Género literario y finalidad discursiva en el DRN

Dentro de la rica tradición histórica de estudios acerca del De rerum natura llama la atención la diversidad de opiniones en cuanto al carácter genérico (principalmente su carácter épico y didáctico) y la finalidad o funcionalidad del poema, puesto que a su vez estos asuntos han sido puntos de inflexión del que se desprenden diversas interpretaciones del texto y aún en nuestros días genera disyuntivas entre los estudiosos. La situación no ha resultado tarea fácil, pues, mientras algunos investigadores declaran a Lucrecio como legislador de la norma didáctica, otros prefieren poner en relieve opiniones diferentes que no apuntan a considerar el poema como una obra de naturaleza didáctica. Así, pues, ante la creciente diversidad de razonamientos que se ha generado en torno a este asunto, consideramos oportuno, tanto a partir de taxonomías genéricas de la antigüedad misma, como de la moderna teoría de los géneros literarios, poner a dialogar algunas de las opiniones más relevantes sobre el particular en busca de aclarar un poco este horizonte, a la vez que agregamos a la discusión que el texto también posee un carácter didáctico en tanto que posee una estructura proléptica

Género literario y finalidad discursiva en el DRN

Dentro de la rica tradición histórica de estudios acerca del De rerum natura llama la atención la diversidad de opiniones en cuanto al carácter genérico (principalmente su carácter épico y didáctico) y la finalidad o funcionalidad del poema, puesto que a su vez estos asuntos han sido puntos de inflexión del que se desprenden diversas interpretaciones del texto y aún en nuestros días genera disyuntivas entre los estudiosos. La situación no ha resultado tarea fácil, pues, mientras algunos investigadores declaran a Lucrecio como legislador de la norma didáctica, otros prefieren poner en relieve opiniones diferentes que no apuntan a considerar el poema como una obra de naturaleza didáctica. Así, pues, ante la creciente diversidad de razonamientos que se ha generado en torno a este asunto, consideramos oportuno, tanto a partir de taxonomías genéricas de la antigüedad misma, como de la moderna teoría de los géneros literarios, poner a dialogar algunas de las opiniones más relevantes sobre el particular en busca de aclarar un poco este horizonte, a la vez que agregamos a la discusión que el texto también posee un carácter didáctico en tanto que posee una estructura proléptica

Género literario y finalidad discursiva en el DRN

Dentro de la rica tradición histórica de estudios acerca del De rerum natura llama la atención la diversidad de opiniones en cuanto al carácter genérico (principalmente su carácter épico y didáctico) y la finalidad o funcionalidad del poema, puesto que a su vez estos asuntos han sido puntos de inflexión del que se desprenden diversas interpretaciones del texto y aún en nuestros días genera disyuntivas entre los estudiosos. La situación no ha resultado tarea fácil, pues, mientras algunos investigadores declaran a Lucrecio como legislador de la norma didáctica, otros prefieren poner en relieve opiniones diferentes que no apuntan a considerar el poema como una obra de naturaleza didáctica. Así, pues, ante la creciente diversidad de razonamientos que se ha generado en torno a este asunto, consideramos oportuno, tanto a partir de taxonomías genéricas de la antigüedad misma, como de la moderna teoría de los géneros literarios, poner a dialogar algunas de las opiniones más relevantes sobre el particular en busca de aclarar un poco este horizonte, a la vez que agregamos a la discusión que el texto también posee un carácter didáctico en tanto que posee una estructura proléptica

A corpus approach to discursive constructions of a hip-hop identity

This chapter is an analysis of a 100,000-word corpus consisting of message-board postings on hip-hop websites. A discourse analysis of this corpus reveals three strategies employed by the posters to identify themselves as members of the hip-hop community in the otherwise anonymous setting of the internet: (1) defined openings and closings, (2) repeated use of slang and taboo terms, and (3) performance of verbal art. Each strategy is characterized by the codification of non-standard grammar and pronunciations characteristic of speech, as well as by the use of non-standard orthography. The purpose of the discourse is shown to be a performance of identity, whereby language is used and recognized as the discursive construction of one’s hip-hop identity.

Discursive constructions of social and environmental accounting in Brazil: the case of Petrobras.

In the 29 years following \"Our Common Future\" by the United Nations, there is considerable debate among governments, civil society, interest groups and business organisations about what constitutes sustainable development, which constitutes evidence for a contested discourse concerning sustainability. The purpose of this study is to understand this debate in the developing economic context of Brazil, and in particular, to understand and critique the social and environmental accounting [SEA] discursive constructions relating to the State-owned, Petrobras as well as to understand the Brazilian literature on SEA. The discourse theory [DT]-based analysis employs rhetorical redescription to analyse twenty-two reports from Petrobras from 2004-2013. I investigate the political notions by employing the methodological framework of the Logics of Critical Explanation [LCE]. LCE engenders five methodological steps: problematisation, retroduction, logics (social, political and fantasmatic), articulation and critique. The empirical discussion suggests that the hegemony of economic development operates to obfuscate, rhetorically, the development of sustainability, so as to maintain the core business of Petrobras conceived as capital accumulation. Equally, these articulations also illustrate how the constructions of SEA operate to serve the company\'s purpose with few (none) profound changes in integration of sustainability. The Brazilian literature on SEA sustains the status quo of neo-liberal market policies that operate to protect the dominant business case approach to maintain an agenda of wealth-creation in relation to social and environmental needs. The articulations of the case manifested in policies regarding, for example, corruption, which involved over-payments for contracts and unsustainable practices relating to the use of fossil fuels and demonstrated that there was antagonism between action and disclosure. The corruption scandal that emerged after SEA disclosures highlighted the rhetorical nature of disclosure when financial resources were subtracted from the company for political parties and engineering contractors hid facts through incomplete disclosures. The articulations of SEA misrepresent a broader context of the meanings associated with sustainability, which restricted the constructions of SEA to principally serve and represent the intention of the most powerful groups. The significance of SEA, then is narrowed to represent particular interests. The study argues for more critical studies as limited Brazilian literature concerning SEA kept a \'safe distance\' from substantively critiquing the constructions of SEA and its articulations in the Brazilian context. The literature review and the Petrobras\' case illustrate a variety of naming, instituting and articulatory practices that endeavour to maintain the current hegemony of development in an emerging economy, which allows Petrobras to continue to exercise significant profit at the expense of the social and environmental. The constructed idea of development in Petrobras\' discourses emphasises a rhetoric of wider development, but, in reality, these discourses were the antithesis of political, social and ethical developmental issues. These constructions aim to hide struggles between social inequalities and exploitation of natural resources and constitute excuses about a fanciful notion of rhetorical and hegemonic neo-liberal development. In summary, this thesis contributes to the prior literature in five ways: (i) the addition of DT to the analysis of SEA enhances the discussion of political elements such as hegemony, antagonism, logic of equivalence/difference, ideology and articulation; (ii) the analysis of an emerging economy such as Brazil incorporates a new perspective of the discussion of the discourses of SEA and development; (iii) this thesis includes a focus on rhetoric to discuss the maintenance of the status quo; (iv) the holistic structure of the LCE approach enlarges the understanding of the social, political and fantasmatic logics of SEA studies and; (v) this thesis combines an analysis of the literature and the case of Petrobras to characterise and critique the state of the Brazilian academy and its impacts and reflections on the significance of SEA. This thesis, therefore, argues for more critical studies in the Brazilian academy due to the persistence of idea of SEA and development that takes-for-granted deep exclusions and contradictions and provide little space for critiques.

A new classification of foods based on the extent and purpose of their processing

This paper describes a new food classification which assigns foodstuffs according to the extent and purpose of the industrial processing applied to them. Three main groups are defined: unprocessed or minimally processed foods (group 1), processed culinary and food industry ingredients (group 2), and ultra-processed food products (group 3). The use of this classification is illustrated by applying it to data collected in the Brazilian Household Budget Survey which was conducted in 2002/2003 through a probabilistic sample of 48,470 Brazilian households. The average daily food availability was 1,792 kcal/person being 42.5% from group 1 (mostly rice and beans and meat and milk), 37.5% from group 2 (mostly vegetable oils, sugar, and flours), and 20% from group 3 (mostly breads, biscuits, sweets, soft drinks, and sausages). The share of group 3 foods increased with income, and represented almost one third of all calories in higher income households. The impact of the replacement of group 1 foods and group 2 ingredients by group 3 products on the overall quality of the diet, eating patterns and health is discussed.

A integralidade numa rede de proteção social ao adolescente: uma reflexão a partir do pensamento de Giles Lipovetsky

O propósito deste artigo é apresentar uma discussão sobre a integralidade como um paradigma, uma ideia-referência, do campo de conhecimento da Saúde Pública. Para isso apresentamos a exploração empírica dos elementos discursivos coletados numa rede de proteção social voltada ao adolescente dos quais deriva parte importante da prática de agentes de saúde. As experiências colhidas em campo a partir da ação dos articuladores da Política Municipal de Atenção à Criança e ao Adolescente, no Município de Suzano-SP, foram analisadas sob o ponto de vista de Gilles Lipovetsky. Essa análise situou a integralidade como ideia-referência proposta pelo campo de conhecimento da saúde pública, que questiona e provoca mudanças nas práticas médicas e de saúde inseridas na sociedade contemporânea, sobretudo no que se refere à atenção psicossocial.

Northern wing, General Purpose North 3, University of Queensland, St Lucia

As seen from Blair Road.

Northern wing, General Purpose North 3, University of Queensland, St Lucia

As seen from Balir Road.

West elevation, General Purpose North 3, University of Queensland, St Lucia

Formal elevation facing University of Queensland entrance roads.

Eastern edge, General Purpose North 3, University of Queensland, St Lucia

As seen from informal courtyard; Duhig Tower beyond.

West elevation, General Purpose North 3, University of Queensland, St Lucia

Formal elevation facing University of Queensland entrance roads.

West elevation, General Purpose North 3, University of Queensland, St Lucia

Formal elevation facing University of Queensland entrance roads.

West elevation, General Purpose North 3, University of Queensland, St Lucia

Formal elevation facing University of Queensland entrance roads.