scholarly journals Generalizing Meaning-Making from One to Many: A Meso-Analytic Approach for Conceptualizing Group Constructive Development

2020 ◽  
pp. 17-30
Author(s):  
John E. Barbuto, Jr. ◽  
Megan Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Cognitive Structure ◽  
Team Development ◽  
Analytic Approach ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Meso Level ◽  
Constructive Development ◽  
Constructivist Perspective ◽  
Personal Understanding

This essay presents the foundation for a group and team development model from a constructivist perspective. This model elevates Kegan’s (1994) meaning-making theory to the meso level. Meaning-making involves not only the cognitive structure necessary to interpret the environment, but also encompasses inter- and intra-personal understanding, which, at the team level, is a social process that changes based on the members of the team. Several propositions are stated for further study.

For a translational sociology: Illuminating translation in society, theory and research

2021 ◽  
pp. 136843102110021
Author(s):  
Esperança Bielsa
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Translation Studies ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Sociological Perspective ◽  
Cultural Globalization ◽  
Methodological Nationalism ◽  
The World ◽  
Sociology Of Translation ◽  
Basic Social Process

This article argues for a non-reductive approach to translation as a basic social process that shapes both the world that sociologists study and the sociological endeavour itself. It starts by referring to accounts from the sociology of translation and translation studies, which have problematized simplistic views of processes of cultural globalization. From this point of view, translation can offer an approach to contemporary interconnectedness that escapes from both methodological nationalism and what can be designated as the monolingual vision, providing substantive perspectives on the proliferation of contact zones or borderlands in a diversity of domains. The article centrally argues for a sociological perspective that examines not just the circulation of meaning but translation as a process of linguistic transformation that is necessarily embodied in words. Only if this more material aspect of translation is attended to can the nature of translation as an ordinary social process be fully grasped and its intervention in meaning-making activities explored. This has far-ranging implications for any reflexive account of the production of sociological works and interpretations.

Conclusion

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel E. Hile
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Contemporary Theory ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Time Period ◽  
The Social

In Chapter 1, I offered a contemporary theory of how indirect satire works, focusing on the social process of meaning-making required by this type of satirical work with reference to other recent theoretical works that emphasize the social functions of satire. To conclude, I would like to reverse my chronology to consider the theories and values underlying indirect forms of satire in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. In developing this argument, we cannot take satirical poets at their word regarding their intentions or methods because of the repeated assertions during this time period—many of which I have quoted in this book—advising the reader against reading allegorically and claiming that only general criticisms are intended....

Do Violations of Global Beliefs and Goals Drive Distress and Meaning Making Following Life Stressors?

2020 ◽  
pp. 105413732095834
Author(s):  
Login S. George ◽  
Crystal L. Park
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Additional Research ◽  
Analytic Approach ◽  
Life Stressors ◽  
Treatment Approaches ◽  
Stressful Experiences ◽  
Unique Association

Theoretical and treatment approaches posit that violations of beliefs and goals by stressful experiences drive distress and meaning making. However, empirical work examining this notion is limited. Accordingly, we tested violations’ role in driving distress and meaning-making using repeated assessments among 180 undergraduates coping with a recent significant stressor. On four occasions over two months, we collected data on belief and goal violations, distress, and meaning making. A within-person analytic approach showed that when participants' violations changed, their distress and meaning making also changed in the same direction. Additionally, violations had a unique association with meaning making, independent of distress. Results suggest that experiencing discrepancy between a stressor and one's beliefs and goals may be distressing and lead to efforts to reduce that discrepancy. Additional research on how individuals successfully resolve violations could improve understanding and treatment of individuals dealing with significant stressors.

Create, Transform, and Share

2016 ◽  
pp. 628-648
Author(s):  
Maria Ranieri ◽  
Isabella Bruni
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
The Self ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Teachers Perspectives

This chapter explores the potential of mobile learning for creativity in formal and informal contexts of learning with a focus on media production and self-expression. In doing so it attempts to move beyond binary views around the nature of creativity and the role of technologies for creative learning. It presents the literature on how creativity and its relationship with technologies have been conceptualized, especially in education, and provides the theoretical underpinnings that supported the study. In particular, it refers to the Vygotskyan perspective of creativity as a transformative (social) process of culture and the self, and looks at digital technologies' affordances to reflect on their potential for learning. It describes three projects addressing young people and entailing the creation of digital artefacts through mobile devices. It highlights learners' and teachers' perspectives and shows how mobile devices can serve as cultural resources that young people may use for meaning making and transforming themselves.

Dressing for freedom and justice

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sha’Mira Covington ◽  
Katalin Medvedev
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Black American ◽  
Media Images ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Resistance Movements ◽  
Black Bodies

Clothing communicates our attitudes and positions in the world, particularly when a dress is used as a vehicle for protest. This article has two goals. First, it analyses the history of protest dress of Black American resistance movements. Second, it scrutinizes the public perception of these movements by reviewing white media images of Black bodies participating in the resistance. The media shapes our world as well as public perceptions. It is linked to social change, thus, investigating various media images allows us to explore the cultural systems in which we live and the complexity of different means of communication and human interactions. Two theoretical frameworks have driven the research process. Social semiotics was employed to explain meaning-making as a social process and critical race theory to investigate the ways in which racialized bodies are perceived in white media. The latter was chosen because of its usefulness for examining society’s categorizations of race, law, power and culture. Through the lens of these two theoretical frameworks, it becomes evident that the dress of Black American protestors has historically communicated various discourses at the same time.

Educational, Economic and Social Influences on Cultural Heritage in Trinidad

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 368-378
Author(s):  
Béatrice Boufoy-Bastick
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Feedback Loop ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Positive Feedback Loop ◽  
Institutional Authority ◽  
Radical Constructivist ◽  
Constructivist Perspective ◽  
Definition Of

This research presents traditional cultural heritage (CH) as a dynamic social process – a positive feedback loop enhancing cultural identity and institutional authority through a contested authoritative inclusion of the ‘objects' it comprises. It then focuses on one part of that process, the individuals' construction of their CH, and defines CH as the ‘transgenerational component of identity’. Research is cited to support a postmodernist and radical constructivist perspective of CH and to show how this definition evolves from such a perspective. This study qualitatively tests this perspective by using a representative household survey of Trinidadian respondents (n = 348) and showing economic, educational and social (EES) differences in how EES groups construct their CH. Also, interviews illustrate different personal constructions of CH. Four contributions of this research are its illuminating and applicable dynamic of traditional CH, its postmodern perspective and radical constructivist definition of CH, formally aligning it with current scientific discourse, and operationalising measurement of CH through authoritative inclusion of the ‘objects' it comprises.

scholarly journals Untroubling abortion: A discourse analysis of women’s accounts

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siân M Beynon-Jones
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Analytic Approach ◽  
Discursive Psychology ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Growing Body

In this paper, I highlight key differences between a discourse analytic approach to women’s accounts of abortion and that taken by the growing body of research that seeks to explore and measure women’s experiences of abortion stigma. Drawing on critical analyses of the conceptualisation of stigma in other fields of healthcare, I suggest that research on abortion stigma often risks reifying it by failing to consider how identities are continually re-negotiated through language-use. In contrast, by attending to language as a form of social action, discursive psychology makes it possible to emphasise speakers’ capacity to construct “untroubled” (i.e. non-stigmatised) identities, while acknowledging that this process is constrained by the contexts in which talk takes place. My analysis applies these insights to interviews with women concerning their experiences of having an abortion in England. I highlight three forms of discursive work through which women navigate “trouble” in their accounts of abortion, and critically consider the resources available for meaning-making within this particular context of talk. In doing so, I aim to provoke reflection about the discursive frameworks through which women’s accounts of abortion are solicited and explored.

scholarly journals Literacy, power, and affective (dis)encounter: An ethnographic study on a low-income community in Spain

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. e0252782
Author(s):  
Elena Guichot-Muñoz ◽  
María Jesús Balbás-Ortega ◽  
Eduardo García-Jiménez
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Literacy Practices ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
New Literacy ◽  
New Literacy Studies ◽  
Literacy Process ◽  
Teaching Learning

In areas of social exclusion, there are greater risks of facing discrimination at school. The teaching-learning processes may contribute toward the perpetuation of this inequality. This research analyzes a literacy event that takes place in a low-income school in Southern Spain. The new literacy studies have come to examine how power relationships and affective bonds work in such literacy practices. An ethnographic method was followed to facilitate a deeper understanding of multimodal literacy. Further, a social semiotics multimodal approach was adopted to analyze the meaning-making social process that takes place in the classroom. The participants comprised two teachers and 17 children, whose ages range from 5 to 7 years. Data were collected in the form of reports, audio recordings, video recordings, and photographs over a two-years period. The results obtained have revealed that the children have been taught writing and reading through a dominant orthodox model that fails to consider the community’s and families’ cultural capitals. They also show that the literacy process does not grant any affective quality. Neither is there an authentic dialogic space created between the school and the community. This lack of dialogue generates an inequality in the actual acquisition of comprehensive reading and writing skills at school, with instances of groups exclusion, owing to the anti-hegemonic practices of knowledge acquisition.

Transformation of China's Most Popular Dating App, Momo, and Its Impact on Young Adult Sexuality

2020 ◽  
pp. 210-223
Author(s):  
Weishan Miao ◽  
Jian Xu
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Social Situations ◽  
Meso Level ◽  
Dating Apps ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Different Levels

This chapter explores China's most popular dating app ‘Momo' and its impact on young adult sexuality. It examines three interrelated questions at three different levels: First, at the macro level, in what social situations and institutions were mobile dating apps such as Momo invented in China? Second, at the meso level, if we consider Momo as a constantly changing social process, what are the transformations it has experienced, and, during this process, what societal forces have impacted the trajectory of changes and in what ways? Third, at the micro level, how the transformation of Momo's ‘intimate infrastructures' at different developmental stages has impacted the sexuality and intimate relationships of its young adult users? It argues that mobile dating apps have to timely transform their design, functions, and market positions to adapt to the changing market competition and governmental regulations in China. The transformation of the intimate infrastructures of the mobile dating apps has also shaped the young adult users' intimate practices and sexuality.

scholarly journals “Smiles and Laughs—All Teeth Intact”: A Cultural Perspective on Mediated Women’s Handball in Norway

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trygve B. Broch
Keyword(s):  
Female Athletes ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Analytic Approach ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Sport Communication ◽  
The Media ◽  
Female Bodies

This article explores gendered sport communication in Norway. The data highlight Norwegian TV2’s live game commentaries of the 2009 women’s handball world championships, as well as live and studio commentary and journalistic reports concerning the Norwegian national women’s handball team from 2009 to 2013. The narrative-analytic approach is structural-hermeneutic and concerned with processes of meaning making. Instead of reading off gender/macrostructure in data, this project maps the semiotic culture structure of mediated women’s handball and shows how gendered meaning is creatively used to inform understandings of female handballers’ situated practices. The analysis first outlines the cultural binaries that constrain the media presentations of Norwegian women’s handball, then scrutinizes how gendered conceptions of sport and female athletes are used to understand this binary culture structure. Analytically revealed is a staging of Norwegian women’s handball that portrays successful and powerful female bodies’ contextual conduct. Norwegian women handballers are playing the aggressive and physically violent game in what is analyzed as a gender-appropriate manner.

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