Tomeu Vidal

University of Barcelona | UB · Department of Social Psychology

En este artículo nos preguntamos cómo abordar de forma crítica las prácticas participativas a nivel local y su conexión con la gestión de lo público, focalizando dicha interrogación en la dimensión psicosocial que anida en dichos procesos. Consideramos que la forma de construir la experiencia participativa, en la que se tejen identidades, vínculos...

Global challenges ranging from climate change and ecological regime shifts to refugee crises and post-national territorial claims are rapidly moving ecosystem thresholds and altering the social fabric of societies worldwide. This book addresses the vital question of how to navigate the contested forces of stability and change in a world shaped by m...

El objetivo de este artículo es mostrar un primer avance de un ejercicio diagnóstico en curso basado en un proyecto de investigación acción participante (en adelante IAP) denominado "Construyendo Poblenou en Comunidad". El objetivo del proyecto es conocer el proceso de fortalecimiento de las redes comunitarias del barrio de Poblenou (Barcelona) en...

This study investigated whether European, Mediterranean and natural landscapes might trigger identification responses among residents of Mediterranean Europe. The participants (N = 546) were students from three Italian and three Spanish regions who rated their level of place identification by looking at eight pictures of prototypical landscapes, ea...

In this article we provide conceptual and argumentative tools to think and to problematize the notion of "public space". We start outlining the main discursive frames that are usually used to define "the public space" as a research object in urban studies. Drawing on the neo-Marxist critique to the normative ideal of public space as an ideological...

Environmental Psychology has made big efforts to understand how we react and adapt ourselves to our physical environs, especially when they present unfavorable conditions. However, it is possible to recognize, in many topics or research lines of a consolidated psycho-environmental tradition, the goal of generating knowledge for a better adaptation...

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Se presenta la aplicación y evaluación de una metodología de tutorización de los Trabajos Finales de Postgrado cuya finalidad es contribuir a la emprendeduría y la ocupabilidad de los estudiantes. La metodología consistió en la compartimentación de tareas, calendarización y seguimiento continuo de los trabajos. Los resultados muestran una valoració...

RESUMEN En este trabajo, exploramos el modo en que se relacionan los usos y los significados asociados al espacio público en un barrio de la ciudad de Barcelona. Mediante una aproximación cualitativa analizamos los datos textuales de entrevistas y registros etnográficos de observación. Identificamos dos tipos de trayectorias en la conformación de l...

Proposta presentada pel centre de recerca Polis de la Universitat de Barcelona, grup de recerca consolidat Art, Ciutat, Societat com a conclusió del projecte Cartografies de La Mina, realitzat entre 2002 - 2005 en base a diversos tallers de Participació Ciutadana, seguint la metodologia de les CPBoxes (Caixes d’Acotacions i Tendències) desenvolupad...

This paper considers the possibilities for public art and urban design to implement civic participatory strategies. It starts with a short analysis of the implementation of the Francoist " Ley de Asociaciones " and its impact on the Urban Social Movements of the Spanish Transition till the present day. In the framework of the relationship between t...

In this paper, we explore how the uses and meanings associated with public space are related to a specific neighborhood of the city of Barcelona. Using a qualitative approach, we analyzed the textual data from interviews and ethnographic records about uses observation. We identified two types of trajectories that organize the conformation of meanin...

This article describes the effects of displacement on sociospatial bonds, associated with the change of residential environment in displaced persons from the city of Chaitén, as a result of the eruption of the volcano of the same name. 144 questionnaires were applied to men and women who currently live in different towns in the provinces of Llanqui...

This study presents an active learning methodology based on the development and analysis of case studies by college students and explores its effects on academic performance and on students' capacity of understanding and analysing human behaviour. A group of 54 students who were taking the course Social Psychology at the University of Barcelona dev...

University professors often use case studies because they provide a fertile basis for the application of theoretical concepts to real world situations, enhancing student participation. The present correlational study aims to present social psychology's students from the University of Barcelona (UB) as active participants of their learning process t...

This article describes the effects of displacement on sociospatial bonds, associated with the change of residential environment in displaced persons from the city of Chaitén, as a result of the eruption of the volcano of the same name. 144 questionnaires were applied to men and women who currently live in different towns in the provinces of Llanqui...

At university level, the awareness and the use of personal strengths (defined as forms of behaviour, thoughts and emotions that are associated with optimal performance), can enhance studentś learning process, and their future professional performance. However, there is little research on this topic, especially research framed within the social psyc...

Este artículo se centra en la participación de vecinos en los asuntos locales (actividades en el barrio, implicación en entidades locales, pertenencia a grupos vecinales) para explicar los vínculos socioespaciales (apego al lugar, identidad de lugar y sentido de comunidad) que ocurren a nivel de barrio. La relación de la participación con el apego...

The focus of this paper is the role of local civic participation (activities on behalf of the neighbourhood, involvement in local organizations, membership of neighbourhood groups) to explain social and spatial bonds at a neighbourhood level. We are interested in exploring links between place attachment, place identity, sense of community, and loca...

This article shows the results of an exploratory study related to the separation of organic waste in order to offer suggestions for the improvement of waste disposal communication campaigns. The overall objective is to analyze attitude and behavior of those who do and those who do not separate organic waste, related to a specific promotional campai...

The present study examines the influence of perception of neighbourhood crowding, noise, danger, and physical care on neighbourhood attachment. To this end, a total of496 Spanish students from Barcelona and La Laguna participate in this study. In order to control for the variable time of residence, only natives of the neighbourhood were selected as...

Resumen Este artículo se centra en la participación de vecinos en los asuntos locales (actividades en el barrio, implica-ción en entidades locales, pertenencia a grupos vecinales) para explicar los vínculos socioespaciales (apego al lugar, identidad de lugar y sentido de comunidad) que ocurren a nivel de barrio. La relación de la participa-ción con...

As any social construct, the notion of public space is the resultof a socio-historical process; its definition is diverse, and according to its useit is appropriate for the identification of different situations. In this paper wereview the different notions of public space in its communicative dimensionand describe the elements of correspondence in...

Texto completo disponible en: http://opcions.org/sites/default/files/pdf/InformeCambioGlobalConsumo.pdf El Informe construye un marco de información en torno al consumo y la sostenibilidad en España pasando del diagnóstico a la construcción de escenarios de futuro y a la elaboración de propuestas. Es el resumen del trabajo coordinado entre distin...

We present a case of citizen participation to design some public spaces in Baró de Viver, a neighbourhood of the city of Barcelona. Our aim is to reflect on the ways to understand citizen participation in political and academic agenda, the role of different actors (citizens, professionals, politicians...) and strategies and methods used in particip...

En este artículo presentamos una experiencia de participación ciudadana para diseñar varios espacios públicos del barrio de Baró de Viver, en Barcelona. El objetivo es reflexionar en torno a la manera de entender la participación ciudadana en las agendas política y académica, el papel de los diferentes actores (ciudadanos, técnicos, políticos…) y l...

The transactional perspective is very attractive to analyze and act on public space on the scale of the neighborhood, however, language and methodological differences between the various disciplines involved make it quite complex. In this article we present a multi-method qualitative strategy of analysis that integrates graphical work spatialisatio...

La perspectiva transaccional resulta muy atractiva para analizar y actuar sobre el espacio público en la escala de barrio, sin embargo, las diferencias metodológicas y de lenguaje entre las distintas disciplinas implicadas lo hacen bastante complejo. En este artículo queremos presentar una estrategia cualitativa de análisis multimetodo, que integra...

We present a case of citizen participation to design some public spaces in Baró de Viver, a neighbourhood of the city of Barcelona. Our aim is to reflect on the ways to understand citizen participation in political and academic agenda, the role of different actors (citizens, professionals, politicians...) and strategies and methods used in particip...

The study explores the strengths and weaknesses of place identity and related concepts for analyzing certain features of today’s globalized society: changes in transportation routes and mobility patterns, alteration of historic areas in cities, and the transformation of natural and historic landscapes. We present an overview of previous studies in...

The study explores the strengths and weaknesses of place identity and related concepts for analyzing certain features of today's globalized society: changes in transportation routes and mobility patterns, alteration of historic areas in cities, and the transformation of natural and historic landscapes. We present an overview of previous studies in...

En este estudio se examina cómo inciden los patrones de movilidad residencial en el apego al lugar y la identidad de lugar. De acuerdo con Hernández, Hidalgo, Salazar-Laplace y Hess (2007), entre otras aportaciones que han abordado la relación entre estos conceptos (Knez, 2005; Kyle, Graefe y Manning, 2005; Jorgensen y Stedman, 2001; Lalli, 1992),...

This study examines how patterns of residential mobility affect place attachment and identity. In accordance with Hernández, Hidalgo, Salazar-Laplace and Hess (2007), among other contributions which have approached the relationship between these concepts (Knez, 2005; Kyle, Graefe and Manning, 2005; Jorgensen and Stedman, 2001; Lalli, 1992), place a...

Perceived insecurity in the public space: Personal, social and environmental variables. This paper explores perception of insecurity among the users of Barcelona’s public space. It describes the results of a research aimed to determine the key variables for the understanding of subjective insecurity. Structural equation models have been applied for...

En el último año, en la reunión del Public Art Observatory en Lisboa (septiembre 2002) y en el marco del congreso User (marzo 2003), presentamos uno de nuestros proyectos iniciado en el 2001 y centrado en la búsqueda de metodologías de participación ciudadana para el desarrollo de propuestas de arte público o diseño de espacio público: las denomina...

One of the issues that environmental psychology has explored is the study of the meaningful bonds that people have with places. Previous studies have focused mainly on the relationship with socio-physical settings, both fixed and materially available for the person (dwelling, neighbourhood, city). However, the current possibilities of mobility, dis...

La psicología ambiental, desde una de sus distintas vertientes, se ha dedicado al estudio de los vínculos significativos que las personas establecen con los lugares. Estos trabajos se han centrado fundamentalmente en la relación con escenarios sociofísicos fijos y materialmente disponibles para la persona (casa, barrio, ciudad). Sin embargo, las ac...

The city is an object of complex representation which implies a built notion of a place full of meanings, as well as a group of graphic and cartographic images which we use in our way-findings. As the city develops, its mental and social representations are seized to multiples changes. However, environmental cognition research so far seems to have...

We present the results of a study performed in Barcelona’s metropolitan area, aiming to examine the types, features and properties of different urban spaces subjectively experienced as dangerous by 70 city-dwellers (graduate students). Following a qualitative-descriptive methodological approach, the 125 places chosen by the subjects were described...

Resumen Este estudio se centra en el papel de la fotografía en la construcción de la representación social (RS) del medio ambiente. En este trabajo se presentan los resultados del análisis de las referencias fotográficas utilizadas para ilustrar y/o acompañar tales noticias. Se analizó una muestra de 266 fotografías procedentes de dos diarios: La V...

Decision making in environmental intervention and management usually displeases someone. Public administration entities and private organisations must pinpoint and manage certain environmental and social services that though deemed necessary and essential, often carry a negative image that creates social rejection. This is known as the NIMBY effect...

The links between people and places have been explained from several points of view in social science literature. Place-attachment, place-identity, social urban identity, and symbolic urban space are some of the main concepts used to describe the interaction between people and their environments. A dialectical approach to the appropriation of space...

Los vínculos que las personas establecen con los espacios han sido objeto de análisis desde múltiples perspectivas. El apego al lugar, la identidad de lugar, la identidad social urbana o el espacio simbólico urbano son algunos de los principales conceptos con que se abordan procesos que dan cuenta de la interacción de las personas con los entornos...

Resumen En este artículo se presentan algunos resultados y nuevos interrogantes sobre la vinculación de las personas con los lugares, derivados de una investigación cuyo objetivo principal era elaborar y contrastar un modelo teórico sobre los vínculos entre los residentes y su barrio. Se parte de una aproximación centrada en la apropiación del espa...

En este artículo se resume el seguimiento y evaluación de 66 programas y campañas publicitarias de promoción ambiental. De una primera revisión de las campañas y programas en función de una revisión teórica previa se extrajeron 10 supuestos primarios de estrategias de cambio de actitud y comportamiento que se aplicaron como criterio de análisis. Po...