O sentido do trabalho para praticantes do budismo na cidade de Curitiba - PR
This dissertation explores what the meaning of work is for Buddhism practitioners in the city of Curitiba, Paraná State, starting from the assumptions inherent in a qualitative research, i.e., an approach that seeks to understand the social world through the interpretation of its participants (BRYMA...
| Autor principal: | Albuquerque, Yasmin Xavier de |
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| Formato: | Dissertação |
| Idioma: | Português |
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Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná
2022
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http://repositorio.utfpr.edu.br/jspui/handle/1/27187 |
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This dissertation explores what the meaning of work is for Buddhism practitioners in the city of Curitiba, Paraná State, starting from the assumptions inherent in a qualitative research, i.e., an approach that seeks to understand the social world through the interpretation of its participants (BRYMAN & BELL, 2011). The research has three axes, each fulfilling a specific task in its overall composition. The first axis is the meaning of the work, which is the guiding or theoretical basis. The second axis is the practitioners of Buddhism, since in asking about what the meaning of work is, it is necessary to ask: the meaning of work for whom? The “for whom?” of this dissertation refers to the workers who practice Buddhism. The third axis is the place, the city of Curitiba, Paraná State, which is situated on a material plane where the Buddhism practitioners are. The production of meaning is how the human learning process takes place (WERTSCH, 2007). And work is a fundamental part of people’s lives, since a great part of one’s life is spent at work and one is fulfilled by seeking it (NARDI, 2006). In view of this, the approach used to understand the production of meaning in this dissertation is in line with the concept of ‘subjective meaning’, defined by González Rey (2017), as an essential ontological attribute for qualitative research. The author states that subjective meaning is an inseparable unit of two elements, symbolic processes and emotions, the theoretical construct resulting from this research created a zone of meaning, organizing the elements considered qualitatively most important in this subjective configuration. From the dialogues with the respondents, nuclei of meaning emerged, work as a mission, Buddhism in daily life, the exemplary posture in the workplace, and discipline are some of them. All these cores of meaning together point to an understanding of the subjective configuration of meaning of work for Buddhist practitioners which is work activity as an extension of religious practice. Far from being an exhaustive proposal, we sought to dialogue with the implicit and explicit meanings of the participants’ speeches in order to understand this social phenomenon, and to broaden the understanding about it through the presentation of the theoretical construct. |
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