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Doctoral Thesis Bumba meu boi brilho quilombo povoado Vila das Almas: desvendando sonoridades e sociabilidades no quilombo Saco das Almas, em Brejo/MA(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2025-08-27) Ferreira, Daciléia Lima; Santana, Gilmar; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7048-5192; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2957801541347646; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3322-1291; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8002255985472333; Alves, Maria Lúcia Bastos; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1883-0139; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1719643619018288; Assunção, Luiz Carvalho de; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0718-0492; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6232503538224768; Araújo, Andersonn Henrique Simões de; Silva, Sylvana Kelly Marques daBumba Meu Boi is the generic term for the Brazilian popular cultural manifestation that features the ox as its main scenic and choreographic component. In Maranhão, the event gains prominence for its symbolic power, its resilience, and its ability to reinvent itself year after year without losing its essence (IPHAN/MA, 2011). The overall objective of this study was to investigate some of the sounds and sociabilities present in the Bumba Meu Boi of the quilombola community of Vila das Almas, in order to understand how these categories organize figurative social roles in their hierarchies, power relations, spaces, and sociabilities. Our hypothesis was that sounds, as phenomena, organize the choices of figurative social roles (conductor, tambourine players, Pai Francisco, Mãe Catirina, donkey, and bovine workers) played by the residents of Vila das Almas in the dynamics of the Bumba Meu Boi Brilho Quilombo Povoado Vila das Almas event. In this sense, we conducted qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive research, divided into two parts: the first, bibliographic research; the second, field research proper, of the ethnographic type, with participant observation and listening, discussion groups, and semi-structured interviews. To reflect on and perceive the sonorities of the object of study, we used phenomenology and Ethnosonia, a type of ethnography of sound proposed by researcher Paula Molinari (2016). For theoretical foundation, I engaged with authors such as Molinari (2016), Zumthor (2001), Simmel (2006), Ingold (2008, 2023), Weber (2003), Padilha (2019), Turner (2013), Gennep (2011), and Geertz (2008). As a result, we identified socioethnosonic data on some sounds captured in the Bumba Meu Boi of Vila das Almas, which are directly related to the sociability and figurative social roles played by residents during the play. Thus, three socioethnosonic groups (or layers) stand out: in the first group, vocalization, sonic hierarchies, and power relations; in the second group, listening, insistence, and voices of the unconscious; and in the third group, spatiality, kinship, gender, and sounds.Doctoral Thesis A burguesia brasileira e a reforma trabalhista: impactos da crise mundial de 2008 e reafirmação de tendências históricas do capitalismo no Brasil(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2022-08-31) Souza, David Soares de; Lindozo, José Antonio Spineli; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9490707517933297; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2998818058762807; Oliveira, João Emanuel Evangelista de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6160348751743948; Sanson, César; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7862390363963335; Valença, Daniel Araújo; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0662-7045; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8171295182122890; Oliveira, Luciana Aparecida Aliaga Azara de; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7842-715X; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3592455327504293Through literature review and data analysis, the research sought to identify the interests of classes materialized in the labor reform that look place in Brasil, from Federal Lae 13.467/2017. The hypothesis is that this phenomenon expresses the common project of the Brazilian bourgeoisie and brings with it two distinct facets: is a resulto f the world crisis and, at the same time, reaffirmation of historical trends in the development of capitalismo in Brasil, such as economic dependence, social inequality and political authoritarianism.based on a discourse of modernization, the Brazilian bourgeoisie breaks the hiatus of advances in neoliberalismo provoked by PT governaments and leads the country towards an economic model based on rente-seeking and the reprimarization of the national economy. This will be the reaction to a distributive conflict provoked rising wages and low unemployment on the hand and falling profit rates on the other. In view of the reduction of costs for capital, the offensive against labor rights is what ensures the unity of the different fractions of the bourgeoisie.The labor reform makes it possible to make hiring and working hours more flexible, and work hours, imposition of obstacles for trade union organization and difficulty in accessing Justice. Class interests are identified in the new legal framework for labor relations, pulling out working class conquests in earlier periods, configuring a counter-reform, typical of neoliberalism.Doctoral Thesis "Grãos de areia ou pérolas?": os discursos de profissionais da psicologia acerca da identidade de gênero transexual nos caps da cidade de Mossoró-RN(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2025-02-17) Oliveira, Aryanne Sérgia Queiroz de; Fortes, Lore; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4596655243422487; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9804-8958; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5185074444281085; Silva, Anaxsuell Fernando da; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8830-0064; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5102487999559634; Carvalho, Guilherme Paiva de; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1165-5761; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3595938663091810; Oliveira Júnior, Ribamar José de; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5607-2818; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1541726062861692; Gomes, Sávio Marcelino; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6320-2502; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9749310071541254This thesis discusses the theme relating to the analysis of the speeches of Psychology professionals who work in the Psychosocial Care Centers (CAPS) of Mossoró regarding transsexual gender identity. The main interest, therefore, is to investigate how the knowledge, practices and perceptions of Psychology professionals affect the care of transgender people in CAPS, with a specific focus on mental health and psychological issues associated with the gender identity of these people. The choice to restrict the study to the scope of Psychology is justified by the relevance of this field in emotional and mental reception and treatment, which is central to the reception experience at CAPS. This topic was chosen with the aim of investigating the reasons that lead a Psychology professional to neglect transgender people and fail to comply with a constitutionally guaranteed social right. From this perspective, the hypothesis is that there is an absence or difficulty in discussing the gender identity of transsexuals in CAPS. Thus, one of the goals of the research is to investigate whether and how discourses in the field of Psychology are applied in the aforementioned work environments by professionals in this area ― in relation to the gender identity of transgender people ― or whether there is an absence or rarity of discussion on this topic. Furthermore, with the research it will be possible to observe the individual view of professionals of this knowledge about the gender identity of transsexual people in such environments. Thus, the general objective of this work is to analyze the speeches of Psychology professionals ― about the identity of the transsexual gender in the CAPS where they provide services in the city of Mossoró-RN. As specific objectives, we intend to understand the conceptions of Psychology professionals about transsexual gender identity in the CAPS, investigating how these conceptions influence the care and reception of transsexual people; analyze how Psychology knowledge influences the behavior and care practices of psychologists when treating transgender people in CAPS; examine the difficulties and resistance of psychologists in CAPS when dealing with the demands of transgender people, including possible knowledge gaps or institutional barriers; and, finally, verify the practical application of the principles of welcoming and humanization in psychological care for transgender people in CAPS, evaluating how (or if) Psychology guidelines are followed. As a methodological path, it is recommended to deal with an exploratory, bibliographical, field and analytical research, using critical discourse analysis as a technique and inicially having as target audience 08 (eight) Psychology professionals who work in the CAPS, configuring the analysis of a qualitative nature. The theoretical basis is based on the perspective of Judith Butler, Michel Foucault, Berenice Bento, among others, through whom it is possible to affirm the confirmation of the hypothesis raised, especially with regard to the difficulties of discussing of transsexual gender identity in the CAPS among Psychology professionals, who present in their speeches the existence of prejudices between users and professionals, in addition to the lack of training on the subject.Doctoral Thesis Violência simbólica em espaços educacionais: o caso da Escola Djalma Maranhão(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2023-12-21) Pessoa, Ana Beatriz Silva; Fortes, Lore; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4596655243422487; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7974773223046395; Silva, Anaxsuell Fernando da; Barbosa, Anna Christina Freire; Morais, Erivania Melo de; Lima, Hermano Machado FerreiraThis thesis aims to study cases of Symbolic Violence at the Dijalma Maranhão School, located in the city of São Pedro do Potengi/RN. The data presented reflect the point of view of educators and education professionals linked to the institution (teachers, management and pedagogical team), with a view to identifying how and when these cases occur and what has been the role of the School in the face of this problem, observing the promotion of spaces for discussion on diversity and acceptance of differences. For this, we sought as references the studies carried out by Pierre Bourdieu on Symbolic Violence (2004), the discussions of Paulo Freire and his reflections on banking and liberating education (1996), discussions on Power and Biopower in Foucault (2010) and the concept of Social Action in Werber (1992) to guide our methodology. With this, we intend to establish a dialogue between the authors and the facts presented, discussing the emergence of studies on Symbolic Violence and its impact on the lives of students and, consequently, on the social context. The research was developed using the Case Study method, anchored in qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques with an exploratory-descriptive purpose, which allowed for greater knowledge about the question to be clarified, involving bibliographical research, participant observation and interviews with school professionals. The research aims to arouse the interest of other researchers and encourage them to focus on questions as pertinent as the role of the school space regarding issues of violence, promotion of citizenship and respect for differences, having as justification that it is a topic little addressed in Social Sciences, even more so when related to the concept of Symbolic Violence in the school environment. Finally, we intend to offer data that can portray the scenario of this type of violence in a school that represents the profile of almost 60% of schools in the country (IBGE, 2022), shedding light on a topic that is still little discussed, but that can have many impacts on the educational and social field.Doctoral Thesis O romance sociológico em Michel Houellebecq(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2023-10-30) Cruz, Raphael de Souza; Dantas, Alexsandro Galeno Araújo; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2568499843473943; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7701490909644633; Medeiros, Lucas Fortunato Rêgo de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5873773076234008; Lima, Artemilson Alves de; Silva, Gustavo de Castro da; Lima, Hermano Machado FerreiraThis work analyzes the novels of the writer Michel Houellebecq, starting from the premise that literature, and the texts of the french author in particular, have epistemic dimensions (Sevänen, 2018) and establish discursivities (Foucault, 2001) about contemporary social pathologies. Literature, like the human sciences, produces discursive orientations about different realities. The question that arises is about the possibility of placing Houellebecq's text in the face of the condition of founder of discourse on social phenomena, especially the malaise of current civilization. It is a malaise linked to a crisis of what is called “humanism”, as discussed by Martin Heidegger (2005) and, more recently, re-elaborated by Peter Sloterdijk (2000; 2008). It is no longer a discontent resulting from the repression of a primitive man, but from the tensioning of the civilized individual between inhibiting and disinhibiting forces. It echoes, however, the same anguish with the decline of the body and with the “hell of the other” present in Freud (2011). Moreover, it is also a crisis of fundamental institutions of modernity (Bauman, 2001; 2014). The central objective of this thesis is to analyze this contemporary malaise through the Rociological Novel.Doctoral Thesis O autointitulado movimento social antiproibicionista brasileiro no século XXI: e o surgimento da articulação nacional de Marchas da Maconha no contexto da pandemia Covid-19(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2023-09-27) Castro, Diego Marcos Barros de; Lopes Júnior, Orivaldo Pimentel; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7945742180527825; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5405365702508268; Dantas, Alexsandro Galeno Araújo; Medeiros, Lucas Fortunato Rego de; Torcato, Carlos Eduardo Martins; Silva, Marcos Alexandre Verissimo daThis thesis explores the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Brazil's anti-prohibitionist social movement, analyzing how the period of social isolation propelled deeper integration of the movement into the technological world and its communication tools, particularly through the internet. Using Bruno Latour's Sociology of Associations (2012), the research addresses the dialogical complexity between humans and non-humans, highlighting the emergence and strengthening of the National Articulation of Marijuana Marches, a group linked to the Anti-Prohibitionist Social Movement in the country. The results indicate that the pandemic not only reshaped the interactions and operations of social movements but also accelerated the adoption of virtual technologies within anti-prohibitionist activism, causing a significant impact on the social reality and militancy of the Brazilian anti-prohibitionist cause.Doctoral Thesis Políticas públicas, inovação tecnológica e engajamento social: comparando estratégias de acessibilidade urbana em Seattle/EUA e Natal/RN(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2024-08-15) Maia, Rute Rocha; Costa, João Bosco Araújo da; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4418972852075556; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1101-6086; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7004159440421496; Lopes Júnior, Orivaldo Pimentel; Câmara, Richardson Leonardi Moura da; Warren, Jonathan Frederick; Lima, Renata Mayara Moreira deThe construction of democratic cities aims to promote equal access to goods, services, and urban environments for all citizens. In this regard, accessibility emerges as an indispensable element in ensuring that citizens with disabilities access the right to the city. In this dissertation, we conduct a comparative analysis of the strategies used to advance urban accessibility in Seattle, United States, and Natal, Brazil. This comparison allowed us to identify patterns, shortcomings, and opportunities for improvement in each city, contributing to a deeper understanding of urban accessibility strategies in different contexts. We start from the premise that promoting accessibility is a global challenge, but each city tackles this task according to strategies relevant to its geographical, political, economic, and social contexts. We collected data through semi-structured interviews with policymakers, researchers, and accessibility advocates in both cities. Also, through document analysis, participant observation in workshops and study groups on technological innovation, and focus groups with families of people with disabilities and accessibility researchers. This study concluded that both cities have robust legislation on the subject and well-defined public policies, notwithstanding most policies are enforced through judicial means. Additionally, we found accessibility projects for leisure, such as the Seattle Children’s Playgarden and Natal Praia Inclusiva in each city, and the employment of storytelling techniques in both cities as a strategy for social engagement. Finally, we noticed that technological initiatives for urban accessibility in Natal are still in their early stages, while in Seattle, projects like AccessMap and Project Sidewalk demonstrate significant potential to advance the debates and practices of urban accessibility in different cities around the world.Doctoral Thesis Reflexões sobre loucura e racismo a partir da literatura de Lima Barreto(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2024-08-30) Carvalho, Paulo Dourian Pereira de; Lopes Júnior, Orivaldo Pimentel; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7945742180527825; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8567416084889022; Dantas, Alexsandro Galeno Araújo; Costa, Janaína Alexandra Capistrano da; Chaves, Lilian Leite; Batista, Ozaias AntônioThis research aimed to reflect on racism and madness found in the literature of the black writer Lima Barreto (1881-1922). Through content analysis and an interdisciplinary perspective that involves dialogue between literature, sociology, anthropology, political science, and history, it was sought to produce an essay to feed into the discussions, bringing other approaches that could broaden the debate about Barreto's work, which is taken here as a testimony of a black man who did not survive the oppression of race and class. It is seen that madness and racism, as well as poverty, sadness, loneliness, and resentment, crossed the writer's life. From an intersectional perspective that considers the crossing of social markers of difference such as race, class and madness, it is understood that the writer was a victim of the racism that was structured in post-slavery Brazilian society. In that context, the lack of opportunities was exacerbating, the absence of policies to integrate "freed" black people, the traumas stemming from the enslavement regime, the denial of the culture of the enslaved, the unspeakable and unnameable pain of those who had also reached "the bottom", to paraphrase the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben, when referring to the "Muslims", that is, the dehumanized, of the Auschwitz concentration camps. For this study, some of the works that will help us immerse ourselves in the immensity of Barreto's thoughts are: Recordações do escrivão Isaías Caminha, The Sad End of Policarpo Quaresma, Diário íntimo, Clara dos Anjos, his short stories, as well as the biographies written by Francisco Assis Barbosa and Lilia Moritz Schwarcz. In interpreting the analyzed content, authors such as Giorgio Agamben, Frantz Fanon, Grada Kilomba, Michel Foucault, Achille Mbembe, Djamila Ribeiro, Silvio Almeida and others will be used to help echo Lima Barreto's voice. He is considered to have been a witness and a resistance at a time when black people, the insane, and the poor were imprisoned by a hygienist policy influenced by eugenics. Surviving in precariousness, with a shortage of resources, a family crisis, and alcoholism until he plunged into delirium and mental suffering, without gaining recognition or space on the intellectual scene, Lima Barreto resisted to the point of not allowing his black presence to be drowned out by the whitening steamroller. In the face of the madness, which is a racist society, the writer left us his testimony: an extensive and rich black literature, critical of racism and the cruelty of life in an asylum.Doctoral Thesis Políticas públicas do poder judiciário: uma avaliação dos procedimentos avaliatórios de programas de acesso à justiça do Tribunal de Justiça do Rio Grande do Norte(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2024-08-26) Costa, Daniel Freire Oliveira da; Costa, João Bosco Araújo da; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4418972852075556; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3780015368878635; Morais, Carlos Eduardo Freitas; Alves, Fernando Antonio da Silva; Coelho, Maria Ivonete Soares; Pimenta, Melissa Rafaela CostaThis research approached the evaluation of public policy evaluation procedures developed by the Court of Justice of the State of Rio Grande do Norte (TJRN), more specifically thosed aimed at promoting access to justice. Its objective was to verify at what level of quality the Potiguar Court, between 2020 and 2024, evaluated procedures regarding the Justiça na Praça and Justiça e Escola programs. To achieve this, the study was organized into two dimensions: a theoretical and an empirical one. In the first, issues of the modern State, democracy, the role of the Judiciary and the conceptions of public policies, evaluation and meta-evaluation of public policies were addressed. In the second, field research was conducted to evaluate the evaluation procedures of the programs regarding access to justice at TJRN, based on the articulation of a qualitative and quantitative approach, achieved through the development of a specific evaluation method, created based on the analytical models developed by Davidson (2005) and Draibe (1997). In the end, it was possible to conclude that the evaluation procedures of Justiça na Praça and Justiça e Escola are performed with a reasonable level of quality, with aspects related to usefulness, dissemination, conduct and credibility that can be improved.Doctoral Thesis Cidades sustentáveis e inteligentes: desafios à cidadania através do planejamento urbano(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2024-05-07) Braga Júnior, Sérgio Alexandre de Moraes; Lopes Júnior, Orivaldo Pimentel; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7945742180527825; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8716-7468; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8429436981406857; Fontes, Breno Augusto Souto Maior; Alves, Maria Lucia Bastos; Silva, Carlos Sérgio Gurgel da; Bezerra Júnior, José AlbenesThe research work intends to analyze the evolution of the concepts of sustainable and intelligent cities, with a focus on urban and environmental issues, in order to contribute to the definition of sustainable development, in accordance with the principles defined by the Rule of Law, the defense of environment and reducing regional inequalities. In this way, it is proposed to carry out a diagnosis of the legal-regulatory situation applicable to the construction of an ideal city, as opposed to the real identity, aiming to promote sustainable and regional development through urban planning. As a phenomenon that expanded across the globe, urbanization gave rise to social demands and had an impact on the perception of the city as a right through the sociological concept of the “Right to the City”. It turns out that as international law absorbs environmental and human settlement perspectives, the right to the city acquires a new meaning literally and requires adjustments in its applicability. Thus, in addition to establishing sustainable human settlements as a right in the international legal order, Resolution 70/1 - Agenda 2030 - adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, proposed the Sustainable Development Goals-SDGs. The relevance of this research topic lies in Sustainable Development Goal “11”. Sustainable Cities and Communities” The democratic management of smart cities gains prominence with digital governance, associated with Information and Communication Technology-ICTs, influencing public behavior and relying on urban planning. The 1988 Federal Constitution and urban legislation stand out for their ability to address the use and occupation of urban land, taking into account the inseparability between environmental and urban issues. As for the methodology, it is qualitative, theoretical research, whose method is deductive, being developed under an exploratory and descriptive modality. Specifically in relation to technical procedures, bibliographical, legislative and documentary research is used. Through research, the objective is to make considerations about the phenomenon of a more inclusive city, whose purpose is to improve the quality of life of citizens. The general objective of this work is to demonstrate that current urban citizenship is the result of public management or inclusive smart governance, considered as digital governance, implemented through applied technologies (or ICTs) to public policies for smart cities. From there, specific objectives are achieved through understanding the importance of the right to the city in the context of sustainable and smart cities. It is concluded that citizens connect to the city's smart grid as a way of thinking about long-term infrastructure and services, which can flexibly meet the needs of multiple participants, affected in the public or private sector, through aggregation of solutions to coordinate its most diverse functions.Doctoral Thesis A salvação cultural no ensino de música em projetos sociais(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2024-03-21) Araújo, Andersonn Henrique Simões de; Santana, Gilmar; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7048-5192; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2957801541347646; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2503613615366209; Paiva, Irene Alves de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7842254018559167; Alves, Maria Lucia Bastos; Almeida, Cristiane Maria Galdino de; Kleber, Magali OliveiraUrban landscapes often reflect the socioeconomic inequality of major cities, exacerbated by the presence of drug cartels exploiting children and adolescents, further aggravating social disparities. Meanwhile, public actions seek to promote transformations that often inadvertently intensify social challenges. In this scenario, notable initiatives stand out, such as children and youth orchestras, like the Ilha de Música Project in the África Community, in Natal. Founded in 2006, the Project emerged as an initiative to confront this scenario through educational-musical actions. From this context, this thesis aims to understand the dynamics of Cultural Salvation (S.C), present in the experiences within the mentioned project. This work outlines S.C. as an ideal type that inherits from religion the metaphysical, ritualistic, and transformative aspects to attribute them to learning processes linked to culture. These elements are present in education for people from lower classes, but not limited to them. There is a directional movement: from the saved to the candidates for salvation. The saved are those who possess a certain type of culture, such as teachers and musicians. The candidates for salvation are learners in social projects, and/or subjects in vulnerability and/or social risk who may live in neighborhoods, communities, and neighborhoods labeled as "dangerous". S.C. is an instrument of approach and interpretation of musical experiences, therefore, research was conducted on how it was part of the formative experience of a social way of life and manifested itself during the life path of the (former) participants of the Project. As a theoretical field, references were used in the areas of Social Sciences and Sociology of Musical Education. Data were produced through interviews, field activities, and ethnographic research with former students, teachers, and residents of the África Community. The investigation revealed that the emergence of Cultural Salvation depended on two conditions: material and cultural (kultur). Regarding material conditions, the processes and repercussions of colonization in the lands of Rio Grande do Norte were studied, which marginalized and made vulnerable the descendants of Afro-Amerindians. This historical process significantly contributed to the socioeconomic disadvantage of the population residing in the África Community. As for the cultural condition, the influence of religious heritage on culture was examined, which manifested in three significant elements in Musical Education: The Metaphysical Veil of the Power of Music, which understood its perception as a transcendental force, the Ritualistic Order linked to a structured approach to musical practices, and Transformation, namely, the belief in the ability of Music to lead to personal and social transformations. With these defined elements, the social portraits of former students were interpreted. The interpretation of the data led to the formulation of three archetypes that significantly influenced practices on the Ilha de Música: the deviant/lost, the enchanted, and the present. These archetypes served as fundamental points for understanding the dynamics and nuances of Musical Education in the context of the África Community, shedding light on the diverse perspectives and experiences of former students, relatives of students, and other residents.Doctoral Thesis Das classificações às associações: um olhar sociológico sobre o ímpeto classificatório(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2023-04-28) Santos, Clécio Jamilson Bezerra dos; Lopes Júnior, Orivaldo Pimentel; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7945742180527825; Silva, Anaxsuell Fernando da; Costa, Janaína Alexandra Capistrano da; Paz, Renata Marinho; Costa, Waldney de Souza RodriguesThe research tracks social connections around the significant "Pentecostalism" through the mapping of controversies related to the classifications created and consolidated by the Sociology of New Pentecostalism in Brazil. It seeks to understand the contemporary modalities of Pentecostalism. The use of the theoretical and methodological apparatus of this sociology is faced with the history of development of Pentecostal formations, renitentes to the classificatory furor of strictly taxonomist thought, and with the variety of discursive propositions elaborated by the actors themselves in the field. An alternative mode of thought is proposed inspired by the Deleuzian concept of rhizome. A model for construction a non-classificatory perspective of Pentecostalism (antisociology) and concerned with the political implications of the classifications. A non-taxonomist approach is another look at the concerns aroused by Pentecostal dissent and versatility. Disinterested in unrestricted classificatory activity and animated by the inventive character of the development processes of Pentecostal formations, this proposal aims to overcome epistemological obstacles inserted in the hegemonic model of science. The unfolding of these issues has as its starting point the dialogue with actors in temples of churches genealogically Pentecostal, located in the Region of Cariri cearense, from which the problem emerged. The implementation of this experiment is based on the negative reflections of the Latourian introduction to the Sociology of Associations (Actor-Network Theory). Its principles compel the redefinition of the concepts of science and social, guide the reorganization of investigative procedures in research and give lucidity to the political aspect of the works produced under the title of Social Sciences. The textual account further explores the political implications of the classifications in light of the 2018 and 2022 presidential elections, events that have shaken the country in recent history.Doctoral Thesis Redes clientelísticas em pequenas cidades do Piauí: as trocas políticas "assimétricas" entre lideranças políticas e eleitores nas eleições de 2016-2018(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2022-02-24) Vasconcelos, José Cláudio da Silva; Oliveira, João Emanuel Evangelista de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6160348751743948; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5591885612513863; Morais, Carlos Eduardo Freitas; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9395-430X; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0691708864631113; Lindozo, José Antônio Spineli; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9490707517933297; Freitas, Vítor Eduardo Veras de Sandes; Silva, Cleber de Deus Pereira daThis research investigates the network of asymmetric/clientelistic political exchanges between state leaders (state and federal deputies) and local leaders (mayors and councilors) and the most economically vulnerable voters in the 2016-2018 elections in the small towns of Piauí. The main objective of the study was to demonstrate the relationship of citizenship/autonomy and clientelism/dependence existing between these political leaders and voters who, by returning the favors received with their votes, become dependent on certain votes (state deputy and federal deputy), but exercise their autonomy when voting for other positions (governor, senator and president). Thus, the concept of clientelism is adopted as a dialectical phenomenon, demonstrating both the relationship of personal dependence and citizenship that exists between voters and local leaders. There is another objective revolving around the main one, consisting in observing how the coexistence of clientelism and the modern state, in which clientelism survives, adjusting to the new structures of modern societies. There was also a counterpoint to patrimonialism, in addition to emphasizing that Brazilian society is heteroclite, contradicting this theory, because instead of eliminating “backwardness”, during the consolidation of the country's modernization process, it made functional in this new order. The research is a case study in which the qualitative method was applied, using the techniques of in-depth interviews and the realization of focus groups. The sample is composed by four cities, each one of them representing a mesoregion of Piauí: Cocal (North Mesoregion of Piauí), Campo Maior (North Central Mesoregion of Piauí), Oeiras (Southeast Mesoregion of Piauí) and São Raimundo Nonato (Southwest Mesoregion of Piauí). As a basic theoretical framework, refer to Santos, Souza, Oliveira, Bahia, D´Avila Filho, Vianna and Faoro. As a result, it became evident that voters, when exercising their right to vote, make in a dialectical way: clientelistic and citizen, that is, they act as dependent individuals and at the same time, as autonomous; state and local leaders create and maintain mutual political agreements so that both continue to survive politically, which means winning elections. It was also found that clientelism does not remain confined to societies seen as emerging, it also coexists in societies of advanced industrialization, where capitalism has fully developed. Brazil is a case of modernization that does not follow the classic model, resulting in a society in which the “old” and the “new” feed off each other, in a symbiotic relationship.Doctoral Thesis As romarias de Juazeiro do Norte aos olhos dos não devotos(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2023-03-13) Meneses, Itamara Freires de; Alves, Maria Lucia Bastos; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1883-0139; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1719643619018288; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5764758956045021; Cordeiro, Maria Paula Jacinto; Silva, Irene de Araújo Van Den Berg; Fortes, Lore; Ribeiro, Maria das Graças de Oliveira CostaThis thesis starts from an interpretation of the pilgrimages of Juazeiro do Norte in the eyes of non-devotees. Subjects who, devoid of devotion to Padre Cícero, portray the city's pilgrimages through entertainment-oriented experiences. Since the beginning, we have observed, in these events, elements referring to both the sacred field and the ludic sphere, allowing connections and intersections of symbols, as well as a transit of the most diverse people, resonating in hybrid processes (CANCLINI, 2019). This panorama ensures the possibility of experiencing the pilgrimages through perspectives that are not necessarily anchored in the notion of the sacred, and in the undertaking of devotional practices. Reading the pilgrimages in Juazeiro through the eyes of subjects who do not qualify as devotees of Padre Cícero allows us to perceive them, as well as Juazeiro, through entertainment. This municipality has the second most valued square meter in Ceará, presenting itself as an important commercial and cultural center, reverberating in the context of the fastest growing cities in Ceará. Considering the idea that Juazeiro, recognized as one of the biggest poles of popular pilgrimages in Brazil, is conceived as an interesting commercial and cultural center, it ends up attracting people with different interests. The methodological process employed was, substantially, fieldwork, based on the concept of dense description (GEERTZ, 2019), as well as on the anthropological concern with looking, listening and writing (OLIVEIRA, 2000). Semi-structured interviews were carried out, aligned with a bibliographic apparatus, informal conversations and photographic records. The investigation that favors the look of nondevotees regarding the phenomenon in question, demonstrated the ability to read the pilgrimages of Juazeiro far from devotional practices, focused, above all, on entertainment.Doctoral Thesis A religião e o exercício do cuidado de si: relato de mulheres sobre a atuação do Rhema prisional(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2023-06-19) Lima, Laísa Dannielle Feitosa de; Lopes Júnior, Orivaldo Pimentel; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7945742180527825; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2541680030641327; Silva, Anaxsuell Fernando da; Alves, Maria Lucia Bastos; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1883-0139; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1719643619018288; Villota, José Maria de Jesus Izquierdo; Silva, Vanderlan Francisco daThis study focuses its discussion on the triad woman-prison-religion. Based on the theoretical and methodological basis of the Social Sciences and the reports of women who served in the Regional Women's Penitentiary of Campina Grande - PB and attended the Bible course of Rhema Prisional. We intend to establish a debate about the construction of the enunciates of the biblical course, that is, the regimes of enunciation (LATOUR, 2012), which is "Word of God" based, to address the discursive practices and their effects on women's lives, and if it occurs an exercise of "self-care"(FOUCAULT, 2010). Methodologically, we have focused our studies on the contribution that Bruno Latour's Actor-Network Theory (ANT) (2012), also known as the Sociology of Associations, that points us during the work to understand the issues related to how religious acting in the lives of incarcerated women. We question the prison environment's effects on the female prisoners' lives and how are established freedoms and individualities within a hostile environment, and if the integration of religious practices in the prison routine establishes an ethical relationship or does not, leading to personal transformation. Our goal is to trace how are nurtured the actions of these women in the face of the beliefs and values passed on to them through the Bible course and by a whole connected network of human and non-human actors (LATOUR, 2012) in the place (prison). With empirical and qualitative research, and using interviews and participant observation in the Verbo da vida Church, we seek to understand if it occurs from the Bible course, the development of self-promoting, reflective, and corporal activities in these women's lives. How the exercises, techniques, and discourses of the Christian way of being is present to them? Is there an emancipatory relationship or one of subjection?Doctoral Thesis A economia política brasileira: Estado, formação econômico-social e contrarreformas neoliberais - conflito de classes e bloco no poder(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2023-02-28) Gonçalves, Hugo Feitosa; Lindozo, José Antônio Spineli; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0587543569789428; Gomes, Cláudia Maria Costa; Lima Júnior, Francisco do Ó de; Oliveira, João Emanuel Evangelista de; Aguiar, Jorissa Danilla Nascimento; Silva, Lucas Trindade daDoctoral Thesis Onde os extremos se tocam: a classe operária chinesa e a Era Xi Jinping(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2023-06-20) Barbieri, André Augusto de Paula; Lindozo, José Antônio Spineli; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9490707517933297; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7435028439476525; Vitullo, Gabriel Eduardo; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0274943582470997; Costa, Simone Kawakami Gonçalves; Rojas, Gonzalo Adrian; Medeiros, Marcelo de AlmeidaThe thesis we defend in this paper is that China cannot be considered as the socialism of the 21st century, nor the bearer of a “benign multipolarity” in opposition to the belligerence of US imperialism. China has become an influential and decisive actor, within the capitalist system of states, in the dispute over who will pay the costs of the exhaustion of the neoliberal cycle of globalization. The policy of the People's Republic of China in the Xi Jinping era differs in its fundamental features from that of previous eras: we are dealing with a China that, for the first time in capitalist history, disputing niches of capitalist accumulation internationally, and showing an assertive posture in defense of the project of “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation”, which implies questioning (in perspective, transforming) the old unipolar order of neoliberalism of the last decades. However, far from the supposed “socialism of the 21st century,” China's actions in the concert of states do not have the character of subverting the capitalist system. The seminal goal of the “Chinese Dream” under Xi Jinping is to rearrange the ordering of that system in order to improve the People's Republic position in the global capitalist hierarchy. A rearrangement of such magnitude could not take place without new military conflagrations of historic magnitude. By taking the differences in the internal composition and characteristics of the decaying imperialism of the United States and the rising Chinese capitalism directed by the bonapartist regime of the CCP, we were able to shed light on the regressive character of the competition between Washington and Beijing for all humanity. Through the research, we were able to find that distinct processes have intersected China in the course of development that in the Xi Jinping era places it in geostrategic conflict with the imperialist superpower of the United States. On the one hand, the restoration of the capitalist mode of production, directed by the bureaucracy of the Chinese Communist Party itself, culminated in the blocking of the expansive dynamics of communism that originated in Mao Zedong's strategy from the 1949 Revolution. This constrained the development capacities of the productive forces of humanity and oxygenated the neoliberal offensive worldwide. On the other hand, due to China's backwardness at the end of the Cold War, the appropriation of the Revolution's achievements by the capitalist restoration propelled China from being an essentially agrarian economy to becoming a rapidly rising capitalist superpower with imperialist traits. Such a conjugation, unique in history, reshapes all the conditions of world politics, within the framework of the exhaustion of the neoliberal cycle and the Ukraine war. Through research, in critical debate with different intellectuals who have dealt, in their own way, with the subject of China (such as Perry Anderson, Giovanni Arrighi, Alain Badiou, Domenico Losurdo, Ching Kwan Lee, Alvin So, Au Loong-yu, Cynthia Estlund, Andrew Walder, among others) we have been able to establish the role of the Chinese working class, in its renewed configuration, as an revolutionary alternative to think about the challenge of preventing a reactionary outcome of the Sino-US intercapitalist dispute. By rescuing the Marxist tradition (with the seminal contributions of Leon Trotsky and Antonio Gramsci) in the 20th century to think anew the original problems of our age, we present a reflection on the possibility of revolution and socialism in China in the 21st century.Doctoral Thesis A cor da agroecologia: intersecções entre raça e gênero na construção do conhecimento agroecológico(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2022-12-16) Santos, Carine de Jesus; Souza, Cimone Rozendo de; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4903-0839; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8227598190372706; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5633740273120216; Paiva, Irene Alves de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7842254018559167; Rodrigues, Denise Carvalho dos Santos; Figueiredo, Ângela Lúcia Silva; Melo, Paula Balduino deThis research aims to analyze how black women participate in Agroecology, in the context of the Women's Working Groups of the Brazilian Association of Agroecology (ABA) and the National Articulation of Agroecology (ANA), based on a decolonial approach and in dialogue with intersectional feminism. The specific objectives are: 1) To analyze how Agroecology deals with the guidelines and contributions made by black women who are in the construction of this field of knowledge, based on the Women's WG of ABA and ANA; 2) Understand how the intersection, involving issues of race, gender, class and other markers, is treated in Agroecology and; 3) Reflect on the impacts of coloniality on Agroecology. As methodological strategies, a systematic literature review and a bibliographical review were used, in addition to conducting 10 interviews with participants from the aforementioned GTs. The research was based on the reflections of Angela Figueiredo (2020), Aníbal Quijano (2005), Beatriz Nascimento (2021), Clóvis Moura (1983), Espinosa-Miñoso e Nadia Ziroldo (2022), Grada Kilomba (2019), Jurema Werneck (2010), Liliam Schwarcz (1994), Ochy Curiel (2019), Patricia Hill Collins (2020), Paula Balduíno de Melo (2010), Ramón Grosfoguel (2019), Sueli Carneiro (2003), Vivian Motta (2020), among other equally important authors. Relying on this theoretical framework, we question how the idealization and naturalization of the universal woman category contribute to the erasure and silencing of black women in the construction of this area of knowledge and we observe how women who suffer from racialization processes have mediated/claimed its place of enunciation in this context. Considering that the women involved in the construction of Agroecological praxis claim the visibility and appreciation of their participation and protagonism, the racial issue is still silenced, motivated by a white narcissistic indignation, a category named by Cida Bento (2002), with which we are associated. As a result, we noticed that, although agroecology announces in its discourse the proposition of a project of social transformation with a view to confronting and overcoming social, racial and gender inequalities, in search of well-being for society as a whole, in In practice, however, gender assumed a central role in the narratives. The struggle that has been waged by the feminist movement in Agroecology has advanced in understanding the existence of a diversity of women: peasant, indigenous, asian, quilombola, rural, among others, however, anti-racism still does not necessarily materialize as a practice and remains marginal, from the analysis point of view. Even so, it was possible to verify in the interviewees' statements the recognition of intersectionality as an important theoreticalreflexive instrument, but without exploring its political character, summing up to a rhetorical appeal.Doctoral Thesis Microterritórios da resistência os deslocamentos plurais e as formas de socialidade no espaço urbano da cidade do Natal/RN(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2023-03-08) Nascimento, Kelvis Leandro do; Fortes, Lore; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4596655243422487; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4801-4455; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7856779543790074; Silva, Anaxsuell Fernando da; França, Fagner Torres de; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2170-4288; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9989009345118785; Nunes, Kênia Almeida; Silva, Mikelly Gomes daWe live in a state of global war. The new phase of the political and economic order represented by financialized transnational capitalism established a besieged reality advancing on new fields of subjective control of the population. Sovereignty operates under the logic of Necropolitics (MBEMBE, 2019) producing a series of social symptoms in individuals and in the forms of sociabilities that develop, along with this, the Politics of Disappearance (BARBOSA, 2022) excludes the traces of life of the subaltern population by capital. The great world cities, in response to the successive economic crises, joined the so-called urban entrepreneurship, an economic strategy that gives cities the character of social actors, inserted in an international route of standardized services, sold in product format. Urban entrepreneurship wherever it has established itself, as it attracts foreign capital, accelerates the process of social segregation and gentrification, based on the forced expropriation of territories and increasingly moving residents to the margins of large urban centers . When assessing the impacts of these measures on the uses of urban space, it is possible to show an increasingly sharp dispute between the interests of international financial capital and the resistance of individuals who, in groups, reframe their practices and uses of these spaces in cities based on microterritories (GOMES, 2001), true rhizomes of new possible experiences, alternative places in the sense of conferring a certain type of sociality (MAFFESOLI, 2014) inherent to the interests of the official use of these spaces. This work aimed to highlight these socialities and their political practices developed in three microterritories in the city of Natal/RN, which form alternative spaces used as meeting points for dissident nomadic groups. The methodology used was social cartography from the perspective of Deleuze and Guatarri (1997), Sueli Rolnik (1989) and Being Affected by Jeanne Favret-Saada (1977/2005) and, in this sense, we immersed ourselves in spaces, establishing a horizontal relationship with the microterritories and their visitors. As a result, we offer here the idea of Plural Displacements, forms of occupations negotiated with the public and semi-public space that result in associations between dissident groups, producing new subjectivities and reaffirming the public space as a place of learning, culture, art, leisure and resistance.Doctoral Thesis Aphrodisia digitalis, sexualidade e as suicide girls: manifestações no digital via imagens na rede Instagram(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2023-03-10) França, Tereza Suyane Alves de; Dantas, Alexsandro Galeno Araújo; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2568499843473943; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5121481858657054; Cardoso, Ana Tázia Patrício de Melo; Lima, Hermano Machado Ferreira; Bezerra, Josenildo Soares; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9324-6664; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3081353090677062; Medeiros, Lucas Fortunato Rego deThis research discusses the relationship between the device of sexuality and its current manifestation in the digital world based on Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze and Giorgio Agamben. We advanced in the analysis of digital images of a group of women who call themselves Suicide Girls. These are images that work, modeled for voyeurism on the digital social network Instagram. We start from the trajectory of the Suicide Girls to the question of which device we are dealing with from a digital perspective. Listing a path in four designated chapters: Acts, Desires, Pleasure and Aphrodiosphere, in reference to the conception of the term Aphrodisia, related to the Greek experience on sexuality and the notion of aphrosphere in Peter Sloterdijk. This research has a marked connection with some works by Michel Foucault, especially in aspects that help us to identify Aphrodisia Digitalis, through a classic rescue of the term and an analysis of sexuality in current times, via digital devices. We use categories in the form of heterotopes, highlighting the notion of spatialities and subjective immersions. The proposal also deals with aspects related to the surplus of vital energy based on Georges Bataille and the notion of expenditure, contemporary erotic practices on pornography and sexuality with Attimonelli and Susca, Byung-Chul Han and Paul B. Preciado. Aspects related to the philosophy of image with Vilém Flusser and Norval Baitello Júnior, in addition to the modern digital scene about consumption in the light of Gilles Lipovetsky. We end with the notion of self-generated receptacles, where everything found is subjected to symbolic acclimatization. In image politics we work from the current perspective of Giselle Beiguelman. We propose an immersion in relevant concepts for the social, raising discussions about digital images, in order to broaden the understanding and propose a genealogy of sexuality in the contemporary and its functional projection in the dimension between the digital and the subjective in a new device of sexuality. Its manifestation stands out more and more, as something irreversible, dramatic and essentially seductive.