O projeto Machadianas: Machado de Assis, o Ágora Teatro e a narrativa em cena

Pós-graduação em Artes - IA

Ciência, cientistas e democracia desfigurada: o caso Belo Monte

A fronteira hidrelétrica avança sobre a Amazônia com grandes obras como Santo Antonio e Jirau no rio Madeira e de maneira decisiva através dos projetos de Belo Monte proposto na Volta Grande do Xingu, licenciado em fevereiro de 2010, e de aproveitamentos no rio Tapajós. Contudo, os grandes projetos de infra-estrutura de geração de energia nesta região revelam confl itos, disputas políticas e econômicas que evidenciam risco aos processos de licenciamento ambiental, no processo de discussão de obras que envolvem bilhões de reais e consequências ambientais e sociais de grande envergadura. Alerta-se neste artigo à deslegitimação do discurso de grupos sociais que se opõem às políticas oficiais de desenvolvimento materializadas na duvidosa e polêmica usina de Belo Monte-PA, baseado na experiência da rede Painel de Especialistas constituído para análise crítica dos Estudos de Impacto Ambiental de Belo Monte e diversos segmentos da sociedade.

A produção de sentidos sobre incluir - excluir

A inclusão escolar é uma modalidade de ensino definida pelo discurso educacional como uma nova postura na escola regular no que se refere às ações que favoreçam a interação social e práticas heterogêneas que atendam às necessidades educacionais especiais de pessoas com “deficiência”. Este estudo situa esse movimento como uma construção social, negociada nas relações entre pessoas e que dão condições de possibilidade ao seu aparecimento, compreendendo as circunstâncias de sua constituição. Objetiva, por meio das práticas discursivas, compreender a noção de inclusão que professoras da educação básica de duas escolas públicas fazem circular em seus discursos engendrados em suas práticas pedagógicas do professor. Considera também as ressonâncias do encontro do discurso dessas professoras, suas contradições e rupturas com o discurso dos documentos públicos oficiais. Adota uma postura crítica e questionadora sobre as institucionalizações que se naturalizam no cotidiano, buscando nas práticas discursivas e produção de sentidos a possibilidade de compreender as maneiras pelas quais as pessoas instituem certas noções, versões que explicam o mundo e se posicionam em relações sociais produzindo acontecimentos no cotidiano. A investigação foi realizada em duas escolas públicas que atuam com o ensino fundamental e, em cada uma delas, foi realizada uma Roda de Conversa com quatro professoras que tinham em suas classes “pessoas portadoras de necessidades educacionais especiais”. Todo o conteúdo discursivo foi analisado usando como estratégia Mapas Dialógicos, que permitem visualizar a interanimação dialógica, o fluxo da conversação, a singularidade da produção de sentidos sobre a inclusão/exclusão nas escolas analisadas, evidenciando os efeitos do processo de implantação da educação inclusiva. Nos discursos das professoras, diferentemente do discurso oficial explicitado em documentos que define a inclusão escolar como uma modalidade educacional que busca avanços acadêmicos e a apropriação de conhecimentos, foi percebido que incluir significa, essencialmente, acolher a criança “portadora de necessidades educacionais especiais” socializando-a com as crianças ditas “normais”, estabelecem, assim, um outro objetivo para essas crianças na escola substituindo a meta de escolarizar. Esse sentido parece ser apontado como a única alternativa diante da dificuldade de assegurar competências acadêmicas, se inscrevendo como um discurso de reparação, que busca expiar uma dívida histórica pelos danos causados pela exclusão social. E ainda nesse posicionamento, o lugar da escola é questionado, pois se não desenvolve competências e habilidades necessárias para o desenvolvimento tanto maturacional como acadêmico das crianças “especiais”, não cumpre sua função social de educar, não realiza a inclusão. Dizem que na vida essas crianças aprendem e desenvolvem-se. Entende-se que a escola não é a vida, ou é a vida enclausurada. Concluem com isso que a escola mais exclui do que inclui. Dessa forma, a pesquisa apontou que a prática da educação inclusiva pode ser compreendida como negociações em redes de saberes e poderes que põem a funcionar as políticas públicas e propostas pedagógicas, como mecanismos de controle social.

Mudanças climáticas: o discurso da mídia sobre o aquecimento global

This research is aimed at discussing the ways in which social agents influence global warming, analyzing the discourse of social actors involved in the debate on climate change, since there is a wide divergence in the scientific community about how man is able to modify the climate on a global scale. In fact the debate that permeates the issues beyond the limits of science and enter into a political-economic framework that takes extraordinary proportions. This emphasis can be very unscientific in the fundamental design concepts, or even creating a trivialization of the media. The main way to convey these concepts is to disclose them in the media, but the media has enormous power to transform the concepts and often manipulate the news by creating a common sense goes against the interests of the scientific community. Thus was conducted extensive research in major newspapers and magazines that move in the country. We surveyed the first two papers which were: “Folha de S. Paulo” and “O Estado de S. Paulo”, during the period from January 2000 to December 2008, totaling 3285 units for the newspaper Folha and 2555 for the newspaper Estadão. Subsequently a survey was made of data published in two journals that move at the national level, and these are the magazines VEJA and ÉPOCA for the same period. By performing these steps, it was concluded that several factors involving the media and climate change, such as topic relevance, types of approaches, perspectives of analysis, the staff development, supplies, among other factors of utmost importance for building news. As a result we can say that the media in fulfilling its role of mediator scientific, disclosing only a vision that permeates the scientific debate. The newspaper media, especially newspapers, has an informative and instantaneous. Often this preoccupation...(Complete abstract, click electronic access below)

A caridade é, em tudo, a regra de proceder: análise do discurso espírita kardecista

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

A importância da educação profissional na modalidade de educação a distância para o desenvolvimento territorial

Pós-graduação em Geografia - IGCE

Norm and Anomaly in the Jewish Life of Jesus (Toledot Yeshu)

The Toledoth Yeshu, the “Generation,” or “Life of Jesus,” have been described as an anti-Gospel, or a parody of the Gospel. This protean tradition, witnessed in more than hundred manuscripts and printed editions, offers a “counter-history” of the life of Jesus and the origins of Christianity. According to this mischievous narrative Jesus was an illegitimate child turned charlatan, and his disciples a bunch of violent and senseless rogues who continued to stir up trouble in Israel even following their leader’s shameful hanging. The Toledoth Yeshu is the story of an anomaly (Jesus and the birth of Christianity). It is also a story about confusion: marital confusion, social confusion, and religious confusion. As an exercise in “historical imagination,” the Toledoth Yeshu offers a narrative of religions compared, and a reflection on social and religious borders, on their instability and fragility, and ultimately on their necessity. The present paper will explore the normative dimension of the Toledoth Yeshu tradition: the way the “disorder of things” the narrative relates also conveys a powerful discourse on social and religious norms. We will also seek to map this tradition in the broader context of medieval Jewish discussions on Jesus (particularly Maimonides) as a “case” in the religious history of mankind, addressing issues of false prophecy, religious deviation, transgression, and heresy.

Sociología, Economía e Historia : de la división del trabajo de producción del conocimiento a la fragmentación del objeto : efectos en la carrera de Sociología

Este artículo forma parte de un trabajo de investigación más amplio cuyo objeto es analizar los problemas de la inserción social de los jóvenes desde una perspectiva sociológica y plantea que frente al abandono de líneas de investigación que abordenlos fenómenos sociales en sus múltiples realciones engarzando armónicamente trabajo de campo y producción teórica, resulta imperioso preguntarse en qué consiste la especificidad de una perspectiva de este tipo. Para responder a este interrogante se desarrolla una posición teórica y se tratan las dificultades para encontrar , en nuestra casa de estudios, los insumos teóricos que esta posición transforma en imprescindibles.

El discurso profesional en servicios sociales comunitarios: una aproximación desde la identificación de repertorios interpretativos

Introducción: la presente investigación está orientada a ofrecer un análisis donde se establezcan los recursos lingüísticos utilizados por los participantes sobre el contenido y alcance de la prestación básica de información y orientación en los servicios sociales comunitarios, tal como la desarrollan los trabajadores sociales. Material y métodos: siguiendo una metodología cualitativa y la utilización del análisis del discurso en la propuesta de Wetherell y Potter (1996) con el empleo de la herramienta analítica de los repertorios interpretativos, se intentarán resaltar aquellos elementos definitorios, estrategias profesionales, valores, normas, prácticas organizacionales, elementos de la cultura institucional, entre otros, que dan forma a los escenarios donde desarrollan su labor los profesionales y que configuran el sistema de servicios sociales comunitarios. Resultados: las entrevistas realizadas a veinticinco trabajadores sociales de la provincia de Málaga muestran cuatro repertorios interpretativos que reflejan la construcción del sistema de servicios sociales por parte de los profesionales implicados: el olvido de lo comunitario, la eterna indefinición del sistema, el elefante encadenado y la escasez agudiza el ingenio. Discusión: se pone de manifiesto cómo se construye un modelo de intervención distante a lo establecido en las normas y códigos éticos a causa de los comportamientos organizacionales e institucionales, que los profesionales intentan minimizar mediante la puesta en práctica de habilidades personales.

La dimensión sociosanitaria del hambre: el testimonio de José María Bengoa Lecanda (1913-2010)

Se analizan algunos de los elementos conceptuales con los que abordó el profesor José María Bengoa Lecanda (1913-2010) la complejidad de factores que están asociados al hambre. Se estudian sus reflexiones sobre la interrelación entre desnutrición, enfermedad y pobreza, así como sus propuestas para romper dicho círculo. Desde los presupuestos de la medicina social, el doctor Bengoa articuló un discurso donde las desigualdades sociales aparecen como uno de los determinantes clave que explican las diferencias socio-sanitarias entre regiones, poblaciones e individuos. El cambio social, con la educación como principal argumento, y la mejora de las condiciones de vida de la población, eran reivindicadas por el doctor Bengoa como las estrategias más adecuadas para abordar la malnutrición en cualquiera de sus manifestaciones.

Economic Approaches of the Internal Market. Bruges European Economic Research (BEER) Papers 13/April 2008

What is ‘the’ EU internal market, as economists see it? The present BEER paper attempts to survey and help readers understand various ‘economic’ approaches to the internal market idea. The paper starts with a conceptual discussion of what ‘the’ internal market is (in an economic perspective). Six different economic meanings of the internal market are presented, with the sixth one being the economic benchmark in an ideal setting. Subsequently, the question is asked what the internal market (i.e. its proper functioning) is good for. Put differently, the internal market in the EU Treaty is a means, but a means to what? Beyond the typical economic growth objectives of the Rome Treaty (still valid today, with some qualifications), other Treaty objectives have emerged. Economists typically think in means-end relationships and the instrumental role of the internal market for Treaty objectives is far from clear. The ‘new’ Commission internal market strategy of 2007 proposes a more goal-oriented internal market policy. Such a vision is more selective in picking intermediate objectives to which ‘the’ internal market should be instrumental, but it risks to ignore the major deficits in today’s internal market: services and labour! The means-end relationships get even more problematic once one begins to scrutinise all the socio-economic objectives of the current (Amsterdam/Nice) Treaty or still other intermediate objectives. The internal market (explicitly including the relevant common regulation) then becomes a ‘jack of all trades’ for the environment, a high level of social protection, innovation or ‘Social Europe’. These means/ends relationships often are ill-specified. The final section considers the future of the internal market, by distinguishing three strategies: incremental strategies (including the new internal market strategy of November 2007); the internal market as the core of the Economic Union serving the ‘proper functioning of the monetary union’; and deepening and widening of the internal market as justified by the functional subsidiarity test. Even though the latter two would seem to be preferable from an economic point of view, they currently lack political legitimacy and are therefore unlikely to be pursued in the near future.

“Samira Doesn’t Live Here Any More” : Somali-Swedes’ mobility as transnational practice

This article explores transnational experiences within a group of Somali- Swedes, particularly how parents’ transnational practices are transferred to their children and how a transnational social space, built on close relationships on a global scale, is constructed. The readiness to relocate between countries and the implications for the children is illuminated. The onward migration to Egypt is highlighted as an example. According to research on Somalis in diaspora, they explain their propensity to move by claiming to be nomads, but this article indicates that it is also about their desire for better opportunities in combination with the cultural and economic marginalisation experienced in the West.

Comparing German and British political culture through values : and analysis of the values of health care reform

This research sets out to compare the values in British and German political discourse, especially the discourse of social policy, and to analyse their relationship to political culture through an analysis of the values of health care reform. The work proceeds from the hypothesis that the known differences in political culture between the two countries will be reflected in the values of political discourse, and takes a comparison of two major recent legislative debates on health care reform as a case study. The starting point in the first chapter is a brief comparative survey of the post-war political cultures of the two countries, including a brief account of the historical background to their development and an overview of explanatory theoretical models. From this are developed the expected contrasts in values in accordance with the hypothesis. The second chapter explains the basis for selecting the corpus texts and the contextual information which needs to be recorded to make a comparative analysis, including the context and content of the reform proposals which comprise the case study. It examines any contextual factors which may need to be taken into account in the analysis. The third and fourth chapters explain the analytical method, which is centred on the use of definition-based taxonomies of value items and value appeal methods to identify, on a sentence-by-sentence basis, the value items in the corpus texts and the methods used to make appeals to those value items. The third chapter is concerned with the classification and analysis of values, the fourth with the classification and analysis of value appeal methods. The fifth chapter will present and explain the results of the analysis, and the sixth will summarize the conclusions and make suggestions for further research.

How do public private partnerships influence business school performance in English-speaking Caribbean?

This thesis addresses the question of how business schoolsestablished as public privatepartnerships (PPPs) within a regional university in the English-speaking Caribbean survived for over twenty-one years and achieved legitimacy in their environment. The aim of the study was to examine how public and private sector actors contributed to the evolution of the PPPs. A social network perspective provided a broad relational focus from which to explore the phenomenon and engage disciplinary and middle-rangetheories to develop explanations. Legitimacy theory provided an appropriate performance dimension from which to assess PPP success. An embedded multiple-case research design, with three case sites analysed at three levels including the country and university environment, the PPP as a firm and the subgroup level constituted the methodological framing of the research process. The analysis techniques included four methods but relied primarily on discourse and social network analysis of interview data from 40 respondents across the three sites. A staged analysis of the evolution of the firm provided the ‘time and effects’ antecedents which formed the basis for sense-making to arrive at explanations of the public-private relationship-influenced change. A conceptual model guided the study and explanations from the cross-case analysis were used to refine the process model and develop a dynamic framework and set of theoretical propositions that would underpin explanations of PPP success and legitimacy in matched contexts through analytical generalisation. The study found that PPP success was based on different models of collaboration and partner resource contribution that arose from a confluence of variables including the development of shared purpose, private voluntary control in corporate governance mechanisms and boundary spanning leadership. The study contributes a contextual theory that explains how PPPs work and a research agenda of ‘corporate governance as inspiration’ from a sociological perspective of ‘liquid modernity’. Recommendations for policy and management practice were developed.

A méltányosság – egy kísérlet a fogalom tisztázására (The fairness: an attempt to clarify the term)

A méltányosság egyaránt szerepet játszik a társadalmi, szervezeti és szervezetközi kapcsolatokban. A szakirodalom szerint a mindkét fél által méltányosnak tekintett kapcsolatok növelik a részt vevő szervezetek aggregált eredményességét, hosszú távon a kölcsönös és közös versenyelőny kialakítását szolgálják. De mit jelent a méltányosság? A szerző ismerteti a méltányosság és a hozzá szorosan kötődő fogalmak általános meghatározását, majd megvizsgálja Arisztotelész nézeteit az igazságosságról és a méltányosságról. Érint néhány filozófiai koncepciót, melyek a társadalmi igazságosságot egymástól eltérő módon interpretálják, majd részletezi a közgazdaságtan, a kísérleti közgazdaságtan, valamint a szervezeti pszichológia legjelentősebb igazságossági és méltányossági koncepcióit. A tanulmány átfogó képet nyújt a méltányosság definícióiról az áttekintett szakirodalom és a további vállalatközi méltányosságkutatáshoz kötődő relevancia alapján. _______ Fairness plays a role in social,organizational and interorganizational relations. Relationships which are considered to be fair by both parties increase the aggregate effectiveness of the participating organizations and develop mutual and reciprocal competitive advantage in the long-run. But what does fairness mean? The author describes the general definition of fairness and its closely related notions, which is followed by a review of Aristotle’s understanding of justice and equity. Some of the philosophical concepts with different social justice interpretation are examined. The author details the most important concepts of justice, equity and fairness of economics, experimental economics, and organizational psychology. The study provides a comprehensive picture of fairness and equity definitions based on the literature overview and the relevance of further research related to inter-company fairness.