Who is the contemporary artist? Social representation of the artist among visual art students

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-126
Author(s):  
Karolina Pietras

Abstract The paper presents the application of semantic field analysis to the reconstruction of the social representation of the contemporary artist among visual arts students. 124 students from the Faculty of Art of the Pedagogical University of Cracow and the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow answered an openended question: Who is the artist in our time? The narrative material was used to reconstruct the equivalents, opposites, attributes, associations, activities of the subject and activities on the subject which constitute the semantic field of the concept “contemporary artist”. The conclusions, practical implications and direction for future studies are presented.

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-99
Author(s):  
Marek Krajewski ◽  
Filip Schmidt

Who is an artist? Questions over how to define this role divided the makers of the project The Invisible Visual: Visual Art in Poland—Its State, Role, and Significance. The authors’ sources of data were the results of a nationwide survey, a survey of graduates of the Polish Academy of Fine Arts in the years 1975–2011, and in-depth interviews with seventy individuals in the field of visual arts. The authors were able to establish, first, that persons working in the art field give different definitions from those beyond its bounds; second, that artists, decision-makers, curators, and critics try to defend the sense and autonomy of their activities against ways of thinking and acting that are typical of other areas of the social world (while they are themselves engaged in disputes over who has a right to call him- or herself an artist and what is and isn’t good art); and third, being an artist is marked by a difficult-to-cross boundary, as is shown by the common necessity of supplementing artistic work by other sources of income and the high risk of failure in an artistic career.


2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-20
Author(s):  
Teresinha Mello da SILVEIRA

The anguish experiencied by women over sixty relates mainly to issues such as desire of to live – going beyond subjects like losses and grief. Their love and sex life is still riddler with taboos, surrouded by a silence that deniesthe problem or disqualifies those who dare to approach the subject. Under these circumstance, loneliness, somatization and depression develop easily, this way confirming the sayings: “Old people love to talk about diseases”, or “Old people do nothing except complain”. In an attempt to explode this myth and help old women to take control of their condition and rights taken into account, I will approach issues such as love, sex and loneliness in this age group. So as to profile the middle class old people, I will take into consideration historical facts, the rapid social, cultural and technological changes and the imperatives of the consumer society, the influence of the media, and the new types of family arrangements. I will approach issues referring to sexual activity and love in the third age, and point out the origins of the loneliness experiencied by women based on this frame of refence. Finally, I will show ways that allows changes in the social representation of old women – changes that may make it possible for them to be listened, respected and welcomed with regard to their affective and sex life – and that contribute to revise the psychotherapeutic practices related to this segment.


2020 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Leslyê Rocha Gutmann ◽  
Camila Daiane Silva ◽  
Daniele Ferreira Acosta ◽  
Marina Soares Mota ◽  
César Francisco Silva da Costa ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the structure and content of social representations about violence by primary health care users. Method: Qualitative study based on the Theory of Social Representations, carried out in Rio Grande health units with 150 people between January and April 2019 by applying free evocations and interviews, which were treated by using software and contextual analysis, respectively. Results: Violence against people, violence, physical violence, substance dependence, and robbery made up the representation in the central core. People represented violence as interpersonal, including intrafamily and urban. Women were related to domestic violence and the exercise of verbal violence, while men were more closely related to urban violence and the use of physical violence. Final considerations: Obtaining the social representation of violence makes it possible to reflect on the subject in the primary health care scenario, contributing to the development of strategies and targeted actions.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 351-367
Author(s):  
Mioara Cristea ◽  
Jose Francisco Valencia ◽  
Mihai Curelaru

The general aim of this research was to investigate the use of the Basic Cognitive Schemes (BCS) model in examining the qualitative vs. quantitative centrality of a social representation’s (SR) core elements. Firstly, we examined the internal structure of the social representation of the European integration (Study 1, N = 71) according to Central Core Theory of the structural approach of social representations. Secondly, we investigated the qualitative vs. quantitative centrality of its core elements (Study 2, N = 106) using the BCS model. The study included young people from Eastern Romania enrolled in a Psychology undergraduate degree. The results permitted the identification of the elements defining the internal structure of the SR of the European integration among young Romanians. We identified five central elements with prescriptive functions (i.e., mobility, unity, opportunity, European funds, and civilization). Furthermore, after checking their qualitative and quantitative centrality using the BCS model, only three of them were confirmed as both qualitatively and quantitatively central. Thus, the results also underlined the importance of the BSC model in better understanding the relationships between the SR’s internal elements. Theoretical and practical implications of the results are discussed.


2017 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 419-438
Author(s):  
Alene Lins ◽  
Madalena Oliveira ◽  
Luís António Santos

This article analyses the technological changes that have modified the snapshot in photojournalism. Formerly, snapshot was a result of the technique and expertise of the photographer. Today, due to a kind of “agility” of the cameras, it has become a possible practice for any photo-reporter. Sequential photographs turn the portrayed subject’s body into a pliant element of the editorial process. In figurations that privilege unfulfilled gestures and disfigurements, some images published by the press symbolically alter the social representation of the person portrayed. The study described within this paper also points to the use of an aesthetic of the grotesque, present in the expressions, gestures and posture of the subject photographed and to a discourse of the snapshot as a regime of power exerted by the press.


2019 ◽  
Vol 82 (200-01-02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Merchede

Retoma uma técnica alternativa de instrução centrada em grupo, trabalho já publicado, aperfeiçoando-o, revendo-o e ampliando-o, mediante introdução de modificações, fruto de avaliações realizadas no correr do tempo, desde a sua publicação na versão original. A técnica é calcada na experiência e corporificada num processo evolutivo de ajustes e correções. Inicia-se com a abordagem de alguns aspectos do seminário, em que a técnica encontrou sua idéia germinal. Destacam-se críticas sobre a freqüente má utilização do seminário. A seguir, expõe-se a Técnica de Aula em Equipe, sua definição, objetivos e suas diferentes etapas de aplicação: planejamento, preparação, apresentações e avaliação. São tecidas considerações a respeito da utilização da técnica, tais como a reação dos alunos; alguns aspectos incorporados à técnica como forma de correção de problemas anteriores ou impropriedades detectadas na utilização do seminário. Nas conclusões, apontam-se alguns resultados positivos do uso da técnica. Palavras-chave: dinâmica de grupo; método de ensino; seminário; técnica de ensino. Abstract The problem of "cheating on tests" is not only a polemic one, but is also full of controversy. This is so, when the subject is viewed both from a didactics and pupil evaluation perspective and from a human values perspective. Hence, "cheating on tests" constitutes a significant and challenging research theme. Thus, turning "cheating on tests" into a problem is to rethink it on a critical and strongly based way, which enables the perception and analysis of the several sides of its origin and circumstances. Bearing that on mind, that survey bases itself on the Social Representation Theory to discuss images, concepts, practices and tools as well as to study alternatives of that "problem", giving special attention to the interrelation between school and psychosocial reasons. Keywords: social representation; "cheating on tests"; teaching; research.


Author(s):  
David Lloyd

Under Representation argues that the relation between the concepts of universality, freedom and humanity, and the racial order of the modern world is grounded in the founding texts of aesthetic philosophy. It challenges the absence of sustained thought about race in postcolonial studies and the lack of attention to aesthetics in critical race theory. Late Enlightenment discourse on aesthetic experience proposes a decisive account of the conditions of possibility for universal human subjecthood. The aesthetic forges a powerful racial regime of representation whose genealogy runs from enlightenment thinkers like Kant and Schiller to late modernist critics like Adorno and Benjamin. For aesthetic philosophy, representation is an activity that articulates the various spheres of human practice and theory, from the most fundamental acts of perception and reflection to the relation of the subject to the political, the economic, and the social. Representation regulates the distribution of racial identifications along a developmental trajectory: the racialized remain “under representation,” on the threshold of humanity and not yet capable of freedom and civility as aesthetic thought defines those attributes. To ignore the aesthetic is thus to overlook its continuing force in the formation of the racial and political structures down to the present. In its five chapters, Under Representation investigates the aesthetic foundations of modern political subjectivity; race and the sublime; the logic of assimilation and the sterotype; the subaltern critique of representation; and the place of magic and the primitive in modernist concepts of art, aura, and representation.


2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arye Olman

Abstract Since a semantic field can reflect a specific mind set behind a linguistic situation, it shines light on the ideals of native speakers of the language under study. Here, Semantic fields of length measures in the Hebrew language of the Mishnaic period are investigated and the findings are compared to the facts known from other sources. On the basis of a semantic field analysis of the measuring units existing in Mishnaic Hebrew, it is clear that the social and cultural life of the Jews in the Land of Israel from the second century B.C.E. through the third century C.E. was re-organized and renewed; connections between different parts of the country were strengthened. This dramatic change was the result of pressure from Greek and Persian cultures. This conclusion fits well with historical data.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-87
Author(s):  
Elena Ksenofontova

The article outlines the semantic field of the problems related to "identity" in order to find a general framework for joint work of narrow specialists studying the social reality that is diverse, yet common to all of us. The main thesis of the paper is that the identification process carried out by the subject in search of self-identification or "I" is not limited to, but is based on the psychological security of the individual. The issue is considered from the point of view of different research disciplines. Pedagogical and Developmental Psychology, as well as Pedagogy deal with the processes of the child’s socialization resulting in his/her mastering the social roles, but also the person’s self-identification as a subject of social relations. The potential capabilities of this subject depend on his/her achievement of self-acceptance based on the feeling of belonging to such a group that offers the values that the person is willing to realize in his/her life. Both psychologists and political scientists indicate considerable difficulties the person comes across on this path.


2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Denise Castilhos de Araujo

RESUMO Este artigo tem por objetivo refletir acerca da representação social da velhice feminina em um filme publicitário da campanha #velhapraisso, da marca de cosméticos brasileira Natura. Esta marca, nos últimos anos, tem procurado valorizar a beleza das brasileiras, a partir da exaltação das diferenças das belezas presentes no Brasil. Na campanha selecionada, a Natura aborda uma temática relevante socialmente, a velhice, representando-a em uma peça publicitária e propondo, também, a discussão sobre o assunto em ações de interação com as consumidoras da marca em seu site. Na reflexão proposta neste estudo, trabalha-se com a teoria das representações sociais, a partir das propostas teóricas de Moscovici (1978) e Jodelet (2001). E, para esses autores, as representações sociais podem ser consideradas criações dos grupos sociais, as quais auxiliam os indivíduos a reconhecerem comportamentos mais adequados para um momento ou outro, bem como para identificarem e solucionarem certos problemas. O que se propõe, então, é a identificação da representação social da velhice no referido filme publicitário, ou seja, como a marca Natura apresenta a velhice para suas consumidoras. Ao final dessa reflexão, identificou-se que o tratamento dado à velhice abrange duas dimensões, a da idade propriamente dita, e a social, que se refere à adequação de comportamentos sociais, por parte das mulheres, em determinadas situações.   PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Publicidade, velhice, mulher, representação social.     ABSTRACT This article aims to reflect on the social representation of old women in a publicity film of the campaign #velhapraisso by Brazilian cosmetics brand Natura. This brand, in recent years, have sought to value the beauty of Brazilians, from the exaltation of the differences of the various beauties present in Brazil. In the selected campaign, Natura addresses a relevant social issue, old age, representing it in an advertising piece and proposing, also, the discussion on the subject in actions of interaction with the consumers of the brand in its website. In the reflection proposed in this study, we work with the theory of social representations, based on the theoretical proposals of Moscovici (1978) and Jodelet (2001). In these authors viewpoint, social representations can be considered as creations of social groups, which help individuals to recognize behaviors more adequate for one moment or another, as well as to identify and solve certain problems. What is proposed, then, is the identification of the social representation of old age in the said advertising film, that is, how the Natura brand presents old age for its consumers. At the end of this reflection, it was identified that the treatment given to old age encompasses two dimensions, that of the age itself (would be), and the social one, which refers to the adequacy of social behaviors by women, in certain situations.   KEYWORDS: Advertising, old age, women, social representations.     RESUMEN Este artículo tiene como objetivo reflexionar sobre la representación social de la vejez de las mujeres en la campaña de publicidad de una película de #velhapraisso marca de cosméticos Natura de Brasil. Esta marca, en los últimos años, han tratado de mejorar la belleza de Brasil, de la exaltación de las diferencias de las diversas bellezas presentes en Brasil. En campaña seleccionada, Natura aborda un tema relevante socialmente, la vejez, lo que supone que en un artículo de publicidad y proponer también la discusión sobre el tema en las actividades interactivas con los consumidores de la marca en su sitio web. En la reflexión propuesta en este estudio, el trabajo con la teoría de las representaciones sociales, desde las propuestas teóricas de Moscovici (1978) y Jodelet (2001). Y, para estos autores, las representaciones sociales pueden considerarse creaciones de los grupos sociales, que ayudan a las personas a reconocer comportamientos más apropiados para un momento u otro, así como para identificar y resolver ciertos problemas. Lo que se propone, entonces, es identificar las representaciones sociales de la vejez en la que la publicidad de la película, o como Natura marca presenta la vejez por sus consumidores. Al final de esta reflexión, se encontró que el tratamiento de envejecimiento comprende dos dimensiones, la misma edad (Be), y social, en lo que respecta al ajuste de la conducta social de las mujeres en ciertas situaciones.   PALABRAS-CLAVE: Publicidad, la vejez, la mujer, la representación social.


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