U.S.-Brazil Cooperative Research: Development of Human Communicative Processes in Different Socio-Cultural Contexts

9813720Valsiner博士和他的同事，克拉克大学伍斯特，MA，和Valsiner博士之间的这项美国-巴西合作研究计划。来自伯南布哥联邦大学的Maria D. C. P . de Lyra和来自巴西利亚大学的Angela U. Branco是一个为期两年的多学科研究项目，主要研究不同社会文化背景下人类交际过程的发展。这项关于元通信的研究将涉及PI， 8名美国研究人员和4名发展心理学和教育学研究生。每位研究人员都将关注不同但相关的社会文化心理学因素，包括不同文化中语言发展的调查，国家认同、形成和维持的机制，人类对各种物理和家庭环境的适应，包括低收入经济产生的压力，以及人际关系中的暴力问题。巴西的研究团队将进一步完善他们的研究方法——特别是在统计数据分析领域，而美国科学家将扩展他们的视角，获得对不同社会背景下的交际和元交际过程现象的更好视角——一个学术背景基于法国模式的社会。研究结果将于2000年在一个国际会议上发表，并发表联合研究论文。***

9813720ValsinerThis US-Brazil collaborative research proposal between Dr. Jaan Valsiner and colleagues, Clark University, Worcester, MA, and Drs. Maria D. C. P de Lyra, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco and Angela U. Branco, Universidade de Brasilia, is a two-year, multi-disciplinary study of development of human communicative processes in different socio-cultural contexts. This study in metacommunications will involve the PI, eight U.S. researchers, and 4 graduate students in developmental psychology and education. Each researcher will focus on a different, but related factor of socio-cultural psychology ranging from the investigation of language development in different cultures, the mechanisms of national identity, formation, and maintenance, human adaption to varied physical and family environments including stress generated by low income economies, and issues ofviolence in personal relations. Brazilian teams will gain further elaboration of their research methodologies - especially in the area of statistical data analysis, while US scientists will extend their perspectives by gaining a better perspective on the phenomena of communicative and metacommunicative processes in the context of a different society - one whose academic background is based upon a French model. Presentation of findings is expected at a international conference in 2000 and in the publicaiton of joint research papers.***