A luz na pintura de representação : mito, representação e luz na prática pictórica : (1550-1650)

Tese de doutoramento, Belas-Artes (Pintura), Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Belas-Artes, 2014

Os exus em casa de catiço : etnografia, representações, magia

This dissertation is the result of an ethnographic journey undertaken in three spiritual centers of Umbanda , located in different districts of Natal/RN. The aim of the study was to understand how the representations of exus (spirit category) are established in the studied religious environment. In order to study this, mythical narratives of songs and of people were analyzed. In addition, the incorporated spirit entities, loaded with codes and values, were possible to be read and understood. The present work was developed according to a theoretical and methodological approach that interprets culture as a constant construction process, with representations and significations. The empirical research focuses on the ethnographic observations and the narratives; providing the experimentation of the models of discursive dialogues and polyphony. It was observed that the studied empirical field is marked by the cult of the Jurema which influences the mythical construction of exus . Therefore, this study enabled a reflection on the meeting of notions of two distinct worlds ( Umbanda and Jurema ). This reflection is crucial to the understanding of the position that exus occupy in the local umbandista system

Modos de expressão do discurso didático n'Os trabalhos e os dias' de Hesíodo

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Mito, imaginário e sociedade em “Três casas e um rio”, de Dalcídio Jurandir

Esta dissertação tratará da interseção dos elementos: Mito, Imaginário e Sociedade presentes na obra Três casas e um rio, do autor marajoara Dalcídio Jurandir. Para tanto, terá como base algumas teorias de diferentes áreas do conhecimento, como a Filosofia, Antropologia e a Literatura, que a partir de suas diferenças e concordâncias, serão aplicadas à análise do objeto deste estudo, o qual possui um significativo corpus de pesquisa para ser observado na construção da narrativa. Uma vez que mito e imaginário são dependentes entre si e ambos subordinam-se à sociedade, que será estudada a partir das personagens do romance. Porém, inicialmente, buscou-se entender as temáticas num sentido mais geral, como em obras de Vernant, Durand, Bachelard, dentre outros, sendo, portanto, aplicadas à análise de algumas narrativas míticas presentes no romance do autor marajoara.

Shenipabu Miyui: literatura e mito

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

La sinrazón de mi vida : Ficción autobiográfica, relato antiestatal y peronismo en La madriguera de Tununa Mercado

La presente investigación se enmarca en el proyecto mayor de nuestro plan de Doctorado en Letras. Luego de realizar una breve presentación de la obra de Tununa Mercado, procedemos a plantear nuestra hipótesis de trabajo: la de que a partir de la publicación de su libro La madriguera (1996) una ficción autobiográfica de infancia (categoría que involucra variables cuya fiabilidad han sido fuertemente sospechadas y cuestionadas por líneas teóricas desde el giro lingüístico en adelante) la autora funda un modo de réplica literaria (Avellaneda, 1983) al gobierno menemista y su ideología, bajo el procedimiento de una operación sustitutoria, desviada, en la que alude al gobierno de Juan Domingo Perón. Narrando y aludiendo a ese gobierno, desestabiliza las ficciones estatales oficiales (en especial el texto de lectura obligatoria La razón de mi vida, 1951) que sirvieron para legitimarlo y producir cohesión política y social, al tiempo que realiza una respuesta cultural de resistencia a la ideología y las prácticas sociales menemistas. Al mismo tiempo, construye un sujeto autobiográfico femenino, lo que involucra operaciones fuertemente innovadoras en orden de imponer una torsión en un género de fuerte tradición patriarcal en Occidente (Klein, 2001). Como toda ficción del origen, La madriguera no escapa a ciertos relatos míticos, fundantes de la identidad, en especial de carácter letrado, e interroga las categorías de la percepción, fundando una nueva sensibilidad y problematizando así el dominio de lo real. Esta es su forma de dar cuenta de los conflictos de fundamento social y no la que opera a partir de una doxa tranquilizadora y deformadora propia de los relatos estatales.

La sinrazón de mi vida : Ficción autobiográfica, relato antiestatal y peronismo en La madriguera de Tununa Mercado

La presente investigación se enmarca en el proyecto mayor de nuestro plan de Doctorado en Letras. Luego de realizar una breve presentación de la obra de Tununa Mercado, procedemos a plantear nuestra hipótesis de trabajo: la de que a partir de la publicación de su libro La madriguera (1996) una ficción autobiográfica de infancia (categoría que involucra variables cuya fiabilidad han sido fuertemente sospechadas y cuestionadas por líneas teóricas desde el giro lingüístico en adelante) la autora funda un modo de réplica literaria (Avellaneda, 1983) al gobierno menemista y su ideología, bajo el procedimiento de una operación sustitutoria, desviada, en la que alude al gobierno de Juan Domingo Perón. Narrando y aludiendo a ese gobierno, desestabiliza las ficciones estatales oficiales (en especial el texto de lectura obligatoria La razón de mi vida, 1951) que sirvieron para legitimarlo y producir cohesión política y social, al tiempo que realiza una respuesta cultural de resistencia a la ideología y las prácticas sociales menemistas. Al mismo tiempo, construye un sujeto autobiográfico femenino, lo que involucra operaciones fuertemente innovadoras en orden de imponer una torsión en un género de fuerte tradición patriarcal en Occidente (Klein, 2001). Como toda ficción del origen, La madriguera no escapa a ciertos relatos míticos, fundantes de la identidad, en especial de carácter letrado, e interroga las categorías de la percepción, fundando una nueva sensibilidad y problematizando así el dominio de lo real. Esta es su forma de dar cuenta de los conflictos de fundamento social y no la que opera a partir de una doxa tranquilizadora y deformadora propia de los relatos estatales.

La sinrazón de mi vida : Ficción autobiográfica, relato antiestatal y peronismo en La madriguera de Tununa Mercado

La presente investigación se enmarca en el proyecto mayor de nuestro plan de Doctorado en Letras. Luego de realizar una breve presentación de la obra de Tununa Mercado, procedemos a plantear nuestra hipótesis de trabajo: la de que a partir de la publicación de su libro La madriguera (1996) una ficción autobiográfica de infancia (categoría que involucra variables cuya fiabilidad han sido fuertemente sospechadas y cuestionadas por líneas teóricas desde el giro lingüístico en adelante) la autora funda un modo de réplica literaria (Avellaneda, 1983) al gobierno menemista y su ideología, bajo el procedimiento de una operación sustitutoria, desviada, en la que alude al gobierno de Juan Domingo Perón. Narrando y aludiendo a ese gobierno, desestabiliza las ficciones estatales oficiales (en especial el texto de lectura obligatoria La razón de mi vida, 1951) que sirvieron para legitimarlo y producir cohesión política y social, al tiempo que realiza una respuesta cultural de resistencia a la ideología y las prácticas sociales menemistas. Al mismo tiempo, construye un sujeto autobiográfico femenino, lo que involucra operaciones fuertemente innovadoras en orden de imponer una torsión en un género de fuerte tradición patriarcal en Occidente (Klein, 2001). Como toda ficción del origen, La madriguera no escapa a ciertos relatos míticos, fundantes de la identidad, en especial de carácter letrado, e interroga las categorías de la percepción, fundando una nueva sensibilidad y problematizando así el dominio de lo real. Esta es su forma de dar cuenta de los conflictos de fundamento social y no la que opera a partir de una doxa tranquilizadora y deformadora propia de los relatos estatales.

Quem é Este? Poder, Medo e Identidade Mítica na Narrativa de Marcos 4. 35 41

Esta dissertação elabora uma exegese de Marcos 4. 35 41, Jesus Acalma uma Tempestade . Para tanto, parte da revisão crítica da pesquisa atual do Jesus Histórico em diálogo com a História Cultural, Micro-história e Psicologia Histórica, com o intuito de levantar questões pertinentes às narrativas míticas e sua importância para o saber histórico. Do mapeamento literário dos Papiros Mágicos Gregos, bem como referência ao Hino de Auto-Exaltação de Qumran, ao antigo testamento e a textos rabínicos posteriores ao Novo Testamento, emergem paralelos que são fundamentais para a compreensão da perícope analisada. Assim, a exegese do texto em questão lança luz sobre os elementos de poder, medo e identidade mítica presentes na narrativa.(AU)

Os exus em casa de catiço : etnografia, representações, magia

This dissertation is the result of an ethnographic journey undertaken in three spiritual centers of Umbanda , located in different districts of Natal/RN. The aim of the study was to understand how the representations of exus (spirit category) are established in the studied religious environment. In order to study this, mythical narratives of songs and of people were analyzed. In addition, the incorporated spirit entities, loaded with codes and values, were possible to be read and understood. The present work was developed according to a theoretical and methodological approach that interprets culture as a constant construction process, with representations and significations. The empirical research focuses on the ethnographic observations and the narratives; providing the experimentation of the models of discursive dialogues and polyphony. It was observed that the studied empirical field is marked by the cult of the Jurema which influences the mythical construction of exus . Therefore, this study enabled a reflection on the meeting of notions of two distinct worlds ( Umbanda and Jurema ). This reflection is crucial to the understanding of the position that exus occupy in the local umbandista system

Os exus em casa de catiço : etnografia, representações, magia

This dissertation is the result of an ethnographic journey undertaken in three spiritual centers of Umbanda , located in different districts of Natal/RN. The aim of the study was to understand how the representations of exus (spirit category) are established in the studied religious environment. In order to study this, mythical narratives of songs and of people were analyzed. In addition, the incorporated spirit entities, loaded with codes and values, were possible to be read and understood. The present work was developed according to a theoretical and methodological approach that interprets culture as a constant construction process, with representations and significations. The empirical research focuses on the ethnographic observations and the narratives; providing the experimentation of the models of discursive dialogues and polyphony. It was observed that the studied empirical field is marked by the cult of the Jurema which influences the mythical construction of exus . Therefore, this study enabled a reflection on the meeting of notions of two distinct worlds ( Umbanda and Jurema ). This reflection is crucial to the understanding of the position that exus occupy in the local umbandista system

Reclaiming Indigenous Narratives through Critical Discourses and the Autonomy of the Trickster

How do prevailing narratives about Native Americans, particularly in the medium of film, conspire to promote the perspective of the dominant culture? What makes the appropriation of Indigenous images so metaphorically popular? In the past hundred years, little has changed in the forms of representation favored by Hollywood. The introductory chapter elucidates the problem and outlines the scope of this study. As each subsequent chapter makes clear, the problem is as relevant today as it has been throughout the entire course of filmic history. Chapter Two analyzes representational trends and defines each decade according to its favorite stereotype. The binary of the bloodthirsty savage is just as prevalent as it was during the 1920s and 30s. The same holds true for the drunken scapegoat and the exotic maiden, which made their cinematic debuts in the 1940s and 50s. But Hollywood has added new types as well. The visionary peacemaker and environmental activist have also made an appearance within the last forty years. What matters most is not the realism of these images, but rather the purposes to which they can be put toward validating whatever concerns the majority filmmakers wish to promote. Whether naïvely or not, such representations continue to evacuate Indigenous agency to the advantage of the majority. A brief historical overview confirms this legacy. Various disciplines have sought to interrogate this problem. Chapter three investigates the field of postcolonial studies, which makes inquiry into the various ways these narratives are produced, marketed, and consumed. It also raises the key questions of for whom, and by whom, these narratives are constructed. Additional consideration is given to their value as commodities in the mass marketplace. Typically the products of a boutique-multiculturalism, their storylines are apt to promote the prevailing point of view. Critical theory provides a foundational framework for chapter four. What is the blockbuster formula and how do the instruments of capital promote it? Concepts such as culture industry and repressive tolerance examine both the function and form of the master narrative, as well as its use to control the avenues of dissent. Moreover, the public sphere and its diminishment highlight the challenges inherent in the widespread promotion of an alternative set of narratives. Nonetheless, challenges to prevailing narratives do exist, particularly in the form of Trickster narratives. Often subject to persistent misrecognition, the Trickster demonstrates a potent form of agency that undeniably dismantles the hegemony of Western cinema. The final chapter examines some of the Trickster's more subtle and obscure productions. Usually subjugated to the realm of the mystical, rather than the mythical, these misinterpreted forms have the power to speak in circles around a majority audience. Intended for an Other audience, they are coded in a language that delivers a type of direction through indirection, promoting a poignant agency all their own.

Unleashing creative writers : situated engagement with mobile narratives

The emergence of sophisticated multimedia phones in combination with improvements to the mobile Internet provides the possibility to read texts and stories on mobile handsets. However, the question is, how to adapt stories in order to take advantage of the user’s mobility and create an engaging and appealing experience. To address these new conditions, a Mobile Narrative was created and access to individual chapters of the story was restricted. Authors can specify constraints, such as a location or time, which need to be met by the reader if they want to read the story. This concept allows creative writers of the story to exploit the fact that the reader’s context is known, by intensifying the user experience and integrating this knowledge into the writing process. Interviews with authors and creative writers and two user studies explored the effects of this way of writing on both parties. The paper presents our preliminary research findings discussing this new experience that was found to be exciting and interesting by both sides.

Narratives of mitigation : sentencing Indigenous criminal defendants in South Australia’s Higher Courts

In their statistical analyses of higher court sentencing in South Australia, Jeffries and Bond (2009) found evidence that Indigenous offenders were treated more leniently than non-Indigenous offenders, when they appeared before the court under similar numerical circumstances. Using a sample of narratives for criminal defendants convicted in South Australia’s higher courts, the current article extends Jeffries and Bond’s (2009) prior statistical work by drawing on the ‘focal concerns’ approach to establish whether, and in what ways, Indigeneity comes to exert a mitigating influence over sentencing. Results show that the sentencing stories of Indigenous and non-Indigenous offenders differed in ways that may have reduced assessments of blameworthiness and risk for Indigenous defendants. In addition, judges highlighted a number of Indigenous-specific constraints that potentially could result in imprisonment being construed as an overly harsh and costly sentence for Indigenous offenders.

Merging fact with fiction : a study of year 9 students' developing scientific literacy through the writing of hybridised scientific narratives on a socioscientific issue

International assessments of student science achievement, and growing evidence of students' waning interest in school science, have ensured that the development of scientific literacy continues to remain an important educational priority. Furthermore, researchers have called for teaching and learning strategies to engage students in the learning of science, particularly in the middle years of schooling. This study extends previous national and international research that has established a link between writing and learning science. Specifically, it investigates the learning experiences of eight intact Year 9 science classes as they engage in the writing of short stories that merge scientific and narrative genres (i.e., hybridised scientific narratives) about the socioscientific issue of biosecurity. This study employed a triangulation mixed methods research design, generating both quantitative and qualitative data, in order to investigate three research questions that examined the extent to which the students' participation in the study enhanced their scientific literacy; the extent to which the students demonstrated conceptual understanding of related scientific concepts through their written artefacts and in interviews about the artefacts; and the extent to which the students' participation in the project influenced their attitudes toward science and science learning. Three aspects of scientific literacy were investigated in this study: conceptual science understandings (a derived sense of scientific literacy), the students' transformation of scientific information in written stories about biosecurity (simple and expanded fundamental senses of scientific literacy), and attitudes toward science and science learning. The stories written by students in a selected case study class (N=26) were analysed quantitatively using a series of specifically-designed matrices that produce numerical scores that reflect students' developing fundamental and derived senses of scientific literacy. All students (N=152) also completed a Likert-style instrument (i.e., BioQuiz), pretest and posttest, that examined their interest in learning science, science self-efficacy, their perceived personal and general value of science, their familiarity with biosecurity issues, and their attitudes toward biosecurity. Socioscientific issues (SSI) education served as a theoretical framework for this study. It sought to investigate an alternative discourse with which students can engage in the context of SSI education, and the role of positive attitudes in engaging students in the negotiation of socioscientific issues. Results of the study have revealed that writing BioStories enhanced selected aspects of the participants' attitudes toward science and science learning, and their awareness and conceptual understanding of issues relating to biosecurity. Furthermore, the students' written artefacts alone did not provide an accurate representation of the level of their conceptual science understandings. An examination of these artefacts in combination with interviews about the students' written work provided a more comprehensive assessment of their developing scientific literacy. These findings support extensive calls for the utilisation of diversified writing-to-learn strategies in the science classroom, and therefore make a significant contribution to the writing-to-learn science literature, particularly in relation to the use of hybridised scientific genres. At the same time, this study presents the argument that the writing of hybridised scientific narratives such as BioStories can be used to complement the types of written discourse with which students engage in the negotiation of socioscientific issues, namely, argumentation, as the development of positive attitudes toward science and science learning can encourage students' participation in the discourse of science. The implications of this study for curricular design and implementation, and for further research, are also discussed.