study is to make educators aware of how children’s ethnic and cultural diversity is reflected in the preschool’s attention or lack of attention to different festivals and traditions. The study is based on interviews conducted with six randomly selected preschool pedagogues from six different preschools from different parts of Sweden. Three of the preschool peda-gogues interviewed worked at “monocultural” preschools while the other three worked at what they considered as “multicultural” preschools. The results of the study are, that regardless of how the composition of the children’s group appeared, the preschool pedagogues’ reflections on their own situated experiences reveal the extent to which the festivals and traditions cele-brated are so-called Swedish and Christian. The festivals and traditions celebrated are e.g. Easter, Midsummer, Lucia and Christmas. Celebrations and traditions of a decent other than Swedish are not recognized in the same way. Theoretically, this study is based on Sara Ahmed’s ideas surrounding ‘the hegemony of white-ness’ and the ‘phenomenology of whiteness’. For us, this important critical and theoretical re-source opens for future questions about how well established the white hegemony is in our Swedish preschool.

The following dissertation produced a photographic exposure in order to make the record and also make more visible the activities of the prendas of the Noel Guarany Gaucho Traditions Department, linked to Federal University of Santa Maria. The Department is composed by students, teachers and employees of the University itself that supports the cultural demonstrations, allowing the insertion of the traditionalist community, valorizing the local and regional patrimony. This work tried to understand how is the work of the woman representation as a prenda given, from the eyes of the Traditionalist Move in the DTG Noel Guarany s entity. By observing the attendance of the DTG in nine events done by the state of Rio Grande do Sul, they realized the symbolic game of power, honor, dressing patterns, individual assertion and also collective action existing around a prenda . By searching a way to express a product, the knowing acquired along the contact if the prendas , an organization of the photographic exposure showed up and it has the construction of the prenda as a general theme composed by six sub-themes selected through the screen of photographs the surrounding; prenda s makeup, the changing making of and making themselves up; the dance, the initial connection between the woman and her role in the Tradition Center, one element which all the garments is organized; the singing, the voice as an musical instrument through the rhythm, de tuning and the interpretation is one of the modalities of the contests that the DTG subscribe their participants; the relationship with the peon, characterized by the interpretation during the dances under the eyes, smiles, the entourage to the prenda and valorizing of her delicacy. The work that was done, was based in two dissertations chapters of bibliographic research and the third one having the photographs produced and the elements needed for the production and execution of one photographic exposure / A presente dissertação produziu uma exposição fotográfica a fim de realizar o registro e também dar visibilidade às atividades das prendas do Departamento de Tradições Gaúchas Noel Guarany, vinculado a Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. O Departamento é composto por estudantes, professores e técnicos administrativos da própria Universidade, que apoia as manifestações culturais, permitindo a inserção da comunidade tradicionalista, valorizando o patrimônio local e regional. Buscou-se entender como se dá a construção da representação da mulher na figura da prenda, sob o olhar do Movimento Tradicionalista na entidade do DTG Noel Guarany. Ao observar a participação do DTG em nove eventos realizados pelo estado do Rio Grande do Sul percebeu-se o jogo simbólico de poder, honra, recato, afirmação individual e coletiva existente em torno da prenda. Ao buscar uma maneira de externar em um produto o saber adquirido ao longo do contato com as prendas, surgiu a organização da exposição fotográfica que tem a construção da prenda como tema geral composta por seis subtemas selecionados através da triagem das fotografias o entorno, as pequenas ambiências organizadas para situar a prenda ou o grupo nos concursos e apresentações; a produção da prenda, o making of do vestir-se e maquiar-se; a dança, o elo inicial entre a mulher e sua participação nos Centros de Tradições, elemento pelo qual toda a indumentária é organizada; o canto, a voz como instrumento musical através do ritmo, da afinação e da interpretação é uma das modalidades dos concursos que o DTG inscreve participantes; a Ciranda de Prendas, evento anual onde as prendas são submetidas às provas artísticas e teóricas a fim de conquistar a faixa de destaque como 1ª, 2ª, e 3ª Prenda nas categorias Mirim, Juvenil e Adulta; e a relação com o peão, caracterizado pela interpretação durante as danças através dos olhares, sorrisos, o cortejo à prenda e valorização de sua delicadeza. O trabalho que se fez fundamentou-se em dois capítulos dissertativos de pesquisa bibliográfica e o terceiro contendo as fotografias produzidas e os elementos necessários para a produção e execução de uma exposição fotográfica.

This thesis examines a fuel spill at Goldstream River, on Coast and Straights Salish People’s territory, on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Goldstream is an important salmon spawning and fishing location for the WSÁNEĆ (Saanich) people. In this thesis I step beyond the confines of the common law and its associated narratives and examine the fuel spill through the lens of WSÁNEĆ culture and legal order. In doing so I seek to open nascent possibilities and understandings relating to the fuel spill, its associated harms, and the implications this has for a legal response. My approach is rooted in the field of Indigenous law. In contributing broadly to the revitalization and resurgence of Indigenous law, including its theoretical and methodological aspects, I strengthen my claim that WSÁNEĆ law offers an important legal response to the Goldstream spill. My approach, however, extends beyond the field of Indigenous law. It also draws insights from the fields of postcolonial theory and resurgence theory. Postcolonial theory aids in understanding the processes and power structures that silence and subordinate Indigenous systems of law. The effective revitalization of Indigenous law draws from these understandings. My emphasis, however, does not rest squarely on critique. I argue that colonial power structures are best mitigated and subverted by applying Indigenous narratives, including Indigenous systems of law. I draw on resurgence theory to highlight the empowering effects of strengthening Indigenous narratives and for transforming relationships between Indigenous peoples and the Canadian state. In applying this theoretical framework I argue that WSÁNEĆ law provides an alternative lens through which to address the Goldstream spill. Through attention to WSÁNEĆ stories and the SENĆOŦEN language (the language of the WSÁNEĆ people) I open a narrative of WSÁNEĆ law that provides a distinct normative framework regarding our responsibilities to one another and to the Earth. The benefits of such an approach are far reaching in scope. They reconceptualise foundational assumptions relating to the nature of the harm, as well as the notion jurisdiction. My narrative moves from thinking and acting with authority over the environment, to having mutual responsibilities in relation to ecology. The scope and contributions of Indigenous law should not be overlooked. To do so is to limit the potential for Indigenous/non-Indigenous reconciliation, as well as the healthy functioning of Indigenous legal orders. / Graduate

This thesis looks at the impact of migration and place on the traditional healing knowledge and practices of a Mexican immigrant mother from Guanajuato, Mexico: Sofia Perez. Through the use of oral history methodology and the application of the Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Wisdom (TEKW) model and the Social Ecological Model (SEM) to analyze the narratives, this study looks at the origin of Sofia's healing knowledge and practices and at how she has managed to keep these traditions alive despite migrating to the United States and living in a society that may not believe in the efficacy of these healing traditions. The application of the Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Wisdom (TEKW) model provided insight into the healing traditions of Sofia's home community and the ways in which these were learned, practiced, and preserved and proved useful in looking at how this was done by Sofia before and after migrating. Next, the Social Ecological Model (SEM) proved useful in looking at how place and its various social, cultural, and ecological aspects have influenced Sofia's use of traditional medicine since she migrated. Overall, Sofia's knowledge and practices have been impacted by migration and place; however, she continues to practice these traditions as best as she can.

Engaging in Cree ceremonies, in one manner, is a legal act. It is also a gendered act as well. Thus, ceremony is one avenue to seek both legal and gendered transformations. The transformational processes this thesis contemplates are the protocols (or rules of procedure) involved in Cree sweat lodge (matotisân) and pipe (ospwakân) ceremonies. Some of these protocols are gendered in nature, in that they set out different actions based upon sex or gender. Looking at gender is a necessary part of our continuing work with Indigenous legal orders. Further, engaging in ceremony as legal practice offers one avenue in addressing the potentials for inequality that gendered protocols bring about. While this research does not seek a definitive resolution to some critical discourses about gendered protocols, it focuses on their legal nature to explore processes of change that reaffirm the sanctity of Cree ceremonial spaces while opening up these spaces for radical dissent. This research asks: (1) What are the processes for changing the gendered nature of protocols in Cree ceremonies, and as result changing Cree law? (2) What are the barriers within Cree social practices that prevent ceremonial change? (3) What are the potential dangers Cree spiritual and legal practices changing? In order to maintain the integrity of the knowledge systems resident in Cree ceremonies, to uphold our obligations to the relations involved in the ceremonies, and to avoid potentials for violence in our deconstructions or transformation, an ethos of deep relationality should inform our processes of change. This means seeking out methods of change that are already resident within ceremonial structures, and ensuring reciprocity when we actively seek transformations by upholding obligations resident in nehiyaw piimatisiwin (Cree way of life/being). / Graduate

The present research has been undertaken within a narrative approach which is based on social constructionism. For the purposes of fostering more effective communication between science and theology, I also adopt the postfoundationalist way of thinking which was suggested by Van Huyssteen. I made use of the seven movements that were proposed by J C Müller to present the research undertaken with four young adult Christians. Korea is a multi-religious society in which various religions coexist, such as Buddhism, Confucianism, Shamanism, Christianity and several new religions. In the religious background of Korea, people are free to choose their religion, but sometimes their religious freedom has been limited by the patriarchal family system. In particular, young adult Christians who are in the period of emerging adulthood may face an even more difficult situation when they practise a different religion from that of their family. They are still under the strong influence of their parents emotionally and financially, but they want to be adults with their own independent identity. Moreover, Korean social prejudice against Christianity causes the young adult Christians much difficulty in maintaining their faith life comfortably. In order to listen to their stories regarding their faith life, I selected four young adult Christians who have non-Christian family members in their household, who are unmarried, and are therefore still dependent on their parents. With the co-researchers, individual interview sessions and group interview sessions were held, and a web-activity devised in which their stories were told and developed in collaboration with various disciplines that were influencing their discourses within the stories. They were experiencing tensions with their non-Christian family members in maintaining their Christian faith life and were feeling powerless in the relationship with them. Furthermore, in their relationship with other Christians in the church the co-researchers complained about the lack of understanding, regarding their specific family background, shown by those believers who do have Christian relatives in their household. The narrative research process allowed the co-researchers to interpret their difficult stories and to think through the meanings of these and their effect. In this manner, they could reinterpret their painful stories and uncover new meanings that might assist them to be more satisfied in the future. Having discovered new meanings for their painful stories, the co-researchers are not powerless people any longer; instead, they are active people who are dreaming for, or envisioning, a better future with their non-Christian family. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Practical Theology / unrestricted

The dissertation Observance of traditions and customs in Bohemia and in Moravia focuses on issues of Czech and Moravian traditions, customs and holidays, namely on two important holidays Easter and Christmas. These two holidays are the most significant events of ecclesiastical year but they are favourite as well among inhabitants of the Czech Republic, in particular Christmas. Various customs and traditions are handed down from generation to generation and they occupy a significant position in people's lives. In the introduction the terms that are important for this work are explained as well as the significance of traditions and customs for culture, current situation of culture is mentioned as well. This work presents description of the two mentioned holidays in the context of Czech culture. In the second part of this work you can find comparison of selected elements with regard to particular Czech and Moravian customs. Apart from presenting of presented Easter and Christmas customs and their comparison, the work aims to define tendencies which occured and name these tendencies. In the conclusion, the findings about differences between Czech and Moravian customs are summarized and defined, the prognosis about future development of observing customs is mentioned as well. KEYWORDS culture,...

This study deals with problems of identity of the office antiphons performed in the period after Pentecost. Mentioned antiphons belong to the New Testament canticle Benedictus for laudes and Magnificat for vespers. This part of the office is not so carefully regulated and between the European traditions occur variations. So this material was used for the determination of each tradition. The variability was not only in the selection and order of antiphons, but also in texts and melodies. After my analysis of the individual Post-Pentecost antiphons in several European medieval sources I found out that in certain cases with the same antiphon text appear completely different melodies or significantly different melodic variations. Due to this fact, in my opinion, is necessary to work with the musical part of this repertoire, consequently sort these chants not only according to the text, but also according to the melody. The ability to assign to the antiphons Melody ID based on the melody of chants (except Cantus ID based on the text) allows us to observe links between traditions which used this melody. In this way it is possible to reveal the relationships between the centers, which were performing the office repertoire. Keywords antiphon, office, manuscript, liturgical year, Pentecost, traditions,...