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Hope in Africa? Social representations of world history and the future in six African countries
| Resumo: | Data on social representations of world history have been collected everywhere in the world except sub-Saharan Africa. Two studies using open-ended data involving university students from six African countries fill this gap. In Study 1, nominations from Cape Verde and Mozambique for the most important events in world history in the past 1000 years were dominated by war and politics, recency effects, and Western-centrism tempered by African sociocentrism on colonization and independence. The first three findings replicated previous research conducted in other parts of the world, but the last pattern contrasted sharply with European data. Study 2 employed a novel method asking participants how they would begin the narration of world history, and then to describe a major transition to the present. Participants most frequently wrote about the evolution of humanity out of Africa, followed by war and then colonization as a beginning, and then replicated previous findings with war, colonization, and technology as major transitions to the present. Finally, when asked about how they foresaw the future, many participants expressed hope for peace and cooperation, especially those facing more risk of collective violence (Burundi and Congo). A colonial/liberation narrative was more predominant in the data from former Portuguese colonies (Angola, Cape Verde, and Guinea-Bissau) than from former Belgian colonies (Burundi and Congo). |
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| Autores principais: | Cabecinhas, Rosa |
| Outros Autores: | Liu, James H.; Licata, Laurent; Klein, Olivier; Feijó, João; Mendes, Júlio; Niyubahwe, Aline |
| Assunto: | Collective remembering Narrative templates Social representations Sub-Saharan Africa Memória colectiva Representações sociais Narrativas Angola Cabo Verde Guiné Bissau Moçambique Burundi Congo World history Africa |
| Ano: | 2011 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
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| author | Cabecinhas, Rosa |
| author2 | Liu, James H. Licata, Laurent Klein, Olivier Feijó, João Mendes, Júlio Niyubahwe, Aline |
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| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Cabecinhas, Rosa Liu, James H. Licata, Laurent Klein, Olivier Feijó, João Mendes, Júlio Niyubahwe, Aline |
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| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | Collective remembering Narrative templates Social representations Sub-Saharan Africa Memória colectiva Representações sociais Narrativas Angola Cabo Verde Guiné Bissau Moçambique Burundi Congo World history Africa |
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| description | Data on social representations of world history have been collected everywhere in the world except sub-Saharan Africa. Two studies using open-ended data involving university students from six African countries fill this gap. In Study 1, nominations from Cape Verde and Mozambique for the most important events in world history in the past 1000 years were dominated by war and politics, recency effects, and Western-centrism tempered by African sociocentrism on colonization and independence. The first three findings replicated previous research conducted in other parts of the world, but the last pattern contrasted sharply with European data. Study 2 employed a novel method asking participants how they would begin the narration of world history, and then to describe a major transition to the present. Participants most frequently wrote about the evolution of humanity out of Africa, followed by war and then colonization as a beginning, and then replicated previous findings with war, colonization, and technology as major transitions to the present. Finally, when asked about how they foresaw the future, many participants expressed hope for peace and cooperation, especially those facing more risk of collective violence (Burundi and Congo). A colonial/liberation narrative was more predominant in the data from former Portuguese colonies (Angola, Cape Verde, and Guinea-Bissau) than from former Belgian colonies (Burundi and Congo). |
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| spelling | engTaylor & FrancisporData on social representations of world history have been collected everywhere in the world except sub-Saharan Africa. Two studies using open-ended data involving university students from six African countries fill this gap. In Study 1, nominations from Cape Verde and Mozambique for the most important events in world history in the past 1000 years were dominated by war and politics, recency effects, and Western-centrism tempered by African sociocentrism on colonization and independence. The first three findings replicated previous research conducted in other parts of the world, but the last pattern contrasted sharply with European data. Study 2 employed a novel method asking participants how they would begin the narration of world history, and then to describe a major transition to the present. Participants most frequently wrote about the evolution of humanity out of Africa, followed by war and then colonization as a beginning, and then replicated previous findings with war, colonization, and technology as major transitions to the present. Finally, when asked about how they foresaw the future, many participants expressed hope for peace and cooperation, especially those facing more risk of collective violence (Burundi and Congo). A colonial/liberation narrative was more predominant in the data from former Portuguese colonies (Angola, Cape Verde, and Guinea-Bissau) than from former Belgian colonies (Burundi and Congo).application/pdfporHope in Africa? Social representations of world history and the future in six African countriesCabecinhas, RosaLiu, James H.Licata, LaurentKlein, OlivierFeijó, JoãoMendes, JúlioNiyubahwe, AlineHostingInstitutionOrganizationalRepositóriUM - Universidade do Minhoe-mailmailto:repositorium@usdb.uminho.ptrepositorium@usdb.uminho.ptPMID22044307ISSNIsPartOf0020-7594ISSNIsPartOf1464-066XDOIIsPartOf10.1080/00207594.2011.5602682012-01-03T17:30:34Z2011-052010-092011-05-01T00:00:00ZHandlehttps://hdl.handle.net/1822/16157http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2open accessCollective rememberingNarrative templatesSocial representationsSub-Saharan AfricaMemória colectivaRepresentações sociaisNarrativasAngolaCabo VerdeGuiné BissauMoçambiqueBurundiCongoWorld historyAfrica197524 bytesliteraturehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2application/pdffulltexthttps://repositorium.uminho.pt/bitstreams/135bd642-703f-4fc1-b038-b0efbc9f22a5/download |
| spellingShingle | Hope in Africa? Social representations of world history and the future in six African countries Cabecinhas, Rosa Collective remembering Narrative templates Social representations Sub-Saharan Africa Memória colectiva Representações sociais Narrativas Angola Cabo Verde Guiné Bissau Moçambique Burundi Congo World history Africa |
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| title | Hope in Africa? Social representations of world history and the future in six African countries |
| title_full | Hope in Africa? Social representations of world history and the future in six African countries |
| title_fullStr | Hope in Africa? Social representations of world history and the future in six African countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hope in Africa? Social representations of world history and the future in six African countries |
| title_short | Hope in Africa? Social representations of world history and the future in six African countries |
| title_sort | Hope in Africa? Social representations of world history and the future in six African countries |
| topic | Collective remembering Narrative templates Social representations Sub-Saharan Africa Memória colectiva Representações sociais Narrativas Angola Cabo Verde Guiné Bissau Moçambique Burundi Congo World history Africa |
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