Abstract

QUINTAL, Maria de Fatima. Current challenges and subtleties ancient in the practices of community social psychology. Psicol. Conoc. Soc. [online]. 2016, vol.6, n.1, pp.131-163. ISSN 1688-7026.

The text briefly will address the history of psychology in the countries of Latin America and highlights the greater visibility of community psychology practices in recent years. This is because in recent years neoliberal governments included in their public policy agendas the participation of professionals committed to the community programs. The article also presents the main fundamentals that are important guides to carry out community practices. These foundations rest on contributions from Ignacio Martin-Baró, Silvia Lane and philosophy of Paulo Freire. These include the processes of awareness and participation and the recovery of the historical memory of groups and communities. It made a criticism of the fact that the work be considered unprecedented mainly because of surface features, while its paradigms remain the same. Performs a comparison of community social psychology at its inception and today and that the analysis uses the dimensions of community intervention and how it materializes in the practice of community work. Continuing, it is a discussion of the different types of participation that take place today, and also about the widespread and surface use of important concepts for the community field. It ends with a discussion of the possibility of change of the principles and commitment of community social psychology.

Keywords : Community social psychology; Community practices; Community intervention.

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