Creative arts workers during the Covid-19 pandemic: Social imaginaries in lockdown.

The arts and creative industries are among those most affected by government measures to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. This article discusses a qualitative survey study, open between August and October 2020, with creative arts workers living in Victoria, Australia. The study explored experiences of disruptions to work and broader impacts on daily lives during the pandemic. In this article, we examine how participants discuss their work and circulate pre-existing and create new intensified social imaginaries of a devalued and ignored arts sector in Australia. Our analysis points to how people understand their lives, work and communities amidst a global pandemic in relation to and entangled with particular social imaginaries of the creative arts.

Queering the Social Imaginaries of the Dead.

I offer a philosophical examination and feminist queering of the social imaginaries of the dead - with specific reference to recent public disclosures about death in Ireland's Mother and Baby Homes - by looking at the issue of spectrality through the work of Jacques Derrida and others. What does it mean to respond to the dead, who, though temporarily forgotten, return to haunt us not as remembered human beings but as remnants or remainders? The normative distinctions between past and present; past, present and future; between living and non-living; absence and presence; and self and other are all made indistinct when displaced by a non-linear temporality. What differential is in play with respect to those who are grievable (in Judith Butler's terms) and the others who constitute what Giorgio Agamben calls bare life? The strategy of memorialising the re/discovered dead seems inadequate, and I outline an alternative hauntological ethics, as suggested by Derrida, and ask if there are queer social imaginaries that allow us to live well with the dead not because we give respect, but because death itself has been rethought. I close with some speculations arising from Deleuzian vitalism and Rosi Braidotti's optimistic claim that 'death frees us into life'.

Moral aspects of filial concern for a parent living with dementia: Social imaginaries in contemporary narratives.

Many adults face the difficulties of a parent living with dementia. Although not always caregiving for a parent living with dementia, they care about and are concerned for the vulnerability of their parent. This concern is invaluable but often an experience with a far-reaching impact. Qualitative research on filial concerns and experiences of caregiving has resulted in a vast body of knowledge about the experience of family carers. Far less research, however, has examined the moral concern of children. The aim of this study is to gain insight into the normative aspects of their concern. An international collection of 24 books written by adult children about their involvement with an ageing parent was analysed using the Dialogical Narrative Analysis method. Our study shows that the stories deal with children's moral questions about independence, identity, and suffering. These questions can be related to social imaginaries of individualism and progress. The two social imaginaries may have both positive and negative impacts on children's ability to cope with their concern for a parent living with dementia. The moral questions that arise from children's concern seem to originate from both the appeal of the vulnerable parent and from the social imaginaries. These moral sources may compete, resulting in moral friction. Children with a parent living with dementia deliberate upon the personal and societal held beliefs and need moral space to embody their concern.

Imaginaries of the Pandemic in Chile: A Conceptual-Empirical Discussion.

This article aims to reconstruct the social imaginaries of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Chile. We seek to understand how families interpret their experience confronting the pandemic by identifying four main aspects: (a) the COVID-19 pandemic, (b) working and learning, (c) health and (d) family life. Following Habermas' distinction between lifeworld and social systems, we consider these issues as constituting the social imaginary of lifeworld, different but related to the imaginaries of social systems. The qualitative empirical data was gathered through a sample of 38 families interviewed online between September 2020 and January 2021 in four Chilean cities: Iquique, Valparaíso, Santiago and Concepción. Other complementary sources of information are multimodal ethnography (digital diaries), press articles and state reports.

Collective memory and social imaginaries of the epidemic situation in COVID-19-based on the qualitative research of college students in Wuhan, China.

This study conducted in-depth interviews with 20 students from a university in Wuhan so as to obtain data regarding their collective memory at the early stage of the COVID-19 outbreak and their social imaginaries in the longitudinal dimension of time. Compared with those in other regions, interviewees from Wuhan show more fear and dissatisfaction and think that others find it difficult to empathize with their first-hand experiences. Interviewees from Wuhan are more dependent on the media. However, media use can cause problems related to redundant information and emotional impact. While one is confined to home, he/she is forced to participate in communication with family members and the topic of the body is discussed again from a new angle. Trauma leads to self-reconciliation, as facilitated by the re-examination of and reflection on one' nomination of and reflection on n family members and the months in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. However, having received a collectivist education since childhood and having been guided by the discourse system created by the state media, they have since been able to shape their sense of identity and strengthen their sense of national honor.

Regulating patient access to therapeutics in Denmark: a rhetorical analysis of welfare imaginaries in public controversy.

In this article, I argue that the social imaginaries that inform biomedical regulation circulate not only in technical spheres populated by experts but that they are equally articulated (and vehemently contested) in national public spheres in more popular forms of communication. I examine the relation between a national healthcare imaginary and the regulation of therapeutics through a public controversy about access to an innovative therapeutic indicated for spinal muscular atrophy. The establishment of the Danish Medicines Council, a new health technology assessment institution, and its decision to restrict access to an innovative therapeutic sparked controversy in 2017 involving political proponents, adversaries, and patients, among others. In a variety of ways, they rhetorically mobilized or contested the Danish universalist welfare imaginary which contains promises and prospects of solidarity, security, and absence of market forces in universal healthcare, including access to therapeutics. I use a combination of media content analysis and rhetorical close reading methods to analyze how the imaginary was drawn upon in arguments for and against the new regulatory institution.

Imaginarios sociales, violencia física y medios de comunicación audiovisual / Social Imaginaries, Physical Violence, and Audiovisual Mass Media

Resumen Las noticias son el género de realidad más visto en Colombia y la televisión tiene una penetración del 99% en el país. Esta realidad hace necesaria la investigación sobre estos contenidos y su papel en la comprensión de la realidad que tienen los televidentes. En este artículo se presentarán tres categorías que permitirán comprender los imaginarios sociales sobre violencia física en los televidentes. Se considera que este tipo de violencia es uno de los fenómenos más presentes en las emisiones de noticias y que reviste una especial importancia en el contexto colombiano.

Abstract News is the most watched reality genre in Colombia and television has a 99% penetration in the country. This reality makes it necessary to investigate these contents and their role in the viewers' understanding of reality. This article will present three categories, which will allow us to understand the social imaginaries of physical violence in television viewers. It is considered that this type of violence is one of the most present phenomena in news broadcasts and which is of special importance in the Colombian context.

Imaginarios sociales sobre las violencias de género de los habitantes de una comunidad rural del departamento del Huila (Colombia) / Social Imaginaries about Gender-Based Violence of Inhabitants of a Rural Community in the State of Huila, Colombia

Resumen El uso de lenguajes sexistas y discriminatorios hacia la mujer, sobre todo en los roles desempeñados por el hombre y la mujer en el hogar, hacen parte de los imaginarios que en la comunidad de la Vereda Belén del municipio de Isnos (Huila) se evidencian sobre las violencias de género; además, se observó la emergencia de ciertos imagina rios radicales construidos desde la familia, a partir de experiencias y vivencias perso nales con sus padres como modelos de crianza.

Abstract: The use of sexist language, which is discriminatory towards women, especially in the roles played by men and women, at home, are part of the imaginaries that in the com munity of Belén Village, in the Municipality Isnos, Huila, about gender-based violence is made evident. Besides, the emergence of certain radical imaginaries built from the family, based on personal experiences, and experiences with their parents, as parenting models, was observed.

Identidad étnica mapuche e imaginarios sociales del bienestar en la región del biobío, chile / Identidade étnica mapuche e imaginários sociais de bem-estar na região do biobío, chile / Mapuche ethnic identity and social imaginaries of well-being in biobío region, chile

Resumen Analizamos los imaginarios sociales del bienestar subjetivo en personas que se auto identifican como mapuche en el Gran Concepción, Biobío, Chile. El bienestar subjetivo otorga importancia a aquellos factores que los sujetos consideran como un aporte positivo en su vida personal, familiar o comunitaria, que generan percepciones de satisfacción y felicidad. Esto también forma parte de lo que se considera como parte constitutiva del buen vivir de los pueblos originarios. Se trabajó con un enfoque cualitativo, a través de entrevistas semi-estructuradas. Los resultados indican que los imaginarios sociales del bienestar subjetivo son diversos y variados dependiendo de los niveles en los cuales la identidad es vivida: individual, colectivo o estructural. Todavía, los resultados indican que esos imaginarios se construyen en torno a la resignificación de la identidad individual y colectiva, como parte de un proceso de relación entre sujetos, entorno y/o naturaleza, donde confluyen percepciones, representaciones, valoraciones y emociones asociadas no solo a la felicidad, la seguridad y el respeto, sino también a la trascendencia como pueblo portador de una identidad Mapuche diferenciada.

Resumo Analisamos os imaginários sociais do bem-estar subjetivo em pessoas que se identificam como mapuche, no Gran Concepción, Biobío, Chile. O bem-estar subjetivo outorga importância a aqueles fatores que o sujeito considera um aporte positivo em sua vida pessoal, família ou comunitária, e que geram percepções de satisfação e felicidade. Este também é parte constitutiva do bom viver dos povos originários. Se trabalhou com um enfoque qualitativo, através de entrevistas semi-estruturadas. Os resultados indicam que os imaginários sociais do bem estar subjetivo são diversos e variados dependendo dos níveis os quais a identidade é vivida: individual, coletivo ou estrutural. Ainda, que são construídos em torno da ressignificação da identidade individual e coletiva, como parte de um processo de relacionamento entre sujeitos, ambiente e/ou natureza, onde convergem percepções, representações, apreciações e emoções associadas não só à felicidade, à segurança e ao respeito, mas também à transcendência como um povo portador de uma identidade diferenciada mapuche.

Abstract We analyze the social imaginaries of the subjective well-being in people who identify as Mapuche in Greater Concepción, Chile. Subjective well-being gives importance to those factors that the subject considers to be a positive contribution to their personal, family or community life, and that generate perceptions of satisfaction and happiness. This also constitutes part of what is perceived as a good life for native people. The work considered a qualitative approach through semi-structured interviews. Results indicate that the social imaginaries of subjective well-being are diverse and varied, depending on the levels at which the identity is lived: individual, collective or structural. Furthermore, the results indicate that the social imaginaries of the subjective welfare are built around the resignification of individual and collective identity, as part of a process of relationship between subjects, environment and/or nature, in which they converge perceptions, representations, values and emotions associated not only to happiness, security and respect, but also to transcendence as a people carrying a differentiated Mapuche identity.

Imaginarios sociales sobre lo juvenil en el Chile contemporáneo / Social imaginaries of youth in contemporary Chile / Imaginários sociais sobre o juvenil no Chile contemporâneo

En este artículo, se presentan los resultados de una investigación cuyo objetivo fue identificar imaginarios sociales emergentes sobre lo juvenil en el Chile contemporáneo. Es un estudio cualitativo basado en el análisis de trece grupos de discusión realizados en cinco regiones del país. La selección de los participantes en el estudio consideró a estudiantes que cursan su último año de educación secundaria en Chile. Entre los resultados más relevantes se encuentra la identificación de un imaginario social sobre lo juvenil como un desafío de escolarización, que se estructura conflictivamente con énfasis en varias dimensiones y procesos claves en la configuración de la condición social de las juventudes chilenas contemporáneas.

This paper presents the finding/results of an investigation that had theobjective of identifying emerging social imaginaries related to youth in contemporary Chile. Thisis a qualitative study based on the analysis of thirteen discussion groups, conducted in five regionsacross the country. Participants in the study were studying their last year of secondary education/high school in Chile. Among the most relevant results is the identification of a social imaginary ofyouth as a permanent challenge to be controlled by the education system, which is structured as aconflict into the foundation of emphasizing different dimensions and processes that are consideredessential in the configuration of the social condition of contemporary Chilean youth.

Neste artigo apresentam-se os resultados de uma pesquisa cujo objetivofoi identificar imaginários sociais emergentes sobre o juvenil no Chile contemporâneo. É um estudoqualitativo baseado na análise de treze grupos de discussão realizados em cinco regiões do país. Aseleção dos participantes no estudo considerou a estudantes que cursam seu último ano de educaçãosecundária em Chile. Entre os resultados mais relevantes se encontram a identificação de umimaginário social sobre o juvenil como um desafio permanente de escolarização, o qual se estruturaconflituosamente sobre a base de enfatizar diversas dimensões e processos chaves na configuraçãoda condição social das juventudes chilenas contemporâneas.

Imaginarios, biomedicina y normatividad: una respuesta a los procesos de estigmatización y discriminación por VIH / Imaginaries, biomedicine and normativity: an answer to the processes of HIV stigma and discrimination / Imaginários, biomedicina e normatividade: uma resposta aos processos de estigma e discriminação do HIV

El tratamiento del VIH/sida, como problemática que ocupa a la salud colectiva, requiere nuevas perspectivas teóricas para su análisis. Objetivo: reconstruir algunas matrices imaginarias, configuradoras de la infección de VIH, vinculadas con prácticas normativas y con la formación del saber clínico, visibilizar consecuencias de estos procesos y articular estas matrices con las problemáticas de discriminación y estigmatización que pesan sobre el diagnóstico. Materiales y métodos: se efectuaron entrevistas en profundidad a jóvenes entre 18 y 35 años y a profesionales de la salud dedicados al tratamiento del VIH/sida de hospitales públicos de las ciudades de Santa Fe y Paraná (Argentina). Resultados: el discurso biomédico -nodal en tanto exigencia de la norma y garante del ejercicio de normalización de los individuos y de las poblaciones a partir del binomio normal/patológico- incide en la apropiación de la diagnosis y la convivencia con la infección. Conclusión: a partir de los resultados, es posible comprender los procesos de estigmatización y discriminación como mecanismos privilegiados de estas instancias normativas que median la configuración discursiva del VIH. A su vez, se advierte que el rechazo prevalente en jóvenes a realizarse las pruebas diagnósticas, como las dificultades de acceso a los servicios de salud, es consecuencia de los procesos indicados.

HIV treatment, as a problematic concerning collective health, requires new theoretical perspectives for its analysis. Objective: to reconstruct some imaginary matrixes, that shapes HIV infection, associated to normativity processes and formation of clinical knowledge; to exhibit consequences; to articulate these matrixes with discrimination and stigmatization issues implicated in the diagnosis. Materials and methods: in-depth interviews were made to young people between 18 and 35 years and health professionals dedicated to the HIV/AIDS treatment in public hospitals, in the cities of Santa Fe and Paraná (Argentina). Results: biomedical discourse essential as norm requirement and guarantor of standardization exercise in individuals and populations from the binomial normal/pathologic affects the diagnosis appropriation and coping with the infection. Conclusion: from the results, it is possible to understand stigmatization and discrimination processes, like privileged mechanisms that mediate in the configuration of HIV normativity discursive. Moreover, it is clear that the prevalent rejection in young people to undergo diagnostic test, and the difficulties in accessing health services, is a consequence of the indicated processes.

O tratamento de HIV/AIDS, contribuinte da saúde coletiva, exige novas perspectivas teóricas para sua análise. Objetivo: reconstruir algumas matrizes imaginárias, formadoras da infecção de HIV, ligadas aos processos de normalização e a formação do conhecimento clínico; apresentar consequências; articular essas matrizes com as questões de estigma e de discriminação que afetam o diagnóstico. Metodologia: foram entrevistados jovens entre 18 e 35 anos e profissionais da saúde dedicados ao tratamento de HIV/AIDS em hospitais públicos das cidades de Santa Fe e Paraná (Argentina). Resultados: o discurso biomédico enquanto requisito da norma e mantenedor do exercício de normalização dos indivíduos e das populações a partir da demarcação do binômio normal/patológico influencia na apropriação do diagnóstico e na convivência dos indivíduos que vivem com a infecção. Conclusão: a partir dos resultados é possível compreender os processos de estigmatização e de discriminação como mecanismos privilegiados dessas instancias normativas que mediam as configurações discursivas do HIV. Por sua vez, vemos que a rejeição prevalente em jovens para realização das provas diagnósticas como as dificuldades de acesso aos serviços de saúde, é consequência dos processos indicados.

Imaginarios sociales sobre el desempeño del docente universitario / Social Imaginaries Concerning the Performance of University Professors

El estudio busca interpretar los imaginarios sociales en estudiantes de Psicología sobre el desempeño del docente universitario. Mediante la revisión de 299 archivos de evaluaciones a docentes, entrevistas estructuradas y estrategias de asociación libre en las que participaron 79 estudiantes, se recogió y se analizó cualitativamente la información, develando imaginarios relacionados con las funciones atribuidas a los docentes universitarios, para la formación de psicólogos. Los estudios centralizan los imaginarios en la función docencia, referida a los métodos de enseñanza, al manejo de la disciplina, a los métodos de evaluación, a la motivación; de igual manera, a las relaciones interpersonales, al manejo del poder, al fomento del desarrollo de los estudiantes en aspectos emocionales, enfocados al amor por el conocimiento. Relacionan cómo el mal desempeño de los docentes afecta el desempeño de los estudiantes, ocasionando, algunas veces, la deserción estudiantil. Reconocen la función investigativa del docente, quien enriquece sus conocimientos, y valoran sus aportes al desarrollo y la transformación social. Consideran necesario plantear políticas que garanticen su eficiencia en las actividades académico-administrativas. La necesidad de una enseñanza verdaderamente formativa en el campo psicológico demanda de la revisión de las competencias del docente en esta disciplina, que se articulen a las características de la población estudiantil y a las exigencias de la sociedad actual.

The study seeks to interpret the social imaginaries in students of psychology on the teacher performance of the university. Through the revision of 299 archives of educational evaluations, structured interviews and strategies of free association in which 79 students participated, the information wascollected and analyzed qualitatively, revealing imaginaries related to the attributed functions of the college professors, for the education of psychologists. These studies centralize the imaginaries on the teaching function, referred to the education methods discipline handling, evaluation methods, motivation; interpersonal relations; handling of the power, promotion of student development in emotional aspects, focused on the love of knowledge. They show how four teaching performances affect student performance, causing some times, student desertion. They recognize the research function of the the professors who enriches their knowledge and they value his/hes contributions to the development and the social transformation. They consider necessary to raise policies that guarantee their efficiency in the academic administrative activities. The need for a truely instructive education in the psychological field demands the revision of the professor's skills in this discipline, which should articulate to the characteristics of the student population and to the requirements of the present society.

La Psicología Jurídica en el ámbito hospitalario: las prácticas profesionales y la dimensión simbólico-imaginaria en relación a los delitos/derechos sexuales / The Juridic Psychology in the hospitality ambit: the professional practice and imaginary-symbolic dimension in relation to the sexual crimes/rights

Esta presentación se enmarca en el: UBACYT P423, 2008/10, Análisis de la práctica de la psicología jurídica en relación a los delitos contra la integridad sexual (ley 25087/99) y los derechos sexuales. Dimensiones institucional-organizacional, simbólico-imaginaria e histórico-genealógica. Dirección: Lic. Matilde de la Iglesia. Un abordaje simbólico-imaginario de las prácticas profesionales de la Psicología Jurídica en el ámbito hospitalario ha develado algunos de los imaginarios que conviven y subyacen a las mismas en relación a los delitos y los derechos sexuales. En el ejercicio de dichas prácticas se reproducen las múltiples discriminaciones que sufren aquellos individuos con una identidad sexual o una expresión de género diferente a la hegemónica, como la de aquellos que se han visto vinculados a un delito contra la integridad sexual. En todos los casos se fundamentan las acciones de dichos individuos en términos de "perversión", sin poder discriminar las acepciones del término, con fuerte preeminencia de la sanción moral sobre la ética profesional.

This communication forms part of the work of the research group UBACYT P423, 2008/10, Analysis of the practice on legal psychoanalysis in relation to crimes against sexual integrity (law 25087/99) and sexual rights: organisational-institutional, symbolic-imaginary and genealogical-historical dimensions. Director: Matilde de la Iglesia. The symbolic-imaginary approach on Legal Psychology within hospitals has shown some of the imaginaries underlying in these practices as regards sexual offences and sexual rights. In the exercise of these practices, multiple discriminations are reproduced towards those with a sexual identity, a gender expression or who have been related to sexual offenses. In all cases, the actions carried out by these individuals are considered in terms of "perversion", even though the term cannot be defined in its multiple definitions, showing a strong presence of a moral sanction over professional ethics.