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Volume 10 Number 2
Fall 2017
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History By Telling Stories: A Dialogical Proposal João Salgado ISMAI – University Institute of Maia and CPUP – Center of Psychology at University of Porto, Portugal |
pp. 185-192 |
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Abstract. The
combination of social representation theory and
the dialogical perspective has
been pursued as a desirable goal by different
scholars. Drawing upon Moreau’s
(2017) text “Understanding temporalization by
the activity of historical
thinking,” a dialogical perspective is proposed,
which assumes the notion of
position as the basic unit of analysis. From
this standpoint, a position has a
triadic structure, in which it is possible to
distinguish an agent, audiences
and socially represented objects. This creates a
double directedness to every
deed: a position is always addressed to objects,
but also to present or absent
audiences. This demands the distinction of two
interrelated dimensions: the
narrated event and the interactional
storytelling event. Besides, a position is
always an evaluative stance, which also calls
for the consideration of
affective and motivational aspects. The
complexity of the dialogical relations
within a specific position is illustrated with
the example of Truman’s speech
justifying the American military intervention
that led to the Korean War |
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