SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS: Moçambican ethnicities

This article aims to bring a reflection on the theory of Social Representations from the perspective of Social Psychology. From the bibliographic review, an analogy is made between the theories of social representations, to a concrete society, in this case, the Mozambican society. Social representations have been a topic widely discussed by several and categorized authors, many of them addressing the relationship between cognition-knowledge, individual and society. For this purpose, three Mozambican ethnicities were analyzed, namely, Macuas-Lomués, Ndaus and Tsongas, in which, based on the bibliographic verification of their cultures, beliefs and values, a real analogy can be drawn between the theories on social and cultural representations. the behaviors of these ethnic groups, which make clear the different social representations in the different regions that form the country called Mozambique.The basis of the research was the bibliographic review, both to address the theoretical supports, as well as to address the Mozambican reality.

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Serge Moscovici’s work

10.17184/eac.9782813004314 ◽

2021 ◽

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Social Psychology ◽

European Association ◽

Social Representations ◽

International Workshop ◽

Minority Influence ◽

Societal Issues ◽

The Third ◽

Recent Developments ◽

Theory Of Social Representations

We organized recently an international workshop in Greece, to confront our ideas about two major theories of Serge Moscovici. The theory of social representations (1961) and the theory of minority influence (1976). It was a question of tracing the perspectives of the legacy he had left us. This book is the collective trace of this work. It is organized in three parts. The first part deals with the epistemic and theoretical questions raised by Serge Moscovici’s work. It begins with a historical reminder of his contribution to the formation of the European Association of Social Psychology. The second part of the book presents recent developments in the theory of minority influence. The actual and potential developments of this theory is discussed. The third part is devoted to the theory of social representations. The topics discussed show that this theory has become a reference theory in social sciences for the analysis of societal issues. One could see in this book a form of homage to the work of Serge Moscovici. But it should above all be seen as a tribute to the liveliness and relevance of the theories he has bequeathed to us.

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Breves orientações sobre a Teoria das Representações Sociais de Serge Moscovici e a interdisciplinaridade

Estudos Interdisciplinares em Psicologia ◽

10.5433/2236-6407.2015v6n2p59 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 59

Author(s):

Cristiana Barcelos Da Silva ◽

Gerson Tavares Do Carmo ◽

Alessandra Maria da Silva Custódio Da Silva

Keyword(s):

Social Psychology ◽

Social Representations ◽

Social Processes ◽

Scientific Production ◽

Social Representation ◽

Palabras Clave ◽

The Social ◽

Social Representation Theory ◽

Qualitative Nature ◽

The Relationship

O presente trabalho teve como objetivo analisar a Teoria das Representações Sociais (TRS) e a questão da Interdisciplinaridade enquanto categorias analíticas e alternativas metodológicas de produção científica. A partir de leituras inicias de autores basilares como, Moscovici (2003), Jodelet (2011, 1998), Sá (1998), Japiassu (1976), Fazenda (1995,1979) e Frigotto (2008), dentre outros, verificamos algumas questões que faziam referência a respeito da possibilidade de interseção entre a TRS e a Interdisciplinaridade. Desse modo, este estudo buscou, com base em uma análise bibliográfica de cunho qualitativo, comprovar ou refutar a hipótese em torno da relação entre a teoria moscoviciana e a questão da Interdisciplinaridade. Importante destacar que, para a análise, levamos em conta a abordagem, os objetivos, os efeitos, bem como o contexto em que ambos se constituíram. Concluímos o estudo, afirmando a existência de conexão entre as duas temáticas, apontamos para quatro elementos característicos comuns: análise multifacetada de explicação da realidade, a dialogicidade, o foco no todo e a proposição em superar a fragilidade da fragmentação da ciência.Palavras-chave: psicologia social; processos sociais;conhecimento. BRIEF COMMENTS ABOUT THEORY OF SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF SERGE MOSCOVICI AND INTERDISCIPLINARITYAbstractThis study aimed to analyze the Social Representation Theory (SRT) and the issue of Interdisciplinarity as analytical categories and methodological alternatives of scientific production. From initial readings of authors such as basic, Moscovici (2003), Jodelet (2011, 1998), Sa (1998), Japiassu (1976), Finance (1995,1979) and Frigotto (2008), among others, we find some issues that made reference about the possibility of intersection between the SRT and the Interdisciplinary. Thus, this study, based on a literature review of qualitative nature, prove or disprove the hypothesis on the relationship between theory and moscovician the issue of interdisciplinarity. Importantly, for the analysis, we consider the approach, the objectives, the effects and the context in which they are constituted. Concluded the study by stating that there is connection between the two issues, we pointed to four common characteristic: multifaceted analysis of explanation of reality, dialogicity, focus on the whole and the proposition to overcome the weakness of fragmentation of science.Keywords: social psychology; social processes; knowledge BREVES COMENTARIOS SOBRE LA TEORÍA DE LAS REPRESENTACIONES SOCIALES DE SERGE MOSCOVICI Y LA INTERDISCIPLINARIEDAD ResumenEste estudio tuvo como objetivo analizar la Teoría de las Representaciones Sociales (TRS) y la cuestión de la Interdisciplinariedad como categorías de análisis y alternativas metodológicas de la producción científica. A partir de las lecturas iniciales de autores como básico, Moscovici (2003), Jodelet (2011, 1998), Sa (1998), Japiassu (1976), Finanzas (1995,1979) y Frigotto (2008), entre otros, nos encontramos con algunos problemas que hace referencia a la posibilidad de intersección entre los TRS y la Interdisciplinario. Por lo tanto, este estudio, basado en una revisión de la literatura de naturaleza cualitativa, probar o refutar la hipótesis sobre la relación entre la teoría y moscoviciana el tema de la interdisciplinariedad. Es importante destacar que, para el análisis, consideramos el enfoque, los objetivos, los efectos y el contexto en que se constituyen. Concluido el estudio afirmando que no hay conexión entre los dos asuntos, señalamos a cuatro característica común: el análisis multifacético de la explicación de la realidad, dialogicidad, se centran en el todo y la proposición para superar la debilidad de la fragmentación de la ciencia.Palabras clave: psicología social; los procesos sociales; conocimiento.

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Indicadores psicossociais: um olhar ampliado para processos educativos

Estudos em Avaliação Educacional ◽

10.18222/eae.v0ix.4052 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Sandra Lúcia Ferreira ◽

Anamérica Prado Marcondes ◽

Adelina Novaes

Keyword(s):

Social Psychology ◽

Social Representations ◽

Educational Evaluation ◽

Social Conditions ◽

Educational Context ◽

Education Evaluation ◽

Epistemic Attitude ◽

Palabras Clave ◽

Theory Of Social Representations

Questões voltadas para o encadeamento de relações em que a pertinência dos indicadores ganha sentido e legitimação – tais como as condições sociais de produção, difusão, reprodução e transformação – foram abordadas com vistas a introduzir uma discussão teórico -metodológica que abarque a construção de indicadores psicossociais. Ao adotar a teoria das representações sociais, o estudo identificou que sua fecundidade para o desenvolvimento de avaliações educacionais ainda é insuficientemente explorada, apesar de o fenômeno das representações sociais conter o ato de avaliar. Nesse sentido, a proposição de adoção de um paradigma psicossocial para a elaboração de indicadores avaliativos no âmbito educacional foi entendida a partir de um novo ethos, bem como de uma renovada postura epistêmica, sem desconsiderar o rigor e a seriedade indispensáveis às pesquisas avaliativas.Palavras-chave: Indicadores Psicossociais; Avaliação da Educação; Representações Sociais; Psicologia Social. Indicadores psicosociales: una mirada ampliada a los procesos educativosResúmen:Cuestiones relacionadas con el encadenamiento de relaciones en que la pertinencia de los indicadores gana sentido y legitimación – como las condiciones sociales de producción, difusión, reproducción y transformación – fueron abordadas con miras a introducir una discusión teórico-metodológica a fin de abarcar la construcción de indicadores psicosociales. Al adoptar la teoría de las representaciones sociales, el estudio identificó que su fecundidad para el desarrollo de evaluaciones educacionales todavía es insuficientemente explotada, a pesar de que el fenómeno de las representaciones sociales contenga el acto de evaluar. En este sentido, la proposición de adopción de un paradigma psicosocial para elaborar los indicadores evaluativos en el ámbito educacional fue entendida desde un nuevo ethos, así como la adopción de una postura epistémica, sin desconsiderar el rigor y la seriedad indispensables a las investigaciones evaluativas.Palabras Clave: Indicadores Psicosociales; Evaluación de la Educación; Representaciones Sociales; Psicología Social. Psychosocial indicators: a wide view of evaluation processesAbstract:Questions associated with the binding of relations, in which the pertinence of indicators gain meaning and legitimization such as social conditions of production, promotion, reproduction and transformation, were raised in order to present a theoretic-methodological discussion about the construction of psychosocial indicators. Adopting the theory of social representations, the study identified that its contribution to the development of educational evaluation is insufficiently explored, even if the phenomenon of social representations is suitable to assess it. In this respect, the proposal to adopt a psychosocial paradigm with the aim of elaborating evaluation indicators in the educational context was understood from a new ethos, as well as from a renewed epistemic attitude, without ignoring the necessary rigor and seriousness for the studies.Keywords: Psychosocial Indicators; Education Evaluation; Social Representations; Social Psychology.

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Questioning interdisciplinarity: history, social psychology and the theory of social representations

Psychology and History ◽

10.1017/cbo9781139525404.008 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 109-126 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ivana Marková

Keyword(s):

Social Psychology ◽

Social Representations ◽

Theory Of Social Representations

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On Serge Moscovici’s 95th anniversary: The theory of social representations - history, postulates and dissemination

RUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics ◽

10.22363/2313-1683-2020-17-3-542-553 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 542-553 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Pascal Moliner ◽

Inna B. Bovina

Keyword(s):

Social Psychology ◽

Social Representations ◽

The World ◽

New Ideas ◽

Theory Of Social Representations

The theory of social representations is one of the major theories in social psychology with the thousands of scientific articles that has been published since its birth. In this article we return to the reasons for this success. First, it can be explained by the relative flexibility of the initial postulates of this theory. This flexibility has allowed researchers who are sometimes far removed from psychology to adapt it to their own problems. But the success of the theory of social representations can also be explained by the action taken by Serge Moscovici throughout his career to spread his theory throughout the world. Finally, Serge Moscovici never ceased to suggest new ideas about social representations and many of his suggestions remain untapped to this day. They constitute a real reservoir for researchers of tomorrow.

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War Widows and Welfare Queens

The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Sociology ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190273385.013.31 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 584-605

Author(s):

Brittany Pearl Battle

Keyword(s):

Policy Development ◽

Social Welfare Policy ◽

Cultural Representations ◽

The Poor ◽

The Social ◽

The Family ◽

Deserving Poor ◽

Analytical Tools ◽

The Relationship ◽

Undeserving Poor

This chapter examines the sociocognitive dimensions of cultural categorizations of deservingness. The social issue of poverty has been a persistent source of debate in the American system of policy development, influenced by conceptual distinctions between the “haves” and “have-nots,” “working moms” and “unemployed dads,” and the “deserving poor” and the “undeserving poor.” Although there is a wealth of literature discussing the ideological underpinnings of stratification systems, these discussions often focus on categorical distinctions between the poor and the nonpoor, with much less discussion of distinctions made among the poor. Moreover, while scholars of culture and policy have long referenced the importance of cultural categories of worthiness in policy development, the theoretical significance of these distinctions has been largely understudied. I expand the discourse on the relationship between cultural representations of worth and social welfare policy by exploring how these categories are conceptualized. Drawing on analytical tools from a sociology of perception framework, I create a model that examines deservingness along continuums of morality and eligibility to highlight the taken-for-granted cultural subtleties that shape perceptions of the poor. I focus on social filters created by norms of poverty, welfare, and the family to explore how the deserving are differentiated from the undeserving.

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Space Making as Artistic Practice: The Relationship between Grassroots Art Organizations and the Political Economy of Urban Development

City and Community ◽

10.1111/cico.12458 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

pp. 1142-1161 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Shira Zilberstein

Keyword(s):

Political Economy ◽

Urban Development ◽

Urban Space ◽

The Political ◽

Cultural Representations ◽

Artistic Practice ◽

Social And Cultural Capital ◽

Art Organizations ◽

Do It Yourself ◽

The Relationship

Standard narratives on the relationship between art and urban development detail art networks as connected to sources of dominant economic, social, and cultural capital and complicit in gentrification trends. This research challenges the conventional model by investigating the relationship between grassroots art spaces, tied to marginal and local groups, and the political economy of development in the Chicago neighborhood of Pilsen. Using mixed methods, I investigate Do–It–Yourself and Latinx artists to understand the construction and goals of grassroots art organizations. Through their engagements with cultural representations, space and time, grassroots artists represent and amplify the interests of marginal actors. By allying with residents, community organizations and other art spaces, grassroots artists form a social movement to redefine the goals and usages of urban space. My findings indicate that heterogeneous art networks exist and grassroots art networks can influence urban space in opposition to top–down development.

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Anthropological communities of interpretation for Burma: An overview

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies ◽

10.1017/s0022463408000192 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 39 (2) ◽

pp. 239-254 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

U Chit Hlaing

Keyword(s):

Southeast Asia ◽

Ethnic Groups ◽

Field Of Study ◽

Anthropological Theory ◽

History Of ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship ◽

The Way

AbstractThis paper surveys the history of anthropological work on Burma, dealing both with Burman and other ethnic groups. It focuses upon the relations between anthropology and other disciplines, and upon the relationship of such work to the development of anthropological theory. It tries to show how anthropology has contributed to an overall understanding of Burma as a field of study and, conversely, how work on Burma has influenced the development of anthropology as a subject. It also tries to relate the way in which anthropology helps place Burma in the broader context of Southeast Asia.

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Dance and Ethnicity

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199754281.013.38 ◽

2016 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Anthony Shay ◽

Barbara Sellers-Young

Keyword(s):

Cultural Studies ◽

Ethnic Groups ◽

Identity Construction ◽

Research Approach ◽

Transnational Politics ◽

Dance Studies ◽

Ethnic Category ◽

The Creation ◽

The Relationship ◽

Active Contributor

Ethnic groups have been defined as people who share a common ethos based on ancestry, nation, language and other identity markers. This volume brings scholars from across the globe that have incorporated perspectives from critical and cultural studies in an investigation of what it means to define oneself in an ethnic category and how this category is performed and represented as an ethnicity. The essays in this volume engage the four themes of identity construction, local and transnational politics, appropriation and related exotification, and resistance that are part of the ongoing discourse in the relationship between dance and ethnicity. Cumulatively, the essays in their research approach and methodology document the change that has taken place in dance studies from the ethnic as an easily identified category based on biology and geography to ethnicity as a fluid concept and dance as an active contributor to the creation and negotiation of it.

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Introduction

The Oxford Handbook of Animal Studies ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199927142.013.37 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. xvi-22

Author(s):

Linda Kalof

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Political Theory ◽

Animal Studies ◽

Cultural Representations ◽

Key Issues ◽

The Relationship ◽

Animal Question

This chapter introduces the field of animal studies as an interdisciplinary scholarly endeavor to understand the relationship humans have with other animals. That relationship is mapped into five major categories, reflected in the titles of each of the handbook’s five parts: “Animals in the Landscape of Law, Politics and Public Policy”; “Animal Intentionality, Agency, and Reflexive Thinking”; “Animals as Objects in Science, Food, Spectacle and Sport”; “Animals in Cultural Representations”; and “Animals in Ecosystems.” The chapters in each part are summarized and key issues in the “animal question” are explicated. Chapter topics include animals in research, entertainment, law, political theory, public policy, agency, tourism and ecology. Concluding remarks include an appeal for altruistic coexistence for all beings in the earth’s ecosystem.

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