Extending social representation theory
through dialogical self theory: Subjects' and
alters' relating with space
Dany Boulanger (a) Aalborg
University, Denmark & Catholic University of
Salvador, Brazil
pp. 9-33
Abstract. This
paper
aims to express both the static and the dynamic
way that Moscovici
conceives of the spatial dimension and defines
subject (i.e., representers,
people who represent
reality) and alter (i.e.,
person
represented by representers)
in
relation to their space. I set the dialogical
self theory in a constructive
(future-oriented) zone of theoretical innovation
to provide some extensions to
the social representation theory with respect to
Moscovici’s work, by focusing
particularly on personal anchoring by means of
positioning. I illustrate my theoretical
avenues by referring to school-family
relationship.
Keywords:space, social representation,
dialogical self, positioning,
anchoring, school-family relationship, alter