[Ailist] Base of social constructionism

[Cheri Torres]

Parashu,
You might find the material from Spiral Dynamics valuable in regards to your
question.  For me, social constructionism is more complex than "words create
worlds" because there are worlds behind our words and these worlds most
often stay unexposed.

In Spiral Dynamics integral, cultural "worlds" arise in response to life
conditions--words are infused with the meanings associated with the life
conditions in which one is immersed (or from which one is speaking).  It ups
the level of complexity when looking at the principle of construction, but
it also ups the level of understanding and ability to communicate
effectively with others.

Relevant websites for Spiral Dynamics include:
www.spiraldynamics.net (which is the site of Don Beck)
Video results for
<http://video.google.com/videosearch?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=spiral+dynamics&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title>
*spiral dynamics<http://video.google.com/videosearch?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=spiral+dynamics&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title>
*
**www. <goog_1230558630413>*humanemergence
<goog_1230558630413>*.org<http://www.humanemergence.org> (which
is the work of SDi around the world).

Hope this helps,
Cheri

On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Parashu <parashu at wlink.com.np> wrote:

> As social constructionism says, meaning is created through
> interaction/dialogue. But I am curious to know what shapes/directs the
> dialogue. Let's take a case of Cultural Adaptation. Migrants have to be
> adjusted in a different culture. Definitely, they have to create a new way
> of living life, make a new meaning. what can be the foundation of making
> meaning? While creating meaning, don't the migrants base on their own
> culture during the process of adaptation? I mean the migrants create a new
> reality in a new place on the foundation of their own culture no matter how
> big the gap between the two cultures.
> Do you know if anyone has done research on this case? or if there are any
> article regarding this, it will be useful to me.
>
> Appreciatively
>
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Cheri B. Torres, Ph.D.
Ed Psych and Collaborative Learning
Asheville, NC
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