Concrete Psychology and the Activity Clinic Approach: Implications for Interventionist Research in the XXIst Century
This paper discusses the project of concrete psychology, anchored in vital human drama, both for Vygotsky and Politzer, and its methodological implications, especially from within an interventionist, developmental, transformative perspective. How are the concepts of concrete psychology and drama rel...
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| description | This paper discusses the project of concrete psychology, anchored in vital human drama, both for Vygotsky and Politzer, and its methodological implications, especially from within an interventionist, developmental, transformative perspective. How are the concepts of concrete psychology and drama related for Politzer and Vygotsky? How can we push the agenda of concrete psychology foward? What are the methodological implications of a Vygotskian concrete psychology for us today? After discussing both Vygotsky’s and Politzer’s views on concrete human psychology, we will introduce the French tradition of Activity Clinic, and argue that this approach, and its “organized frameworks,” offers the potential to move one step forward in the direction of a concrete human psychology. We will analyze a short sequence of Cross Self Confrontation as a dramatic interaction potentially contributing to development. We conclude by reflecting on the implications of concrete psychology for XXIth century researchers. The paper thus aims at contributing to an urgent need to rethink an epistemology of psychology, which strongly anchors research in practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-867a629c83a8431aa241b18210a3c3d62022-12-21T20:34:00ZengMoscow State University of Psychology and EducationКультурно-историческая психология1816-54352224-89352020-07-01162425010.17759/chp.2020160206Concrete Psychology and the Activity Clinic Approach: Implications for Interventionist Research in the XXIst CenturyKloetzer L.0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6703-8562Neuchatel University, Neuchatel, SwitzerlandThis paper discusses the project of concrete psychology, anchored in vital human drama, both for Vygotsky and Politzer, and its methodological implications, especially from within an interventionist, developmental, transformative perspective. How are the concepts of concrete psychology and drama related for Politzer and Vygotsky? How can we push the agenda of concrete psychology foward? What are the methodological implications of a Vygotskian concrete psychology for us today? After discussing both Vygotsky’s and Politzer’s views on concrete human psychology, we will introduce the French tradition of Activity Clinic, and argue that this approach, and its “organized frameworks,” offers the potential to move one step forward in the direction of a concrete human psychology. We will analyze a short sequence of Cross Self Confrontation as a dramatic interaction potentially contributing to development. We conclude by reflecting on the implications of concrete psychology for XXIth century researchers. The paper thus aims at contributing to an urgent need to rethink an epistemology of psychology, which strongly anchors research in practice.https://psyjournals.ru/en/kip/2020/n2/Kloetzer.shtmlactivity clinicconcrete psychologydevelopmentdramamethodologycross self-confrontation |
| spellingShingle | Kloetzer L. Concrete Psychology and the Activity Clinic Approach: Implications for Interventionist Research in the XXIst Century Культурно-историческая психология activity clinic concrete psychology development drama methodology cross self-confrontation |
| title | Concrete Psychology and the Activity Clinic Approach: Implications for Interventionist Research in the XXIst Century |
| title_full | Concrete Psychology and the Activity Clinic Approach: Implications for Interventionist Research in the XXIst Century |
| title_fullStr | Concrete Psychology and the Activity Clinic Approach: Implications for Interventionist Research in the XXIst Century |
| title_full_unstemmed | Concrete Psychology and the Activity Clinic Approach: Implications for Interventionist Research in the XXIst Century |
| title_short | Concrete Psychology and the Activity Clinic Approach: Implications for Interventionist Research in the XXIst Century |
| title_sort | concrete psychology and the activity clinic approach implications for interventionist research in the xxist century |
| topic | activity clinic concrete psychology development drama methodology cross self-confrontation |
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