Thèses : « Discourse on Nature »

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Vicas, Astrid. « The nature of fictional discourse ». Thesis, McGill University, 1992. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=39800.

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This dissertation presents an account of fictional discourse which is teleological. According to it, questions about what is said in fiction and how it ought to be said are answerable in terms of the goals and methods belonging specifically to fiction-making as a practice. Viewed in such a way, it is argued that the incompleteness of fictional discourse and its apparent tolerance of inconsistency are distinctive of it. Moreover, it is argued that there is a sense in which one can produce true statements in fiction without thereby committing one self to the thesis that words made use of in fiction are endowed with reference. Throughout the dissertation, the view espoused in it is contrasted with rival positions on the issues of what fiction is about, and whether it can be true. It is argued that a teleological account of fictional discourse can present a coherent alternative to these.

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Murad, Hasan Sohaib. « Synthesis of human nature and leadership : a multifaceted discourse ». Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.503582.

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King, Helen Paula. « People in nature and nature in people : a constructivist exploration of ecosystem cultural services ». Thesis, Cranfield University, 2012. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/7627.

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The ecosystem services approach is a set of institutional practices which aim to improve natural resource management and policy making, by highlighting the relationship between well-functioning ecosystems and human wellbeing. Within the approach, cultural services (CS) signify the psycho-social aspects of people-nature interrelations. This concept is an understudied area, and is recognised to exhibit high levels of complexity which make it difficult to evaluate. This thesis deconstructs, explores, clarifies and enhances the CS concept. A flexible, phased research design explores cultural services in relation to a specific case-study site, 'Aspley Woods and Heaths' (England). Cultural services are examined through a series of lenses: as an interdisciplinary construct, as an experience of place, as context, as a resource regime, as a discursive resource and as a personal discourse. Mixed qualitative methods identify how CS is constructed through action, speech and text; via an in depth analysis of primary data from semi-structured visitor and expert interviews, unstructured key informant interviews, and marginal participant observation. Additional data informs the enquiry, from a discourse analysis of key study site documents, and a review of site-related historic, ecological, land management, and policy documents. Results from this thesis subsequently challenge the current published definition and subcategorisation of cultural services. The notion that cultural services are nonmaterial is disputed due to the centrality of physical activities, physical sensations, and access management regimes which require material inputs. The benefits premise is challenged since CS experiences included references to anxiety, injury and conflict. The notion that CS are obtained is disputed due to the reciprocal nature of information exchange between people and features of the environment. The idea that CS are solely from ecosystems is challenged due to the part played by interpretative socio-cultural contexts, and natural and social processes which occur outside site boundaries and specified time frames. Instead, this thesis recommends that cultural services be redefined as the ways that humans use discourse to construct and communicate perceptions of nature. CS arise from processes of interaction (activities) and reciprocal information exchange (information functions) with ecosystems. CS subcategories are hence a series of cognitive, retrospective, intuitive, creative, communicative and regenerative interpretative repertoires, which form the basis of social practices such as designation, restoration and policy. The propensity of environments to embody discourse is concluded to be crucial in defining what is valuable about natural ecosystems, and how these contribute to wellbeing.

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Nielsen, Sigurd Solhaug. « Negotiating nature on display– Discourse and ideology in naturalhistory museums ». Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Geografisk institutt, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-25472.

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This thesis considers exhibitions in natural history museums as a process of negotiation between three parties: the museum as an institution, the museum staff, and the visitors. These represent different interests that shape exhibitions relating to nature. The thesis asks the following main question: In what way do discourses play a role in the staff’s work within natural history museums? The empirical sources are based on interviews conducted with staffmembers from eight different natural history museums: six in Austria and two in Norway. The interviews are analysed based on the principles of discourse psychology and critical discourse analysis. The theoretical framework is based on postmodernism as a reaction and countermovement to modernism. Kant’s theory of knowledge, the concept of representation and discourse theory are considered in relation to one another and form an ontological departure for the epistemology. The methodology combines critical discourse analysis and discourse psychology as applied to conversational text. The discourse analysis reveals different discourses concerning the museum as institution, professional museum staff, and the visitors. The thesis concludes that the museum as institution is characterised by a knowledge culture/tradition that was particularly substantiated during the Enlightenment. In turn, the knowledge tradition is characterised by discourse that places expectations regarding the procedures of the employee, but also through the visitors’ expectations as to what a museumis and what the exhibitions provide them with. The employees meet the museum understood as discourse through mainly three different strategies for how exhibitions should function. I call these strategies ‘action promotion’, ‘communication focus’ and ‘political context’. In this way, the identities and actions of the employees depend considerably on their personal relationship to the museum as a concept and discourse, as well as to the visitors’ presumptions, expectations and experiences concerning museums.
Diese Master-Arbeit betrachtet die Ausstellung eines naturgeschichtlichen Museums als Ergebnis eines Verhandlungsprozesses zwischen drei Parteien mit unterschiedlichen Interessen: dem Museumspersonal, dem Museum als Institution sowie dem Publikum. Die Hauptfragestellung der Arbeit lautet: In welcher Weise spielen Diskurse in der Arbeit derwissenschaftlichen Angestellten naturgeschichtlicher Museen eine Rolle? Der theoretische Rahmen der Arbeit basiert auf dem Postmodernismus als einer Reaktion auf und Gegenbewegung zum Modernismus. Kants Erkenntnistheorie, das Konzept der Repräsentation sowie die Diskurstheorie bilden zusammen die ontologische Grundlage der Epistemologie. Die Methodologie kombiniert gesprächsbezogene kritische Diskursanalyse und Diskurspsychologie. Das empirische Material besteht aus Interviews mit wissenschaftlichen Angestellten acht naturgeschichtlicher Museen, davon sechs in Österreich und zwei in Norwegen. Die Diskursanalyse deckt unterschiedliche Diskurse hinsichtlich des Museums als Institution, der wissenschaftlichen Angestellten sowie des Publikums auf. Die Arbeit schlussfolgert, dass das Museum als Institution von einer Wissenskultur gekennzeichnet ist, die insbesondere in der Zeit der Aufklärung begründet ist. Diese Kultur ist insofern diskursgeprägt, als dass sie bestimmte Erwartungen an die Arbeit des Museumspersonals beinhaltet, aber auch durch die Erwartungen des Publikums an ein Museum und seine Ausstellungen. Die Angestellten nähern sich dem Museum als Diskurs, in dem sie hauptsächlich drei verschiedene Strategien im Hinblick auf die Funktion von Ausstellungen verfolgen: Inspiration zu eigenständigem Handeln (”Handlungspromotion”),auf das Publikum zugeschnittene Kommunikation (”Kommunikationsfokus”) sowie Einbeziehung politischen Kontexts. Insofern hängen Identität und Handeln der Angestellten stark von ihrer persönlichen Beziehung zum Museum als Konzept und Diskurs ab, ebenso wie von ihren Annahmen bezüglich der Erwartungen des Publikums und dessen Erfahrungen mit Museen.

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Place, Belinda Mary. « Nature doesn't grow on trees : an analysis of environmental discourse ». Thesis, Loughborough University, 1996. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7162.

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This thesis examines the issue of environmentalism through a study of the construction of the environment or the 'natural world' in contemporary society. It tackles the issue through a close analysis of a selection of material which engages with the environment in different ways. This material has been selected in order to identify methods of organisation and strategies of argument which are present across a range of texts and also to investigate the way in which environmentalism is entwined with other issues in society, such as science, feminism and consumerism. After exploring theories of discourse in the work of Raymond Williams, Claude Levi-Strauss, Roland Barthes and Judith Williamson, a framework of analysis is worked out. This is then used and modified in an examination of how representations of the environment feature in advertisements, eco-feminist texts and popular scientific discourse, and the way in which they become the focus of various discursive practices and techniques.

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Naidu, Sam. « Crimes against nature : ecocritical discourse in South African crime fiction ». UNISA Press Journals - NISC, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/53754.

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Heeding Patrick Murphy's call to critics, in his book, Ecocritical explorations in literary and cultural studies: fences, boundaries and field, to study “nature-oriented mystery novels … in order to understand the degree to which environmental consciousness and nature awareness has permeated popular and commercial fiction” (2009: 143), this article examines how highly successful author, Deon Meyer, has employed crime fiction to popularize ecological issues and debates in South Africa. In this article, Meyer's first “nature-oriented” novel, the crime thriller, Blood safari (2009), is analysed. The main question asked is whether South African crime fiction deploys ecocritical discourse for mercenary reasons or whether its engagement with environmental issues constitutes a bona fide sub-category of ecocritical literature. The same rationale – understanding how “environmental consciousness and nature awareness” manifest in one of the most popular and commercially viable genres of fiction in South Africa today – informs the broader study from which this article is drawn. Some of the findings of this study, which includes a reading of Meyer's second “nature-oriented” novel, Trackers (2011), Jane Taylor's Of wild dogs, Margaret von Klemperer's Just a dead man, and Ingrid Winterbach's literary detective novel, The book of happenstance, are referred to briefly. To conclude, the contribution of “nature-oriented” crime fiction to a “localised ecocriticism” is assessed

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Homan, Jacqueline. « Realism, social constructionism and 'natural' hazards : a study of people-nature relations in Egypt and the U.K ». Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.366403.

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Recent literature in the social sciences has emphasized the socially constructed nature of knowledge. Consequently, this has had a bearing upon the understanding of science; interpretations of the natural world; and issues associated with understanding 'the Other'. The relevance of these wider social debates can be extended into a consideration of 'natural' hazards in different cultural contexts. This thesis attempts to develop a 'middle ground', drawing on theories of critical realism, that appreciates the socially constructed nature of scientific practice, but that retains the empancipatory, positive potential of science and that allows intervention in other cultural contexts. The remainder of the thesis attempts to put some of these ideas into practice and to develop the implications of these arguments for those interested in understanding and mitigating 'natural' hazards in other cultures. Two case studies are used, relating to Egypt and the U.K., which explore the scientific understandings of 'natural' hazard events in two different cultural contexts. Fundamental to the approach adopted is the need to acknowledge science as a social practice and how it functions within different societies. Examples are given, pertaining to both Egypt and the U.K., of what this might mean in 'practice'. In summary, therefore, there is an appreciation of the implications of recent social science literature for hazards research and the development of a practical approach to hazards with a social and philosophical justification

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MacDonald, Margaret Ellen. « Expectations the cultural construction of nature in midwifery discourse in Ontario / ». Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ39285.pdf.

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Williams, Donald A. « The Nature of Discourse in Small Group Discussions During Reflective Teaching / ». The Ohio State University, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1382449356.

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Talbot, Carl. « The myths of environmentalism : nature, discipline and the class struggle ». Thesis, Cardiff University, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.363250.

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Young, Ronnie Buchanan. « The discourse of human nature : the science of man in eighteenth-century Britain ». Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.288598.

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Robertson, Margaret Elizabeth. « A discourse analysis of the nature of shared decision-making in general practice consultations ». Thesis, University of Dundee, 2004. https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/d9adb44c-38ff-41da-9d68-521c677c7579.

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This study explores the nature of shared decision-making (SDM) in general practice consultations. It has been claimed that patient involvement in their own health and healthcare improves concordance, patient satisfaction and outcomes. Although this approach to treatment decision-making is widely advocated the process of sharing decisions has, to date, been little understood. Cognitivist or intra-psychic assumptions about decision-making have underpinned the traditional methods of investigation into the doctor-patient consultation and as a result interactional dynamics have not taken centre stage. Participants' motivations and emotions have been 'read' as enduring entities rather than as discursive constructions attending to interactional matters. As a consequence most of the work into the medical encounter has tended to be one-sided and addresses only one participant at a time. Thus, one half of the interaction may be neglected. Therefore, only a partial picture of the nature of interaction is provided. In summary therefore, traditional approaches have not considered the medical encounter as a process of joint-production and decision-making as an emergent property of the interaction. In contrast this study adopts a discourse analytic approach that allows for a fine-grained examination of what might be described as the minutiae of the interactional flow and trajectory of consultation. An examination of the content and form of the consultation-as-interaction has been undertaken in order to identify and describe a variety of discursive devices and resources that participants deploy to accomplish particular activities. As a result, the analysis provides an insight into the actual processes of the SDM consultation and how treatment decisions are arrived at. The primary data source was audio-recorded consultations having been initially identified from a questionnaire survey and patient interviews. Three analytic themes that are key aspects of the SDM consultation are examined. These are, the generation of patient involvement using first-person pronouns; the construction of direct, successful and unsuccessful requests from patients; the rhetorical construction of risk and evidence, with attention to the locating of agency. The analytic conclusions illuminate the complexities arising within the medical encounter and highlight problem aspects which impact on the theoretical and philosophical foundations SDM. Notably, SDM does not happen with the ease implied by current models and may work to maintain a biomedical GP as 'expert' approach rather one in which the patient is truly involved in partnership. In short, new information is available on the consultation process. This information has implications for health care practice and communication skills training and existing models of SDM may need to be re-evaluated.

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Farrel, Danielle. « The 2012 child abuse scandals in the UK : the multifunctional nature of online discourse ». Thesis, University of the West of Scotland, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.731780.

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Mwagiru, Nyambura. « An inquiry into the nature of effective dialogue and discourse and peacebuilding through leadership ». Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20476.

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The research study and findings presented in this work underscore the necessity to design and develop effective strategies for inter-paradigm dialogue and discourse for peacebuilding. The study argues that adoption and application of appropriate dialogue strategies impact and engender the nurturing and emergence of a culture of leadership that can foster sustainable peace. Dialogue and discourse processes are considered as being intricately connected to processes of conflict transformation and resolution, and linkages of dialogue, peacebuilding and leadership are mirrored in macro- and micro- spaces of engagement, namely, much contested cultural, political and economic spaces in which myriad and diverse perspectives reside. The potential for peace, it is argued, substantially lies in the formulation and design of contextually-relevant frameworks for equitable and sustainable socio-economic development, and macro-micro intersections play themselves out in the dialogue field within which societies and individuals can seek and strive to anticipate, accommodate, attain and enact their life wisdoms into peaceful systems of co-existence. This view also speaks to the issue of how consensual and sustainable global and regional collaborative enterprise requires the parallel accompaniment of well-configured partnerships in support of cultural responsiveness and social cohesion. Through discussion of appropriate methodologies of dialogue and discourse, the identification and statement of objectives for this study, as well as the design, elaboration and configuration of its research framework, aimed to contribute towards furthering debate surrounding the integration of prevailing theoretical approaches, in order to gain a better understanding of the linkages and dynamics between peacebuilding initiatives, conflict resolution processes, and effective and sustainable leadership. Dialogue is adopted as the key component in the design of an effective model and architecture for peace building. The enquiry underscores emerging gaps that require addressing, and which may then highlight zones of ambiguity, or dialectics between action and practice, and between researcher and practitioner.

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Homan, Melicent L. « The Will Still Speaks When Nature Is Silent ». University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1085509509.

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Flodén, Linn. « Nature Conservation, Collaboration and Claims : A Discourse Analysis of the Vålådalen-Sylarna-Helags National Park Process ». Thesis, Umeå universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-179888.

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As a policy field, nature conservation has a problematic history. Setting aside nature forprotection has often entailed the marginalization of Indigenous peoples, their claims, and their traditional lands. Some argue that a shift is occurring in Swedish nature protection policies, from top-down governing modes to collaborative forms. The thesis critically examines the national park process in Vålådalen-Sylarna-Helags, a project unique for nature conservation in Saepmie. No national park was established despite the process’ collaborative form and the inclusion of local actors, among those three reindeer herding communities. The thesis studies discursive constructions of the local Saemie actors’ inclusion and how that affects their possible influence. Moreover, it analyzes central constructions and considers their effects on the projectand change over time. The results show that inclusion is articulated differently by state actorsand reindeer herding communities, limiting and making possible varying forms of influence. The landscape and natural state are central constructions affecting the process, and the project’s aim transforms with significant consequences for the process and possibly its result.

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Hughes, Malcolm William Herbert. « The nature and content of post-observational discourse between school-based mentors and student teachers ». Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2001. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10020378/.

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Mohammadi, Nahid. « Transformational subjectivity : a Foucauldian discourse analysis of "identity", "gender" and "nature" in Adrienne Rich's poetry ». kostenfrei kostenfrei, 2007. http://d-nb.info/988881195/34.

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Adams, Sabirah. « Nature as children's space : considerations for children's subjective well-being ». University of the Western Cape, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5226.

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The emerging interest in 'spaces of childhood' over the past two decades can be identified in a number of disciplines. A substantial body of research has indicated that children's active engagement within the natural environment as a space has been associated with a range of cognitive, physical, affective, and moral developmental benefits. Given the exponential growth in research on children and nature interactions, it was imperative to explore how children make sense of nature and the influence this has on children's subjective well-being (SWB) to address the current dearth in the literature; both internationally and in South Africa. The aim of the study was to explore children's engagement with natural spaces. Within this process the study aimed to explore the extent to which children's engagement with natural spaces influences their SWB. The specific objectives of the study were: 1) To systematically review and synthesise the findings regarding children's understandings and engagement with nature as a space (Chapter Four- Article 1 using a systematic review methodology); 2) To explore the relationship between children's environmental perceptions and their subjective well-being (Chapter Five- Article 2 using Structural Equation Modeling); 3) To explore how children discursively construct natural spaces and the influence on their subjective wellbeing, using specific discursive resources and repertoires to construct and assign meaning to their engagement with natural space, and how their constructions and assignations are manifested in their discourses (Chapter Six- Article 3 using discourse analysis); and 4) To explore children's representations and perceptions of natural spaces using photovoice and community mapping (Chapter Seven- Article 4 using thematic analysis). The study employed a mixed methods approach to gain an inclusive understanding of children's daily lives. In advancing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), the study included children as key agents and valid constructors of knowledge, with crucial contributions to make about their well-being. The study comprised three phases; Phase One encompassed a systematic review which aims to explore how children make sense of, assign meaning to, and perceive natural spaces (addressing objective 1). Phase Two and Three constituted the mixed methods study: Phase Two included the quantitative phase (addressing objective 2) and Phase Three included the qualitative phase (addressing objective 3 and 4) with children between 12-14 years of age. Phase Two encompassed a cross-sectional survey design with children aged 12 years in the Western Cape province of South Africa, and included a final sample of 1004 children. Phase Three employed a qualitative methodological design utilising focus group interviews, photovoice, and community mapping across three diverse communities in both urban and rural geographical locations. While Phase Two showed no significant relationship between children's engagement in natural spaces (using Structural Equation Modeling) and their subjective well-being, the findings from the qualitative phase, utilising participatory methods, showed that socio-economic status (SES) was a key defining factor influencing how children made sense of their lives. The narratives of children from the low SES communities indicated that safety was a pervasive concern for children, with many having experienced first-hand negative experiences in their neighbourhoods. Many of these experiences have occurred in nature, which resulted in nature being constructed as synonymous with danger, while children from the middle SES community did not perceive safety as a concern in their community. Thus evincing the nuances which exist in children's understandings. Although children's environments are inherently unsafe, an important finding was that nature positively influenced children's subjective well-being. Given the significant role that nature plays in influencing children's subjective well-being, we advance children's environmental subjective well-being (ESWB) which merges the fields of environmental psychology and positive psychology which essentially have a shared goal of enhancing people's quality of life. 'Good places' for children should therefore give preference to children's safety in their neighbourhoods, as well as affording children opportunities for engagement in natural spaces which enhances their subjective well-being and life satisfaction. The study points to the need for environmental education in the formal and informal spaces which children inhabit, to foster an intrinsic care for nature.
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von, Buttlar Antonia Sophia. « Challenges in Challenging Menstrual Discourse : An Inquiry into the Nature of Dominating Social Discourse on Menstruation, and the Human Rights Agenda to Challenge its Effects ». Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21043.

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Recent developments have seen a rise in empirical attempts to challenge the persistently negative sociocultural attitudes toward menstruation. The thesis proposes a Foucauldian feminist conception, as well as the identification of the three elements stigmatization, medicalization and commercialization, to provide a comprehensive theoretical framework conceptualizing dominant menstrual discourse and its effects, based on which the empirical contemporary UN human rights agenda on the topic is approached. The findings, methodologically arrived at through the means of Directed Content Analysis, thereby generate both, an understanding of strengths and weaknesses in contemporary empirical attempts to challenge the effects of dominant menstrual discourse on women, and an exemplification of the utility of social science theory for human rights research in the realm of menstruation. Most importantly, the theoretical framework on dominant menstrual discourse indicates the need of holistically addressing all three formative elements, in order not to risk a perpetuation of its effects.

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Ferns, Jan George. « Organizing nature as business : discursive struggles, the global ecological crisis, and a social-symbolic deadlock ». Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/25847.

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Despite looming ecological disaster, a persistent state of insufficient action seems commonplace amongst most organizations. This thesis critically explores how this impasse is constituted by discursive struggles surrounding the global ecological crisis. These struggles are situated within the context of global environmental governance – a power arena that has, over the past 25 years, become a defining battleground regarding environmental sustainability. Here, discourses of the ecological crisis are constituted by political contests amongst, most notably, multinational corporations, civil society organizations, and (trans)national policy actors. This thesis draws mainly from post-structural discourse theory, coupled with critical perspectives on organizations and the natural environment, to explore both the discursive practices that fix meanings surrounding the global ecological crisis, and the power effects thereof. The primary source of data is text – this study is explicitly interested in how discourses of the global ecological crisis evolve as the natural environment is (mis)represented in organizational disclosures. Despite recognition by management and organization scholars that the natural environment is indeed constructed, a functional separation between business and nature persists, the relationship of which is mostly examined from a firm-centric perspective. However, sustainability issues such as climate change transcend the confines of firm activity and operate across spatial and temporal dimensions. Hence, there is an urgent need to reconsider the business-nature dualism. To do so, this study adopts a multi-level, multi-method approach that permits a necessary degree of analytical and theoretical flexibility. The four individual articles that encompass this work, whilst drawing from different theoretical approaches, along with focusing on different levels of analysis, are underpinned by the contentious intersection between discourse, organizations and the natural environment. The first article concerns ‘macro talk’ and, operating on the field level, explores how a dominant understanding of business’ role in sustainable development is constituted during the UN Earth Summits in 1992, 2002, and 2012. The second article regards ‘corporate talk’ and, this time on an organizational level, examines how tensions between economic growth and environmental protection are avoided by the European oil and gas supermajors—BP, Shell and Total—through the practice of mythmaking. The third article takes a longitudinal approach and, also concerning ‘corporate talk’, examines how BP rearticulated a hegemonic discourse of fossil fuels, which, when enacted, reproduces corporate inaction on climate change. Finally, the fourth article emphasizes ‘resistance talk’, focusing on how climate activists, as part of the global fossil fuel divestment movement, engage in certain micro-level practices as they attempt to stigmatize the fossil fuel industry. In all, the findings from these articles suggest that organizations both represent nature as something to be conquered, dominated, and valued economically and as a pristine wilderness to be preserved for the enjoyment of future generations. In pursuing these two extremes concurrently, organizations self-perpetuate a social-symbolic deadlock that hinders finding sustainable ways for human systems to coexist with natural systems. This thesis contributes mainly to literature on organizations and the natural environment by illustrating how certain practices, mechanisms, and processes continuously redefine the business-nature relationship by facilitating a discursive struggle across multiple spatial and temporal dimensions. In doing so, there are implications both for policy and business organizations, which are discussed in the concluding chapter of this work.

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Gichobi, Mary Njeri. « Influence of mathematics curriculum implementation strategies on nature of instructional tasks, classroom discourse, and student learning ». [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1461849.

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Rosenberg, Brett Allen. « Describing the nature of interpreter-mediated doctor-patient communication : a quantitative discourse analysis of community interpreting / ». Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3008433.

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Rubin, Félice. « A Discourse Analysis of Anthropocene in IHOPE Publications : Is There a Place for Archaeology ? » Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-413889.

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This thesis explores in what way the organisation IHOPE discuss the concept of Anthropocene in text. The texts analysed are based on a selection from publications on IHOPE’s webpage that encompass the word ‘Anthropocene’. The thesis further discusses the role of archaeology in the Anthropocene debate and glances at the agency theory in a discussion of the emergence of Anthropocene as defined as a new geological era. The thesis also discusses this definition and compares it to other alternative definitions as well as diving into the debate of the starting point of this proposed era. A short introduction is made of environmental determinism and its role in archaeology, and how that possibly relates to the background for the idea of Anthropocene. The texts analysed are presented through John Dryzek’s categories for discourse analysis on environmental issues in order to answer the research questions.
Studien utforskar hur organisationen IHOPE diskuterar konceptet Antropocen i sina texter. Texterna som analyseras baseras på ett urval av publikationer från IHOPE:s hemsida, specifikt de som använder ordet ‘Antropocen’. Studien diskuterar även rollen för arkeologi i debatten kring Antropocen och tittar på agensteori i en diskussion kring uppkomsten av Antropocen i dess definition som en geologisk period. Studien diskuterar även denna definition and jämför den med andra definitioner samt dyker in i debatten gällande när denna geologiska period anses ha börjat. En kort introduktion till miljödeterminism ges och dess roll inom arkeologi samt hur det kan relatera till bakgrunden för idén om Antropocen. Texterna som analyseras presenteras genom användningen av John Dryzeks kategorier som är utformade för diskursanalyser av miljörelaterade frågor. Metoden används för att söka besvara forskningsfrågorna.

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Clarke, Joanne M. « The political nature of conflict : Mediation as a discursive practice in family dispute resolution ». Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2020. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/135970/1/Joanne_Clarke_Thesis.pdf.

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This thesis explores the ways the dominant discourses of conflict resolution, legal rationality and parenting in family law shape the practice of mediation in family dispute resolution (FDR). A feminist post-structural analysis identifies contradictions and gaps in practice, particularly those arising when working with families with a history of domestic violence. This research challenges the notions of objectivity, neutrality and participant self-determination and argues instead for a reconceptualisation of mediation to take account of power relations and adopt critical postmodern understandings of power in order to navigate some of the challenges inherent in the practice of mediation.

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Humphrey, Mathew. « Re-framing justificatory discourse in the philosophy and politics of nature preservation : beyond the ecocentric-humanist divide ». Thesis, University of Oxford, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.285219.

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Pinheiro, Claudiomiro Visca. « AS REPRESENTAÇÕES DE NATUREZA E O DISCURSO DO MOVIMENTO DOS ATINGIDOS POR BARRAGENS : UMA LEITURA À PARTIR DO CAMPO AMBIENTAL ». Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2009. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/8843.

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The main proposal of this work is to make the analysis of the discourse of the Movement of Dam-Affected People (MAB). Search through the study of the nature of the representations contained in this speech, discussing some aspects that circumvent what today is called the environmental issue. In this case it is accepted the social constructionism and the use of methodological tools for the social field as argued in favor of the existence of several discursive matrices, which give the speech about the nature of the characteristic polyphony. Thus, the literature review and analysis of discourse seeks to discover historical and social training of the speech, and thus consider that these are constitutive and instrumental in its understanding. Begins with a brief contextualization of the concepts about the nature in the Western world throughout history, reaching the examination of the main currents of contemporary environmentalism. The chronicle reveals competition highlights the current discourse, in which the discourse has a membership required to depictions of nature through the ages. It is concluded that the speech of the Movement of Dam- Affected People has the structure necessary for the mobilization of affected communities, since it is used to anchor in the representations in the everyday life of these populations. Similarly the signs of a mythical character in the discourse of the movement are mobilizing society in general, given the strong presence of nature sanction in the popular imagination. From the perspective of constructionism, the environmental field and the discourse analysis, the position of actors and power relations in capitalist society, should be the main objects to be targeted if the goal is to understand what really is the nature in a discourse rather than what we pretend to common sense.
A proposta principal deste trabalho é efetuar a análise do discurso do Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens (MAB), além de buscar elementos que permitam dissertar sobre este e sua posição o campo ambiental. Através do estudo das representações acerca da natureza contidas no discurso, discutem-se alguns aspectos que contornam o que hoje denomina-se de questão ambiental. Nesse caso aceita-se o construcionismo social e o recurso metodológico do campo social como ferramentas para argumentar em favor da existência de diversas matrizes discursivas, que conferem ao discurso sobre o ambiente a característica da polifonia. O método deste trabalho apóia-se principalmente na revisão bibliográfica e na análise de discurso, utilizando-se de fragmentos de textos contidos na mídia impressa de duas campanhas do MAB como material empírico. Discutem-se primeiramente os aspectos históricos e sociais formadores do discurso ambiental, uma vez que estes são constitutivos e determinantes para o seu entendimento. Inicia-se com um breve relato a respeito das representações atribuídas ao mundo natural no ocidente ao longo da história, para logo após examinarem-se algumas das principais correntes do ambientalismo contemporâneo. Uma vez que utiliza-se da ancoragem nas representações presentes no cotidiano das populações de atingidos por barragens, o discurso do Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens possui a estruturação necessária para a mobilização das comunidades atingidas, colocando-se em determinados momentos como um contraponto daquelas representações contidas no discurso oficial e/ou hegemônico à respeito das questões ambientais. Por outro lado, o relato histórico coloca em evidência uma determinada filiação das representações atuais de natureza com aquelas construídas no passado. Assim, os signos de uma natureza mítica presentes no discurso do movimento podem obter a força mobilizadora em outros setores sociais, dada a forte presença da natureza sacralizada no imaginário popular. Sob a ótica do construcionismo, do campo ambiental e da análise de discurso, a posição dos agentes e as relações de poder na sociedade capitalista, devem ser os principais objetos a serem focalizados quando a meta é compreender o que realmente representa a natureza em determinado discurso, em detrimento daquilo que apregoa o senso comum.

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Mosley, Evan Christopher. « The Commodification of Nature : Power/Knowledge and REDD+ in Costa Rica ». Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/83809.

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Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) is a global carbon trading program intent on mitigating or reversing carbon emissions from forestry in the global south. REDD+ was negotiated at the 2005 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and is coordinated by the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), administered by the World Bank Group. In this project, I explore REDD+ activity in Costa Rica, drawing on Michel Foucault's concept of governmentality. Costa Rica became a participant in the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility in July of 2008. Since then, indigenous peoples throughout the country have contested the program. This project is a single-case study of the Bribri contestation of REDD+ schemes, one of the larger indigenous communities in Costa Rica. Bribri argue that REDD+ disrespects their worldview and further endangers their local rights to land and forestry. This project argues that REDD+ and Bribri have different perceptions of nature, enabling disagreement on REDD+ goals. Whereas REDD+ perceives nature as commodifiable for the purposes of neoliberal climate policies, Bribri express a spiritual, harmonious relationship with nature. I conclude by noting that REDD+ can pose negative implications for indigenous life and culture. This is not only because REDD+ draws external and domestic actors to land and forestry for incentive-based purposes. But also because REDD+ defines 'rightful behavior' among forestry resources, challenging indigenous conceptions of environmental management. However, the Bribri are resisting REDD+ imposition and, particularly, the program's external governing of indigenous behavior amongst forests.
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Reimerson, Elsa. « Nature, culture, rights : exploring space for indigenous agency in protected area discourses ». Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-110737.

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There is considerable geographical overlap between areas set aside for nature conservation or protection and Indigenous peoples’ lands, and the social, economic, and political consequences of protected areas have often been extensive for Indigenous peoples. Discourses of conservation converge with discourses of Indigenous peoples, and both carry a legacy of colonial constructs and relationships. With these overlaps as a point of departure, the purpose of this thesis is to explore how the discourses that govern nature conservation and protected areas shape the conditions for Indigenous peoples’ influence and participation in the governance and management of protected areas on their lands. I pursue this aim by analyzing, and critically examining the consequences of, the construction of Indigenous subject positions and conditions for agency in discourses of nature conservation and protected areas. The empirical focus of the thesis lies with international discourses of protected areas and Indigenous peoples and on local and national discourses articulated in relation to two cases of protected areas in Sápmi. My analytical framework builds on postcolonial theory and discourse theory. I use space for agency as a concept to describe and analyze the effects of the discursive positionings and constructions that shape the ability or capacity of individuals or group to act or to be perceived as legitimate actors. My results show twomain articulations of Indigenous subject positions in protected area discourses, which enable and restrain the space for Indigenous agency in different ways. One articulation connects Indigenous peoples to conservation through the concept of traditional knowledge, thereby positioning Indigenous subjects mainly as holders of traditional knowledge and justifying Indigenous influence by its potential contribution to conservation objectives. The other articulation focuses on the rights pertaining to Indigenous peoples as peoples, including land rights and the right to selfdetermination. These articulations are not necessarily mutually exclusive, but they have potentially different consequences and indicate discursive tensions that can affect the space for Indigenous agency in relation to protected areas. Moreover, my results demonstrate the hegemony of discourses that takes conservation through area protection for granted and subordinates Indigenous land use to conservation objectives, structure Indigenous agency as “participation” in specific types of arrangement, and articulate Indigenous rights in relation to hegemonic constructions of sovereignty, self-determination, and rights. These hegemonic formations silence articulations that would challenge the authority of colonizing societies over Indigenous territories, suppress radical critique of the fundamental nature of arrangements for protected area governance and management, and subdue alternatives to discourses of contemporary liberal democracy and individual property rights.

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Ford, Anna Jane. « Endangered bodies : woman and nature in the contemporary British novel by women writers ». Thesis, Brunel University, 2004. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/5793.

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Criticism that involves the linkage of the terms ‘environment’ and ‘literature’, or ‘ecocriticism’, has focused largely on texts such as nature writing or on fiction that is set in rural or wilderness settings. This project attempts to widen the scope of ecocriticism by analysing the contemporary British novel, in which nature conceived in such stereotypical ways is largely absent. However, in my analysis of the fifteen texts selected here, I demonstrate that British women writers employ new discursive constructions of nature in order to contest deterministic formulations that subjugate both women and nature. My focus on female textual bodies enables me to explore representations of the fluid interfaces of nature and culture. In my analysis of novels from an environmental standpoint, `environment' is reconceived to refer to `where we live, work, and play' and may include not only the countryside and urban nature, but also the female body itself. Thus, the nature of my title is an inclusive term that includes contemporary discourses of nature employed by the sciences of biomedicine, genetics and technology. This project examines the ecofeminist premise that discourses of mastery not only affect subjugated others such as women, animals and others, but also influence the treatment of the natural environment. Analysing novels that employ forms of embodiment that foreground extreme bodily conditions such as pregnancy, monstrosity and death, I employ the theoretical constructs of Mikhail Bakhtin (the grotesque body, carnivalisation and dialogism) and Julia Kristeva's notion of abjection as tools of analysis to provide a new conception of ecological bodies. Novelists such as Jeanette Winterson, Fay Weldon, Penelope Lively, Zadie Smith, Margaret Drabble, Kathy Lette and Eva Figes provide a wide range of viewpoints from which to gather evidence of the insistence of the recurring trope of the endangered body within the troubled landscape of contemporary Britain.

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Marchesi, Silvia. « The natural mother : Discourse and representation of motherhood in an Italian Facebook group ». Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Tema Genus, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-148473.

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Nature still plays a prominent role in shaping social expectations about the tasks of parents, especially mothers. The transition from the previous model of mothering and the contemporary one in Italy is definitely characterized by a revival of what is perceived as the ancient way of childrearing. At the same time, nature is also used to establish ideas about women and motherhood that are socially constructed. The gender inequality that characterizes maternity is somehow justified as part of an inevitable process where it is only or mainly the mother who has to stay home and provide care for children. The belief is well-established in Italian society and many women embrace it without any questioning. This research seeks to understand the appeal that the concept of the natural mother exercises today on many women. Empirically, the focus is on the Italian context. Departing from questions coming from the personal experience of motherhood, the author carried out an investigation of a Facebook group that provides support and information about a natural approach to motherhood. Ecofeminist and intersectional theory have been used in order to address the thorny relationship between women and nature. With the aid of discourse analysis and online ethnography methods, the author tried to disclose contemporary use of nature in the cultural representation of maternity. The study reveals the role that breastfeeding plays in present-day Italy in modeling a natural approach to motherhood. More precisely, breastfeeding is the core for understanding the idea of the natural mother. The significance of the research is that it highlights how breastfeeding raises the contradiction of the natural motherhood approach: on the one hand, it claims a stronger voice for women’s needs and expectations of their pregnancy and maternity experiences; on the other, it supports a conservative rhetoric about gender roles.

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Gill, Marianne E. « The Nature of Transfer from the Concepts and Vocabulary Taught in a Character Education Unit to Students Classroom Discourse ». BYU ScholarsArchive, 2010. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2579.

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This action research study was conducted to inform my teaching practices on character education. The purpose of this study was to better understand the nature of transfer from the concepts of character taught in lessons to students' classroom discourse. Data were systematically collected from student comments, class meetings, and student reflection journals during a 13-week character education unit. Their discourse was coded and analyzed for evidence of transfer through an iterative process that allowed for ongoing comparison of the data. Evidence of transfer was identified only once prior to the eleventh week of the study. However,during the eleventh week, evidence of transfer was identified in the discourse of nine out of the 31 student-participants and continued to be evident in the data throughout the remainder of the study. Implications for my teaching based on the findings of the study focused on the importance of time in relation to transfer, the role of specific strategies for enhancing transfer, and the importance of understanding how to identify evidence of transfer.

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Buchanan, Lauren-Ashley. « The dilemmatic nature of luring communication : an action-implicative discourse analysis of online predator and P-J member interaction ». Diss., University of Iowa, 2016. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/3054.

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The occurrence of child sex abuse in the United States has long been considered a problem of paramount importance (e.g. Durkin, 2002; Howitt, 2008; Jenkins, 1998). Historically, the primary assumption was that the sexual solicitation of children occurred face-to-face. However, with the advent of communication technologies, people began to realize the internet's role in child solicitation. In an effort to combat this mode of child luring, a concerned citizen created P-J, an organization that seeks to identify and incriminate online predators (OPs). Members of this organization (PJMs) wait in online spaces for OPs to approach them. Then PJMs communicate as if they are minors to gather incriminating evidence against the OPs. PJMs and OPs have incompatible goals for their interactions. OPs' aim to foster a sexual relationship with a minor without being punished for it. PJMs' aim to gather enough evidence against OPs to convict them and prevent the future luring of children. To accomplish these goals, PJMs and OPs communicate with each other and face unique dilemmas in doing so. The current dissertation employs Action-Implicative Discourse Analysis (AIDA; Tracy, 1995), a theory-method package that helps identify strategies used by interactants to address their institutionally based communicative dilemmas, to answer the research questions: 1) How do PJMs communicatively address their dilemma of encouraging online predators to pursue sexual contact without entrapping or making OPs suspicious, and 2) How do OPs communicatively address their dilemma of seducing their targets without getting caught or scaring off the presumed minor? By doing so, the project expands extant knowledge of grooming and computer-mediated self-presentation. It also extends the use of AIDA to contexts beyond organizations and formal institutions. Through the sampling and constant comparison procedure of 40 PJM-OP instant messenger transcripts provided by the organization's website, the researcher identified four overarching categories of strategies that PJMs used to manage their dilemma: Target Presentation, OP Safety, Sexual/Relational Contribution Management, and Bust Facilitation. The researcher also identified five overarching categories of strategies for OPs: Identity Establishment, Relationship Management, Safety Precautions, Sexual Communication Engagement, and Meet Facilitation. Within these categories are many strategies PJMs and OPs utilized in an effort to address their dilemmas of attaining their goals while avoiding risks. By identifying the aforementioned strategies, the researcher satisfied her primary goal of recognizing and understanding how PJMs and OPs attempt to reach their respective goals while avoiding risks. In addition to fulfilling this primary goal, the results of this project entail implications for several different lines of research. Specifically, the results of this dissertation extend research on traditional and online grooming, self-presentation online, and AIDA. The results also provide practical implications concerning what adolescents should be wary of when communicating with unknown others online. Additionally, the study has the capacity to help PJMs become more aware of OPs' strategies as well as their own. This awareness could help PJMs more efficiently train new PJMs and gain a deeper understanding of their interactions.

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Lundy, Melinda M. « The nature of questioning moves used by exemplary teachers during reading instruction ». [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2008. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002546.

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Callahan, Brendan E. « Enhancing nature of science understanding, reflective judgment, and argumentation through socioscientific issues ». [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2009. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0003291.

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Adolphe, Michèle. « Réalités et efficacités de la "Trame Verte et Bleue" à la Réunion : le paysage comme outil de médiation pour analyser les représentations sociales des trames écologiques ». Thesis, La Réunion, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LARE0040.

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L'outil « Trame Verte et Bleue », alliant biodiversité et aménagement du territoire, a aujourd’hui pleinement intégré la planification territoriale, sur les territoires national et ultramarin. Néanmoins, dans les DOM, la mise en place de cet outil s'est confrontée à de toutes autres réalités. C'est pourquoi ce projet doctoral a choisi d'étudier l’exemple de La Réunion, précurseur dans la transcription de cette politique d’aménagement. Depuis 2014, La Réunion possède des cartographies des réseaux écologiques régionaux, établies pour accompagner les acteurs locaux. Pour autant, seuls les espaces naturels protégés ont été considérés dans les projets de territoire, laissant ainsi pour compte les espaces de nature ordinaire. Pour comprendre ce manque d'adhésion, un travail de type sociologique a été mené pour cerner les réalités politiques et sociales inhérentes à la TVB. Si pour les professionnels de l'aménagement la planification de secteurs à enjeux pour préserver la biodiversité tombe sous le sens, pour les institutions cet outil est perçu comme un moyen de promouvoir le développement de l'île. Pour les autres usagers, la TVB reste un concept ignoré. Cependant, pour eux, la biodiversité est étroitement liée au paysage quotidien et ils la perçoivent principalement par les services écosystémiques. La traduction cartographique de ces résultats a permis d'identifier d'une part des secteurs d'intérêts écologiques porteurs d'une demande sociale collective, d'autre part des secteurs exclus de cette demande qui peuvent subir des dégradations. Ainsi, pour maintenir un bon fonctionnement des réseaux écologiques, il est aujourd'hui nécessaire d'agir sur les perceptions paysagères
Today the green and blue belt network is a tool, which combines biodiversity and regional development policy and fully integrates territorial planning in national and overseas territories. Nevertheless, the implementation of this tool is confronted with other realities in the French overseas departments. That is the reason why this doctoral project aims to study the case of Reunion island as a forerunner in the transcribing of this spatial planning.Reunion island possesses mapping of regional ecological networks drawn up to accompany the local actors since 2014. However, only protected natural areas had been taken into account in regional projects while leaving behind ordinary nature areas. In order to understand this lack of acceptance, a sociological work was conducted to identify the political and social realities related to the green and blue belt network. If planning issue area to preserve the biodiversity is obvious for planning professionals, this tool is seen as a way to promote the development of the island for institutions. For the other users, the green and blue belt network keeps being pushed aside. However, to them biodiversity is closely tied to the daily lansdscape and they mainly perceive it through ecosystem services.A mapping plan of these results allowed to identify on the one hand areas of ecological interest holding a common social demand, and on the other hand areas excluded from this demand, which may undergo degradation. Therefore, it is now necessary to work on landscape perceptions so that ecological networks can remain functional

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Farzin, Maziar. « Det svenska områdesskyddet : Ett samspel mellan diskurs och institutioner ». Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för livsvetenskaper, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-3919.

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Sweden has had laws protecting nature for about a hundred years. In this paper the views of nature and the values that serve as a rationale for protective measures are analyzed as results of a social process characterized by the dialectic relationship between institutions and discourse. Critical discourse analysis (CDA) is used to study this relationship and the discursive practices used by institutions, which reproduce or reshape views of nature that define the relationship between society and nature. Institutional design contributes to shaping discourse in the field of nature protection, while being originally shaped by discourse. In Sweden, the national park is an institution that reproduces a view of nature as the wild and untamed opposite of society, and the natural reserves reproduce a view of nature as holder of a multi-faceted set of values intertwined with society. However, the most recently formed national park, the marine national park of the Koster sea includes resource values that threaten the hegemony of arcadian discourse within the institution and indicates social change.

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Goetze, Tara C. Feit Harvey A. « Muddy waters : conservation discourse and the politics of power in marine park co-management in Belize / ». *McMaster only, 2005.

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Potter, Emily Claire. « Disconcerting ecologies : representations of non-indigenous belonging in contemporary Australian literature and cultural discourse ». Title page, contents and abstract only, 2003. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09php865.pdf.

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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 313-325) Specific concern is the poetic, as well as literal, significance given to the environment, and in particular to land, as a measure of belonging in Australia. Environment is explored in the context of ecologies, offered here as an alternative configuration of the nation, and in which the subject, through human and non-human environmental relations, can be culturally and spatially positioned. Argues that both environment and ecology are narrowly defined in dominant discourses that pursue an ideal, certain and authentic belonging for non-indigenous Australians.

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Bergman, Cecilia. « Att undvika den störande kvisten. Naturfotografers natursyn ». Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23367.

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Syftet med den här studien är att öka kunskapen om naturfotografers natursyn. Studien baseras på kvalitativa intervjuer med sex naturfotografer. Som teori används Hannigans typologi över 1900-talets utveckling av miljödiskurser som inkluderar den arkadiska dis- kursen, ekosystemdiskursen och rättvisediskursen. Naturfotografi är ett exempel på den arka- diska diskursen, och min studie visar att det är den starkaste diskursen inom det naturfoto- grafiska fältet även om vissa fotograferar dessutom ansluter sig till ekosystemdiskursen och rättvisediskursen. Den arkadiska diskursen påverkar både hur naturfotografer konstruerar naturen och utvecklingspotentialen för naturfotografin. Den utveckling som Hannigan ser som en samhällelig utveckling över tid av diskurserna kan också ses som en individuell utveckling hos fotograferna. Efter en tids fotograferande börjar man röra sig ifrån den arkadiska diskursen och ifrågasätta idén om den vackra naturbilden.
The aim of this study is to increase the knowledge of nature photographers’ view on nature. The study is founded in qualitative interviews with six nature photographers. Hannigans typology of environmental discourse development during the twentieth century is used as theory for the study, including the arcadian, ecosystem and social justice discourse. Nature photography is an example of the arcadian discourse and my study shows that it is the strongest discourse in the field of nature photography, although some nature photographers also adhere to the ecosystem and social justice discourses. The arcadian discourse affects both how nature photographers construct nature and the potential for development of nature photography. The development of discourses over time that Hannigan sees in society can also be seen in individual photographers; following some time of photographing they move from the arcadian discourse and start questioning the beautiful nature photography as a concept.

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Hunte, Zhane. « ‘Female Nature, Cucks, and Simps’ : Understanding Men Going Their Own Way as part of the Manosphere ». Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-387907.

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The main aim of this thesis was to examine the ‘Men Going Their Own Way’ (r/MGTOW) community on Reddit. This aim was carried out by exploring (1) the themes perpetuated in the community, (2) how r/MGTOW fits in the contemporary ‘manosphere’, (3) the linguistic identity of its users, (4) the presence of hegemonic and inclusive masculinity, and lastly (5) the role of social media logics on r/MGTOW. The theoretical framework was comprised of theories about the characteristics of the manosphere, linguistic identity, hegemonic masculinity theory and inclusive masculinity theory, discourse, and social media logics.The analysis was comprised of research tools from Thematic Analysis, Content Analysis, and Foucauldian discourse analysis. The Content Analysis was facilitated by qualitative and quantitative software, WordStat. Through the use of these tools it was found that female nature, feminism, masculinity, society, and self-improvement were common themes in the community. Furthermore, masculinity, the dismissal of femininity, and a distinct lingua franca were elements that created a common antifeminist identity among the r/MGTOW users. Alleged scientific theories and beliefs about female nature and feminism were used as means to justify the position of men as victims. And lastly, most of the ideals of hegemonic masculinity, except for stoicism, were accepted.Taking social media logic into account, we see that users on certain platforms can boost certain content. This principle also applies to Reddit, which is the platform that hosts r/MGTOW. Therefore, research should further explore if online platforms can be held accountable for user-generated content. Additionally, further research should look into other methods for conduction the analysis, such as interviews, and should consider cross-fertilization of ideas between different manospherian communities. And ultimately, concepts such as victimization and identity formation online ought to be examined in this setting to acquire a broader understanding of the manosphere. The limitations of this thesis are the short timeframe of study and the lack of data triangulation.

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Lomas, Dennis Ray. « The eye's mind, a philosophical discourse on the non-inferential and conceptual nature of visual perception and its implications for educational theory ». Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ50016.pdf.

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Fontenot, M. Christian-Gahn. « Empire, Imagined Nature, and the Great White Horizon| Polar Discourse, Transition, and the Sublime in Mid-Victorian and Modern Imperial British Culture ». Thesis, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1592997.

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This project seeks to understand the relationship between discursive practices and the conceptions of nature, heroism, and masculinity found in Victorian and modern Imperial British culture. It does this by tracing two interwoven stories that materialized in the North and South Poles. The first being concerned with how polar landscape was perceived and created as Sublime by the discursive practices of explorers, authors, artists, and the press. The second being concerned with how polar discourse was used and influenced by British imperial rhetoric. In such a context, there was an opportunity for the British Empire to create a space that reclaimed and “proved” the unchanging presence of mid-Victorian Britishness. Even in its decline, the Empire was able to push forth the idea that modernism, war, and flux would not hold sway over the British spirit itself. Relying on expedition narratives, literary publications, paintings, and press coverage, this work highlights the importance (and fluidity) of intellectual concepts and their influence over the way that space was imagined by the British. Ultimately, the project seeks to lend insight into the significant connection between polar discourse and World War I discourse, showing how the mythological way of imagining the poles became a catalyst for imagining indescribable spaces of horror during the most destructive war in European history.

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Scarton, Laura Patrícia. « DISCURSOS E REPRESENTAÇÕES SOBRE A NATUREZA : O NOVO CÓDIGO FLORESTAL BRASILEIRO ». Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2014. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/8899.

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This study aims to analyze the discourse related to the changes of the Brazilian Forest Code and the representations of Nature within this debate, using notions of Discourse Analysis Theory. The analysis rests on the dispute of opposite views established around the approval of the Law: environmentalists and ruralists. During this moment, the agents used several means to gather followers toward their vision and to influence voting. Brochures were one of the means used for this purpose. The corpus of this analysis is therefore constituted of two brochures elaborated by these two groups: the first belonging to a set of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) called SOS Forests and the second to the Brazilian National Confederation of Agriculture (CNA Brazil). The general goal of this thesis is to analyze the discourses used in these two texts. Specific goals include trying to define the idea of nature existing behind each discourse, as well as evidencing the positions-subjects established in the discussion and the meaning of the man/Nature relation to/for the subjects. Firstly, a historical review is made of the idea of Nature by western culture, from magical Nature, passing through Greece, the Middle Ages and Enlightenment until current times. A synthetic dissertation on the country s existing Forest Codes follows. After the definition of some important concepts for Discourse Analysis, the proper reading of the material begins. Each brochure presented its position in regards to the Law project that gave origin to the newest Brazilian Forest Code, consequently exposing its arguments. A game of intentions can be observed in the analyzed brochures, given that both use arguments they believe in order to convince the reader of their point of view, but this position is previous to any intention. It speaks before, determined by experience, exteriority, derived from symbolic work. The documents consider only the farmer s position-subject and the environmentalist s position-subject, not considering that these categories include a set of practices that have different meanings and refer to different relations with nature. The positions-subjects refer differently to the meaning of Nature: according to the CNA brochure, it is neither untouched nor untouchable. On the contrary, nature is conceived here in its relation with man: the environment exists and is considered in its contact and manipulation by man. In the SOS Forests brochure, however, the interface with man is always of destruction, the environment as something external to mankind which lacks protection, since the intervention of people causes damage. One can conclude that, although belonging to different discursive formations, both are aligned to an anthropocentric view of Nature, given that neither breaks with the notion that things are made for mankind. The idea of Nature is different in each one, but a deeper analysis demonstrated that both come from a close place of memory.
Este estudo busca analisar os discursos relacionados à alteração do Código Florestal Brasileiro e as representações que a Natureza ganha nesse debate, utilizando, para tanto, as noções da Teoria da Análise do Discurso. A análise recai sobre a disputa entre visões opostas estabelecidas em torno da aprovação da Lei: ambientalistas e ruralistas. Nesse momento, os agentes utilizaram de muitos meios para angariar adeptos à sua visão e influenciar a votação, sendo as cartilhas um desses meios. O corpus de análise constitui-se, então, de duas cartilhas confeccionadas por esses dois grupos: a primeira pertence a um conjunto de Organizações Não Governamentais (ONGs) denominada SOS Florestas e a segunda à Confederação Nacional da Agricultura e Pecuária do Brasil (CNA Brasil). Como objetivo geral dessa dissertação, procura-se analisar os discursos utilizados nos dois textos. Como objetivos específicos busca-se definir qual a ideia de Natureza existente atrás de cada discurso, além de evidenciar que posições-sujeito se estabelecem na discussão e como a relação homem/Natureza significa nos/para os sujeitos. Primeiramente, faz-se um resgate histórico da ideia de Natureza pela cultura ocidental desde a Natureza mágica, passando pela Grécia, Idade Média, Iluminismo e chegando aos dias atuais e disserta-se sinteticamente sobre os Códigos Florestais que existiram no País. Após a definição de alguns conceitos importantes na Análise do Discurso, passa-se à leitura do material. Cada cartilha apresentou sua posição em relação ao projeto de Lei que deu origem ao mais novo Código Florestal Brasileiro expondo, para isso, seus argumentos. Observa-se um jogo de intenções nas cartilhas analisadas, ambas utilizam os argumentos em que acreditam para convencer o leitor dos documentos do ponto de vista defendido, mas essa posição é anterior a qualquer intenção. Ela fala antes, determinada pela vivência, pela exterioridade, derivada de um trabalho simbólico. Os documentos consideram apenas a posição-sujeito agricultor e a posição-sujeito ambientalista, desconsiderando que essas categorias incluem uma diversidade de práticas que significam de formas diferentes e remetem a relações com a Natureza diversas. As posições-sujeito remetem ao sentido de Natureza: para a cartilha da CNA ela não é intocada nem intocável, ao contrário, a natureza concebida aqui é aquela em relação ao homem, o meio existe e é considerado enquanto em contato e manipulado pelo homem. Já na cartilha da SOS Florestas, a interface com o homem é sempre de destruição, o meio ambiente é algo externo à humanidade e carece de proteção, pois a intervenção das pessoas causam danos. Conclui-se que, mesmo pertencendo a formações discursivas diferentes, ambas alinham-se a uma visão antropocêntrica da Natureza, pois nenhuma rompe com a noção de que as coisas são feitas para o homem. A ideia de Natureza é diferente em cada uma, mas em uma análise mais profunda, ambas provêm de um lugar da memória próximo.

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Corrêa, Édson Luiz Pizzigatti. « Mídia regional e discurso ambiental : um estudo sobre o Jornal de Piracicaba ». Universidade de São Paulo, 2013. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/91/91131/tde-12112013-100916/.

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O presente trabalho utilizou os textos de várias épocas dos últimos 110 anos, publicados no Jornal de Piracicaba (JP), um jornal de distribuição regional para realizar uma análise de discurso. O objetivo deste estudo foi verificar as características discursivas que revelassem as representações e diferenças linguísticas a respeito da interação entre ambiente, natureza e sociedade, buscando resgatar aspectos úteis para o debate sobre as questões socioambientais. Este trabalho considera que os meios de comunicação de massa são importantes como fontes de informações para o debate de questões socioambientais. Os resultados exploratórios deste trabalho mostraram aspectos como as diferenças de vocabulário, os tipos de discursos utilizados, as semelhanças e diferenças nas representações de ambiente e natureza, assim como as temáticas presentes em cinco períodos distintos dos últimos 110 anos de existência do veículo.
This study used the texts from various periods of the last 110 years, published in the Journal of Piracicaba (JP), a journal of regional distribution to conduct a discourse analysis. The aim of this study was to determine the characteristics that reveal discursive representations and linguistic differences on the interaction between environment, nature and society, seeking to recover useful aspects to the debate on social and environmental issues. This paper considers the mass media are important sources of information for the discussion of environmental issues. The results of this exploratory work showed differences in aspects such as vocabulary, types of speeches used, the similarities and differences in the representations of the environment and nature, as well as the themes present in five distinct periods of the last 110 years of the vehicle.

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Hubert, Dalby Dienstbach. « Metaforicidade nos gêneros discursivos : a natureza das metáforas e a sua relação com os tipos de discurso ». Niterói, 2017. https://app.uff.br/riuff/handle/1/3689.

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Estudos que, ancorados em uma abordagem conceptual (cf. LAKOFF; JOHNSON, 2002 [1980]; LAKOFF, 1993), se ocupam das possíveis relações entre a natureza das metáforas e dos gêneros discursivos são relativamente recentes (cf., por exemplo, ESPÍNDOLA, 2010; STEEN et al., 2010; BERBER SARDINHA, 2011; SEMINO, 2011) e compõem um acervo pouco expressivo em comparação com o estado atual dos campos que tratam desses dois conceitos individualmente. Porém, uma observação mais cuidadosa desses fenômenos aponta para a hipótese de que a relação entre eles pode ser, de fato, sistemática e resultar, inclusive, em determinação mútua. Nessa perspectiva, este trabalho assume o objetivo de explorar essa hipótese, descrevendo e analisando as possíveis relações que poderiam, de alguma forma, se estabelecer entre os gêneros e algo pertinente à natureza da linguagem metafórica – traduzido, nesse caso, na noção de metaforicidade. Para tanto, ele se propõe a (i) investigar diferentes subsídios teóricos que se debruçam sobre os conceitos de gênero, metáfora e, principalmente, metaforicidade; (ii) estabelecer possíveis relações mutuamente determinantes entre a metaforicidade da linguagem metafórica e os tipos de discurso em que ocorre, com base no que se descobre acerca da natureza desses fenômenos; (iii) levantar e analisar dados reais em corpora pertinentes a gêneros diferentes, através da identificação de metáforas nos textos e da interpretação da sua metaforicidade em função de aspectos que caracterizam os seus gêneros; e, enfim, (iv) propor, a partir da exploração teórica feita e das evidências empíricas obtidas, explicações para as relações enunciadas na hipótese central deste trabalho. No que se refere à noção de gênero, particularmente, esta discussão se ancora em estudos de base sociocognitiva desse fenômeno (cf., por exemplo, FILLMORE, 1982; PAPLTRIDGE, 1997; BHATIA, 2004; STEEN, 2011a; VAN DIJK, 2014). Para a noção de metaforicidade, ela se ancora em visões cognitivas (cf. LAKOFF; JOHNSON, ibid.; LAKOFF, ibid.) e cognitivo-discursivas da metáfora (cf., principalmente, GOATLY, 1997; DEIGNAN, 2005; MÜLLER, 2008; STEEN, 2007; VEREZA, 2010a). A investigação referente aos primeiros objetivos deste trabalho mostra que a natureza dos gêneros e a determinação da metaforicidade compartilham diversos aspectos em níveis tanto cognitivo quanto social do uso da linguagem. A descrição e a análise das relações entre esses dois fenômenos revelam que o funcionamento de ambos no discurso, de fato, possuem implicações mútuas. Por um lado, identificam-se indícios de que a metaforicidade da lingua-gem metafórica teria alguma participação na formação do frame dos tipos de discurso em que ocorre e, por isso mesmo, na sua caracterização. Por outro lado, observa-se que o frame de certos gêneros pode intervir, em alguma medida e de alguma forma, na possibilidade de reconhecimento das metáforas presentes nos respectivos textos. A análise da metaforicidade em corpora, por sua vez, lança luz sobre que aspectos dos gêneros discursivos estariam por trás dessas relações. Sendo assim, as explicações que emergem tanto da discussão teórica quanto do levantamento empírico, conduzidos ao longo deste trabalho, embasam a plausibili-dade das relações aqui estabelecidas. O presente estudo oferece, portanto, dados significativos para uma descrição e uma análise mais acuradas dos dois fenômenos abordados, ressaltando, ainda, a importância de se considerar de que maneira os conhecimentos a respeito dos gêneros podem contribuir para um entendimento amplo da natureza e do funcionamento – social e cognitivo – das metáforas e vice versa
Few and quite new are the studies that, aligned with a conceptual perspective (cf. LAKOFF; JOHNSON 2002 [1980]; LAKOFF, 1993), address the possible relations between the nature of metaphors and discourse genres (cf., for instance, ESPÍNDOLA, 2010; STEEN et al., 2010; BERBER SARDINHA, 2011; SEMINO, 2011). Nevertheless, a closer look at both phenomena leads to the hypothesis that the relations between metaphors and genres could be systematic and mutually determinative. In an attempt at moving forward the discussion on this issue, this work addresses such a hypothesis, by describing and analyzing possible relations that could somehow be established between genres and a particular aspect of metaphorical language, that is, its metaphoricity. Thus this work aims to (i) explore different theoretical frameworks of genre, metaphor, and, especially, metaphoricity (which, broadly speaking, means the possibility of metaphor recognition); (ii) establish mutually determinative relations between the metaphoricity of metaphorical language and the genres in which it occurs, based on the accounts of both phenomena; (iii) collect and analyze authentic data, by identifying metaphorically used words in corpora of different genres and assessing their metaphoricity on the basis of activation devices; and, finally (iv) propose accounts of the relations established throughout this work, on the basis of both theoretical and empirical evidence demonstrated here. As to genres, this work is aligned with sociocognition-based studies of this phenomenon (cf., for instance, FILLMORE, 1982, PAPLTRIDGE, 1997, BHATIA, 2004; STEEN, 2011a; VAN DIJK, 2014). With regard to the notion of metaphoricity, this work is based on the conceptual theory (cf. LAKOFF; JOHNSON, ibid.; LAKOFF, ibid.), and cognitive-discursive approaches to metaphor (cf., for instance, GOATLY, 1997; DEIGNAN, 2005; MÜLLER, 2008; STEEN, 2007; VEREZA, 2010a). This work demonstrates, at first, that genres and the metaphoricity of metaphorical language relate on both cognitive and social levels and can be mutually determinative. On the one hand, prototypical metaphoricity identified in certain types of discourse instills into the formation of the frame of their genre and, thus, takes part in their characterization. On the other hand, the frame of certain genres somehow constrains the use of activation devices of metaphoricity, affecting the possibility of metaphor recognition in respective texts. The corpus analysis then casts some light on which genre aspects are apt to underlie those relations. Therefore, both theoretical and empirical evidence demonstrated throughout this work can sustain the relations which it eventually establishes. The findings from the present research also provide relevant data for an accurate description and analysis of genres and metaphors. It should be stressed, at last, that metaphor and genre studies should not overlook the contributions of our knowledge of one phenomenon to an overall understanding of the nature and both social and cognitive functioning of the other

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Hallgren, Axel. « ”Human uses carefully managed” : A critical discourse analysis of the Chagos Marine Protected Area ». Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för tema, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-153302.

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The large marine protected area (MPA) declared in 2010 around the Chagos Archipelago, also known as the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), has led to a conflict in the thick of environmental protection, colonialism, sovereignty claims, and the human rights dispute of the Chagossian people that once were exiled from the islands in the 1970s. By applying a Foucauldian inspired critical discourse analysis, this study interprets and examines how the nature/human relationship was portrayed during and after the creation of the Chagos MPA. Applying theories and concepts from political ecology and Foucault’s idea of biopower sheds new light on a conservation effort depicted as a global environmental success by some, and a geopolitical social justice disaster by others. Finally, this thesis applies Tim Ingold’s philosophical concept of the globe and sphere to discuss the implications of inclusion or withdrawal from nature.

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Frayne, Craig [Verfasser], Michael B. [Akademischer Betreuer] Hinner, Michael B. [Gutachter] Hinner et Alcina [Gutachter] Sousa. « Language games and nature : a corpus-based analysis of ecological discourse / Craig Frayne ; Gutachter : Michael B. Hinner, Alcina Sousa ; Betreuer : Michael B. Hinner ». Freiberg : Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, 2021. http://d-nb.info/1236753941/34.

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Nygren, Jennifer. « Dina fantasiparker i norr : En visuell diskursanalys av svenska nationalparkers turistbroschyrer rörande områden av fjällnatur och samebyar ». Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Tema Miljöförändring, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-159181.

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Denna uppsats ämnar till att skapa insikt och kunskap kring turistiska diskurser rörande natur, genom att undersöka vilka bilder och representationer kring natur i de svenska nationalparkerna som framhävs i turistbroschyrer, hur människa-natur-relationer framställs men även vilka implikationer det kan framkalla. Med ett avgränsat fokus på nio nationalparker som uppfyller kriterierna av fjällkaraktär eller inbegriper renskötande samebyar. Genom en visuell diskursanalys som metod har turistbroschyrernas bilder, texter och kartor analyserats med applicering av Foucaults diskursperspektiv där makt, kunskap och sanning är centrala begrepp. Resultatet denna studie påvisar är att de diskursiva formationerna består av tre huvuddrag gällande naturen. Den framställs som något exotisk, externt, sublimt, orörd och förhistorisk, men även som en tillgänglig och romantiserad plats för just turisten ifråga samtidigt som naturen porträtteras som något speciellt för Sverige vilket då också symboliserar dess identitet. Turisten porträtteras även som tillfällig besökare, vars relation till naturen särskiljs från samers, vilka istället framställs som ”naturliga” sevärdheter för turisten. Allt som allt resulterar denna studie i ett igenfyllande av en kunskapslucka gällande olika praktikers framställande av representationer kring svenska nationalparker, samtidigt som den påvisar liknande representationer som tidigare studier resulterat i.
This essay aims to create insight and knowledge about tourist discourses regarding nature, by examining which images and representations about nature in the Swedish national parks that are highlighted in tourist brochures, how human-nature relations are produced, but also what implications it can induce. With a delimited focus on nine national parks that meet the criteria of mountain nature or include reindeer herding Sami villages. Through a visual discourse analysis as a method, the pictures, texts, and maps of the tourist brochures have been analyzed with the application of Foucault's discourse perspective where power, knowledge, and truth are central concepts. The result of this study is that the discursive formations consist of three main features of nature. It is presented as something exotic, externally, sublime, untouched, and prehistoric, but also as an accessible and romanticized place for the tourist, and at the same time as something special for Sweden, which symbolizes its identity. The tourist is portrayed as a temporary visitor, whose relation to nature is distinguished from Sami people, who instead are presented as "natural" attractions for the tourist. All in all, this study results in a refilling of a knowledge gap regarding the presentation of representations by various practitioners about Swedish national parks, while at the same time demonstrating similar representations that previous studies have resulted in.

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Anderson-Pence, Katie L. « Examining the Impact of DIfferent Virtual Manipulative Types on the Nature of Students' SMall-Group Discussions : An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Case Study of Techno-Mathematical Discourse ». DigitalCommons@USU, 2014. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2176.

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This study examined the influence of different virtual manipulative types on the nature of students’ techno-mathematical discourse (TMD) when working with a partner. The research used a concurrent mixed-methods design using identical samples to compare and synthesize the results. For this study, six fifth-grade students participated in nine sessions of mathematics instruction using virtual manipulatives. The study compared three virtual manipulative types: combined (multiple representations, open environment), pictorial (single visual representation, open environment), and tutorial (multiple representations, structured environment). Students’ levels of discourse in generalization, justification, and collaboration were measured as well as students’ use of physical and computer gestures while working with each virtual manipulative type. One-way ANOVAs indicated statistically significant differences in quality of student discourse when using the different virtual manipulative types. When working with combined virtual manipulatives, students’ discussions reflected consistently higher levels of discourse than when working with pictorial or tutorial virtual manipulatives. When working with tutorial and pictorial virtual manipulatives, students’ discussions reflected consistently lower levels of discourse. However, pictorial virtual manipulatives were associated with the largest amount of discussion among student pairs and the highest frequency of gesture use. The results of this study suggest that in order to encourage meaningful TMD, teachers should choose technology tools (e.g., virtual manipulatives) that combine multiple representations (i.e., combined virtual manipulative type) and provide the opportunity to engage in cognitively demanding tasks. The results of this study indicate that tutorial virtual manipulatives did not encourage meaningful mathematical discourse with these student pairs. This means that the tutorial virtual manipulative type may be better suited for the practice of mathematics concepts or for individual learning than for partner work. The patterns and trends identified in this study contribute to the existing literature on the complex issues that surround mathematical discourse and the use of technology in the classroom.

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