http://hdl.handle.net/10451/3254 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:27:05 GMT 2013-05-20T13:27:05Z http://hdl.handle.net/10451/8441 Title: Justice seems not to be for all: Exploring the scope of justice Authors: Lima-Nunes, Aline; Pereira, Cícero Roberto; Correia, Isabel Abstract: The idea that “justice is for everyone” seems to be over. A justice perception can have unfair consequences for those who are perceived not to be included within the boundaries of fairness. This is what the scope of justice is all about: who is within and who is outside of the “justice boundaries”. This paper intends to clarify the concept and explain how social psychologists work with it in real-life contexts. We argue that the scope of justice is a key concept that helps us to understand a broad range of intergroup conflicts, besides being an understudied phenomenon that motivates a variety of justice-related issues such as deservingness, animal rights, discrimination and environmental conflict. We also discuss and review the relevant literature concerning the psychological and social functions of the scope of justice, highlighting its possible antecedents and consequences. Finally, we outline the current applied research into the role played by processes used to legitimize damaging behaviors against people who are perceived to be outside of the scope of justice. In light of this concept, the “justice is for everyone” maxim should probably be changed to “justice is for those who are not excluded from our boundaries of fairness”. Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10451/8441 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10451/8424 Title: Urban football narratives and the colonial process in Lourenço Marques Authors: Domingos, Nuno, 1976- Abstract: Support for Portuguese football teams, in Mozambique as well as in other former Portuguese colonies, could be interpreted either as a sign of the importance of a cultural colonial heritage in Africa or as a symbol of a perverse and neo-colonial acculturation. This article, focused on Maputo, the capital of Mozambique – formerly called Lourenc¸o Marques – argues that in order to understand contemporary social bonds, it is crucial to research the connection between the colonial process of urbanisation and the rise of urban popular cultures. Despite the existence of social discrimination in colonial Lourenc¸o Marques, deeply present in the spatial organisation of a city divided between a ‘concrete’ centre and the immense periphery, the consumption of football, as part of an emergent popular culture, crossed segregation lines. I argue that football narratives, locally appropriated, became the basis of daily social rituals and encounters, an element of urban sociability and the content of increasingly larger social networks. Therefore, the fact that a Portuguese narrative emerged as the dominant form of popular culture is deeply connected to the growth of an urban community. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10451/8424 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10451/8382 Title: O Papel de Representações Sociais sobre a Natureza da Homossexualidade na Oposição ao Casamento Civil e à Adoção por Famílias Homoafetivas Authors: Pereira, Cícero Roberto; Torres, Ana Raquel Rosas; Falcão, Luciene; Pereira, Annelyse Soares Abstract: Analisamos as relações entre preconceito, apoio às políticas discriminatórias contra homossexuais e representações sociais sobre a natureza da homossexualidade. Participaram 297 estudantes de último ano de psicologia, serviço social e direito. Os resultados mostram que as representações sobre a homossexualidade baseadas em crenças religiosas, moralistas e psicológicas predizem o maior apoio às políticas discriminatórias contra os homossexuais, nomeadamente a oposição ao casamento e à adoção de crianças por casais homoafetivos. A crença na natureza cultural da homossexualidade prediz o menor apoio a essas políticas. As relações verificadas são mediadas pelo preconceito flagrante contra homossexuais. Esses resultados indicam que o preconceito é um dos mecanismos pelos quais as representações sociais sobre os grupos sociais levam à discriminação contra esses grupos.; In this study the relationship between prejudice, support of discriminating policies against homosexuals and people’s social representations about the nature of homosexuality was analyzed. Participants were 297 final year psychology, social work, and law students. Results showed that the representations about homosexuality based on religious, moralist, and psychological beliefs are positively related to the support of discriminating policies against homosexuals, specifically the opposition to civil union and to children’s adoption by homosexuals. Beliefs about the cultural nature of homosexuality predicted lower support of these policies. These relations were mediated by blatant prejudice against homosexuals. These results show the role played by social representations about the nature of social groups in the maintenance of prejudices and discriminatory practices against minority groups. Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10451/8382 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10451/7764 Title: A voz dos bandos: colectivos de justiça e ritos da palavra portuguesa em Timor Leste colonial Authors: Roque, Ricardo Abstract: Este artigo examina as relações entre o discurso da justiça e a prática do ritual nos bandos do governo colonial português em Timor Leste, entre a segunda metade do século XIX e as primeiras décadas do século XX. Os bandos consistiam em ordens e instruções de comando emanadas pelo governador português em Díli, e comunicadas de forma cerimonial por oficiais às populações dos diversos reinos timorenses dispersos pelo país. Bandos eram um instrumento por excelência de governação colonial dos assuntos indígenas, servindo para arbitrar conflitos, punir transgressões e, em geral, instituir realidades no mundo timorense. Contudo, esta instituição assumiu igualmente uma singular expressão nos usos timorenses, servindo bandos para comunicar também as ordens de autoridades tradicionais, os liurais. O artigo acompanha as variações coloniais e indígenas que os bandos adquiriram em Timor Leste, conceptualizando-os enquanto colectivos de justiça. Ao considerar assim os bandos como colectivos – formações heterogéneas em que elementos linguísticos e não linguísticos se combinam na produção de efeitos de poder sobre as populações – o artigo propõe uma via conceptual alternativa às perspectivas linguísticas e literárias de análise do discurso colonial. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10451/7764 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z