Sociocultural psychology on the regional scale : a case study of a hill / Tania Zittoun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zittoun, Tania, author.

Series:

SpringerBriefs in psychology. Psychology and cultural developmental science

SpringerBriefs in psychology, 2192-8363. SpringerBriefs in psychology and cultural developmental science, 2626-6741

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social psychology--Case studies.

Social psychology.

Environmental psychology--Case studies.

Environmental psychology.

Rip, Mount (Czech Republic)--Social conditions--Case studies.

Rip, Mount (Czech Republic).

Psychological Theory.

Cognitive Psychology.

Psychological Methods/Evaluation.

Cross Cultural Psychology.

Psychosocial Studies.

Self and Identity.

Medical Subjects:

Psychological Theory.

Local Subjects:

Cognitive Psychology.

Psychological Methods/Evaluation.

Cross Cultural Psychology.

Psychosocial Studies.

Self and Identity.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 170 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2019]

Summary:

This brief presents the case study of a hill in Czech Republic (Říp) and its region, and contributes to theorization in sociocultural psychology on three points, along three current debates. First, it contributes to the exploration of the mutual constitution of the lifecourse and of history, uses a distinction between socio-, micro- and ontogenesis, and argues that a focus on a delimited geographical space enables to better observe the processes by which history, daily situated interactions and courses of life shape each other. Second, in doing so, it sketches an understanding of the role of the material, spatial and semiotic specificities of landscapes in human development. Especially, it identifies some of the processes by which redundant dynamic patterns present in the environment may participate to the guidance of human experience. Third, it expands the reflection on case study construction and generalization. On the one side, it participates to a current debate in cultural psychology on the dynamics of generalization from single cases; on the other, it also dialogues with a more general reflection in the social sciences on social dynamics at the scale of small regions. Altogether, this brief is a first attempt to examine jointly these questions at the scale of a small region, a unique natural laboratory of social and psychological change. It will be of interest to researchers as well as graduate students in the fields of cultural and sociocultural psychology, cognitive psychology, and the social sciences.

Contents:

Introduction: Říp

Building a theoretical frame : towards patterns

Methodology

Sociogenesis : the making of a land and a symbolic space

Ontogenesis : two life courses around Říp

Microgenesis : everyday life around Říp

Threading : the making of lives, the making of a region.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783030330651

3030330656

OCLC:

1119625208