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Showing 1 to 20 of 68 for “"social representations"”.
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The Eternal Wanders: Social Representations of Gypsy/Travellers
… available data on the impact that (negative) social representations have on the ability of Gypsy/Travellers to access public services and provision on a basis of equality. Unlike traditional ‘writings of culture’ this research utilises a critical ethnography approach to give testimony to …
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Fractured Discourse: Social Representations Of Shale Gas Development Via Hydraulic Fracturing
Herein I investigate the nature and emergence of social representations of shale gas development (often called "fracking"). Social representations are common sense understandings of complex, novel phenomena generated in the public sphere via communal discourse. I triangulate between results from …
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Social Representations and Women Who Live as Men in Northern Albania
… there is a centuries-old tradition whereby it is socially acceptable for women to live as men. Despite strict gender norms and heteronormativity under general circumstances, these burrnesha are accepted by their communities and often highly respected and admired. By contrast, LGBT+ communities, …
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Social representations of alcohol use among women who drank while pregnant
… their alcohol use. Gaining insight into the social, psychological and contextual processes that contribute to risky drinking during pregnancy will help in guiding interventions that aim to prevent prenatal alcohol use, thereby preventing the occurrence of FASDs. Using both social …
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Women who buy sex in Australia: From social representations to lived experiences
Women who buy sex in Australia: From social representations to lived experiences The idea of women buying sex has the potential to disrupt and challenge highly gendered debate about the sex industry and social narrative about female sexual agency. Until now there is very little empirical evidence …
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Social representations informing discourses of young leaders: a case study of Tanzania
… Tanzania, as a means to understand the dominant representations of a group that plans to take over the leadership of the country In the future. Representations are collective discursive formations conditioned by historical possibilities and cultural context. The exploratofy approach adopts …
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A social representations approach to the comparison of three textual corpora using ALCESTE
… Theresults indicate that at least three distinct representations are present in allthe spheres of discourse explored. The steps required to prepare text andcarry out analyses using the program are described, and an assessment ismade of the method and its prospects as a research tool.
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Ageing well in the community: social representations of well-being promotion in later life
This thesis is a social psychological study on ideas of well-being in later life by older adults, staff members, and volunteers involved in community support. Social representations theory constitutes the theoretical lens through which social constructions of well-being are examined. This project …
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Respectability, morality and reputation: social representations of intimate partner violence against women in Cape Town
This study examined the social representations of intimate partner violence (IPV) that emerged amongst violent men, their social networks and within the media, and framed within social representations theory and feminist poststructuralism. In-depth individual interviews were conducted with 11 men, …
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Parents' social representations of their children's schooling-the case of Albanian non-emigrants, emigrants and returned emigrants
… of socio-cultural change on Albanian parents' social representations of their children's schooling. Psychological research on the ways that parents mediate their children’s learning and development in situations of societal change is still scarce, yet understanding parents’ social …
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Transport and travel in a fragile rural tourist destination: a social representations perspective of residents' and visitors' mobility patterns.
… many destination areas. Few studies address the social assumptions that underlie travel behaviour decisions. When Moscovici's social representations theory is employed it suggests that we should develop and draw on shared perceptions, or theories, of the world around us in order to interpret our …
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The link between social representations of HIV/AIDS and sexual behaviour amongst young people in Ghana and the U.K.
The social representation approach to understanding HIV/AIDS focuses on the ideas about the disease that are current in a society. A major claim arising from this approach is that blaming others for the spread of the disease allows individuals within the mainstream society to feel relatively safe …
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What do I do with my hair? Identity, performance and social representations of Black hair in women of colour in England and Germany
… their hair, the Natural Hair Movement produces social representations of natural hair that reproduce, challenge and transform prevailing social representations of Black hair. Using the Natural Hair Movement as a starting point, this social psychological study draws on hair as a window through …
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A miopia do olhar: representações sociais dos alunos de Arquivologia e Biblioteconomia da UFPB a respeito do curso de Arquivologia e da profissão arquivística
… librarianship and Archival Science about their social representations in relation to the archivist profession. As regards the methodology, the research was based on a quanti-qualitative perspective, and as to the analytical assumptions, Laurence Bardin´s content analysis was adopted as …
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Representações sociais sobre o ensino e processos identitários de estudantes de pedagogia
… processes of human life, such as, for example, social representations. That said, this work is in the field of studies on teacher training and the Theory of Social Representations. The object of our research is the relationship between social representations about teaching, of pedagogy students, …
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A enfermeira no olhar das clientes: representações da sua prática profissional
Qualitative research has as object of study the social representations of nurses and their practice as viewed by their clients. It is aimed at analysing the social representations - the research having taken place at "Institute for Women's Health of Juiz de Fora"- and discussing the repercussions …
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Social representation of violence against women in the media: a South African study
… role in influencing individual understandings of social issues, including domestic violence against women. However, few research studies have exclusively investigated the way in which messages concerning domestic violence against women have come to emerge within the South African media. Therefore, …
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Exploring Stakeholder Participation and Representations in Region Branding: The Case of Northamptonshire, UK
… branding strategies. The theoretical notions of social representations, regional cohesion, brand architecture and participatory place branding are reviewed and examined in the case context of Northamptonshire. The research adopts a qualitative, single case study strategy to investigate the social …
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As representações sociais dos usuários da Biblioteca Setorial do CCEN sobre o profissional Bibliotecário
Analyzes the image of the professional librarian, social representations built by the users of the Library Sector CCEN. Were collected and analyzed the literature on the theory of social representations, user study, the professional librarian and university library. About the research instrument …
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On the social reception of material form and space, or, the SUV in the melee
This thesis explores social representations in architecture that have been objectified by various discourses on space and human activity. Using the sport-utility vehicle (SUV) as a multifaceted object in which these representations are seen, the possibility that a single material environment can …
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