Social imaginaries at the boundaries of the social world

社会世界边界的社会想象

• 批准号: 417783052
• 负责人: Dr. Larissa Pfaller
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Institut für Soziologie
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2017-12-31 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/417783052?language=en
• 关键词: Social; imaginaries; boundaries; social; world

There is a new growing interest in imagination and social imaginaries in sociology. These approaches highlight that not only cognitive or linguistic concepts, but also imagination and images create cultural meaning and shape human thinking and acting. Social imaginaries are constitutive for everyday-life; they guide social practices and keep them vibrant.The project addresses a desideratum in this emerging field of the sociology of imagination: existing approaches reconstruct social imaginaries and imagination by pointing to their positive content and guiding principles. However, they do not pay attention to those images and imaginations that can be located at the borders of the social world. These images and imaginations relate to abject things and existential boundaries, e.g. the boundary between subject and object, nature and culture, human and non-human. So far, there have been no attempts to conceptualize or to investigate in further detail in those subject matters, neither on a theoretical level nor in empirical explorations.To fulfill this desideratum, the project considers two main research fields at the borders of the social world: fourth age and organ donation. Both subjects are specially qualified – they constitute at the borderline of life and death and offer aversive imaginations. The research will use metaphor analysis as well as image and film analysis to analyze documents, interviews and focus groups conducted in these two fields. The main purpose of this research project is to examine the constitution of social imaginaries and imagination at the boundaries of the social world. Thereby, it differentiates these concepts and sets up the ground for further theoretical exploration. At the same time, metaphor analysis is to be introduced as a method for investigating social imaginaries.

在社会学中，人们对想象力和社会关系产生了新的日益浓厚的兴趣。这些方法强调，不仅认知或语言概念，而且想象和图像创造文化意义，塑造人类的思维和行为。社会习俗是日常生活的组成部分;它们指导社会实践并使其保持活力。该项目解决了想象社会学这一新兴领域的迫切需要：现有方法通过指向其积极的内容和指导原则来重建社会习俗和想象。然而，他们并没有注意到那些可以位于社交世界边界的图像和想象。这些意象和想象涉及到卑贱的事物和存在的边界，如主体与客体、自然与文化、人与非人的边界。到目前为止，无论是在理论层面还是在实证探索方面，都没有尝试对这些主题进行概念化或更详细的研究。为了实现这一愿望，该项目考虑了社会世界边缘的两个主要研究领域：第四年龄和器官捐赠。这两个主题都是特别合格的-他们构成了生与死的边界，并提供了令人厌恶的想象。本研究将运用隐喻分析、图像分析和电影分析等方法，对这两个领域的文献、访谈和焦点小组进行分析。本研究的主要目的是考察社会世界边界上的社会表象和想象力的构成。从而对这些概念进行了辨析，为进一步的理论探讨奠定了基础。同时，隐喻分析作为一种研究社会关系的方法也将被引入。