Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Ontological Power'

Michel Foucault characterizes power as ubiquitous and productive in the sense that there is no power-free truth, subject, and knowledge. Moreover, he studies the historical conditions of truth and subject to have an existence in a way that he historicizes them rather than delineating truth as corresponding to reality and subject as a self-subsistent and ahistorical substance. In this respect, his anti-essentialist account of power, truth, and subject is criticized on the account that he excludes the possibility of resistance against power through deconstructing any firm ground which is absolutely free from history and power and thus a promising substratum on which resistance can be substantiated. In this study, I will argue that these criticisms are ill-founded because they are either based on the misunderstandings of Foucauldian account of power or functioning with an assumption that resistance entails essentialist metaphysics as a ground, the assumption which is itself devoid of justification. Moreover, I will claim that it is an anti-essentialist ground&
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The driving argument of this thesis is that states, particularly the United States, are vulnerable in cyberspace for reasons that go beyond the material vulnerabilities that present studies on state insecurity in cyberspace focus on. This vulnerability in cyberspace is an ontological insecurity. Ontological insecurity reveals itself in the contradictions in official state discourse regarding cyberspace. State security of self—preserving and maintaining the seemingly concrete and consistent nature of what a state is about, how the state is understood in relation to other states, and how the state comes to understand itself through its own conceptions of self-identity—is challenged by cyberspace as a vehicle for massive amounts of information and challenges to state identity in relation to the state's behavior in cyberspace. Therefore, state identity and self-image are challenged in relation to cyberspace in two ways: first, through the vehicle that is cyberspace, and, second, through the practices that the state adopts to secure cyberspace and its broader security aims. The language that states, in this case the United States, use in order to justify surveillance practices and to impose meaning to cyberspace ultimately leads to projections of power that attempt to reinforce state strength and legitimacy vis-à-vis cyberspace, but these attempts fall short; contradictions arise in state discourse, and weaknesses are highlighted through these contradictions. Cyberspace, then, is an ontological as well as physical security threat to states.
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O presente trabalho investiga o ser do sujeito que é constituído a partir de uma correlação entre a relação que o indivíduo tem consigo mesmo e os acontecimentos históricos do âmbito do saber e do poder de sua época. Por um lado, a subjetividade sempre se constitui em correlação com certos modelos singulares de subjetividade que se devem, em última instância, à maneira de pensar de uma época e às forças de poder que conseguem normatizar ou até mesmo impor esta maneira de pensar, por outro, estes modelos sempre deixarão um espaço de liberdade possível para que o indivíduo se constitua como sujeito independentemente deles.
This work investigates the being of the subject that is made out of a correlation between the individuals relation with himself and the historical events in the field of knowledge and power of his era. On the one hand, subjectivity is always correlated to certain models which are due to the way of thinking of an era and the forces of power that can standardize or even impose this way of thinking; on the other, there is always room for a possible freedom where individuals can build themselves as subject independent of those models.

The Arctic region is changing. This is an oft-cited statement researcher, policy-makers and the general public say about the Arctic. But who can change the Arctic order? This academic paper is interested in determine Greenland’s role and ‘actorness’ in this changeable region. Adopting an interpretivist approach, I advocate to embrace the narrative turn in IR as a useful move to understand how Greenland, as a sub-state regional entity, can enhance its agency capacity in Arctic affairs. Using phronetical case study, govermentality and narrative analysis as main methodologies, this study decipher how the Arctic governance has changed and been shaped by different narratives and governmental practices. Greenland’s possibilities to exercise more power have been analysed through the lenses of ontological security theory because this theory is intimately related to human agency. However, this theory presents several challenges that must be overcome by doing a revision of the theory. The final results are discusses in a reflexive manner adopting four phronetical value-rational questions that policy-makers should take into account when planning any relevant strategic action, such as Greenland’s visibility and empowerment in Arctic affairs.

This study is in response to globalisation, changing world values and the call in modern literature for leaders of good character. Servant-leadership is offered to fill this requirement because its effectiveness is said to be reliant on the good character of the leader. In the literature this type of leadership is said to represent a new paradigm. The work of servant-leadership's proponent, Robert Greenleaf, is thoroughly examined to explain how his understanding of trust as faith is linked to spirituality and this is the key to understanding the character of servant-leaders. Greenleaf's work is compared with the modern servant-leadership literature and identifies a gap in the literature explaining Greenleaf's spirituality.This is a qualitative analysis using classical Grounded Theory and uses the work of Anthony Giddens to give it a modern sociological grounding. Classical Grounded Theory uses typologies or

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This work aims to investigate the relations between Foucault s analysis about Enlightenment and the concept elaborated by him of critique attitude. The analysis of Enlightenment backs itself on the Kant s text Was ist Aufklärung?, published at the year of 1874. It is intended to put in evidence the meaning of the notion called ontology of the present, which can be defined as permanent inquiring of the present. So that, this work tries to bring forward a discussion in which the knowledge and the power relationships developed in our society are confronted, making possible the emergence of forms of autonomy and liberty
Este trabalho procura investigar as relações existentes entre a análise realizada por Foucault sobre o Esclarecimento e o conceito por ele elaborado de atitude crítica. O Esclarecimento será tematizado tendo como ponto de apoio o texto de Kant Was ist Aufklärung?, publicado em 1874. Trata-se, no estabelecimento destas relações, de evidenciar o sentido daquilo que Foucault denominou ontologia do presente, isto é, um exercício de interrogação permanente da atualidade. O trabalho esforça-se por suscitar uma discussão, na qual as práticas de poder e saber que perfazem a história de nossas sociedades sejam confrontadas com a possibilidade de sua transformação, criando espaço para formas de autonomia e liberdade

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Essa dissertação tem como objetivo fazer uma análise crítica da proposta nietzschiana de superação da metafísica. Primeiro, determinaremos o que Nietzsche entende por metafísica no período intermediário de sua produção filosófica. Conquistada essa compreensão, mostraremos as críticas feitas pelo filósofo à metafísica, presentes em sua obra de juventude Sobre a verdade e a mentira no sentido extra-moral. Por fim, a proposta de superação da metafísica será analisada a partir de quatro grandes referências interpretativas: o realismo negativo do devir, o neokantismo, o naturalismo substantivo e a proposta ontológica da vontade de poder. Testaremos a legitimidade de cada uma dessas interpretações a partir de duas principais perguntas: qual o estatuto ontológico do devir na filosofia de Nietzsche? Por que o filósofo afirma que nossas categorias são somente ficções?
This dissertation aims to make a critical analysis of the nietzschean proposal regarding the metaphysics overcoming. First, we will determine what Nietzsche understands by metaphysics in the intermediate period of his philosophical production. After we acquire this understanding, we will show the criticisms made by the philosopher about the metaphysics, prevailing in his youth work about the truth and falsehood in the extra-moral sense. Finally, the proposal of the metaphysics overcoming will be analyzed based in four large interpretative references: the negative realism of becoming, the neokantianism, the substantive naturalism and the ontological proposal of the will to power. We will test the legitimacy of each one of these interpretations from two main questions: What is the ontological status of the becoming in the Nietzsches philosophy? Why the Philosopher asserts that our categories are only fictions?

Giorgio Agamben ocupa, hoje, um lugar de destaque no pensamento e no debate contemporâneo. A sua influência faz-se sentir em vários domínios desde a Estética à Política, convoca diferentes posições concordantes ou críticas no interior da Filosofia ou fora do seu território conceptual. Situar e acompanhar (criticamente) o percurso da categoria de potência na obra de Agamben e, em particular no seu pensamento político, implica não apenas esclarecer a sua transversalidade e a sua relação com a actualização, mas as transformações a que conduziu. Desde logo, perceber que a referida categoria passou a integrar um outro universo de abordagem (presente nos últimos livros), onde se destaca a passagem da potência à operatividade e à produtividade da acção. Referir a potência à negatividade da relação soberana (nas suas várias configurações e contextos histórico-temporais) mas também à instituição da vontade e à capacidade de agir é, precisamente, o propósito essencial desta exposição; ABSTRACT: Potency and sovereign power on Giorgio Agamben’s Political Onthology Giorgio Agamben is today one of the leading figures of contemporary thought and debate. His influence is widespread in several fields, from Aesthetics to Politics, amassing supporters and critics both within and outside Philosophy and its conceptual domain. To situate and propose a critical analysis of the trajectory of the category of potency in Agamben’s work, especially in his political legacy, we need to establish not only its pervasiveness and how it relates to actuality but the changes it sets in motion. We need to start by clarifying how potency has come to integrate another stance of approach (in the later works), with the emergence of the central issues of how potency comes into operativity and hence into productive action. This dissertation’s main purpose is precisely to trace potency to the negativity of the sovereignty relationship (in its diverse historical configurations and contexts), as well as to the establishment of the will and the ability to act.

This study is in response to globalisation, changing world values and the call in modern literature for leaders of good character. Servant-leadership is offered to fill this requirement because its effectiveness is said to be reliant on the good character of the leader. In the literature this type of leadership is said to represent a new paradigm. The work of servant-leadership’s proponent, Robert Greenleaf, is thoroughly examined to explain how his understanding of trust as faith is linked to spirituality and this is the key to understanding the character of servant-leaders. Greenleaf’s work is compared with the modern servant-leadership literature and identifies a gap in the literature explaining Greenleaf’s spirituality. This is a qualitative analysis using classical Grounded Theory and uses the work of Anthony Giddens to give it a modern sociological grounding. Classical Grounded Theory uses typologies or “created groups” to give meaning to the way in which participants view their circumstance. The application of Giddens’ work allows for the data analysis to incorporate the historical social context that has shaped the views of the participants. Greenleaf and Giddens share the same understanding of trust and this alignment of Giddens and Greenleaf permeates the work. Giddens identifies two types of trust, which this research has termed Reciprocal Trust, and Trust as Principle. The research gives an explanation of the two types of trust and argues that understanding Trust as Principle is the key to understanding new paradigm thought. It is also the key to understanding character in terms of servant-leadership character. The research for this thesis was carried out in an organisation that until recently had been a government entity and for the purpose of this research is given the fictitious name of Railcorp. The historical circumstances of Railcorp have led to major dysfunctions, which are inhibiting the business progress of the company. There is a crisis of culture and a crisis in leadership. There is evidence of servant-leadership existing in Railcorp and these leaders have a vital role in providing the new leadership required to take Railcorp forward.

Tese (doutorado)—Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Direito, 2011.
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A perspectiva teórica de Giorgio Agamben fundamenta-se na idéia de que a natureza ontológica do direito e da política ocidentais está diretamente vinculada à produção soberana de biopolítica a partir da suspensão da ordem jurídica. Em face de tal constructo, todavia, Agamben não elabora uma reflexão sobre o papel do poder judiciário, da Constituição e do controle de constitucionalidade na efetivação da biopolítica e do Estado de Exceção contemporâneos. A presente tese tem por objetivo desenvolver as conclusões teóricas do próprio Agamben em vistas da lacuna levantada, e parte da hipótese de que, se o autor está correto em afirmar que o paradigma biopolítico do campo de concentração domina o funcionamento estrutural das democracias ocidentais, então o poder judiciário e a Constituição contribuem, de algum modo, para a suspensão da ordem político-jurídica e para a definição dos espaços biopolíticos da atualidade. _______________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT
Agamben´s theory proposes that the ontological nature of law and politics is directly linked to the sovereign production of biopolitics, essentially grounded on the suspension of law. He does not present, however, which roles the judicial branch of power, the Constitution and the judicial review would have in the implementation of contemporary biopolitics and of a State of Exception. This thesis intends to develop Agamben´s own theoretical conclusions in light of the mentioned omission, based on the hypothesis that, if Agamben is correct in his opinion that the concentration camp´s biopolitical paradigm is the actual underlying structural rule in western democracies, then the judicial branch and the Constitution collaborate somehow to the suspension of law and to the definition of modern-day biopolitical spaces.

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A presente dissertação tem por objeto o tema da negatividade ontológica constitutiva da existência humana na obra Ser e Tempo de Martin Heidegger. Na primeira parte é analisada as descrições efetuadas por Heidegger na primeira seção de Ser e Tempo sobre a dinâmica existencial do homem compreendido como ser-aí (Dasein). Nesse primeiro momento é evidenciado o caráter negativo da existência. Para tanto, partiremos da reconstrução dos conceitos de existência e deu seu caráter intencional e poder-ser (Seinkonnen) em Ser e Tempo. Na segunda parte, a análise da tonalidade afetiva da angústia é o ponto de partida para se chegar ao modo de ser do homem, descrito por Heidegger como cuidado (Sorge). Argumentaremos também, que o cuidado é o único modo de ser compatível com um ente que em seu modo de ser mais próprio é marcado por uma negatividade (incompletude) radical. Por último, em nosso terceiro capítulo, apresentaremos, em seus traços gerais, a possibilidade compatível com o caráter de poder-ser do ser-aí: a possibilidade da morte, compreendida ontologicamente como ser-para-a-morte. Na conclusão, apontaremos o interesse maior de Heidegger em investigar a dinâmica existencial do ser-aí. Esse interesse consiste, em visualizar, por meio do que Heidegger chama de crise existencial do ser-aí (proporcionada pela angústia) o ponto de gênese das ontologias.
The present dissertation aims the theme of ontological negativity constitutive of human existence in the work Being and Time of Martin Heidegger. In the first part, we examine the descriptions made by Heidegger in the first section of Being and Time about the dynamics of the existential man understood as being-there (Dasein). Initially is shown the negative character of existence. To do that, we start with the reconstruction of existence concepts and its intentional characteristcs and able to be (Seinkonnen) in Being and Time. In the second part, the analysis of the affective tone of anguish is the starting point to get to the mode of being of man, described carefully by Heidegger (Sorge). We also argue that caution is the only way to be compatible with an entity that in its own way of being is marked by an radical negativity (incomplete). Finally, in the third chapter, we present, in its general features, the possibility compatible with the character of able to be of the being-there: the possibility of death, ontologically understood as being-for-death. In the conclusion, we pointed the greatest interest of Heidegger in his investigation of existential dynamics of the being-there. This interest consist in to visualize, through what Heidegger calls of existential crisis of being-there (provided by the anguish) the genesis point of the ontologies.

Esta dissertação pretende compreender a analítica proposta pelo filósofo francês Michel Foucault no curso realizado no Collège de France intitulado Nascimento da Biopolítica (1978-79) a respeito da arte de governar neoliberal. Buscamos apreender a relação entre a análise do neoliberalismo e outros momentos e conceitos da produção bibliográfica foucaultiana, tais como as noções de biopolítica, de governamentalidade e de poder disciplinar. Para tal, realizamos uma incursão em diversas obras do filósofo, como As palavras e as coisas (1966), Vigiar e Punir (1975), História da Sexualidade I A vontade de saber (1976), além dos cursos Em defesa da sociedade (1975-1976) e Segurança, Território, População (1977-78). Por fim, o texto também se propõe a realizar contribuições ao estudo do neoliberalismo como um todo, explicitando as veredas abertas pela teoria de Foucault e apontando para além de um exercício de exegese teórica da experiência filosófica foucaultiana.
This dissertation aims to comprehend the analytics carried out by the French philosopher Michel Foucault in his lectures at the Collège de France entitled The Birth of Biopolitics (1978-79) regarding the neoliberal art of government. We seek to apprehend the relation between the analyses of Neoliberalism and other moments and concepts of the foucauldian bibliographical production, such as the notions of biopolitics, governmentality and disciplinary power. In order to accomplish such task, we approach several works written by Foucault, such as The order of things (1966), Discipline and punish (1975), The History of sexuality volume 1 The will to knowledge (1976), as well as the lectures Society must be defended (1975-76) and Security, Territory, Population (1977-78). To conclude, this text also contributes to the study of Neoliberalism as a whole, emphasizing the paths opened by Foucaults theory and pointing beyond an exercise of theoretical exegesis of the foucauldian philosophical experience.

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L?attuale ricerca ha l?obiettivo di analizzare la condizione politica in Occidente e la stretta relazione tra la vita nuda ed il bio potere nel pensiero di Giorgio Agamben. Il punto di partenza dello scritto s?incontra nella sua costruzione teorica che precede il progetto homo sacer, una proposta senza divisioni ed inquadrature o classificazioni tra estetica/arte e politica, che consente di cogliere la potenzialit? del suo pensiero. Tale proposta filosofica fornisce una lettura critica della modernit? e del modo in cui era strutturato il pensiero occidentale. In questo modo s?intende analizzare come la vita umana si colloca nella centralit? della scena politica ed in quale forma avviene la sua cattura dentro la macchina governativa che opera in una relazione d?eccezione, rendendo la nuda vita usa e getta con la decisione sovrana. Tenendo conto della centralit? del concetto di vita nel pensiero dell?autore, ? possibile articolare un?ontologia di vita libera del vincolo ontologico che, focalizzato sull?argomento, ha strutturato l?ontologia e l?etica attraverso i secoli in Occidente. Dai concetti di inoperosit?, uso e forma di vita, si propongono indizi indicativi di un?ontologia di vita in quanto potenza e possibilit?. La sfida consiste nel pensare a nuovi usi e forme di vita di fronte alla biopolitica che definisce e determina la vita nei tempi attuali; il compito per eccellenza del pensiero e della filosofia che viene.
A presente pesquisa tem por objetivo analisar a condi??o pol?tica no Ocidente e a estreita rela??o entre a vida nua e o biopoder no pensamento de Giorgio Agamben. O ponto de partida da exposi??o situa-se em sua constru??o te?rica que precede o projeto homo sacer, uma proposta sem cis?es e enquadramentos ou classifica??es entre est?tica/arte e pol?tica, o que permite captar a potencialidade de seu pensamento. Referida proposta filos?fica proporciona uma leitura cr?tica da modernidade e da forma como se estruturou o pensamento ocidental. Desse modo, pretende-se analisar como a vida humana est? posta na centralidade da cena pol?tica e de que forma ocorre sua captura no interior da m?quina governamental que opera em uma rela??o de exce??o, tornando a vida nua descart?vel por meio da decis?o soberana. Levando-se em conta a centralidade do conceito de vida no pensamento do autor, ? poss?vel articular uma ontologia da vida liberada do legado ontol?gico que, focado no sujeito, tem estruturado a ontologia e a ?tica ao longo dos s?culos no Ocidente. A partir dos conceitos de inoperosidade, uso e forma-de-vida, prop?em-se tra?os indicativos de uma ontologia da vida ? enquanto pot?ncia e possibilidade. O desafio consiste em (re)pensar novos usos e formas-devida diante da biopol?tica que define e determina a vida nos tempos que correm ? a tarefa por excel?ncia do pensamento e da filosofia que vem.

Pode-se afirmar que a Guilhotina de Hume diz respeito a um conjunto de discussões filosóficas acerca da primazia do ser (Sein) ou do dever-ser (Sollen) ao se fundamentar enunciados de caráter normativo (e, consequentemente, sua validade e aplicação). O foco deste trabalho é analisar a Guilhotina de Hume sob a perspectiva da ontologia fenomenológica (existencial), em que a dicotomia entre dever-ser e ser será redirecionada, em função especificamente da análise ética e jurídica que será concluída, para a dicotomia necessidade/possibilidade, tal como proposta pela própria tradição filosófica ao tratar da análise das modalidades (ser-real/realidade, ser-possível/possibilidade e ser-necessário/necessidade). Inicialmente será mantido que as discussões em torno do dever-ser encontram-se usualmente imbuídas de uma narrativa totalmente dependente do ser-necessário, que na verdade não poderia ser usada para aqueles seres que podem ser diferentes do que são. Ao final será considerado como fundamento originário (Ur-sprung Ab-grund) do ser-jurídico o poder-ser existencial (liberdade), revelado que é através de decisões, dramáticas e quotidianas, que não se restringem às decisões de caráter técnico-sacerdotais.
One might put forward that the Humes Guillotine relates to a set of philosophical discussions about the primacy either of the being (Sein) or of the ought-to (Sollen) in order to ground normative propositions (and, eventually, their validity and enforcement). This work focuses on the analysis of the Humes Guillotine under the perspective of the phenomenological (existential) ontology, in which the dichotomy between the ought-to and the being will be redirected, specifically in light of the ethical and juridical analysis that will be carried out, to the dichotomy necessity/possibility, such as proposed by the philosophical tradition on examining the modalities (being-real/reality, being-possible/possibility and being-necessary/necessity). At the beginning it will be maintained that the discussions over the ought-to are usually embedded with a narrative totally dependent on the being-necessary, which in fact could not be applied to those beings that can be different from what they are. In the end, the existential may-be (freedom) will be considered as the original ground (Ur-sprung Ab-grund) of the being-legal, as reveled through dramatic and everyday decisions, which are not restricted to technical and sacerdotal ones.

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The leitmotif of this dissertation research is on the relationship between two fields of questioning in the Foucauldian works that may be considered, at a first glance, irreconcilable: the understanding of subject as the result of determinations, on the one hand, and its ethical stance of seeking the creation of liberty, on the other. Since, despite this apparent inconsistency, both ideas are present with much emphasis on the work of the French thinker, to understand the way Foucault articulated these two ideas was necessary to elucidate and interrelate the way in which he thought about the concepts of subject, power and liberty. Traveling with the author his intellectual itinerary, it was revealed that his conception of subject and liberty can be reconciled (although maintaining its problematic nature) and, also, both are inextricably linked each one as a result of the other. Tracing, with the author, his intellectual itinerary, it was also possible to identify and describe the fruitful conceptual tools for thinking about our own determinations and about the possibilities we have of creating new subjectivities and liberating experiences
O fio condutor dessa disserta??o foi a pesquisa acerca da rela??o entre dois campos de problematiza??o na obra de Michel Foucault que podem ser considerados, a uma primeira vista, inconcili?veis: por um lado, sua concep??o de sujeito como constru?do e de certa maneira e por esse motivo, fruto de determina??es, e, por outro, sua postura ?tica de busca permanente de cria??o de liberdade. Uma vez que, apesar dessa aparente inconciliabilidade, ambas as ideias est?o presentes com muita ?nfase na obra do pensador franc?s, procurou-se, nesse trabalho, compreender de que maneira est?o articuladas. Para tal, foi necess?rio elucidar e interrelacionar a maneira como ele pensou os conceitos de sujeito, poder e liberdade. Percorrendo com o autor seu itiner?rio intelectual, foi poss?vel perceber que suas concep??es de sujeito e de liberdade n?o s? podem ser conciliadas (ainda que mantendo seu car?ter problem?tico) como est?o intrinsecamente ligadas e decorrem uma da outra. Al?m disso, o percurso permitiu tamb?m identificar e descrever prof?cuas ferramentas conceituais para pensarmos sobre as conting?ncias em que nos constitu?mos e sobre as possibilidades que temos de, a partir delas, criar novas subjetividades e experi?ncias de liberdade

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As Redes de Sensores Sem Fio (RSSFs) são redes com recursos limitados, como processamento, largura de banda, memória e, o mais importante, energia. Dessa forma, as aplicações para nós sensores devem criar condições de realizar suas operações de sensoriamento e processamento no maior tempo possível, como também mecanismos que possam ajudar na economia de energia, por exemplo, a utilização de melhores algoritmos, agregação de dados, mecanismos de auto-gerenciamento, dentre outros, respeitando as limitações de recursos das RSSF. Algumas pesquisas na área mostram que solucionar esse tipo de problema não é uma tarefa fácil de ser resolvida. Sendo assim, este trabalho propõe uma solução de economia de energia para RSSF e uma forma comum de compartilhamento de dados entre aplicações e redes diferentes, baseada em uma Infraestrutura Semântica para RSSF chamada SITRUS. Ela utiliza reconfiguração paramétrica nos nós sensores em tempo de execução, a partir de dados de sensoriamento processados fora da RSSF, utilizando ontologias desenvolvidas com esse propósito para o processamento desses dados. SITRUS é formada por duas partes importantes: o Middleware Ciente de Reconfiguração para Rede de Sensores Sem Fio (RAMSES), responsável pelo transporte de dados e gerenciamento de serviços das aplicações que são executadas nos nós sensores; e o Módulo de Processamento Semântico da Informação (SIP), que tem por finalidade categorizar os dados para a geração da base de dados semântica. Esta base de dados servirá para a tomada de decisões de reconfiguração dos nós sensores e para o processamento de consultas sobre as RSSFs. A escolha por esse modelo se deve ao fato de que o processamento referente à reconfiguração da RSSF não sofre intervenção humana. O processamento é determinado pelo SIP e executado pelo RAMSES. Dessa forma, segue-se um modelo baseado em semântica formal. Pretende-se também que a SITRUS favoreça a integração de diferentes aplicações pelo compartilhamento de dados relativos a um mesmo contexto. Os benefícios desta abordagem incluem o enriquecimento dos dados pela associação de seu significado, e não apenas pela sintaxe dos dados, facilitando assim o seu acesso e eliminando ambiguidades. Como forma de demonstrar a eficiência da SITRUS, uma avaliação experimental do consumo de energia com algumas aplicações e diferentes cenários foi realizada, mostrando em seus resultados que a SITRUS atende ao que foi proposto no que diz respeito ao gerenciamento do consumo de energia.
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are networks with limited resources such as processing, bandwidth, memory, and most importantly, energy. Thus, applications for sensor nodes must create conditions to perform their sensing and processing operations as long as possible, as well as mechanisms that can help to save energy, for example, such as the use of better algorithms, data aggregation, self-management mechanisms, among others, in compliance the resource limitations of WSN. Some research in the area show that solving this problem is not an easy task to be addressed. Thus, this paper proposes a power saving solution for WSN and a common way of sharing data between different applications and networks based on a Semantic Infrastructure for WSN called SITRUS. It uses parametric reconfiguration in sensor nodes at runtime, from sensing data processed outside the WSN using ontologies developed for this purpose for processing such data. SITRUS consists of two major parts: RAMSES, responsible for data transport and service management applications that run on the sensor nodes; and SIP, which is intended to categorize the data for generating the semantic database. This database will serve for decision making on the reconfiguration of sensor nodes and for query processing on WSNs. The choice for this model is due to the fact that the processing related to the reconfiguration of WSN does not suffer human intervention. Processing is determined by SIP and performed by RAMSES. Thus, it follows a model based on formal semantics. It is intended that the SITRUS encourages the integration of different applications by sharing data on a same context. The benefits of this approach include the enrichment of the data by the association of its meaning, and not only by the syntax of the data, thus facilitating their access and eliminating ambiguities. In order to demonstrate the effectiveness of SITRUS, an experimental evaluation of power consumption with some applications and different scenarios was performed, and the results shows that SITRUS serves to what has been proposed in regard to management of the energy consumption.

In the post-WWII era, industrialized global aid powers defined and codified development initiatives through the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). However, the late 20th and early 21st centuries witnessed a shift in the global balance of power toward the Indo-Pacific region with the rise of Asian powers. In 1989, Japan emerged as a leader among established OECD-DAC nations and asserted a unique development philosophy in addressing African development issues. In the 21st century, the growth in foreign development diplomacy by South-South partners, most notably the People’s Republic of China (PRC, China) and India, has challenged the material and ontological foundations of “aid” and development. This thesis leverages a realist-constructivist framework to analyze the characteristics of Japan, China, and India’s strategic engagement in Africa as a new form of development power. The analysis reveals how the development narratives of Asian powers have disrupted the established norms and principles of OECD-DAC donorrecipient relationships, development archetypes, and core values. The three Asian donors cultivate unique portfolios of ontological, material, and soft power paradigms that are reshaping established 20th century OECD-DAC aid constructs. Distinct from 20th century constructs, this new mode of development cooperation is bolstered by the cultivation of a shared historical context and social values that bind African states and peoples with Asian brands. In an era of shifting global power, Japan, China, and India have forged an alternative mechanism to engage with and shape the international order via development cooperation. Engagement with Africa’s 54 diverse nations, regional blocs, and the African Union offers established and emerging Asian donor powers a mechanism to define the international order on their own terms. An in-depth analysis of Japanese, Chinese, and Indian development fora in Africa, reveals how each Asian donor cultivates a unique development brand engineered for a highly interconnected 21st century development landscape. Through the application of disruptive development ontologies in African engagement, Japan, China, and India have defined new modes of cooperation built around their distinctive worldviews, values, and norms.
Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Social Sciences, 2021

abstract: Performing the Electrical traces the histories and futures of electrical discovery and knowledge through cultural performances, socio-political assemblages, and the more-than-human worldmaking functions of energy in general and electricity in particular, or what I refer to as energy-as-electricity. This project seeks to transform how energy-as-electricity is perceived, and thereby to re-vision the impact that energy-rich relationships might have ecologically—in both the social and environmental senses of the word. As a practice-led inquiry I use my scenographic sensibilities in combination with performance studies and energy humanities lenses to identify how energy-scapes form through social performances, material relations, and aesthetic/ritualistic interventions. This approach allows me to synthesize vastly different scales of energy-as-electricity performatives and spatialities and propose alternative framings which work towards decolonizing and re-feminizing energy-rich relationships. This research considers the way power flows, accumulates, and transforms through performance as embodied expression, practice and eventful doings of human and more-than-human agents. It asks: if place is practiced space (Henri Lefebvre), how can decolonizing and re-feminizing energy-rich relationships transform normative power relationships (or power geometries, as cultural geographer Doreen Massey refers to such globalized interconnections)—which are formed through electricity, technologies and colonial-capitalism? I ground this inquiry as an ecological intervention in order to investigate how performing with electricity differently (both in collective imaginations and quotidian interactions), can change the ways that electricity is produced and consumed in the time of the Anthropocene, Capitalocene, and Plasticene. The following study produces written and tacit knowledge that expands the framing of energy-rich relationships shared between human and more-than-human performatives. My provocation is that experiential encounters are critical for expanding the ontological plurality of energy-as-electricity with ecological a/effect. Drawing on the insights of performance scenographer Rachel Hann, I demonstrate that scenographic methodologies in an expanded field, along with embodied sensing, provide productive insights into this endeavor of expansion. This project both serves as a space making/space keeping provocation and offers a methodology for devising more desirable futures.
Dissertation/Thesis
Doctoral Dissertation Performance 2020