Las Representaciones Sociales sobre el rol de cada uno en la Comunidad, una barrera para la participación y el trabajo conjunto

Abstract

We believe that social representations can be an important factor when considering the possible determinants in community action. Different members of the community (both, citizens and professionals) tend to cluster around their allies, by setting a discourse concerning his own role in the context and the role played by the rest of members. This may be a difficulty for joint action and for integration of the various initiatives that are launched, whereas the lack of communication, or an inadequate or biased communication, can be a handicap for the configuration of social capital and cohesion. This paper refers to some theoretical principles related to above concepts and the role played by each actor in the community, in addition to analyzing the speeches generated in a participatory research conducted by author in 2011, which is now useful to analyze what is behind the social representations of each one and the content that gives them consistency.