scholarly journals Water and Climate Change, Two Key Objectives in Agenda 2030: Assessment of Climate Literacy Levels and Social Representations in Academics from Three Climate Contexts

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amor Escoz-Roldán ◽  
José Gutiérrez-Pérez ◽  
Pablo A. Meira-Cartea
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
The Social ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between Climate Change and Water is an obvious and key issue within the Sustainable Development Goals. This study aims to investigate the social representation created around this relationship in three different territorial contexts in order to evaluate the influence of the territory on the perception of the risk of Climate Change and its relationship with water. By means of a questionnaire completed by 1709 university students, the climatic literacy of the individual was evaluated in order to relate it to other dimensions on the relationship between Climate Change and Water (information, training previous on climate change and pro-environmental attitudes) in their different dimensions in three different territorial contexts. The results show that the socio-cultural context influences the social representation of Climate Change, but not from the climatological condition, so that it is reasonable to think that the social representation of this relationship is favoured by a common culture around this relationship.

scholarly journals Water and Climate Change, Two Key Objectives in the Agenda 2030: Assessment of Climate Literacy Levels and Social Representations in Academics from Three Climate Contexts

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amor Escoz-Roldán ◽  
José Gutiérrez-Pérez ◽  
Pablo Meira-Cartea
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
University Students ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
The Social ◽  
Climate Literacy ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between climate change and water is an obvious and key issue within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This study aims to investigate the social representation created around this relationship in three different territorial contexts in order to evaluate the influence of the territory on the perception of the risk of climate change and its relationship with water. By means of a questionnaire completed by 1709 university students, the climatic literacy of the individual was evaluated in order to relate it to other dimensions on the relationship between climate change and water (information, training previous on climate change and pro-environmental attitudes) in their different dimensions in three different territorial contexts. Three hypotheses have been tested: (1) The denial of the CC is significantly associated with a representation that belittles the consequences of global warming and other extreme phenomena. (2) Territorial contexts with high average rainfall levels and low average annual temperatures tend to minimize the social representation of water risks associated with the CC. (3) There is significant interaction between the socio-cultural context and social representations on the causes, consequences and solutions to the problems of CC and water. The first two hypotheses have been rejected, while the third has been accepted. The research results show high climate literacy in the samples of selected university students. It is noted that students recognize a close relationship between the problem of water and the climate crisis. Likewise, they identify different types of causes, consequences, physical processes and solutions. Different climatological contexts do not show significant differences in the social representations that students show about climate change, while socio-educational variables such as available scientific information, or ideology orientation do show significant differences.

Global Health and International Development

2018 ◽  
pp. 216-235
Author(s):  
Andrew Harmer ◽  
Jonathan Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Economic System ◽  
International Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Global Population

This chapter explores the relationship between international development and global health. Contrary to the view that development implies ‘good change’, this chapter argues that the discourse of development masks the destructive and exploitative practices of wealthy countries at the expense of poorer ones. These practices, and the unregulated capitalist economic system that they are part of, have created massive inequalities between and within countries, and potentially catastrophic climate change. Both of these outcomes are detrimental to global health and the millennium development goals and sustainable development goals do not challenge these dynamics. While the Sustainable Development Goals acknowledge that inequality and climate change are serious threats to the future of humanity, they fail to address the economic system that created them. Notwithstanding, it is possible that the enormity and proximity of the threat posed by inequality and global warming will energise a counter movement to create what Kate Raworth terms ‘an ecologically safe and socially just space’ for the global population while there is still time.

Stability and Change in Everyday Knowledge: From Taken for Granted to Social Representation

2021 ◽  
pp. 59-78
Author(s):  
Francesca Emiliani
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Common Knowledge ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Stability And Change ◽  
Ordinary Life ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Everyday Knowledge

What do we talk about when we talk about everyday life? This chapter considers everyday life as a “metasystem” in Moscovici’s terms, a normative system that checks and organizes knowledge and thought. Looking at social representations theory, the chapter considers the structuring power of this metasystem, referring to two kinds of research where the absence (for deprived children) or suspension (in the first COVID-19 lockdown in Italy) of everyday life causes delays in children’s development and dismay in adults. The suspension of ordinary life highlights the social representation of “normality.” The structure of the “everyday life” metasystem is largely taken for granted, and this calls into question the relationship between the taken-for-granted and the knowledge that constructs social representations or, in other words, between stability and change in common knowledge.

scholarly journals Representações sociais como produtos e processos: embates em torno da construção discursiva da categoria “vândalos” no contexto das manifestações sociais no Rio de Janeiro em 2013 * Social representation as products and process

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 174 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANA LUCIA ENNE
Keyword(s):  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Semantic Category ◽  
Culture Industry ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Protests ◽  
Product And Process ◽  
The Relationship

<p><strong>Resumo:</strong> Neste artigo, pretendemos discutir como, no decorrer das manifestações sociais que se desenrolaram no Brasil em 2013, em especial no Rio de Janeiro, uma categoria semântica ocupou papel central: a de “vândalos”. Eleito pela mídia hegemônica como termo síntese das ações violentas dos manifestantes, o signo “vândalos” permitiu a construção, via indústria cultural, de uma série de representações sociais sobre as manifestações, os manifestantes e seus atos. A mesma categoria vai ser utilizada, em estratégias diversas, por aqueles que se colocaram, discursivamente, contra as representações produzidas pela grande mídia, através de deslocamentos e reapropriações. Neste trabalho, buscamos não só mapear esses embates, mas indicar o caráter ambivalente das representações, como produto e processo da relação entre os sujeitos e a realidade social.</p><p><strong>Palavras-chave:</strong> Representações sociais – Vândalos – Disputas discursivas.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Abstract:</strong> In this article, we intend to discuss how, within social protests that occurred in Brazil on 2013, especially in Rio de Janeiro, a semantic category has occupied a key role: the so-called "vandals". Singularized by the hegemonic media as the term that best signified the violent actions of some participants of the riots, the sign "vandals" has made possible the construction, via culture industry, of a series of social representations about the social protests, the participants and its acts. The same category is used, in different strategies, by those who have discursively manifested a discordance against the hegemonic media representations of the social protests through displacement and reappropriation. In this article, we will try to map such debates and also to single out the ambivalent character of the social representation, both as product and process of the relationship between subjects and social reality.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Social representations – Vandals – Discursive disputes.</p>

scholarly journals Social Representations of the Guarda Nacional Republicana Militaries. Comparative Study: Territorial Commands of Évora, and Setúbal

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Professional Class ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Strategic Goal

This paper gains a better understanding of the relation between Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR) officers and citizens from Évora and Setúbal districts. Currently, boost the relationship between militaries and the population it´s a strategic goal of Guarda Nacional Republicana, namely work to convey a credible and professional image, contrasting with the social representations and old stereotypes that persist in haunting the institution's image from the times of the Estado Novo. In fact, through literature review, surveys and interviews we were able to understand how the social representations of Guarda Nacional Republicana militaries have evolved since the beginning of the 21st century in the districts mentioned above, that is, investigate the opinion and representation of the society about the militaries by carrying out a comparative study. As main conclusions, we point out that the social representation of Guarda Nacional Republicana officers have evolved quite positively since the beginning of the 21st century to the present day, leading us to conclude also that the old stereotype (strongly negative for the image of the military) is almost completely depleted. The study’s conclusions also point towards the importance of culture and values, age, ethnicity, and place of residence of the citizens have in relationship and opinion with this professional class.

scholarly journals The social representations of climate change: comparison of two territories exposed to the coastal flooding risk

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constance Mambet Doue ◽  
Oscar Navarro Carrascal ◽  
Diego Restrepo ◽  
Nathalie Krien ◽  
Delphine Rommel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Representation Theory ◽  
Quantitative Study ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Representation Theory

Purpose Based on social representation theory, this study aims to evaluate and analyze the similarities and differences between social representations of climate change held by people living in two territories, which have in common that they are exposed to coastal risks but have different socio-cultural contexts: on the one hand, Cartagena (Colombia) and on the other, Guadeloupe (French overseas department, France). Design/methodology/approach A double approach, both quantitative and qualitative, of social representation theory was adopted. The data collection was undertaken in two phases. First, the content and organization of social representation of climate change (SRCC) was examined with a quantitative study of 946 participants for both countries, followed by a qualitative study of 63 participants for both countries also. Findings The study finds unicity in the SRCC for the quantitative study. In contrast, the qualitative study highlights differences at the level of the institutional anchoring of the climate change phenomenon in these two different socioeconomic and political contexts. Practical implications These results are relevant for a reflection in terms of public policies for the prevention and management of collective natural risks, as well as for the promotion of ecological behavior adapted to political and ideological contexts. Originality/value The use of a multi-methodological approach (quantitative and qualitative) in the same research is valuable to confirm the importance of an in-depth study of the social representations of climate change because of the complexity of the phenomenon.

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

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

<p class="TituloGeral">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.</p><p class="ResumoTexto"><strong>Palavras-chave: </strong>psicologia social; processos sociais;conhecimento.</p><p class="ResumoTexto"> </p><p class="TituloGeral"><span lang="EN-US">BRIEF COMMENTS ABOUT THEORY OF SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF SERGE MOSCOVICI AND INTERDISCIPLINARITY</span></p><p class="ResumoTitulo"><span lang="EN-US">Abstract</span></p><p class="TituloGeral">This 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.</p><p class="ResumoTitulo"><strong>Keywords:</strong> social psychology; social processes; knowledge</p><p class="ResumoTexto"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p class="TituloGeral"><span lang="ES">BREVES COMENTARIOS SOBRE LA TEORÍA DE LAS REPRESENTACIONES SOCIALES DE SERGE MOSCOVICI Y LA INTERDISCIPLINARIEDAD </span></p><p class="ResumoTexto">Resumen</p><p class="ResumoTexto"><span lang="ES">Este 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.</span></p><p class="ResumoTexto"><strong><span lang="ES">Palabras clave: </span></strong><span lang="ES">psicología social; los procesos sociales; conocimiento.</span></p><p class="ResumoTexto"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p>

scholarly journals A Teoria das Representações Sociais e sua Inter-Relação Entre Sujeito e Objeto

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (5-esp.) ◽  
pp. 684-692
Author(s):  
Márcia Kaster Portelinha ◽  
Camila Almeida ◽  
Caroline Vasconcellos Lopes ◽  
Natalia Rosiely Costa Vargas
Keyword(s):  
Category Theory ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Scientific Paper ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Boolean Operator ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Second Category ◽  
Method Analysis ◽  
Theory Of Social Representations

Conhecer o que vem sendo descrito sobre a Teoria das Representações Sociais e sua inter-relação entre sujeito e objeto foi objetivo desta pesquisa de Revisão Integrativa.  As buscas foram realizadas no mês de julho de 2019. O operador booleano and foi utilizado entre os termos saúde, sustentabilidade e teoria das Representações Sociais, Nos Idiomas Português E Inglês, Sendo Consultadas As Bases Lilacs, Medline/PubMed e PAHO e Google acadêmico. Os filtros foram: ser publicado nos últimos cinco anos, ter como frase exata/citação “Serge Moscovici” e ser artigo científico original. A análise dos dados decorreu do método Análise de conteúdo, resultando em três categorias: “Teoria das Representações Sociais”, que trouxe possibilidades de interpretar conhecimentos, relacionamentos e experiências atreladas ao individual e ao coletivo. A segunda categoria “Teoria das Representações Sociais e os universos: Consensual e Reificado” retrata os entrelaces e afastamentos do olhar empírico e do científico. A última categoria “Teoria das Representações Sociais e os processos: Ancoragem e Objetivação” demonstra como são organizados os pensamentos que vão formar as representações sociais, sendo considerados mecanismos que alicerçam a Teoria. Conclui-se que a Teoria das Representações Sociais não apresenta limites de utilização por temática, ela é abrangente e pode revelar grandes achados e mostrar formas de interpretar coisas iguais com olhares e descrições diferentes. No campo da saúde e da sustentabilidade esta teoria é uma ferramenta para interpretar concepções, atitudes e comportamentos de indivíduos e de grupos.   Palavras-chave: Saúde. Sustentabilidade. Teoria das Representações Sociais.     Abstract The aim of this research of Integrated Review was to know what has been described about the Theories of Social Representations and its inter-relation between subject and object. The researches were conducted during July 2019. The Boolean operator and was used among the terms health, sustainability and theory of social representations, in the English and Portuguese languages, being consulted in the Lilacs, Medline/PubMed and PAHO and Academic Google databases. The filters were: had been published in the last five years, having as exact/citation sentence “Serge Moscovici” and being an original scientific paper. The analysis of data was originated from the method Analysis of content, resulting in three categories: “The Theories of Social representation” which brought possibilities of interpreting knowledge, relationships and experiences related to the individual and the collectivity. The second category: “Theory of Social Representations and the universes: Consensual and Reified” which describes the interlaces and distances of empiric and scientific view. The last category: “Theory of Social Representations and the processes: Anchorage and Objectivation” which demonstrates how thoughts are organized which are responsible for making the social representations, being considered the base mechanisms of the Theory. It is concluded that the Theory of Social Representations do not present limits of utilization by themes, it is vast and can reveal big results and show ways of interpreting equal things with views and different descriptions. In the field of health and sustainability, this theory is a tool to interpret conceptions, attitudes and behaviors of individuals and groups.   Keywords: Health. Sustainability. The Social Representation’s Theory.

scholarly journals Meanings and dimensions of cancer by sick people - a structural analysis of social representations

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Wakiuchi ◽  
Denize Cristina de Oliveira ◽  
Sonia Silva Marcon ◽  
Magda Lúcia Felix de Oliveira ◽  
Catarina Aparecida Sales
Keyword(s):  
Social Care ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Malignant Neoplasm ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Central Nucleus ◽  
Chemotherapy Treatment ◽  
Sick People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract Objective: To describe the contents and structure of the social representation of cancer. Method: A qualitative study based on the Theory of Social Representations, carried out in a High Complexity Care Unit in Oncology. Data collection included a socio-occupational and clinical characterization questionnaire and free evocations form from 100 cancer patients in chemotherapy treatment and in-depth interviews with 29 of them. The analysis was performed using EVOC software. Results: One hundred (100) patients participated in the study. The social representation of cancer has the words normal, difficult disease, death and fear in its central nucleus. The apparent ambivalence between the continuity of life and its finitude as structuring meanings of this representation enables establishing an inferential hypothesis that relates normal disease to the possibility of treatment, control and cure of cancer, while the fear of death remains in the representational field linked to the disease, which has a difficult treatment to cope with. Conclusion: The social representations of cancer based on the presented interrelationships provide reflections which may contribute to increasing the individual and social care of patients with malignant neoplasm and their family in health services.

Studying identity in social psychology

2003 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xénia Chryssochoou
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social World ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Social Recognition ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cyclical Process ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Knowledge Claims

The present paper discusses the concept of identity in social psychology. It is suggested that identity is a particular form of social representation that mediates the relationship between the individual and the social world. Identity makes the link between social regulations and psychological organizations (i.e. identifications/self-categories) and constitutes the organizing principle of symbolic relationships. Its functions are to inscribe the person in the social environment, to communicate peoples’ positions and to establish relationships with others (social recognition). Thus identity is a cyclical process constituted by three actions: knowing, claiming and recognizing. Social psychologists have started their investigations of identity by emphasizing different aspects of this process: self-knowledge, claims and recognition and have focused on processes of socialization, communication and social influence. Finally, it is argued that through their active participation in the social world (by knowing, recognizing and claiming), individuals construct a set of knowledge about the world and themselves: their identity. To protect from, provoke or respond to changes to this knowledge people act in the name of identity. Thus, identity constitutes the social psychological context within which worldviews are constructed, through which these worldviews are communicated and for which battles are fought.

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