RELIGIÃO E MST: ESTUDO DOS BATISTAS DA CONGREGAÇÃO MONTE SIÃO NO ASSENTAMENTO ANTONIO CONSELHEIRO II NA REGIÃO DO PONTAL DO PARANAPANEMA

A inserção de uma igreja evangélica em um assentamento rural do Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem-terra (MST), é objeto de nosso estudo de caso neste presente trabalho. A dissertação pesquisa e analisa a inserção dos evangélicos batistas no assentamento Antonio Conselheiro II na região do Pontal do Paranapanema, no estado de São Paulo, assim como a conseqüente implantação neste da Congregação Batista Monte Sião . Partindo de uma perspectiva teórica e empírica, o objetivo concentra-se em analisar a experiência de vida dos assentados batistas no interior do assentamento, buscando retratar as formas, tanto conceptuais como práticas, que estes vivenciam sua fé, costumes e crenças, sonhos e ideais, sempre procurando tecer relações que nos permitam melhor avaliar a forma como os mesmos compreendiam e comunicavam sua fé enquanto assentados do MST. Da apreciação crítica dos relatos obtidos nas entrevistas e dos dados do questionário, ambos aplicados aos agentes de nossa pesquisa, surge uma história que nos desvela faces de uma relação identitária que mescla ideologia e fé, ser evangélico batista e assentado no MST, bem como uma proposição internalizada de uma metodologia da não-violência nas manifestações do movimento Sem-terra.(AU)

O Sagrado na Dança Ritual Indígena Brasileira: Bororo, um estudo de caso

Na história da religião, nem sempre a dança foi considerada elemento de expressão do sagrado. O objetivo dessa pesquisa é compreender a importância da dança nos rituais sagrados de uma cultura indígena. O povo Bororo, sociedade indígena encontrada em Mato Grosso, foi selecionado especificamente para compor o estudo de caso. Assim, são abordados dados gerais sobre a vida, os costumes e a religiosidade dessa etnia. O estudo mostra breve panorama da religião e do ritual sagrado Bororo e, principalmente, descreve esses rituais e suas respectivas danças. Foi realizada ainda uma investigação sobre a centralidade do corpo nessa cultura por meio do estudo da indumentária, ornamentos, pinturas e marcas de caráter provisório ou permanente.

Clinica psicanalítica: o sentimento de solidão e a saúde mental de mulheres casadas

Este trabalho teve como objetivo principal investigar o sentimento de solidão e a saúde mental de mulheres casadas, procurando comparar a maneira de compreender e vivenciar este sentimento em mulheres solteiras e casadas, bem como verificar em que medida este sentimento pode ser mitigado pela presença do outro no casamento (coabitação) e em que condições isto ocorria. Partiu-se da hipótese de que esse sentimento é compartilhado por todas as pessoas, já que o ser humano é uno e individual. Logo, a separação eterna do outro, que se inicia quando o bebê percebe que é diferente da mãe e, assim, um indivíduo único, está associado a uma sensação de solidão que acompanha o ser humano por toda a vida. Desta forma, é muito comum ver pessoas se envolver em relacionamentos para diminuir este sentimento, que se vê intensificado a cada dia em função da superficialidade dos vínculos emocionais. A presença de outrem pode ser aproveitada numa relação interpessoal quando se diminui a intensidade da hostilidade, associada ao sentimento de solidão. O antídoto contra tal sentimento vem do fortalecimento do auto-conhecimento, da autonomia, e da amizade por um companheiro que mostra aceitação incondicional pelo verdadeiro self. Para análise deste sentimento em mulheres casadas, foi realizada uma pesquisa quantitativa e qualitativa com mulheres solteiras e universitárias. A escolha da amostra foi aleatória e por conglomerado, em três estágios. Participaram do estudo 184 mulheres, 38% casadas, 7,6% separadas e 52,7% solteiras. Da pesquisa quantitativa foi possível analisar que a percepção das mulheres sobre a solidão vem, em muitos aspectos, de encontro com a teoria psicanalítica. Pelas respostas encontradas percebeu-se que a grande maioria das participantes tem um baixo sentimento de solidão (58,7%) e 41,3% se classificaram com um escore de alto a médio sentimento de solidão, nestes dois grupos a maioria são de mulheres casadas e separadas, sendo que quanto mais nova a mulher maior a tendência a buscar um relacionamento para fugir da solidão, sendo entre as casadas também que isto ocorre com mais freqüência. A partir destes escores, 18 mulheres foram convidadas a participar de uma entrevista diagnóstica. Destas dezoito, seis mulheres apresentavam alto sentimento de solidão, sendo duas casadas, duas solteiras e duas separadas. Da mesma forma as mulheres com média e baixa solidão. Os resultados encontrados nestas entrevistas foram que todas as mulheres que apresentaram um alto sentimento de solidão demonstram uma adaptação ineficaz perante a vida, enquanto que aquelas que apresentaram médio ou baixo sentimento de solidão dificilmente apresentam adaptação ineficaz. Do grupo de médio sentimento de solidão, três mulheres apresentaram adaptação eficaz, e do grupo de baixo sentimento de solidão apenas uma participante apresentou adaptação ineficaz leve. Com isso concluímos que a solidão, quando em alta medida, além de dolorosa indica uma grande dificuldade do indivíduo em lidar com seus aspectos emocionais e produtivos, necessitando de ajuda psíquica.

CLÍNICA PSICANALÍTICA: O SENTIMENTO DE SOLIDÃO E A SAÚDE MENTAL DE MULHERES CASADAS

Este trabalho teve como objetivo principal investigar o sentimento de solidão e a saúde mental de mulheres casadas, procurando comparar a maneira de compreender e vivenciar este sentimento em mulheres solteiras e casadas, bem como verificar em que medida este sentimento pode ser mitigado pela presença do outro no casamento (coabitação) e em que condições isto ocorria. Partiu-se da hipótese de que esse sentimento é compartilhado por todas as pessoas, já que o ser humano é uno e individual. Logo, a separação eterna do outro, que se inicia quando o bebê percebe que é diferente da mãe e, assim, um indivíduo único, está associado a uma sensação de solidão que acompanha o ser humano por toda a vida. Desta forma, é muito comum ver pessoas se envolver em relacionamentos para diminuir este sentimento, que se vê intensificado a cada dia em função da superficialidade dos vínculos emocionais. A presença de outrem pode ser aproveitada numa relação interpessoal quando se diminui a intensidade da hostilidade, associada ao sentimento de solidão. O antídoto contra tal sentimento vem do fortalecimento do auto-conhecimento, da autonomia, e da amizade por um companheiro que mostra aceitação incondicional pelo verdadeiro self. Para análise deste sentimento em mulheres casadas, foi realizada uma pesquisa quantitativa e qualitativa com mulheres solteiras e universitárias. A escolha da amostra foi aleatória e por conglomerado, em três estágios. Participaram do estudo 184 mulheres, 38% casadas, 7,6% separadas e 52,7% solteiras. Da pesquisa quantitativa foi possível analisar que a percepção das mulheres sobre a solidão vem, em muitos aspectos, de encontro com a teoria psicanalítica. Pelas respostas encontradas percebeu-se que a grande maioria das participantes tem um baixo sentimento de solidão (58,7%) e 41,3% se classificaram com um escore de alto a médio sentimento de solidão, nestes dois grupos a maioria são de mulheres casadas e separadas, sendo que quanto mais nova a mulher maior a tendência a buscar um relacionamento para fugir da solidão, sendo entre as casadas também que isto ocorre com mais freqüência. A partir destes escores, 18 mulheres foram convidadas a participar de uma entrevista diagnóstica. Destas dezoito, seis mulheres apresentavam alto sentimento de solidão, sendo duas casadas, duas solteiras e duas separadas. Da mesma forma as mulheres com média e baixa solidão. Os resultados encontrados nestas entrevistas foram que todas as mulheres que apresentaram um alto sentimento de solidão demonstram uma adaptação ineficaz perante a vida, enquanto que aquelas que apresentaram médio ou baixo sentimento de solidão dificilmente apresentam adaptação ineficaz. Do grupo de médio sentimento de solidão, três mulheres apresentaram adaptação eficaz, e do grupo de baixo sentimento de solidão apenas uma participante apresentou adaptação ineficaz leve. Com isso concluímos que a solidão, quando em alta medida, além de dolorosa indica uma grande dificuldade do indivíduo em lidar com seus aspectos emocionais e produtivos, necessitando de ajuda psíquica.

Doing business in India:building research-based practice

In response to the increasing interest in the growth and developments in the Indian economy, and the dynamic nature of the rapidly changing Indian business environment, this textbook is designed to provide a comprehensive guide to doing business in the Indian context. Written by academic experts in their respective fields, this book is divided into three parts: the Indian business context, conducting business in India, and India and the world. Key information is presented on a wide range of topics, including: •Both the shortcomings and opportunities associated with the Indian business environment •The economic development model in India •Critical skills for negotiation and incentives for foreign investors, including case studies of Italian companies that have entered the Indian market in different ways •Business culture in India, including particular customs and etiquette In addition to the pedagogical features, each chapter contains a set of key issues, and there is also a list of useful websites covering a wide range of business needs. This book introduces students to business in India, and will be also be of use to investors, organisations and managers who are already doing business, or intend to start one, in India.

El discurso costumbrista colombiano del siglo XIX: Instrumento ideológico idealizado

Based on critical ideas from Michel Foucault, Benedict Anderson and Doris Sommer, this study analyzes the nation building function of the article of custom and manners and its literary mode "costumbrismo" in the Colombian literature of the 19th and beginning of the 20 th centuries. The discursive techniques and devices used in " costumbrismo" were put into effect by the Colombian intelligentsia to create a sense of national identity. Authors like, Ricardo Silva, José Caicedo Rojas, José David Guarín, Ignacio Gutiérrez Vergara, Eugenio Díaz, Juan de Dios Restrepo, José María Vergara y Vergara, Jorge Isaacs, José Eustaquio Palacios, José Manuel Marroquín, Tomás Carrasquilla, and José Eustasio Rivera became detailed observers that sometimes criticized and at other times just described customs and manners of different social classes and institutions. Through journalistic and literary discourse depicting regional customs and manners, these regionalist writers pretended to provide an objective and actual image of Colombian society, articulating, instead, a subjective message which expressed and reinforced their particular sense of nation based on a liberal or conservative political agenda. This discourse was used to shape the ideology of the republic thorough the idealization of a particular view of the nation.

An analysis of Haitian parents' perceptions of their children with disabilities

Parental involvement is an integral part of the educational system in the U.S. Yet, parents from non-mainstream racial/ethnic backgrounds have not fully grasped the nature of parental involvement expectations in the educational process and how these expectations may impact student achievement. The purpose of this study was to identify Haitian parents’ perceptions of their children with disabilities and the education these children were receiving. Several authors have conducted studies on parents of children with disabilities to better gain an understanding of the level of their involvement with their children’s education, their perceptions of the children, and their views on the school system (Harry, 1992a, 1992b). In this study, Haitian parents of children with disabilities were interviewed using an interview protocol. Through these interviews, this study explored 10 Haitian parents’ perceptions of their child with a disability, the education the child was receiving, their interaction with the school system, and how the disability had affected their relationship with their child and their involvement with the school. Findings of the present study revealed that these Haitian parents seldom disagreed with school personnel and did not seem to fully grasp the different methods available to address their concerns as parents of children with disabilities nor the role they were expected to play in the process. The majority did not have basic literacy skills in Creole or English. The parents in this study were overwhelmed by school written communication. Additionally, this study discovered that parents’ perceptions were guided by two core concepts: coping mechanisms and locus of control. Parents with an internal locus of control, who tended to be more educated, focused inward to find solutions to problems encountered. Those with an external locus of control relied on outside influences to resolve their problems. Parental involvement was strongly influenced by their values, beliefs, customs, and conceptual knowledge about disability; all closely aligned with culture and acculturation. Overall, these parents’ perceptions greatly influenced their thoughts and behaviors when they realized that their children with disabilities might fall short of their immigrant dreams of success they held for these children.

Analysis of Haitian Parents’ Perceptions of the Education of Their Children with Disabilities

This study explored Haitian parents’ perceptions of their children with disabilities. Findings revealed parents’ perceptions were guided by two core concepts: coping mechanisms and locus of control. Parental involvement was strongly influenced by values, beliefs, customs, and conceptual knowledge that were closely aligned with culture and acculturation.

Navigating the past, envisioning the future : Octavia Butler's heroines

In this thesis, I examined three novels by African American science fiction novelist Octavia Butler: Kindred (1979), Parable of the Sower (1994), Parable of the Talents (1998) and Dawn (1987). I analyzed Butler's belief that society has become too firmly attached to old customs and belief systems, initiating destructive, self-defeating cycles in our history. She looks to African American females to take up leadership roles and exact radical change to ensure society's continued survival as well as progress, acceptance and autonomy within our communities. I also established Butler's significant contributions to the African American literary canon as she examines the history of African Americans and speculates on their necessary roles of shaping the future of society.

An Analysis of Haitian Parents' Perceptions of Their Children With Disabilities

Parental involvement is an integral part of the educational system in the U.S. Yet, parents from non-mainstream racial/ethnic backgrounds have not fully grasped the nature of parental involvement expectations in the educational process and how these expectations may impact student achievement. The purpose of this study was to identify Haitian parents’ perceptions of their children with disabilities and the education these children were receiving. Several authors have conducted studies on parents of children with disabilities to better gain an understanding of the level of their involvement with their children’s education, their perceptions of the children, and their views on the school system (Harry, 1992a, 1992b). In this study, Haitian parents of children with disabilities were interviewed using an interview protocol. Through these interviews, this study explored 10 Haitian parents’ perceptions of their child with a disability, the education the child was receiving, their interaction with the school system, and how the disability had affected their relationship with their child and their involvement with the school. Findings of the present study revealed that these Haitian parents seldom disagreed with school personnel and did not seem to fully grasp the different methods available to address their concerns as parents of children with disabilities nor the role they were expected to play in the process. The majority did not have basic literacy skills in Creole or English. The parents in this study were overwhelmed by school written communication. Additionally, this study discovered that parents’ perceptions were guided by two core concepts: coping mechanisms and locus of control. Parents with an internal locus of control, who tended to be more educated, focused inward to find solutions to problems encountered. Those with an external locus of control relied on outside influences to resolve their problems. Parental involvement was strongly influenced by their values, beliefs, customs, and conceptual knowledge about disability; all closely aligned with culture and acculturation. Overall, these parents’ perceptions greatly influenced their thoughts and behaviors when they realized that their children with disabilities might fall short of their immigrant dreams of success they held for these children.

Anúncio publicitário direcionado ao público masculino: uma abordagem dialógica

In this study, we intend to focus on the printed advertisement genre which reveals its discursive genre condition circulating in printed media sphere, specifically in four magazines: Playboy, Score, GQ and Men's Health. The overall objective of this study is to analyze the identity in advertisement gender directed at male audience in printing, by considering how commercials work in the consumer society by seeking to satisfy a particular group, the reader/male consumer with modern customs and behaviors. For this, advertisements from four magazines of January, April, July and October were gathered, totaling sixteen magazines and twenty-seven types of genre pieces over a period of one year: from January to December 2012. We have selected about 27 pieces that advertisers tried to expose the body on the space of advertisements, resulting in a heightened appreciation of physical appearance. So we divide our corpus in a category, adiáforo body, and three sub-categories: the body building; the tattooed body and the consumption body. This work is part of a qualitative-interpretative approach, in order to investigate the social reality, paradigm advocated by applied linguists. Thus, our study is turned to a related activity with language issues present in the printed media sphere. Advertisement is understood as real unity of discursive and inter-subjective communication, maintaining relationships with others statements already said and prefigured and calling others to settle. Based on these assumptions, we have presented an analysis of the printed advertisement gender in men's magazines basing ourselves in contemporary research on Discourse Dialogic Analysis in Circle studies by Mikhail Bakhtin, revisiting his theoretical and methodological aspects and the identity concepts and culture as well as authors of the advertising sphere. This research has been presented relevant as it has contributed to an analysis of the verbal-visual dimension of advertising directed at male audience, considered as a discursive genre that circulates in the printed media and advertising, steeped in dialogical relations and have also contributed to the construction and development of theoretical and methodological frameworks, and applied to teachers and professionals interested in the theme. Results have shown data demonstrating that the search for a completeness never come, the man have built himself the search of the perfect body, the pursuit of exquisite stereotype, the search for products that contribute to this his self-assertion always transient and in construction. It is concluded that the body is a recurring theme in the four magazines. The body tailored is always presented as the ideal to which every man must achieve.

Women Against Pornography demonstrate against "Mass Marriages at Playboy Club" event

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Recent Armenian Developments

The War has brought us into a close relation with Armenia. The annihilation of her people in 1915 and 1916 aroused universal sympathy. For the most of us Armenia, hitherto, had been relegated to a position of partial obscurity in the Near East. We were acquainted with the fact that they had suffered persecution beore at Turkish hands but an indifference born of unfamiliarity with her history, customs and people still continued with us. However much the gulf separating ourselves and these people has been narrowed by the war it is only by an actual journey into their life past and present that we can ever come into a full appreciation of a people who despite persecution and oppression are potentially fine citizens.

Design as Symbolic Violence. Design for Social Justice.

Design embeds ideas in communication and artefacts in subtle and psychologically powerful ways. Sociologist Pierre Bourdieu coined the term ‘symbolic violence’ to describe how powerful ideologies, priorities, values and even sensibilities are constructed and reproduced through cultural institutions, processes and practices. Through symbolic violence, individuals learn to consider unjust conditions as natural and even come to value customs and ideas that are oppressive. Symbolic violence normalises structural violence and enables real violence to take place, often preceding it and later justifying it. Feminist, class, race and indigenous scholars and activists describe how oppressions (how patriarchy, racism, colonialism, etc.) exist within institutions and structures, and also within cultural practices that embed ideologies into everyday life. The theory of symbolic violence sheds light on how design can function to naturalise oppressions and then obfuscate power relations around this process. Through symbolic violence, design can function as an enabler for the exploitation of certain groups of people and the environment they (and ultimately ‘we’) depend on to live. Design functions as symbolic violence when it is involved with the creation and reproduction of ideas, practices, tools and processes that result in structural and other types of violence (including ecocide). Breaking symbolic violence involves discovering how it works and building capacities to challenge and transform dysfunctional ideologies, structures and institutions. This conversation will give participants an opportunity to discuss, critique and/or develop the theory of design as symbolic violence as a basis for the development of design strategies for social justice.

Female employment from the household. Towards a comprehensive analysis of work-life articulation

Research on women’s employment has proliferated over recent decades, often under a perspective that conceptualizes female labour market activity as independent of male presences and absences in the productive and reproductive spheres. In the face of these approaches, the article argues the need to focus on the couple as the unit of analysis of work-life articulation. After referring to the main theoretical arguments that, from a gender perspective within labour studies, have pointed out the relevance of placing the household as the central space for the analysis of the sexual division of labour, the article reviews different empirical contributions that have incorporated such perspective in the international literature. Next, the state of the art in the Spanish literature is presented, before arguing the desirability of applying such framework of analysis to the study of employment and care work in Spanish households, which are at present undergoing major transformations.