scholarly journals Minorias no contexto de trabalho: uma análise das representações socais de estudantes universitários

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciana Maria Maia ◽  
Iara Andrade de Oliveira ◽  
Luiza Barbosa Porto Lima ◽  
Priscila De Oliveira Parente ◽  
Lana Soares Silva
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Black People ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Prison System ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Work Context ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
Social Minorities

RESUMO: O trabalho objetiva identificar como estudantes universitários representam a participação de minorias sociais no contexto de trabalho. Dados oficiais revelam que alguns grupos sociais são discriminados, considerando as oportunidades de trabalho, os espaços que ocupam e os salários que recebem. Pesquisas apontam que boa parte desse problema pode ser analisado a partir das representações sociais que sustentam o preconceito contra esses grupos. O preconceito pode ser compreendido como uma forma de relação que se manifesta por atitudes negativas, por comportamentos hostis e discriminatórios dirigidos a membros de minorias sociais. Realizou-se uma pesquisa com 83 estudantes universitários, por meio da Técnica de Associação Livre de Palavras, com os termos indutores “mulher”, “negro”, “homossexual”, “egresso do sistema prisional”, “pessoa com deficiência” e “pessoa com transtorno mental”, todos seguidos da expressão “no contexto de trabalho”. Para análise, utilizou-se o Iramuteq, especificamente a análise prototípica, considerando separadamente cada minoria. Os resultados são apresentados tendo em vista os elementos do Núcleo Central (NC) e das Zonas Periféricas (ZP). No NC, o preconceito parece ser reconhecido de forma flagrante para negros, homossexuais, pessoas com transtornos mentais, egressos do sistema prisional. Em contrapartida, para mulheres e pessoas com deficiência, as representações sugerem um preconceito velado. Nas zonas periféricas observam-se mudanças graduais que ficam mais claras na zona de contraste, indicando a emergência de representações que reconhecem a discussão e a luta por igualdade de direitos para alguns grupos. Não obstante, para outros, as representações ainda expressam os obstáculos à inclusão social.Palavras-chave: preconceito; exclusão; representações sociais; minorias sociais; mercado de trabalho.ABSTRACT: This paper aims to identify how university students represent minorities participation in the work context. Data reveals that some social groups are discriminated against, considering job opportunities, positions and the salaries received by them. Research indicates that much of the problem can be analyzed from the social representations that have sustained prejudice on minority groups. Prejudice can be understood as a form of relationship manifested by negative and derogatory attitudes and by hostile and discriminatory behavior. We had an 83 university students study, using the Free Words Association Technique, with the terms "woman", "black", "homosexual", "egress from the prison system", "person with disability" and "person with mental disorder", all followed by the expression "in the work context”. To the analysis, we used Iramuteq, specifically, a prototypical analysis, considering separately each minority. The results are presented in elements of Central Core (CC) and Peripheral Zones (PZ). In the CC, prejudice seems to be blatantly recognized to black people, homosexuals, people with mental disorders, egresses from the prison system. By contrast, for women and people with disabilities, the representations suggested a subtle prejudice. In the periphery zones, there were gradual changes, clearer in the contrast zone, indicating an emergence of representations that recognize a discussion and a struggle for equal rights for some of the groups. Nevertheless, to other groups the representations still express the obstacles to social inclusion. Keywords: prejudice; exclusion; social representations; social minorities; job market.

The Reflection of Apartheidic Trauma / Traumatic Apartheid in None to Accompany Me by Nadine Gordimer

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 328
Author(s):  
Şahin KIZILTAŞ
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Black People ◽  
Native People ◽  
Nadine Gordimer ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
White People ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Violence Victimization ◽  
White Settlers ◽  
Almost All

The world has gone through a trauma for centuries. Almost all nations have experienced all sorts of traumatic events and feelings in this period. Among those nations, the black seem to be the most unlucky and ill-fated suffered from traumatic disasters. However, among those black nations, the natives of South Africa have been the most piteous and wretched ones. Their misfortune began in 1652 with the arrival of white colonists in the country. Since then, the oppression and persecution of white European colonists and settlers on natives increasingly continued. Those native people were displaced from the lands inherited from their ancestors a few centuries ago. They were not allowed to have equal rights with white people and to share same environment in public premises. The natives have put up resistance against the racial and colonial practices of white settlers which excluded them from all living spaces; yet, they could not manage, even they came into power in 1994. Today their exclusion and violence victimization still go on and they are still subjected to inferior treatment by (post)colonial dominant white powers. As a white intellectual and writer who had European origins, Nadine Gordimer witnessed the repression and torturing of European settlers on native people in South Africa. In her novels, she has reflected the racial discrimination practiced by white people who have considered of themselves in a superior position compared to the black. This study aims to focus on how Gordimer has reflected the trauma which the black people of South Africa have experienced as a consequence of racist practices. This will contribute to clarify and get across the real and true-life traumatic narratives of native people in the colonized countries.

scholarly journals JOURNEY THROUGH “FIELDS” OF AGEING - FROM “WORLD OF ELDERS” TO “WORLDS OF SENIORS”

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
Orazio Licciardello ◽  
Manuel Mauceri ◽  
Graziella Di Marco ◽  
Maria Giuseppina Cardella
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
University Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Active Ageing ◽  
Digital Skills

Abstract.We conducted some researches in order to explore “fields” or dimensions of elderly people’s Quality of Life (QoL), both as self-perception and hetero-perception. A set of researches were conducted in Italy and Spain, involving seniors and university students. The aim was to explore the seniors’ QoL from both their and the students’ point of view. Results showed elderly people perceived their own life better than the “other” attributed to them; they were quite good at managing Positive and Negative Emotions. Spanish university students represented more positively the elderly people’s QoL than Italian colleagues. A Positive Affect as well as an empathic attitude towards seniors affected a better representation about elderly people’s QoL. Another set of studies was focused on the elderly people’s QoL and New Technologies (NTs) as these may offer opportunities both to maintain an independent lifestyle and to being involved in relevant activities. Most participants had nor any digital skills neither prejudices on the NTs; the perceived QoL was quite positive; Self-Efficacy believes were really high. The QoL was affected only by Self-Efficacy. A workshop was held, involving a small group of both disabled and healthy seniors; it was focused on the NTs, as tools to promote an active citizenship. After Training our seniors improved their Digital Skills and their own Quality of Life. In the end, a study was conducted in order to verify how both empathy (Empatic Concern; Perspective Taking), Theory on Mind (RMET) and contact worked well to improve QoL levels attributed to elders by a group of university students. On an applicative plan, empathy and TOM should represent the backdrop in supervised experiences of contact between students and elders. Further research will be conduct on this path.Key-Words: Active ageing; Quality of Life; Social Representations; Contact; Empathy.

Social Inclusion and Intercultural Values in a School of Education

2017 ◽  
pp. 518-531
Author(s):  
Olga M. Alegre de la Rosa ◽  
Luis M. Villar Angulo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
School Of Education ◽  
Barriers To Learning ◽  
Cultural Experience ◽  
Positive Elements

The aim of the study was to analyze the contextual and personal factors associated with student teachers' inclusive and intercultural values to minimize barriers to learning and participation. It also examined the role higher education played as a facilitator of social inclusion. Method. The sample was comprised of 1234 university students. Researchers applied the Guide Index for Inclusion (Booth & Ainscow, 2000) composed of three dimensions: Culture, Politics and Inclusive Practices. Positive elements emphasized the gender variable with highly significant scores on all dimensions. Besides, younger students with no cooperation between teachers and families didn't collaborate between teachers and family to promote inclusive attitudes. Moreover, it was noted that experience increases to more predisposition to the inclusion and recognition of barriers to learning and participation. As a conclusion, it was recognized that the principles of social inclusion may be influenced by variables such as gender, age, cultural experience and experience with people.

scholarly journals Employment and Chronic Diseases: Suggested Actions for The Implementation of Inclusive Policies for The Participation of People with Chronic Diseases in the Labour Market

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabiola Silvaggi ◽  
Michela Eigenmann ◽  
Chiara Scaratti ◽  
Erika Guastafierro ◽  
Claudia Toppo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Chronic Conditions ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Union Member ◽  
Training Tool ◽  
Employee Wellbeing ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
European Union Member States

In recent decades, the number of people living with one or more chronic diseases has increased dramatically, affecting all sectors of society, particularly the labour market. Such an increase of people with chronic diseases combined with the aging of working population affects income levels and job opportunities, careers, social inclusion and working conditions. Both legislation and company regulations should take into account the difficulties that workers experiencing chronic diseases may face in order to be able to formulate innovative and person-centred responses to effectively manage this workforce while simultaneously ensuring employee wellbeing and continued employer productivity. The European Joint Action “CHRODIS PLUS: Implementing good practices for Chronic Diseases” supports European Union Member States in the implementation of new and innovative policies and practices for health promotion, diseases prevention and for promoting participation of people with chronic diseases in labour market. Therefore, a Toolbox for employment and chronic conditions has been developed and its aim is to improve work access and participation of people with chronic diseases and to support employers in implementing health promotion and chronic disease prevention activities in the workplace. The Toolbox consists of two independent instruments: the Training tool for managers and the Toolkit for workplaces that have been tested in different medium and large companies and working sectors in several European countries.

The Role of Indonesian CSOs to Increase the Understanding of Diffabled Issues in the Indonesian Criminal Justice System

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 128
Author(s):  
Dio Ashar Wicaksana
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Civil Society Organization ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Disability Law

Indonesia successfully amended Disabled People Law in early 2016. The fundamental amendment is creating equal rights and opportunity for disabled groups. Disability group in this context is the people who have physical and mental limitations to communicate and participate effectively with another people as equals. But, nowadays some people prefer using the term “difabled” than “disabled”. Difabled alongside with feminist, LGBT and minority groups commonly known as a part of discriminated groups in society. Difabled activist believe that difabled is a natural part of human diversity – something that should be valued and respected, rather than pitied, feared and discriminated. Difabled people are potentially to be victim 4-10 times more than other people. Pusham UII (2015) highlighted the existence of many violations in the Indonesian criminal justice system to difabled people, such as: improper questioning, failure to process reports from blind people and a general atmosphere of disrespect to the difabled community. One of the major problems is the Indonesian law officers’ lack of knowledge and understanding of difabled groups. In Yogyakarta, Civil Society Organization (CSO) has significant role to increase understanding of difabled issues. In this instance, Sasana Integration and Advocacy of Difabled (Sigab) developed an inclusive village project in Yogyakarta. They provide education and socialization of difabled issues within village’s community. Another example, Pusham UII have developed the curriculum and module to provide training in legal institution (Police, Prosecutor and Judge). This paper discusses the understanding of law officer after Indonesian disability law already enacted in early 2016. Thereafter, I will discuss how Indonesian CSOs helps to increase the understanding of difabled issues, to eliminate gap of knowledge between legal formal with practice area. Consequently, my research question is formulated: “How does the role of Indonesian CSOs to increase the understanding of difabled issues in the Indonesian criminal justice system?” Keywords: Disability, Civil Society Organization, Criminal Justice System

Explaining disparities in BMI trajectories among older adults: a test of the double jeopardy and intersectionality hypotheses

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-265
Author(s):  
Hui Liew
Keyword(s):  
Minority Groups ◽  
Black People ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The United States ◽  
Longitudinal Change ◽  
Double Jeopardy ◽  
Birth Cohorts ◽  
Bmi Trajectories ◽  
Race Ethnicity

This study aims to assess how heterogeneity in BMI trajectories differs across birth cohorts, race/ethnicity, gender and the level of education in the United States of America. Specifically, it seeks to examine whether the combined effects of race/ethnicity, sex and education on the differences in the BMI trajectories reflect the processes associated with double jeopardy and/or intersectionality. The empirical work of this study is based on the 1992–2014 Health and Retirement Study (HRS). Findings from growth curve modelling provide partial support for the intersectionality hypotheses. Findings revealed that different dimensions of inequality (such as race/ethnicity, sex and education) interact and intersect with one another to influence longitudinal change in BMI. Health programmes to reduce, prevent, delay or reverse the progression of obesity among the elderly should pay particular attention to Black people, females and females from racial/minority groups (Black, Hispanic, Other).

scholarly journals Las políticas de inclusión social en Andalucía desde la perspectiva discursiva y lexicométrica. Un análisis comparativo del discurso técnico-político

2020 ◽  
pp. 75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Auxiliadora González Portillo ◽  
Germán Jaráiz Arroyo
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Multidimensional Analysis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies ◽  
Political Perception ◽  
Depth Interviews

Las políticas de inclusión social han sido analizadas desde muy diferentes perspectivas, pero en este artículo queremos presentar el análisis de las mismas desde el marco del Análisis del Discurso y la Lexicometría. Para ello nos hemos centrado en el discurso de dos de sus principales actores, aquellos que las diseñan (políticos) y aquellos que las ejecutan (técnicos), recogidos mediante entrevistas en profundidad y grupos focales que se hicieron en el trabajo de campo de un proyecto de investigación más amplio sobre la Políticas Sociales autonómicas en financiado por el por el Ministerio de Economía y Empresa (MIMECO) de España, en la convocatoria de proyectos de Investigación+Desarrollo 2014-2017. Para el análisis del discurso desde parámetros léxicos hemos utilizado el software Iramuteq, el cual, mediante un sistema de codificación y de análisis multidimensional estadístico, nos permite profundizar y categorizar los mundos léxicos presentes en los discursos. En este caso, establecemos una comparativa entre los mundos léxicos de los políticos y de los técnicos con respecto a las políticas de inclusión social en Andalucía. El resultado de la aplicación de esta metodología pone de manifiesto, en un primer momento, la oportunidad que ofrece la lexicometría como una primera forma de acercamiento a las representaciones sociales de los distintos actores, que posteriormente habrán de ser analizados en mayor profundidad con otras metodologías cualitativas. En un segundo momento, ya centrado en el caso analizado, la investigación nos muestra la presencia de dos discursos sobre las políticas de inclusión social en función del perfil del actor que lo enuncia, comprobándose en muchos casos, la distancia entre la percepción teórica (políticos) y la percepción pragmática (técnicos), así como la necesidad de que ambos sean compartidos en aras de una mejora de la eficacia de las políticas de inclusión social.Social inclusion policies have been analyzed from very different perspectives, but in this article we want to present their analysis from the framework of Discourse Analysis and Lexicometry. To this end, we have focused on the discourse of two of its main actors, those who design them (politicians) and those who execute them (technicians), collected through in-depth interviews and focus groups that were done in the field work of a broader research project on autonomous Social Policies funded by MIMECO in the call for R&D projects (2014-2017). For the analysis of discourse from lexical parameters we have used the Iramuteq software, which, through a system of coding and statistical multidimensional analysis, allows us to deepen and categorize the lexical worlds present in the discourse. In this case, we establish a comparison between the lexical worlds of politicians and technicians with respect to social inclusion policies in Andalusia. The result of the application of this methodology shows, at first, the opportunity offered by lexicometry as a first way of approaching the social representations of the different actors, which will later have to be analysed in greater depth with other qualitative methodologies. In a second moment, already centred on the case analysed, the research shows us the presence of two discourses on social inclusion policies according to the profile of the actor who enunciates them, proving in many cases the distance between the theoretical (political) perception and the pragmatic (technical) perception, as well as the need for both to be shared in order to improve the effectiveness of social inclusion policies.

scholarly journals Egalitarian men: stereotypes and discrimination in the labor market

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-147
Author(s):  
Hyalle Abreu Viana ◽  
Ana Raquel Rosas Torres ◽  
José Luis Álvaro Estriamana
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
University Students ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
The Other ◽  
Work Context ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Open Question ◽  
Do So

This article aimed to analyze the stereotypes attributed to "egalitarian men", understood here as men who support gender equality in relation to domestic and family responsibilities as well as inclusion in the workforce. To do so, two studies were carried out. The first study investigated the attribution of stereotypes to egalitarian men through a single open question. A total of 250 university students participated in this study, of which 51.1% were male, and their average age was 21.5 years (SD = 4.39). The second study analyzed the attribution of stereotypes to egalitarian or traditional men and women in a work context considered masculine. Participants included 221 university students with a mean age of 21.9 years (SD = 4.19), the majority (54.3%) being male. Taken together, the results of the two studies indicate that the egalitarian man is perceived as fragile and possibly homosexual. On the other hand, he is also seen as being more competent than traditional men.

scholarly journals CREATIVE INCLUSIVE PRACTICES OF SUBJECTIVITY FORMATION: AN APPROACH TO CONCEPTUAL SUBSTANTIATION

2021 ◽  
pp. 376-385
Author(s):  
Natalia T. Popova ◽  
◽  
Alexey Yu. Shemanov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Biological Significance ◽  
The Body ◽  
Inclusive Practices ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Expressive Movement ◽  
Symbolic World

The article is based on the experience of searching for «roundabout ways» of development for persons with mental disabilities to be able to enter the culture (L.S. Vygotsky). We substantiate the possibility of developing creative inclusive practices that contribute to the formation of the subjectivity of persons with mental disorders where subjectivity is considered as the ability for conscious purposeful intentional activity in conjunction with the supporting processes of mastering cultural ways of human activity (bodily-affective self-regulation, experiencing oneself and others, symbolic practices of mastering the body and emotions, etc.). Inclusion is seen as the development of a common language and cultural forms of interaction in an inclusive group, and not as a simple declaration of equal rights to social inclusion. The approach to the conceptual substantiation of the applied creative inclusive practices is based on rethinking of the biosemiotic concept of Umwelt (J. von Uexküll) in the light of the concept of human as a being that creates the symbolic world of culture as a sphere of his life and lays the foundations of his cultural subjectivity, developing his abilities for expressive movement (E. Cassirer). As a result, Umwelt appears as not just the surrounding world, whose biological significance is predetermined by the specific activity of a living being, but as a symbolic world of cultural meanings set by the symbolic activity of a person (based on the development of his/her expressive movement) within a group of people united for creative communication, with an integrated theater studio serving as a model of this symbolic world. The development of creative inclusive practices is based on N.A. Bernstein’s theory of construction of movements as the basis for ‘substitute ontogenesis’ and the formation of their own subjectivity and cultural symbolism in persons with mental disorders already at the pre-expressive (J. Grotowsky, E. Barba) stage of training.

scholarly journals PREPARING FUTURE LEADERS OF THEIR RACES -THE POLITICAL FUNCTION OF CHILDREN’S CHARACTERS IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AMERICAN PICTURE-BOOKS

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-184
Author(s):  
Ewa Klęczaj-Siara
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Picture Books ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Picture Book ◽  
The Political ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Text And Image ◽  
Political Function ◽  
Book Format

Aim. The aim of the article is to analyse the ways African American children’s characters are constructed in selected picture-books and to determine whether they have any impact on the conduct of contemporary black youth facing discrimination in their own lives. It also argues that picture-books are one of the most influential media in the representation of racial problems.Methods. The subjects of the study are picture-books. The analysis pertains to the visual and the verbal narrative of the books, with a special emphasis being placed on the interplay between text and image as well as on the ways the meaning of the books is created. The texts are analysed using a number of existing research methods used for examining the picture-book format. Results. The article shows that the actions of selected children’s characters, whether real or imaginary, may serve as an incentive for contemporary youth to struggle for equal rights and contribute to the process of racial integration on a daily basis.Conclusions. The results can be considered in the process of establishing educational curricula for students from minority groups who need special literature that would empower them to take action and join in the efforts of adult members of their communities.

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