‘At First I Saw It as a Toy’: Life Stories, Social Consciousness and Music Ethnography

This article examines the role of life narratives as discursive spaces for the performance of individual resistance. Through the inspection of three interviews with professional musicians in Athens, the essay will illustrate how the recounting of nodal events in their lives and careers facilitates an assertion of their current social ideology and their disillusionment with the popular music industry in which they operate. Ultimately, what follows will suggest a mode of listening to individual utterances and narratives as discursive forms of resistance that need to be appreciated as social acts as opposed to mere ethnographic data.

SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE POETRY oF MUKTHIBODH

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SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN POST-INDEPENDENT HINDI POETRY (I947-I970)

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Theology and the social consciousness; a study of the relations of the social consciousness to theology.

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Theology and the social consciousness; a study of the relations of the social consciousness to theology,

Mode of access: Internet.

Market effects of changes in consumers' social responsibility

In a duopoly model of vertical differentiation, we study market equilibrium and the resulting social welfare following an increase in the consumer's willingness to pay (WTP) for products sold by socially responsible manufacturers. Different types of such changes emerge depending on their effects on consumer heterogeneity. We show that, in most cases, increases in the consumers' social consciousness yield higher profits to socially responsible firms and may lead to higher levels of social welfare, provided that the market structure is left unchanged. However, when an increase in the consumer's social consciousness changes the market structure, welfare may fall, while the duopolists' profits rise. The resulting tension between private and social interest calls for a cautious attitude toward information campaigns aimed at increasing the consumer's social consciousness.

Hollywood y Eisenstein filman multitudes : Representaciones cinematográficas de la conciencia social y la experiencia de clase

El artículo analiza las representaciones fílmicas de la conciencia social y la experiencia de clase, en relación a varias series de películas del cine clásico, tanto europeo como hollywoodense, que ponen en escena a sujetos sociales colectivos y conflictos sociales. Se intenta responder a la pregunta sobre la posibilidad y alcances de la representación visual y fílmica de las categorías teóricas de las ciencias sociales En esta dirección se examina la homogeneización de las masas en la epopeya de multitudes anónimas en la época del cine mudo, en el cine épico-histórico de la Italia fascista y en las superproducciones históricas estadounidenses de los años cincuenta, así como la aparición fílmica del sujeto histórico proletariado en el cine de la vanguardia rusa de la década de 1920 y su preocupación por filmar expresamente la conciencia revolucionaria y los conflictos de concientización.

Hollywood y Eisenstein filman multitudes : Representaciones cinematográficas de la conciencia social y la experiencia de clase

El artículo analiza las representaciones fílmicas de la conciencia social y la experiencia de clase, en relación a varias series de películas del cine clásico, tanto europeo como hollywoodense, que ponen en escena a sujetos sociales colectivos y conflictos sociales. Se intenta responder a la pregunta sobre la posibilidad y alcances de la representación visual y fílmica de las categorías teóricas de las ciencias sociales En esta dirección se examina la homogeneización de las masas en la epopeya de multitudes anónimas en la época del cine mudo, en el cine épico-histórico de la Italia fascista y en las superproducciones históricas estadounidenses de los años cincuenta, así como la aparición fílmica del sujeto histórico proletariado en el cine de la vanguardia rusa de la década de 1920 y su preocupación por filmar expresamente la conciencia revolucionaria y los conflictos de concientización.

Hollywood y Eisenstein filman multitudes : Representaciones cinematográficas de la conciencia social y la experiencia de clase

El artículo analiza las representaciones fílmicas de la conciencia social y la experiencia de clase, en relación a varias series de películas del cine clásico, tanto europeo como hollywoodense, que ponen en escena a sujetos sociales colectivos y conflictos sociales. Se intenta responder a la pregunta sobre la posibilidad y alcances de la representación visual y fílmica de las categorías teóricas de las ciencias sociales En esta dirección se examina la homogeneización de las masas en la epopeya de multitudes anónimas en la época del cine mudo, en el cine épico-histórico de la Italia fascista y en las superproducciones históricas estadounidenses de los años cincuenta, así como la aparición fílmica del sujeto histórico proletariado en el cine de la vanguardia rusa de la década de 1920 y su preocupación por filmar expresamente la conciencia revolucionaria y los conflictos de concientización.

War and Revolution in St. Petersburg : Modernist Links in the Poetry of Edith Södergran and Anna Andreevna Akhmatova

Important modernists in their own countries, Anna Akhmatova and Edith Södergran are compared in this dissertation as poets whose poetry reflects the climactic events of the early twentieth century in Finland and Russia. A comparatist, biographical and historical approach is used to uncover the circumstances surrounding these events. First the poets’ early works are reviewed and their contemporaries are mentioned to provide a poetic context. Then a brief review of Finnish and Russian history situates them historically. Next, the rich literary diversity of St. Petersburg’s Silver Age is presented and the work of the poets is viewed in context before their poetry is compared, as the First World War, October Revolution and subsequent Finnish Civil War impact their writing. While biography is not the primary focus, it becomes important as inevitably the writers’ lives are changed by cataclysmic events and the textual analysis of the poems in Swedish, Russian and English shows the impact of war on their poetry. These two poets have not been compared before in a critical review in English and this work contributes to needed work in English. They share certain common modernist traits: attention to the word, an intimate, unconventional voice, and a concern with audience. In addition, they both reject formal traditions while they adopt new forms and use modern, outside influences such as art, architecture and philosophy as subject matter and a lens through which to focus their poetry. While it may seem that Anna Akhmatova was the most socially aware poet, because of the censorship she endured under Stalin, my research has revealed that actually Edith Södergran showed the most social consciousness. Thus, a contrast of the poets’ themes reveals these differences in their approaches. Both poets articulated a vibrant response to war and revolution becoming modernists in the process. In their final works created in the years before their deaths, they reveal the solace they found in nature as well as final mentions of the violent events of their youth. Keywords: St. Petersburg, Modernism, Symbolism, Acmeism, Silver Age, Finland-Swedish literature

A participatory approach to tactical forest planning.

The paper examines the needs, premises and criteria for effective public participation in tactical forest planning. A method for participatory forest planning utilizing the techniques of preference analysis, professional expertise and heuristic optimization is introduced. The techniques do not cover the whole process of participatory planning, but are applied as a tool constituting the numerical core for decision support. The complexity of multi-resource management is addressed by hierarchical decision analysis which assesses the public values, preferences and decision criteria toward the planning situation. An optimal management plan is sought using heuristic optimization. The plan can further be improved through mutual negotiations, if necessary. The use of the approach is demonstrated with an illustrative example, it's merits and challenges for participatory forest planning and decision making are discussed and a model for applying it in general forest planning context is depicted. By using the approach, valuable information can be obtained about public preferences and the effects of taking them into consideration on the choice of the combination of standwise treatment proposals for a forest area. Participatory forest planning calculations, carried out by the approach presented in the paper, can be utilized in conflict management and in developing compromises between competing interests.

PROUNI: o ponto de vista dos alunos

Esta dissertação tem o objetivo de analisar os determinantes socioeconômicos e culturais que levam alunos à procura de um programa de governo para inserção em instituição privada de ensino superior. No caso deste estudo, o foco recaiu sobre os alunos bolsistas do Prouni da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro PUC-Rio. A pesquisa consiste em uma discussão sobre a natureza da procura por uma titulação de nível superior, fundamentada nas bases histórico-sociais que atravessam nossa sociedade, haja vista o universo do programa ser focado no espaço geográfico brasileiro, no qual os sujeitos são os alunos que estão cursando ou já cursaram o ensino médio ou médio técnico em instituição pública de ensino. Para análise dos dados, utilizamos o método do materialismo histórico dialético, e como ferramenta a análise crítica de discurso - ACD. Utilizamos entrevista semi-estruturada, tanto para os gestores quanto para os alunos, e um pequeno diário de campo. Tratamos da formação das políticas públicas para a educação no contexto macrossocial de modo a buscar compreender o fetiche sobre o que seja uma titulação em nível superior. Trazemos uma análise da fala dos alunos tendo como pano de fundo o discurso de profissionais da instituição, na procura de uma aproximação com as realidades vividas, a fim de saber quais são as reais expectativas de futuro percebida por estes alunos, e assim poder captar se a titulação visa, para além de atender a ordem capitalista, satisfazer necessidades que se expõe a partir da subjetividade dos indivíduos sociais. Concluímos que a titulação tem no imaginário social duas determinações: Por um lado acredita-se que o título vai propiciar ao aluno atender as necessidades concretas do mercado, proporcionando sua entrada no mundo do trabalho, por outro, o mundo social dá ao título de bacharel um peso simbólico que colocar o sujeito num patamar diferenciado dentro da sociedade. Todavia, todo este processo passa por uma dimensão de tomada de consciência do lugar social que coloca os alunos num confronto direto entre sua realidade objetiva e a realidade social concreta dos alunos pagantes da PUC-Rio, o que cria em alguns alunos momentos de adoecimento. Concluímos que o programa Prouni pode ser um caminho para a conscientização do lugar social das diferentes frações de classe, mas precisa de aperfeiçoamentos, pois nestes processos, onde o enfretamento da realidade é direto e envolve pessoas, a questão do cuidado deve se fazer presente.

Operadores argumentativos como construtores de sentido em editoriais de O Globo

Esta pesquisa propõe um estudo do gênero editorial, entendido como um artigo que expressa o posicionamento da empresa jornalística frente aos assuntos que circulam na sociedade. Observaremos que o pensamento da empresa é reforçado por meio do uso de mecanismos argumentativos que podem passar despercebidos, mas que são essenciais para fundamentar a posição do jornal, nos fazendo acreditar que apesar de sua roupagem informativa, ou seja, a simples emissão de um fato, tem a intenção de levar o leitor a compartilhar o mesmo ponto de vista. Abordaremos as principais características do jornalismo, privilegiando o conceito de ideologia e a função que ele teve no passado para compreender o presente. Enfatizaremos que a argumentação está entrelaçada ao ser humano, visto que toda língua possui, em sua gramática, mecanismos que permitem indicar a orientação argumentativa dos enunciados, o que pode direcionar o seu sentido. A análise foi constituída com base no estudo dos operadores argumentativos, levando em consideração, obviamente, que o processo de construção de sentido de um texto envolve também compreender o momento sócio-histórico para se chegar ao propósito comunicativo do autor. Todo texto possui uma finalidade e compreender esse fenômeno é extremamente benéfico, pois significa desenvolver uma consciência cidadã. Os gêneros que fazem parte do dia a dia como editoriais, crônicas, carta comercial, resenha entre outros, são imprescindíveis para que o público leitor tenha um olhar crítico, ressaltando-se sempre que o conhecimento de mundo e, principalmente, da língua materna contribuirá para que esse propósito seja alcançado

"Ladyes, damesels, and jantilwomen": female autonomy and authority in Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur

Popular medieval English romances were composed and received within the social consciousness of a distinctly patriarchal culture. This study examines the way in which the dynamic of these texts is significantly influenced by the consequences of female endeavour, in the context of an autonomous feminine presence in both the real and imagined worlds of medieval England, and the authority with which this is presented in various narratives, with a particular focus on Sir Thomas Malory’s Morte Darthur. Chapter One of this study establishes the social and economic positioning of the female in fifteenth-century England, and her capacity for literary engagement; I will then apply this model of female autonomy and authority to a wider discussion of texts contemporary with Malory in Chapters Two and Three, in anticipation of a more detailed study of Le Morte Darthur in Chapters Four and Five. My research explores the female presence and influence in these texts according to certain types: namely the lover, the victim, the ruler, and the temptress. In the case of Malory, the crux of my observations centres on the paradox of the capacity for power in perceived vulnerability, incorporating the presentation of women in this patriarchal culture as being vulnerable and in need of protection, while simultaneously acting as a significant threat to chivalric society by manipulating this apparent fragility, to the detriment of the chivalric knight. In this sense, women can be perceived as being an architect of the romance world, while simultaneously acting as its saboteur. In essence, this study offers an innovative interpretation of female autonomy and authority in medieval romance, presenting an exploration of the physical, intellectual, and emotional placement of women in both the historical and literary worlds of fifteenth-century England, while examining the implications of female conduct on Malory’s Arthurian society.

Fade to black : picturing mortality in contemporary popular film /

This thesis attempts to understand representations of death in contemporary popular film within a framework that posits mortality as a category of particular social and political importance for the way we understand both individual subjectivity and social responsibility in the postmodern cultural moment. It addresses concerns over the social organizing categories of time and space, and performs a sustained consideration of predominant themes related to the popular representation of death, such as contingency, existential.meaning, and temporal finitude. Death consciousness and social consciousness are shown to be not just intertwined, but also vitally dependent on one another, and the analyses undertaken are ultimately aimed at making these intersections explicit in order • l to think through their potential implications for challenging consumer capitalist hegemony and envisioning the possibility of progressive social change through the lens of our mortality.