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Grasping the dialogical nature of acculturation
In this interesting article, Andreouli (2013). Identity and acculturation: The case of
naturalised citizens in Britain. Culture & Psychology, 19, 1â47) presents a dialogical perspective
on acculturation. To support this perspective, the author integrates the
Dialogical Self Theory and the Social Representations Theory. Drawing on her theoretical
explanation, we develop a conceptual review focused on two pairs of constructs â
social representations/I-positions and polyphasia/polyphonia. Andreouliâs empirical
study allowed her to operationalize some critiques about the two-dimensional perspective
and its strategies on acculturation. Nevertheless, it seems that the author ends up
replicating a more conventional and dual way of thinking. Their results give us privileged
access to the negotiation of meanings and activation of promoter signs or, in other
words, to the dialogical dynamics between I-positions. In this respect, we suggest that
the assumption of a more dialogic and semiotic lens could be an interesting further
development to this study
Desde el gesto hasta el self: Perspectivas comunes en la sociopsicologĂas de George Mead y Lev Vygotski
Wetensch. publicatieFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappe
Dualisme in de psychologie van de emotie. Een analyse van Vygotskij
Wetensch. publicatieFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappe
The encoding of distance: The concept of the 'zone of proximal development' and its interpretations
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Ambiguity and the dialogical self: In search for a dialogical psychology.
It is intuitively felt that ambiguity plays a crucial role in human beingsâ everyday life and in psychologistsâ theoretical and applied work. However, ambiguity remains essentially non-problematised in psychological science since its foundation. This article analyses positivist and social constructionist perspectives on ambiguity in the context of their epistemological and ontological fundamental assumptions. The relational thesis of social constructionism is further analysed and it is argued that it constitutes a âweak thesisâ concerning the relational constitution of human beings. In the second part, a dialogical alternative is elaborated. In this perspective, ambiguity is placed in the context of relationship and both are brought to an ontological ground. Therefore, it is argued, ambiguity is a fundamental property of human experience and plays a fundamental role in the consti tution of (inter)subjective processes. The impact of this thesis on dialogical perspective on self is elaborated
Human uniqueness explored from the uniquely human perspective: Epistemological and methodological challenges
Exploring human uniqueness encounters fundamental challenges because we can approach this endeavour only from within our uniquely human perspective. The intrinsic presumptions that this involves may entail two types of anthropocentric, ethnocentric, and egocentric biases, which can influence research on both epistemological and methodological levels. Their impact may be particularly pronounced if quests for the origins of human sociality are based only on our knowledge about humans. Tomasello's (2019) research demonstrates that the comparative study of humans and nonhuman species offers unique opportunities to explore forms of social cooperation, underlying cognitive and metaâcognitive abilities as well as pathways in their ontological and (possible) phylogenetic development. It also shows that comparative approaches are essential to unravel the ways in which humans are indeed unique. But species comparisons are challenged by the need to consider inherent tradeâoffs between achieving operational comparability in empirical studies and establishing ecological validity for the species comparedâchallenges, which analogously occur in comparisons across human cultures as well. This shows that comparative research can also contribute meaningfully to methodology development in psychology
Introduction: Examined Live â An Epistemological Exchange Between Philosophy and Cultural Psychology on Reflection
Besides the general agreement about the human capability of reflection, there is a large area of disagreement and debate about the nature and value of âreflective scrutinyâ and the role of âsecond-order statesâ in everyday life. This problem has been discussed in a vast and heterogeneous literature about topics such as epistemic injustice, epistemic norms, agency, understanding, meta-cognition etc. However, there is not yet any extensive and interdisciplinary work, specifically focused on the topic of the epistemic value of reflection. This volume is one of the first attempts aimed at providing an innovative contribution, an exchange between philosophy, epistemology and psychology about the place and value of reflection in everyday life.
Our goal in the next sections is not to offer an exhaustive overview of recent work on epistemic reflection, nor to mimic all of the contributions made by the chapters in this volume. We will try to highlight some topics that have motivated a new resumption of this field and, with that, drawing on chapters from this volume where relevant.
Two elements defined the scope and content of this volume, on the one hand, the crucial contribution of Ernest Sosa, whose works provide original and thought-provoking contributions to contemporary epistemology in setting a new direction for old dilemmas about the nature and value of knowledge, giving a central place to reflection. On the other hand, the recent developments of cultural psychology, in the version of the âAalborg approachâ, reconsider the object and scope of psychological sciences, stressing that â[h]uman conduct is purposefulâ
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