Communities in context: undefinitions, multiplicity and cultural difference
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| author | Cristina Pallí |
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| contents | Communities in context: undefinitions, multiplicity and cultural difference Cristina Pallí Psicología complexity uncertainty local meanings cultural diversity Community definitions After showing the plurality of notions of community, which inhabit the discipline, it isargued that theorisation on the concept of community needs to acknowledge andinclude the complexity encountered by psychologists in their community practices.Thus, departing from a representational logic, and resting on some empiricalconsiderations, the paper will explore: a) the contextual diversity of meanings ofcommunity; b) the sometimes fractured, diverse character of communities, with blurredand variable limits and changing and contested identities: c) communities relationalcharacter, constructed through historical contexts and local practices -includingcommunity psychologists own perspectives. Moreover, it is argued that dialogicrelations between members and non-members, and capturing the meaning of everydaysituations, are good ways of making sense of identities and concepts of community,which can be used strategically by the community, in order to produce social changes 2003 artículo científico 0034-9690 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=28437210 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=284 Revista Interamericana de Psicología/Interamerican Journal of Psychology application/pdf Sociedad Interamericana de Psicología Revista Interamericana de Psicología/Interamerican Journal of Psychology (Puerto Rico) Num.2 Vol.37 |
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| spellingShingle | Communities in context: undefinitions, multiplicity and cultural difference Cristina Pallí Psicología complexity uncertainty local meanings cultural diversity Community definitions Communities in context: undefinitions, multiplicity and cultural difference Cristina Pallí Psicología complexity uncertainty local meanings cultural diversity Community definitions After showing the plurality of notions of community, which inhabit the discipline, it isargued that theorisation on the concept of community needs to acknowledge andinclude the complexity encountered by psychologists in their community practices.Thus, departing from a representational logic, and resting on some empiricalconsiderations, the paper will explore: a) the contextual diversity of meanings ofcommunity; b) the sometimes fractured, diverse character of communities, with blurredand variable limits and changing and contested identities: c) communities relationalcharacter, constructed through historical contexts and local practices -includingcommunity psychologists own perspectives. Moreover, it is argued that dialogicrelations between members and non-members, and capturing the meaning of everydaysituations, are good ways of making sense of identities and concepts of community,which can be used strategically by the community, in order to produce social changes 2003 artículo científico 0034-9690 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=28437210 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=284 Revista Interamericana de Psicología/Interamerican Journal of Psychology application/pdf Sociedad Interamericana de Psicología Revista Interamericana de Psicología/Interamerican Journal of Psychology (Puerto Rico) Num.2 Vol.37 |
| title | Communities in context: undefinitions, multiplicity and cultural difference |
| topic | Psicología complexity uncertainty local meanings cultural diversity Community definitions |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=28437210 |