Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Imaginary powers'

We study the minimal and maximal closed extension of a differential operator A on a manifold B with conical singularities, when A acts as an unbounded operator on weighted Lp-spaces over B,1 < p < ∞. Under suitable ellipticity assumptions we can define a family of complex powers A up(z), z ∈ C. We also obtain sufficient information on the resolvent of A to show the boundedness of the pure imaginary powers. Examples concern unique solvability and maximal regularity of the solution of the Cauchy problem u' - Δu = f, u(0) = 0, for the Laplacian on conical manifolds.

In this thesis we consider a connected locally finite graph G that possesses the Cheeger isoperimetric property. We define a decreasing one parameter family of Hardy-type spaces associated with the standard nearest neighbour Laplacian on G. We show that the space with parameter ½ is the space of all integrable functions whose Riesz transform is integrable. We show that if G has bounded geometry and the parameter is an integer, the corresponding Hardy-type space admits an atomic decomposition. We also show that if G is a homogeneous tree and the parameter is not an integer, the corresponding Hardy-type space does not admit an atomic decomposition. Furthermore, we consider the Hardy-type spaces defined in terms of the heat and Poisson maximal operators, and we analyse their relationships with the family of spaces defined previously. We also show that the space associated with the heat maximal operator is properly contained in the one associated with the heat maximal operator, a phenomenon which has no counterpart in the euclidean setting. Applications to the purely imaginary powers of the Laplacian are also given. Finally, we characterise, for every p, the class of spherical multipliers on the p-integrable functions on homogeneous trees in terms of Fourier multipliers on the torus. Furthermore we give a sharp sufficient condition on spherical multipliers on the product of homogeneous trees.

Cette thèse est consacrée à l'étude théorique mathématique des équations de Stokes et de Navier-Stokes dans un domaine borné de R^3 en utilisant la théorie des semi-groupes. Trois différents types de conditions seront considérés : des conditions aux limites de Navier, de type-Navier et des conditions qui dépendent de la pression. Ce manuscrit est composé de six chapitres. Tout d'abord nous commençons par un état de l'art sur les équations de Navier-Stokes. Ensuite nous démontrons l'analyticité du semi-groupe de Stokes avec chacune des conditions ci-dessus. Ceci permet de résoudre le problème d'évolution en utilisant la théorie des semi-groupes. Nous étudions également les puissances complexes et fractionnaires de l'opérateur de Stokes pour lesquelles nous démontrons certaines propriétés et estimations. Ces résultats seront utilisés dans la suite pour obtenir des estimations de type L^p-L^q pour le semi-groupe de Stokes, un résultat de régularité L^p-L^q maximale pour le problème de Stokes inhomogène et des résultats d'existence et d'unicité locale pour le problème non-linéaire. Après nous étudions le problème d'évolution de Stokes. Outre la régularité L^p-L^q maximale, nous démontrons l'existence des solutions faibles u∈L^q (0,T; W^(1,p) (Ω)), fortes u∈L^q (0,T; W^(2,p) (Ω)) et très faibles u∈L^q (0,T; L^p (Ω)) du problème de Stokes. On termine par l'étude du problème de Navier-Stokes avec chacune des conditions aux limites citées ci-dessus. Tout d'abord, en utilisant les estimations L^p-L^q on démontre l'existence d'une unique solution locale u qui vérifieu∈BC([0,T_0 ); L_(σ,τ)^p (Ω))∩L^q (0,T_0; L_(σ,τ)^r (Ω)), q,r>p, 2/q+3/r=3/p.De plus, pour une donnée initiale petite, on obtient l'existence globale des solutions. Ensuite en estimant le terme non-linéaire en fonction des puissances fractionnaires de l'opérateur de Stokes on démontre la régularité de la solution
This thesis is devoted to the mathematical theoretical study of the Stokes and Navier-Stokes equations in a bounded domain of R^3 using the semi-group theory. Three different types of boundary conditions will be considered: Navier boundary conditions, Navier-type boundary conditions and boundary condition involving the pressure. This manuscript contains six chapters. We prove first the analyticity of the Stokes semi-group with each of the boundary conditions stated above. This allows us to solve the time dependent Stokes problem using the semi-group theory. We will study also the complex and fractional powers of the Stokes operator for which we prove some properties and estimations. These results will be used in the sequel to prove an estimate of type L^p-L^q for the Stokes semigroup, as well as the maximal L^p-L^q regularity for the inhomogeneous Stokes problem and an existence result for the non-linear problem. Next we study the time dependent Stokes problem, besides the maximal L^p-L^q regularity, we prove the existence of weak u∈L^q (0,T; W^(1,p) (Ω)), strong u∈L^q (0,T; W^(2,p) (Ω)) and very weak u∈L^q (0,T; L^p (Ω)) solutions to the Stokes problem. We end with the study of the Navier-Stokes problem. First using the L^p-L^q estimate for the Stokes semi-group we prove the existence of a unique local in time mild solution for the Navier-Stokes problem that verifies u∈BC([0,T_0 ); L_(σ,τ)^p (Ω))∩L^q (0,T_0; L_(σ,τ)^r (Ω)), q,r>p, 2/q+3/r=3/p.Furthermore, for some initial data the solution is global in time. Finally, by estimating the non-linear term as a function of the fractional powers of the Stokes operator we prove that the solution is regular

This study focuses on the booking agencies in Sweden and their point of view on the reality with a focal point from the mass media perspective, which says that they have become rather wealthy because of the changes within the music business. The mass media describes the booking agencies situation as golden because of the economical and technological changes that more or less have paralysed the record industry. The study is performed with a qualitative approach and is based on interviews with relevant individuals from eight different Swedish booking agencies. These individuals have been chosen to match as many different segments in the booking agency business as possible. On account of the qualitative approach it is difficult to generalize the conclusion of the study. We have nevertheless noted some tendencies that the technological development has had a strong impact on the everyday situations for the booking agencies. These will be presented in chapter five.

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Esta pesquisa é um estudo documental do construto sócio-cultural “índio” no imaginário e na ideologia da sociedade e do poder brasileiro, durante a ditadura civil-militar que começou em 1964 e teve seu final em 1985. O objetivo é individualizar os componentes epistemológicos e dos grupos de significantes que compõem a rica polissemia do objeto de estudo: o índio imaginário. Se tem tido em conta a diversidade dos atores que compõem o sujeito de estudo, desde os militares, o indigenismo oficial, a legislação, os habitantes da fronteira, a opinião pública, acadêmicos, sertanistas e religiosos. O índio mostra-se nesta pesquisa como um potente gerador de símbolos das mais diversas naturezas, mas sempre com a intencionalidade de supor um espelho invertido e oposto à própria sociedade/poder nacional. A categoria colonial que lhe deu vida, segue presente na sua proposta como um exotismo enfrentado ao projeto civilizador da Modernidade que anseia Brasil como Estado-nação e também como sociedade ocidental. Ao mesmo tempo, se apresenta também como um poderoso teatro de símbolos onde se (des)encontram a ideologia militar e sua oposição. Todo isso dentro do esforço que Brasil experimenta por achar sua própria narrativa e lhe dar uma posição frente aos desafios que gera o mundo contemporâneo, que no caso brasileiro, acha sua conjuntura chave durante a ditadura civil-militar. Esta pesquisa é puramente documental tendo como referencia teórica o pensamento “decolonial”, a historia sócio-cultural, a interdisciplinaridade, a multirreferencialidade e a complexidade. A documentação analisada esta dividida em três categorias: a oficial gerada pelo Estado e seu aparelho burocrático e legislativo; o material criado pelas instituições não necessariamente ligadas ao Estado como a Igreja Católica, movimentos sociais e ONGs; e a produção cultural/intelectual que percorre desde a imprensa da época, material audiovisual, literatura culta e popular assim como o produzido pelos acadêmicos, missionários, políticos, ativistas, lideranças/movimentos indígenas, etc. Os resultados obtidos demonstram a fortíssima relação que mantêm Brasil com sua mais característica e passional alteridade, e como sua situação de ambivalência da fé de como o país tropical tem procurado incessantemente se interpretar a se mesmo a partir de se olhar nesse espelho que era o índio. Tendo como resultado final, o revesti-lo necessariamente do papel de oposição ontológica a partir de sua “bestialização”, naturalização e “folclorização”.
RESUMEN Esta investigación es un estudio documental del constructo socio-cultural “indio” en el imaginario y la ideología de la sociedad y el poder brasileño, durante la dictadura civil-militar que comenzó en 1964 y tuvo su fin en 1985. El objetivo es individualizar los componentes epistemológicos y los grupos de significantes que componen la rica polisemia del objeto de estudio: el indio imaginado. Se han tenido en cuenta la diversidad de actores que componen el sujeto de estudio, desde los militares, el indigenismo oficial, la legislación, los habitantes de la frontera, la opinión pública, académicos, sertanistas y religiosos. El indio se muestra en esta investigación como un potente generador de símbolos de las más diversas naturalezas, pero siempre con la intencionalidad de suponer un espejo invertido y oposicional a la propia sociedad/poder nacional. La categoría colonial que le dio vida, sigue presente en su propuesta como un exotismo enfrentando al proyecto civilizador de la Modernidad que anhela Brasil como Estado-nación y también como sociedad occidental. Al mismo tiempo, se presenta también como un poderoso teatro de símbolos donde se (des)encuentran la ideología militar y su oposición. Todo ello inmerso en el esfuerzo que Brasil experimenta por encontrar su propia narrativa y darle un encaje frente a los desafíos que genera el mundo contemporáneo, que en el caso brasileño, encuentra su coyuntura clave durante la dictadura-civil militar. Esta investigación es puramente documental teniendo como referencia teórica el pensamiento “decolonial”, la historia socio-cultural, la interdisciplinariedad, la multirreferencialidad y la complejidad. La documentación analizada está dividida en tres categorías: la oficial generada por el Estado y su aparato burocrático y legislativo; el material generado por instituciones no necesariamente ligadas al Estado como es la Iglesia Católica, movimientos sociales y ONGs; y la producción cultural/intelectual que recorre desde la prensa de la época, material audiovisual, literatura culta y popular así como lo producido por académicos, misioneros, políticos, activistas, líderes/movimientos indígenas, etc. Los resultados obtenidos demuestran la fuertísima relación que mantiene Brasil con su más característica y pasional otredad, y como su situación de ambivalencia da fe de cómo el país tropical ha buscado incesantemente interpretarse a sí mismo a partir de mirarse en ese espejo que era el indio. Dando como resultado final, el revestirlo necesariamente del rol de oposición ontológica a partir de su bestialización, naturalización y “folclorización”
ABSTRACT This research is a documentary study of the socio-cultural construct “indio” in the imaginary and the ideology of Brazilian society and power, during the civil-military dictatorship that began in 1964 and ended in 1985. The objective is to individualize the epistemological components and the groups of signifiers that make up the rich polysemy of the object of study: the imagined “indio”. It has taken into account the diversity of actors that make up the subject of study, from the army, official indigenism, legislation, border people, public opinion, academics, sertanists and religious. The “indio” is shown in this research as a powerful generator of symbols of the most diverse natures, but always with the intention of assuming an inverted mirror and opposed to the national society/power itself. The colonial category that gave life to it, is still present in its proposal as an exoticism that face the civilizing project of Modernity that longs for Brazil as a nation-state and also as a Western society. At the same time, it also presents itself as a powerful theater of symbols where the military ideology and its opposition meet. All this is immersed in the effort that Brazil is experimenting to find its own narrative and give it a fit in front of the challenges that the contemporary world generates, which in the Brazilian case, finds its key juncture during the civil-military dictatorship. This research is purely documentary having as theoretical reference the "decolonial" thought, the socio-cultural history, the interdisciplinarity, the multi-referentiality and the complexity. The documentation analyzed is divided into three categories: the official sources generated by the State and its bureaucratic and legislative apparatus; the material generated by institutions not necessarily linked to the State such as the Catholic Church, social movements and NGOs; and cultural/intellectual production that travels from the press of the time, audio-visual material, cultured and popular literature as well as produced by academics, missionaries, politicians, activists, indigenous leaders/movements, etc. The results obtained demonstrate the very strong relationship that Brazil maintains with its most characteristic and passionate otherness, and as its ambivalence situation testifies to how the tropical country has sought incessantly to interpret itself from looking at itself in that mirror that was the “indio”. With the final result, it is necessarily covered by the ontological opposition from its “bestialization”, naturalization and “folklorization”.

Le but de ce travail est l'étude d'un problème de transmission en dynamique de population entre deux habitats juxtaposés. Dans chacun des habitats, on considère une équation aux dérivées partielles, modélisant la dispersion généralisée, formée par une combinaison linéaire du laplacien et du bilaplacien. On commence d'abord par étudier et résoudre la même équation avec diverses conditions aux limites posée dans un seul habitat. Cette étude est effectuée grâce à une formulation opérationnelle du problème: on réécrit cette EDP sous forme d'équation différentielle, posée dans un espace de Banach construit sur les espaces Lp avec 1 < p < +∞, où les coefficients sont des opérateurs linéaires non bornés. Grâce au calcul fonctionnel, à la théorie des semi-groupes analytiques et à la théorie de l'interpolation, on obtient des résultats optimaux d'existence, d'unicité et de régularité maximale de la solution classique si et seulement si les données sont dans certains espaces d'interpolation
The aim of this work is the study of a transmission problem in population dynamics between two juxtaposed habitats. In each habitat, we consider a partial differential equation, modeling the generalized dispersion, made up of a linear combination of Laplacian and Bilaplacian operators. We begin by studying and solving the same equation with various boundary conditions in a single habitat. This study is carried out using an operational formulation of the problem: we rewrite this PDE as a differential equation, set in a Banach space built on the spaces Lp with 1 < p < +∞, where the coefficients are unbounded linear operators. Thanks to functional calculus, analytic semigroup theory and interpolation theory, we obtain optimal results of existence, uniqueness and maximum regularity of the classical solution if and only if the data are in some interpolation spaces

For several years I have photographed primary hardwood forests along the imaginary line of the equator to communicate, persuade and warn of the continued ecological destruction that is occurring along this line. My plan was to capture arcadian visions of equatorial hardwood primary forests before they are destroyed and to show how this arcadian vision is disrupted by a more dystopian one. The images in this project were photographed in three areas that circle the equator: Southeast Asia, Africa and South America, where over half the world's rainforests are concentrated, and which I visited to follow the line. Line is an attempt to understand the current pressures on the equatorial environment and create a photographic exploration of ecology that highlights and foregrounds land, space, territories, boundaries and power. For this, myfield of study and research considers ecology through the theory and lens of photography.

Esta tese discute o silenciamento de vozes em uma dada contextualização do ethos jornalístico na produção de noticiário em jornais de Posadas e Porto Alegre, e investiga a cobertura realizada pelos veículos em relação ao projeto de construção de duas hidrelétricas na fronteira entre os dois países, Brasil e Argentina, no rio Uruguai, denominadas complexo de Garabi- Panambi. Três grandes eixos sustentam esse trabalho: o conhecimento sobre o meio-ambiente, o ethos jornalístico e a cena social do acontecimento Garabi. O saber ambiental foi tratado desde a sua origem na teoria marxista que descreve a separação do homem da natureza pelo trabalho, a falha metabólica presente até hoje no cerne da questão da crise ambiental do século XXI. O ethos jornalístico e seus valores e essência foram recuperados historicamente, perfazendo um trajeto que se inicia na modernidade, onde o Jornalismo ganhou a forma atual, e chegando aos dias de hoje, quando a atividade enfrenta o desafio de conseguir dar conta da complexidade e das falhas decorrentes do processo discursivo de uso da linguagem jornalística. Para compreender o contexto social em que transcorre o acontecimento Garabi- Panambi, foi feita uma investigação jornalística com o método de apuração para produção de reportagem. Esta reportagem-ensaio trouxe a voz dos ribeirinhos, suas histórias e culturas, estabelecendo a polifonia de vozes. Foram analisados os discursos do noticiário de quatro jornais: Zero Hora, Correio do Povo, Primera Edición e El Territorio. O resultado dessa análise aponta a ausência da voz dos ribeirinhos que seriam atingidos pelo projeto. Conclui-se que o Jornalismo dá uma grande contribuição para a discussão da complexidade ambiental se estiver centrado em um ethos que considere efetivamente a possibilidade de liberdade no acaso e na contingência dos discursos e dos saberes que estão contidos na expressão do pensamento, na formação de imagens, no devir dos sentidos, no sentir das emoções. A força das imagens naturais e dos saberes não científicos comporia este ethos. Um ethos que aceite e estimule a necessidade de interação com o ambiente e os seres vivos. Com a reflexão desta contextualização sobre o território e seus habitantes, e com as teorias do Jornalismo, Ambientalismo, Análise do Discurso e Imaginário, recortamos conceitos para fazer um retrato do universo simbólico que envolve jornalistas e ribeirinhos. Postula-se que a imersão no natural e em suas imagens é determinante para a formação de saberes jornalísticos que produzam sentidos múltiplos e complexos, acolhendo outros conhecimentos da sociedade em que o jornalista está inserido e onde ele exerce seu ofício.
The main objectives of this thesis is to discuss the issue of discursive silencing in a given context of the journalistic ethos in newspapers of Posadas and Porto Alegre, investigating the coverage carried by the vehicles in relation to the projects for the construction of the two hydro power plants on the border between the two countries, Brazil and Argentina, on the River Uruguay – the complex Garabi-Panambi. The absence of the voice of the riverside population that will be affected by the project is the main result of the analysis of the speeches of the four newspapers: Zero Hora, Correio do Povo, Primera Edición and El Territorio. To build the social context, we worked with three main theoretical fields of knowledge. Environmental knowledge was studied since its Marxist origin – the separation of man from nature through work; this metabolic failure is still today the heart of the matter of the environmental crisis of the 21st century. The journalistic ethos and its values and essence were recovered historically, making a path that begins in the modern years, when journalism gained its present form, and coming up to the present day, when the activity faces the challenge of succeeding in being able to account for the complexity and failures resulting from the discursive process of language use. To understand the environment in which takes place the Garabi-Panambi event, we employed a journalistic investigation and calculated the production of news. This story-essay brought the voice of the riparian, their histories and cultures, establishing the polyphony of voices. We pointed out that journalism would be a great contribution to the complexity of the environmental discussion were it centered on an ethos that effectively considered the possibility of freedom in what is left to chance and in the contingency of discourses and knowledges that are contained in the expression of thought, in imaging, in the becoming of senses, in feeling. The strengths of natural images and of the non-scientific knowledge compose this ethos. An ethos that supports and stimulates the need for interaction with the environment and living beings. With the reflection of this context on the territory and its inhabitants, and with the theories of Journalism, Environmentalism, Discourse Analysis and of the Imaginary, we gathered concepts to make a picture of the symbolic universe that surrounds journalists and the riverside population. We affirm that immersion in the natural and its images is crucial for the formation of a journalistic knowledge that forms multiple and complex senses, welcoming other knowledge societies where the journalist is inserted and where he exercises his craft.

Questa ricerca ha l'obiettivo di esplorare il ruolo degli immaginari sociali in un contesto urbano con un obiettivo strategico per contribuire alla teoria della pianificazione urbana, specialmente con i suoi attuali sforzi dedicati ad affrontare le sfide urbane esistenti. Il significato delle relazioni di potere nel processo di pianificazione, che sono ancora ambigue, è un elemento chiave quando si interpreta l'impatto dei processi di pianificazione urbana. Si sostiene che il luogo in cui un processo di pianificazione viene attuato sia un potente fattore di stabilizzazione per quanto riguarda le pratiche sociali e l'identità del luogo. Quindi, i luoghi non sono volumi fisici; essi portano caratteristiche intangibili attraverso la stabilizzazione dell'identità e dell'attività sociale. In altre parole, hanno un immaginario collettivo. L'urbanistica si occupa del luogo come oggetto di pianificazione escludendo alcune delle sue caratteristiche particolari come le sue specifiche, il suo tipo, la sua identità, le pratiche sociali che si svolgono in un luogo e i suoi regolamenti. Questa ricerca mira a mappare e comprendere gli immaginari sottostanti di un luogo sottoposto a un processo di pianificazione urbana nel contesto urbano del Sud globale. Sostiene che un fenomeno come quello dei venditori ambulanti può essere meglio spiegato e analizzato quando gli immaginari del luogo sono in gioco per spiegare i cambiamenti nelle relazioni di potere.
This research has an objective of exploring the role of social imaginaries in an urban context with a strategic goal to contribute to the urban planning theory especially with its current dedicated efforts to facing the existing urban challenges. The significance of power relations in the planning process, which are still ambiguous is a key element when interpreting the impact of urban planning processes. The place where a planning process is implemented is claimed to be a powerful stabilizing factor with regards to social practices and place identity. Therefore, places are not physical volumes; they carry intangible characteristics through stabilizing the identity and social activity. In other words, they have collective imaginary. Urban planning deals with place as a planning object excluding some of its particular characteristics such as its specifications, its type, its identity, the social practices that are held in a place and its regulations. This research aims for mapping and understanding the underlying imaginaries of a place undergoing an urban planning process in the Global South urban context. It argues that a phenomenon such as street vending can be better explained and analyzed when place imaginaries are at play to explain the changes in power relations.

Cette recherche traite la question de l’infirmité en tant qu’objet historique et d’analyse. Le terrain et l’époque choisis représentent un banc d’essai afin d’analyser la longue sédimentation et le renouvellement de certains mécanismes fondés sur l’infériorisation de l’infirme.La biographie et les parcours sociaux de certains individus provenant de différents milieux sociaux constituent des instruments pour saisir quelques mécanismes parmi ceux qui m’ont conduit à formuler la notion de dette symbolique. Inspirée par la sociologie de P. Bourdieu et par son concept de violence symbolique, cette notion est utile pour saisir la longue histoire des lectures sociales et de l’imaginaire qui infériorisent l’infirme par un mécanisme de renversement des causes et des effets. Ce n’est pas le déficit corporel qui produit cette infériorisation, mais plutôt cette vision infériorisante qui lit le fait corporel en décrétant le statut d’infériorité de l’individu. Cette lecture, cherche et trouve, dans l’objectivité corporelle de l’infirme des appuis qui la justifient.Dans la deuxième partie, nous nous confrontons à certains mécanismes, entre pratiques et discours, qui nous mettent face au renouvellement de ces schémas de pensée et d’action. D’abord, un certain nombre de cas de dispenses pour irrégularités par défaut corporel à laquelle doit se soumettre le prêtre qui, à cause de son infirmité, devient indigne et irrégulier dans l’exercice de son ministère. La construction religieuse de l’infirmité est également analysée à partir de la médecine pastorale, discipline du cursus de formation des prêtres, ainsi que de l’élaboration théologique. Les silences qui entourent les individus rendus infirmes par les accidents à l’intérieur du système industriel, associés à l’opacité et à l’insuffisance du développement des dispositifs qui devraient fournir les premières formes de réparation, constituent, au cours de la période historique retenue, de nouvelles formes qui contribuent à l’infériorisation du statut de l’infirme.La troisième partie porte sur l’analyse de certaines pratiques discursives avec un fort pouvoir pour construire l’opinion publique et un imaginaire sur l’infirmité : les chroniques d’un quotidien et un corpus de plus de cents textes littéraires. Dans les conclusions, se pose à nouveau la question de la construction de l’objet de recherche au sein du champ d’études du handicap, un champ très articulé, très conflictuel et aussi très orienté par l’action et l’engagement
This research deals with the topic of infirmity as a historical subject matter and for analysis. The age and the field chosen are an opportunity to analyze the sedimentation and renewal of some mechanisms based on the inferiorization of the infirm. The life and social paths of individuals from different social backgrounds are a means of understanding some dynamics, which has led me to formulate the concept of symbolic debt. Inspired by P. Bourdieu’s theory of sociology and his concept of symbolic violence, this idea is a useful tool to help understand the long history of social and imaginary conceptions that inferiorize an invalid through a mechanism of reversal of causes and effects. It is not the physical corporeal deficit which produces this inferiorization, but it is this inferiorizing vision that reads the physical data by decreeing the statute of inferiority of the individual. This social qualification seeks and finds reasons justifying it in the corporeal objectivity of the infirm.In the second part, we are faced with certain mechanisms, between practices and speech, which put us in front of the long history and the renewal of these plans of thought and action. At first, a number of cases of dispensation for irregularities by physical defect. The priest, who has to submit himselft because of his infirmity, becomes unworthy and irregular in the exercise of his ministry. The religious construction of the infirmity is also analyzed from the pastoral medicine, the discipline of the program of training of the priests, as well as from the theological elaboration. The silences which surround the individuals cause incidents within the industrial system, together with the opaqueness and the insufficiency of the development of the devices which should supply the first form of repair, establish, during the chosen historic period, new forms which contribute to the inferiorization of the status of the infirm.The third part is concerned with the analysis of certain discursive practices with a strong power to build public opinion and an image of the infirm: the chronicles of a daily paper and a corpus of more than a hundred literary texts. In conclusion, it raises again the question of the construction of the object of research within the study of disability, a field very articulated, very conflicting and strongly oriented toward action and involvement

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This research is proposed to investigate the imaginary of pentecostals. To achive this goal, it is limited to interpret some papers (and it's intentions) of the intellectual spokesmen of pentecostal churchs . These are considered archetypes papers and it makes possible the increasing in the number of the faithfuls. To prove this idea, we make a study of the holy war and of the devil, in a historic perspective, where these archetypes are transmitted from generation to generation. Inside the pentecostal imaginary, the rival symbolic offers are related to the devil, second the intention of these papers. We propose to study one of these rival symbolic offers, the Spiritism. For this, we did a study covering the brazilian kardecism and the relation with Kardec's theories. In the end we ex pose the Spiritism inside pentecostal imaginary. This attitude (to devil the rival symbolic offers) has as main goal to make possible the hegemony between pentecostals churchs inside religious subject.
Esta pesquisa se propõe a investigar o imaginário dos pentecostais. Para tanto, limitou-se a interpretar alguns textos (intenção dos mesmos) dos porta-vozes intelectuais das Igrejas Pentecostais. Esses são considerados textos arquétipos, isso possibilita o crescimento dos pentecostais. Para justificar essa afirmação, é feito um estudo da guerra santa e do Diabo, numa perspectiva histórica, em que os mesmos foram passados de geração para geração, e estão presentes no inconsciente coletivo. No imaginário dos pentecostais, as ofertas simbólicas concorrentes são relacionadas com o Diabo, segundo a intenção dos textos estudados. Aqui é proposto estudar uma dessas ofertas simbólicas concorrentes, o Espiritismo. Para tanto, foi feito um estudo do kardecismo no Brasil e a relação desse com as obras de Kardec, e por fim é exposto o espiritismo no imaginário pentecostal. O espiritismo é uma das representações do Diabo no imaginário pentecostal. Essa atitude (demonizar as ofertas simbólicas concorrentes) teria como objetivo possibilitar a hegemonia dos pentecostais no campo religioso.

Esse trabalho tem, por objetivo, reconhecer as estruturas que usam o imaginário divino para legitimar a perpetuação do poder. Para essa compreensão foi usada a hermenêutica filológica e historiográfica modernas, sensíveis às estruturas e manipulações ideológicas. Filologia, segundo Bakhtin e Benveniste, e historiografia para a escola de Annáles. De posse dessas perspectivas hermenêuticas, foi possível avançar em direção ao imaginário bíblico. A Bíblia foi entendida como instrumento de controle usado para legitimar as estruturas de poder do mundo antigo. Nessa pesquisa, o imaginário do mundo antigo figurou como uma espécie de teologia global, em que o imaginário de um Deus Terrível era usado, nas nações do Crescente Fértil, para legitimar a dominação e a perpetuação do poder. Por fim, apoiado na hermenêutica dialógica, foi possível confrontar o imaginário do Deus Terrível com o Deus Amável. A escrita do Segundo Testamento segue os textos de resistência da Bíblia Hebraica e revelam uma dimensão dialógica. O Deus Amável é uma resposta ao Deus Terrível pregado pela ideologia dominante. Essa reflexão permitiu a releitura de diversos textos de confronto para recuperação do sentido. Essa pesquisa é relevante para a prática pastoral, pois a leitura comunitária da Bíblia ainda não percebeu as manipulações ideológicas em que o texto foi produzido.
That work has, for objective, to recognize the structures that use the imaginary divine to legitimate the perpetuation of the power. For that understanding it was used the modern philological historiografic hermeneutics, sensitive to the structures and ideological manipulations. Philology, according to Bakhtin and Benveniste, and historiography to the school of Annáles. Of ownership of those perspectives hermeneutics, it was possible to move forward towards the imaginary biblical. The Bible was understood as a control instrument used to legitimate the structures of power of the old world. In that research, the imaginary of the old world was represented as a kind of global theology, in that the imaginary of a Terrible God was used, in the nations of the Fertile Crescent, to legitimate the dominance and the perpetuation of the power. Finally, leaning in the dialogical hermeneutics , it was possible to confront the imaginary of Terrible God with Kind God. The writing of the second testament follows the texts of resistance of the Hebraic Bible and they reveal a dialogical dimension. Kind God is an answer to Terrible God preached by the dominant ideology. That reflection allowed the re-read of several confrontation texts for recovery of the meaning. That research is relevant for the pastoral practice, because the community's reading of the Bible still didn't notice the ideological manipulations in that the text was produced.

Ce travail propose une analyse comparée portant sur la construction d’Haïti en tant queproblème public en Jamaïque et en Guadeloupe au cours des années 2000. Un premierfacteur de politisation observé dans ces deux territoires repose sur l’altérisation desHaïtiens par le biais de normes héritées de l’idéologie raciale coloniale et se traduit pard’importantes mobilisations contre les immigrés haïtiens. Un deuxième typed’intervention dans le champ politique relève au contraire de pratiques d’opposition audiscours colonial et tend à présenter la première République noire comme le symboled’une appartenance commune forgée dans la lutte contre l’hégémonie occidentale. Cetteconflictualité identitaire est resituée à l’aune du fond imaginaire racialisé hérité de lasociété de plantation et au croisement des modèles institutionnels mis en oeuvre après ladécolonisation en Jamaïque et en Guadeloupe. En retraçant la trajectoire du « problèmehaïtien », l’enquête engage une réflexion sur la production du politique dans l’espacecaribéen. Elle s’attache à montrer en quoi les antagonismes socio-raciaux exprimés dansles sociétés à fondement esclavagiste informent et travaillent l’action pol itique qui yprend place. La première partie revient sur l’invention de la figure racisée du « barbarehaïtien » dans l’espace Atlantique et son usage par les puissances occidentales en tantqu’outil de légitimation de l’ordre colonial en Jamaïque et en Guadeloupe. La deuxièmepartie s’intéresse à la manière dont ces stéréotypes raciaux sont réactivés dans les deuxterritoires durant les années 2000 à travers la politisation de l’immigration haïtienne etsa mise à l’agenda auprès des pouvoirs publics. En troisième lieu, les interactions quifaçonnent les énoncés officiels du « problème haïtien » sont saisies au prisme desinstruments de l’action publique mis en place afin de réguler, contrôler et mettre àl’écart les corps haïtiens. Cette recherche invite à aborder, par le biais de l’exemplecaribéen, les fondements de l’articulation entre identités raciales, production dupolitique, pratiques du pouvoir et modes de gouvernementalité. Elle met en évidence lalongévité des schèmes de pensée issus de la domination coloniale, tout en soulignant lacapacité des acteurs à en renégocier le contenu à travers le conflit politique
This research project proposes a comparative analysis regarding the construction ofHaiti as a public problem in Jamaica and in Guadeloupe during the 2000s. A first factorof politicisation observed in both territories is based on the process of othering theHaitians through norms inherited from racist ideology and reflected in significantmobilisations against Haitian migrants. A second type of intervention in the politicalarena is conversely related to oppositional practices towards the colonial discourse andtends to present the first Black Republic as a symbol of common belonging shapedthrough struggles against Western hegemony. This source of identity-based conflicts islocated in the light of a racialised imaginary inherited from plantation society and at theintersection of the institutional models implemented after decolonisation in Jamaica andin Guadeloupe. By recounting the career of the “Haitian problem”, this survey reflectson the production of politics in the Caribbean space as from its margins. It aims atshowing how social and racial antagonisms expressed in societies founded on slaveryshape and fashion local political action. The first part sheds a light on the invention ofthe racialised representation of the “Haitian barbarian” in the Atlantic space and its useas a tool for legitimating the colonial order in Jamaican and in Guadeloupe by Westernpowers. The second part addresses the way in which these racial stereotypes werereactivated in both territories during the 2000s through the politicisation of Haitianimmigration as well as its placement on the policy agenda. Third, the interactions thatshape official narratives related to the “Haitian problem” are grasped through the lens ofpolicy instruments implemented in order to regulate, control and exclude Haitian bodies.Based on the Caribbean example, this research invites to discuss the way racialidentities, politics, power practices and governmentalities relate and are articulatedaltogether. It highlights the longevity of thinking patterns derived from colonialdomination, while emphasising the capacity of actors to renegotiate their contentthrough political conflict

J’ai souhaité, dans ce travail doctoral, mener une réflexion sur la société brésilienne actuelle, société issue d’une histoire marquée par la colonisation portugaise et l’esclavage qui, sous la traite transatlantique, a pris un essor considérable. L’époque contemporaine, après avoir entretenue le mythe de la démocratie raciale en plaçant notamment le métissage comme garant de l’unité sociale du pays a reconnu politiquement et institutionnellement une différenciation raciale et sociale de la population, l’existence d’un racisme latent mais bien réel et des inégalités multiples qui se cristallisent et s’illustrent aussi à l’intérieur de l’école brésilienne. Dans le cadre d’une ethnicisation des politiques publiques brésiliennes et l’instauration, à partir des années 2000, des actions affirmatives, outils d’une politique de discrimination positive, des dispositifs institutionnels se mettent en place, tels qu’un système de quotas raciaux, l’instauration dans le cursus scolaire de l’obligation d’enseigner l’histoire et la culture africaine et afro-brésilienne, dans le but d’une réduction de ces inégalités et des conséquences du racisme pour une meilleure intégration de la population noire et métisse brésilienne.A la lumière de la pensée décoloniale latino-américaine, l’enjeu de ce travail était de mettre en évidence l’existence et la perpétuation au sein de l’imaginaire social-historique brésilien d’une colonialité du pouvoir, du savoir et de l’être maintenant des rapports sociaux racistes et racialisés sous couvert d’une vision eurocentrique et occidentale et une norme implicite de l’idéologie du blanchiement. Avec l’appui d’une approche théorique et méthodologique multiréférentielle alliant l’approche socio-historique, la démarche clinique et le cadre théorique de l’Analyse Institutionnelle, et la mise en place, sur le terrain d’étude, Ribeirão Preto, une ville de l’état de São Paulo, d’observations de type ethnographiques et d’entretiens compréhensifs, j’ai présenté une double analyse de mes données de terrain. L’analyse de la parole, de discours, de comportements, de situations vécues et ou relatées a permis de pointer de quelle manière se manifestaient ces différentes formes de colonialité dans et par le parcours de vie et le quotidien des personnes rencontrées. Elle a également mis en évidence une tension entre l’objectif institutionnel affiché et la mise en œuvre sur le terrain d’une politique remise en question et qui pourrait favoriser un paradigme que j’ai nommé intégrant-excluant, s’illustrant par une nécessité d’une auto-identification et d’une catégorisation d’une partie de la population brésilienne, pour bénéficier de l’obtention des mesures intégratrices qui peuvent être perçues et vécues comme excluantes et injustes. Enfin, je propose un travail de conceptualisation autour de la notion de bio-pouvoir et une réflexion autour d’enjeux éducatifs visant à aller vers un processus de décolonialité par une perspective critique interrogeant la déconstruction des significations imaginaires sociales dans une perspective de transformation de l’institutionnalisation de ce paradigme implicite mais bien présent
In this doctoral work, I reflect on contemporary Brazilian society and how its history has been marked by Portuguese colonization and slavery, which gained considerable ground under the transatlantic treaty. By viewing interbreeding as the guarantor of social unity, thereby keeping alive the myth of a racial democracy, contemporary society politically and institutionally recognizes that populations differ on social and racial grounds. As a result, a latent but very real racism exists, as well as multiple, increasingly apparent inequalities, of which Brazilian classrooms are a reflection. Under the ethnicization of Brazilian public policy and the introduction of affirmative action, which is a tool for a politics of positive discrimination, institutional means were put in place at the turn of the 21st century to reduce inequalities and other consequences of racism, such as a system of racial quotas and the introduction of mandatory African and Afro-Brazilian cultural-historical studies; and all this in an effort to better integrate the black and mixed Brazilian population. This work uses decolonial thinking to prove that, deep down in the Brazilian social-historical imagination, the coloniality of power, knowledge, and being, racialized social relations not only exists, but is also being perpetuated under the guise of a Eurocentric and Occidentalist vision, as well as a norm implicitly rooted in the ideology of “whitewashing”.The work is based on a multi-referential approach, which blends together a socio-historical approach, the clinical process and the theoretical framework of Institutional Analysis. It also puts forward, through field research in Ribeirao Preto, a town in the state of Sao Polo, ethnographical observations and comprehensive interviews, all of which will allow me to present a dual analysis of my field research.Analyzing words, speeches, behaviors, and lived experiences is crucial to understanding that these different forms of coloniality manifest themselves in the daily lives of people. It also proves that there is a tension between institutional aims and the putting in place, in real life, of a politics that calls itself into question and favors what I call an “integrating-exclusive” paradigm. This paradigm is illustrated by the necessity of auto-identifying and categorising a part of the Brazilian population, in an attempt to benefit from the production of inclusive measures perceived and experienced as excluding and unjust.Finally, this work is an attempt at once to conceptualize the notion of bio-power, and to reflect on the educational stakes rooted in attempts to direct us towards a decoloniality process, by way of a critical perspective capable of calling out and pointing fingers at the destruction of social imaginaries. In doing so, we hope to transform the institutionalization of this implicit, yet very real, paradigm
Eu queria, nesse trabalho de doutorado, refletir sobre a atual sociedade brasileira, uma sociedade que se origina numa história marcada pela colonização e escravidão portuguesa que, sob o comércio transatlântico, tem crescido consideravelmente. A era contemporânea, depois de ter mantido o mito da democracia racial colocando a mestiçagem como garantia da unidade social do país, reconheceu políticamente e institucionalmente uma diferenciação racial e social da população, a existência de um racismo latente mas real e várias desigualdades que se cristalizam e são também ilustradas dentro da escola brasileira. No contexto de uma etnicização das políticas públicas brasileiras e da introdução, a partir dos anos 2000, das ações afirmativas, ferramentas de uma política de discriminação positiva, dispositivos institucionais vão ser aplicados, como um sistema de cotas raciais, a introdução, no currículo escolar, da obrigação de ensinar a história e a cultura africana e afro-brasileira, com o objetivo de reduzir essas desigualdades e as conseqüências do racismo para uma integração melhor da população brasileira negra e mestiça. À luz do pensamento descolonial latino-americano, o desafio deste trabalho foi destacar a existência e a perpetuação, no imaginário sócio-histórico brasileiro, de uma colonialidade do poder, do conhecimento e do ser perpetuam relações sociais racistas e racializadassustendadas por uma visão eurocêntrica e ocidental e uma norma implícita de ideologia do branqueamento. Com o apoio de uma abordagem teórico e metodológico multireferencial que combina a abordagem sócio-histórica, a abordagem clínica e o referencial teórico da Análise Institucional, e o estabelecimento, no território do estudo, Ribeirão Preto, cidade do Estado de São Paulo, de observações de tipo etnográficas e de entrevistas comprehensivas, apresentei uma análisedupla dos meus dados de campo. A análise das falas, dos discursos, dos comportamentos, das situações vivenciadas oucontadas possibilitaram apontar como essas diferentes formas de colonialidade se manifestaram no e por os percursos de vida e no cotidiano das pessoas encontradas. Destacou-se também uma tensão entre o objetivo institucional declarado e a implementação de uma política questionada no terreno que poderia fomentar um paradigma que denominei de integrando-excluindo, exemplificado pela necessidade de auto-identificação e de categorização de uma parte da população brasileira, para poder beneficiar da obtenção de medidas integradoras que possam ser percebidas e vivenciadas como excludentes e injustas. Por fim, proponho um trabalho de conceptualização em torno da noção de biopoder e umareflexão em torno de desafios educativos visando avançar para um processo de descolonialidade por uma perspectiva crítica questionando a desconstrução das significações imaginárias sociais numa perspectiva de transformação da institucionalização deste paradigma implícito mas muito presente

Suite à des travaux plastiques réalisés entre 2005 et 2012 entre Paris et Shanghai, cette thèse se propose d’étudier le portrait de groupe sous différents angles, il s’agit de portraits fictifs dont le principal enjeu est la place que peut occuper le spectateur face à des groupes sociaux divers qui le regardent dans une attitude où le silence domine, ces travaux nous invitent ainsi à une réflexion sur perméabilité entre les frontières de l’art, de l’ethnologie et des sciences sociales, sur la question d’identité du genre, l’interaction interculturelle et des modes de communication au-delà du langage des mots. Cependant, j’essaie d’élaborer une peinture qui mène vers un rapport impliqué et qui met en cause la possibilité d’échange entre le spectateur et le groupe de gens représentés, c’est le modèle qui devient spectateur, et vice versa. L’ouvrage de Michael Fried intitulé La place du spectateur me servira de point d’appui dans l’analyse de la théâtralité dans la peinture. Pendant mon séjour à Shanghai je me suis surtout inspirée des physionomies asiatiques et observé longuement le fonctionnement de cette société chinoise dotée de ses propres codes sociaux qui ne se limitent pas uniquement aux barrières de la langue mais vont au-delà des mots. Une société qui s’organise selon des groupes suivant diverses fonctions et métiers où le port de l’uniforme est très courant et l’on se heurte à diverses façades sociales. On tend vers un idéal, un succès probable, une utopie où hommes et femmes se bousculent dans toutes les professions et la place de la femme devient de plus en plus visible dans une société patriarcale depuis des décennies. L’image de l’androgyne se défile à travers une foule qui se meut et se déplace en masse en un mouvement de danse aux pas lourds. Je me suis beaucoup inspirée des chorégraphies de Jing Xing, danseuse Chinoise qui était homme à l’origine, et qui s’est fait transformer le corps en femme, c’est le passage du masculin au féminin et vice versa dans une société en pleine mutation. Deux confusions se créent : L’ambiguïté des sexes où les femmes sont de plus en plus présentes sur un terrain professionnel très compétitif d’une part et l’ambiguïté du langage et de la communication avec cette société vue par un étranger, c’est la barrière des codes sociaux et l’omniprésence du « Réseau » (Guanxi) comme outil indispensable pour pénétrer cette société. […]
Due to the series of artworks that I realized between 2005 and 2012 between Paris and Shanghai, this thesis proposes to study the group portrait from various angles, it is all about fictitious portraits whose main aim is the place that may hold the viewer facing a variety of social groups, in which represented people remain staring at the spectator in a silent way. These works invite us to reflect on and permeability between the boundaries of art, ethnology and social sciences, on the question of identity gender, intercultural interaction and methods of communication beyond the language of words. However I tried to develop a painting that conveys the possibility of an exchange between the viewer and the represented group of people. A painting in which the model becomes the beholder, and vice versa. Michael Fried's book entitled Absorption and Theatricality: Painting and Beholder served as a support for me in my initial observation of theatricality in painting. Living in Shanghai for the past three years, I have been most inspired by Asian faces. I’ve observed for a long time the functioning of the Chinese society with it’s own social codes which are not limited only to language barriers but can be expressions beyond words. A society that is organized in groups according to various functions and activities where the wearing of the uniform is very common and it runs into various social fronts. We, as humans, strive towards an ideal, a possible success, a utopia where men and women compete for professions, and the role of women have become more visible in society which has been patriarchal for decades. The image of the androgynous appears through a crowd that moves with heavy dancing steps, especially examining the choreography of Jing Xing, this Chinese dancer who was a man originally, and then decided to transform himself into a woman. It is the transition from male to female and vice versa in a society in mutation. This expression generates two kinds of confusion: the ambiguity of gender, where women are increasingly present in a highly competitive professional field on the one hand, and the ambiguity of language and communication for a foreigner in this society. It is the barrier of social codes and the omnipresence of "network" (Guanxi) as an essential tool to penetrate this society. [...]

L’analyse critique des personnages féminins de Marguerite Gauthier et Macabéa dans les films – Camille/ Le roman de Marguerite Gauthier, 1936 et A hora da estrela/L'heure de l'étoile, 1986 – cherche à comprendre les mécanismes par lesquels le mythe de l'éternel féminin assure sa continuité comme image-modèle des femmes contemporaines. La compréhension de ce processus ne s’achève que par l’analyse historique d’une mythologie plus ample – celle de la centralité et universalité du regard occidental –, à la base du système de représentation dominant. La première partie est consacrée à analyser les formes trouvés par ce « regard » pour représenter le corps colonisé et le corps féminin comme « l’Autre » du discours colonial patriarcal. La deuxième partie se tourne vers le corps féminin à partir de l’analyse historique du mythe de l’éternel féminin, sa subjectivation par des femmes contemporaines et le rôle de l’imaginaire médiatique dans la re-signification et permanence de ces images stéréotypés. Le personnage emblématique de Marguerite Gauthier, incarné par le mythe Greta Garbo, est au centre de cette analyse critique. La troisième partie s’attache à la réception du mythe et de ses répercussions comme espace de glissements d’identités/altérités. Dans ce parcours, la mise en évidence des personnages de ces deux femmes explicite l’acte narratif comme un acte identitaire, qui permet d’emphatiser la notion de l’« expérience » comme espace d’articulation d’autres subjectivités et d’autres regards, et proposer la mise en question du lien entre cinéma, féminin et récit
The critical analysis of the personages Marguerite Gauthier and Macabéa in the films -Camille / Le roman de Marguerite Gauthier, 1936 and A hora da estrela /The hour of the star,1986 - seeks to understand the mechanisms by which the myth of the eternal feminine ensures its permanence in contemporary women’s imaginary as an image-reference. The first section of the thesis focus the power of looking by an analytical approach between the stereotypes of the colonized body and the feminine body, identified as the “other” in the colonial discourse. The second section is a historical and critical analysis of the eternal feminine represented by the emblematic personage of Marguerite Gauthier, performed by Greta Garbo, and the resignifications of this myth by the contemporary media. The third section is a critical reflection about the feminine outsider, represented by the personage of Macabéa, by questioning the reception of the myth and its influence on the women’s creative process. This work focuses on the concept of 'experience' as a central element for the articulation of "others' perspectives, while questioning the relationship between film, feminine and narrative

Le livret d’opéra est un support privilégié, mais trop souvent ignoré, pour sonder la psyché collective d’une époque et de sa société. À l’instar d’autres créations humaines, qu’elles soient purement intellectuelles et/ou manuelles, il s’apparente à une fenêtre ouvrant une perspective inédite sur un monde révolu et qui lorsqu’elle est ouverte laisse s’échapper les clameurs venues d’un autre siècle. Il s’agira donc de réinstaller les drammi per musica de George Frideric Handel dans leur contexte culturel et social. Ceci pour en restituer la réception la plus complète et fidèle possible et avoir une chance de s’approcher de l’expérience du public original. Face au mutisme des sources indirectes, il devient indispensable de se plonger au cœur des livrets, de s’intéresser aux mots et aux images, avant de donner la parole à la musique, en se donnant pour but d’expliciter tout ce que le texte implique, suggère, signifie, déclenche chez le spectateur.trice et tenter de reconstituer un corpus de références culturelles (littéraires, morales, religieuses, etc.), lesquelles colorent le texte de multiples et précieuses nuances, mais sont bien souvent perdus pour le public d’aujourd’hui. À travers cinq rôles féminins (Partenope, Berenice, Bradamante, Rosmira et Alcina), nous interrogerons la représentation de la femme et de la « féminité » à l’aune de la notion d’une puissance féminine et de ses implications sur la scène de l’opéra italien à Londres entre 1730 et 1737. Nous tenterons également d’apporter un éclairage supplémentaire sur cette période de transition dans la carrière du compositeur, lequel abandonne progressivement l’opéra italien pour se consacrer à l’oratorio anglais
The opera libretto is a privileged, though often ignored, medium for probing the collective psyche of an era and its society. Like other human creations, be they purely intellectual and/or manual, it offers a window, opening a new perspective on a bygone world, and once cleansed of the dirt deposited by the centuries and open, it lets out the light and clamour of another century. The aim will be to reinstall the drammi per musica of George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) in their cultural and social context, to recreate the fullest possible reception of the work and have a chance to get as close as possible to the experience of the original audience. Faced with the silence of the indirect sources, it becomes essential to plunge into the heart of the booklets, to take an interest in the words and images, to give the music its true voice, trying to clarify all that the text implies, suggests, signifies, triggers in the spectator and to try to reconstruct a corpus of cultural references (literary, moral, religious, etc.), that colour the text with multiple nuances, but are often lost to today’s audience. Through five female roles (Partenope, Berenice, Bradamante, Rosmira and Alcina), we will question the representation of women, femaleness and femininity in the light of the notion of female power and its implications on the Italian opera scene in London between 1730 and 1737. We will also attempt to shed further light on this transitional period in the career of the composer, who gradually abandoned Italian opera to devote himself to English oratorio

The aim of this study is to explore the importance of love in its various manifestations in the lives of the Harry Potter characters and its power to consequently influence the paths that they eventually choose to walk. Love is investigated as the reason behind the choice between good and evil as well as paradoxically both a fortifying as well as a destructive force. Furthermore, it attempts to examine the importance that love plays in the healthy or dysfunctional development of the characters. Numerous philosophies and theories that span two different eras will form the theoretical framework of this research paper. There will be a constant interplay between the theories and the main text, that is, the seven Harry Potter books that together represent the Harry Potter series. Additionally, the author‟s opinion acquired from invaluable fan interviews will be utilized in order to improve the understanding of the characters motivations. The introduction is a brief explanation of key terms and theories that are essential to the exploration of love in the Harry Potter series. The study comprises five chapters. The first three chapters are concerned with the three main manifestations of love represented in the series, namely; parental love, friendship and romance respectively. Chapter Four focuses on the adaptation of the novels into movies and the subsequent result that this has on the depiction of love. Chapter Five highlights the finding of the study conducted.
English Studies
M.A. (English)

As a social worker practising in long-term residential care for people living with dementia, I am alarmed by discourses in the media and health policy that construct persons living with dementia and their health care needs as a threatening “rising tide” or crisis. I am particularly concerned about the material effects such dominant discourses, and the values they uphold, might have on the collective provision of care and support for our elderly citizens in the present neoliberal economic and political context of health care. To better understand how dominant discourses about dementia work at this time when Canada’s population is aging and the number of persons living with dementia is anticipated to increase, I have rooted my thesis in poststructural methodology. My research method is a discourse analysis, which draws on Foucault’s archaeological and genealogical concepts, to examine two contemporary health policy documents related to dementia care – one national and one provincial. I also incorporate some poetic representation – or found poetry – to write up my findings. While deconstructing and disrupting taken for granted dominant crisis discourses on dementia in health policy, my research also makes space for alternative constructions to support discursive and health policy possibilities in solidarity with persons living with dementia so that they may thrive.
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