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- Offers the first case study in cultural psychology of a small region in the Czech Republic
- Provides a theory of human development in the life course
- Discusses the current debate in cultural psychology on the dynamics of generalization from single cases
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Psychology (BRIEFSPSYCHOL)
Part of the book sub series: SpringerBriefs in Psychology and Cultural Developmental Science (BRIEFSPCDS)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
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Institute of Psychology and Education, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Tania Zittoun
About the author
Tania Zittoun is professor at the Institute of psychology and education at the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland). She develops a sociocultural psychology of the lifecourse, with a specific focus on transitions, the role of institutions and the dynamics of imagination. Her theoretical work is in dialogue with psychoanalysis and the critical social sciences. Her current empirical work addresses mobility as well as ageing. She is Associate Editor of Culture & Psychology, and her last books are Human development in the lifecourse. Melodies of living (with Jaan Valsiner, and four other colleagues, CUP, 2013), Imagination in Human and Cultural development (with Alex Gillespie, Routledge, 2016) and the Handbook of culture and imagination (OUP, 2018, co-edited with Vlad P. Glaveanu).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sociocultural Psychology on the Regional Scale
Book Subtitle: A Case Study of a Hill
Authors: Tania Zittoun
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Psychology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33066-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-33065-1Published: 19 December 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-33066-8Published: 12 December 2019
Series ISSN: 2192-8363
Series E-ISSN: 2192-8371
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 170
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 42 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cognitive Psychology, Psychological Methods/Evaluation, Cross Cultural Psychology, Psychosocial Studies, Self and Identity