http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/23844 2026-06-12T02:43:31Z 2026-06-12T02:43:31Z Thé, Raul da Fonseca Silva http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/86550 2026-06-01T15:50:33Z 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

Título: Eu Startup: a sutil arte de tornar-se empreendedor e o novo fantasma do capitalismo Autor(es): Thé, Raul da Fonseca Silva Abstract: This work seeks to discuss the spread of entrepreneurial language throughout society, aiming to understand what entrepreneurship is and what it means to be an entrepreneur, within the framework of becoming. To this end, it associates two traditions with sociology, the conflict tradition and the symbolic interactionist tradition, to reformulate the Weberian interpretative scheme resulting from the discussion on the use of scale change for comprehensive processes, the micro-macro problem. In order to elaborate a scheme that contemplates, in a wave-like manner, structure, mobilized ideas, the dispute over the interiority of individuals, practices of adaptation and production of subjectivities, and the elaboration of societal reconstruction. The literature was consulted to observe the processes of reformulation of capitalism since the acute crisis of liberalism and the reformulation of liberalism into neoliberalism; passing through the constitution and deconstruction of passive welfare state and the process of hegemony of austro-american neoliberalism from the 1970 onwards; the text discuss the role of the active welfare state (workfare) and the establishment of the warfare state, both in the realm of sociability and austerity. It also debates the tradition of the “spirit of capitalism” in the social sciences, its reinterpretations, and research practices concerning it. Furthermore, it explore this unknown present, participating in both neoliberal hegemony and the reconfigurations of the “Spirit” — entrepreneurship. It finds that the literature fails to define it, much less see it as a permanent reflexive activity, a process of becoming. The narrative versions of entrepreneurship—emic, emic, and aesthetic—were consulted to better understand the scope of the reworking of the dispute over subjectivities in current capitalism and how this simultaneously shapes interiorities and societies/the State through the use of the language of becoming an entrepreneur. Through this, it is understood that capitalism reconfigures itself, not in another guise of the well-defined spirit of capitalism, but, through restlessness, signifying emptiness, and haunting, in the guise of the ghost of capitalism. Tipo: Tese

2026-01-01T00:00:00Z Paiva, Daniele Alves http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/86482 2026-05-26T16:35:25Z 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

Título: A virtualização de práticas religiosas pentecostais na era digital Autor(es): Paiva, Daniele Alves Abstract: This study examines how contemporary Pentecostalism has produced new forms of religious sociability through the virtualization of its practices, incorporating digital technologies from other fields of social activity. A form of virtualized Pentecostalism has emerged as a significant phenomenon within the Pentecostal Christian religious landscape at the turn of the millennium, characterized by the adaptation of traditional Pentecostal practices to digital and virtualized environments. The emergence of this phenomenon is understood as the outcome of a long historical process involving successive abstractions and resignifications of the meanings of temple, presence, and access to the sacred. The empirical research was conducted across physical and virtual fields. The physical field comprised in-person visits to places of worship to observe religious rituals and interact with believers, including semi-structured, face-to-face interviews and questionnaires administered via Google Forms. The digital field involved the observation of Instagram profiles, participation in a WhatsApp group, and visits to a virtual church using an avatar to attend worship services. According to the evangelical participants, online worship services transmitted via live streaming and participation in WhatsApp support groups were among the primary strategies for coping with social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic and for maintaining religious practices. Beyond the intensive use of digital social networks, some churches implemented more structured processes of virtualization, exemplified by the creation of the virtual church Lagoverso as a virtual replica of a physical church. The study argues that virtualization exceeds the mere digitalization of social relations, as digitally mediated processes aim not only to connect individuals and generate new forms of interaction, but above all to produce immersive and quasi-autonomous virtual environments governed by their own rules of sociability and distinctive modes of religious practice. Tipo: Tese

2026-01-01T00:00:00Z Martins, Maria Clara Ribeiro http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/86374 2026-05-27T13:49:13Z 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

Título: Plataformas digitais e disputas políticas: da ascensão da extrema-direita ao enfrentamento proposto pela esquerda brasileira Autor(es): Martins, Maria Clara Ribeiro Abstract: This thesis investigates the political disputes that occur on digital platforms in the contemporary Brazilian context, focusing on the consolidation of the far-right in these spaces and the strategies of confrontation developed by the left. The study aims to analyze digital platforms not only as means of communication, but as products of the capitalist economy and as instruments that express the private interests of their owners, whose economic and political orientations materialize in the algorithmic structure and functioning. With a time frame focused primarily on the 2022 election period, the research takes platform X (formerly Twitter) as its main field of observation, analyzing Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Jair Bolsonaro as privileged agents in the political dispute that takes place in this space. Methodologically, the investigation is based on the constitution of a collection of data extracted from the platform, combined with the analysis of the content composed of publications, interactions, and narratives, interpreted from an interdisciplinary perspective. It is argued that the economic and political orientations of digital platforms favor certain forms of political action, especially the modus operandi of the far-right, which uses digital resources as mechanisms for mobilizing and uniting its electoral base, highlighting a structural asymmetry in these spaces. Given this scenario, and seeking to reverse the losses resulting from the 2018 electoral defeat, the Brazilian left is promoting a political restructuring in the 2022 election, through: 1) a confrontation marked by professionalization in the use of media; 2) the mobilization of a legal apparatus aimed at neutralizing opposing strategies; 3) the organization of a digital support network capable of contesting narratives in the so-called "digital guerrilla warfare"; and 4) the phenomenon known as cultural Janonism. Finally, it is evident that political disputes on digital platforms are not limited to election periods, constituting a permanent field of conflict and subject to changes that highlight its dynamic nature. Tipo: Tese

2026-01-01T00:00:00Z Silva, Lara Larissa da Cunha http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/86205 2026-05-11T16:57:54Z 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

Título: Presas fora de cela: mulheres com tornozeleira eletrônica Autor(es): Silva, Lara Larissa da Cunha Abstract: Conventional prisons restrict the freedom of the incarcerated population through the presence of walls, cells, bars, correctional officers, among other similar elements aimed at excluding these individuals from the rest of society. Considering that imprisonment is not the only punitive measure applied and legitimized by the State, attention was directed towards the policy of electronic monitoring. When subjected to this measure, the individual is required to wear a device of surveillance, punishment, and social control attached to their ankle, which enables real-time tracking. In this way, the sentence is served outside prison walls, while the individual manages their own confinement. However, although this measure differs from conventional imprisonment, the continued confinement of the monitored population is still evident, even outside penitentiary walls, through a critical examination of how this policy operates. Specifically, the aim is to understand electronic monitoring from a gendered perspective; that is, it is assumed that people of different genders experience the restriction of freedoms in distinct ways, and therefore the focus is placed on the experiences of women living with the so-called electronic ankle monitor. The particularities of this policy as experienced by the female population are investigated in light of the gender inequalities and violences that structure Brazilian society, as well as those related to class, race, generation, sexual orientation, and education. This is a qualitative investigation, grounded in a comprehensive approach, concerning the everyday lives of these individuals and how monitoring manifests itself in the subtleties of daily life, in tasks commonly regarded as routine. In other words, attention is directed to the everyday life of this population, considering the reach of the violences produced by monitoring in spheres regarded as the most ordinary aspects of life. In addition to everyday tasks, the family and friendship relationships of the interlocutors are also examined in light of the use of the ankle monitor, as well as employment and educational possibilities, likewise considering the effects of monitoring. Methodologically, field research was conducted, including semi-structured interviews, informal conversations, examinations of social media profiles of monitored women who share their routines, and the reading of an autobiographical work by one of the interlocutors. Thus, it is understood that, although electronic monitoring produces general effects on those subjected to it — men and women, for example — it is interpreted as a policy that also generates heterogeneous phenomena depending on the social group targeted. In the case of the female population, it is understood that the dynamics of this punitive and surveillance measure intersect with inequalities already established in Brazilian society and therefore require careful and specific attention. Finally, it is hoped that this study will contribute to research on conflict and violence, particularly to discussions surrounding the policy of electronic monitoring, from a perspective that takes into account the specificities of women’sexperiences. Tipo: Dissertação

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