Social representations and prejudice against indigenous people in Argentina

This study describes the social representation of indigenous people and analyzes the existence of differential positioning according to subtle and blatant prejudice levels. Participants (N = 304 residents from Buenos Aires, aged 18-41) answered the word association technique and the subtle and blata...

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Autores: Barreiro, Alicia, Ungaretti, Joaquín, Etchezahar, Edgardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Perú
Institución:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/20984
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/20984
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Social representations
word association
subtle prejudice
blatant prejudice
indigenous people
Representaciones sociales
asociación de palabras
prejuicio sutil
prejuicio manifiesto
indígenas
Représentations sociales
association de mots
les préjugés subtils
les préjugés manifestes
indigènes
Representações sociais
evocações livres
preconceito sutil
preconceito manifesto
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Sumario:This study describes the social representation of indigenous people and analyzes the existence of differential positioning according to subtle and blatant prejudice levels. Participants (N = 304 residents from Buenos Aires, aged 18-41) answered the word association technique and the subtle and blatant prejudice scale towards indigenous people. The analysis of the word association’s rank and frequency indicated an anachronistic representation of indigenous people that places them outside culture. One-way Correspondence Factorial Analysis showed that participants with low and medium levels of subtle prejudice considered indigenous people as Argentinean and attribute their current situation to the massacre they suffered in the past. Participants with high levels of subtle prejudice devalued them and did not consider them as Argentine.