Possibility Of Subjects Research Articles

Les sièges moulés : corrections attendues et erreurs rencontrées

The type of seat best adapted to the subject's possibilities depends on appropriate identification of the neuromotor and orthopedic impairments. Irrespective of the type of seat used (molded or sack), the seat must correspond to the elements defined by the evaluation. These technical aspects must be considered to avoid miscorrections, which could have deleterious effects.

Prolegomenon to a Contemporary Psychology of Liberation

This prolegomenon outlines a framework for a contemporary, critical psychological theory of liberation. It is argued that recent developments in metatheory have led to problems in both form and content for theory construction in the domain of liberation. As a viable solution to the formal problem, a non-foundational `conceptual network' is suggested. As `knots' in this quasi-systematic network, and thus as a preliminary solution to the problem of content, three critical research programs are reconstructed to deal with different, yet complementary, aspects of power, and which are thus relevant for conceptualizing liberation: Klaus Holzkamp, representing traditional Marxism, and reconstructed in terms of participation in life conditions (labor); Jürgen Habermas, representing neo-Marxism in terms of communication (interaction); and Michel Foucault, representing post-Marxism, in terms of self-representation (aesthetics). From these reconstructions the subject's possibilities against power, essential for a psychology of liberation, are derived. Finally, it is argued that a conceptual network that strives to cope with practical problems must entail contextualization.

Práticas e comportamento alimentar no meio urbano: um estudo no centro da cidade de São Paulo

This study focuses on the implications of urban life style on eating habits and the related symbolic representations. Theoretical references used to approach the food experience are the concepts of social representation and habitus. The methodology consisted of a qualitative analysis of interviews with 21 administrative employees and field observations made at commercial establishments in downtown São Paulo, such as snack bars and restaurants. Study of eating behavior and practices was developed along two planes: food actually eaten and food desired. Results were classified into three segments: "ingesting and digesting affection", "determinants of social representations of eating practices", and "rituals in eating practices". Due to their origin in a domestic universe, symbolic aspects associated with food have a strong affective matrix. Concrete conditions of the urban environment associated with the subject's financial limits establish a structure of values and feelings compatible with the subject's possibilities. The study addresses both the abbreviation of food rituals and its implications on food behavior as well as features of the present urban food pattern.