Social representations and prejudice against indigenous people in Argentina

• Autores: Barreiro, Alicia, Ungaretti, Joaquín, Etchezahar, Edgardo
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2019
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistaspuc:article/20984
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/20984
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Social representations; word association; subtle prejudice; blatant prejudice; indigenous people; Representaciones sociales; asociación de palabras; prejuicio sutil; prejuicio manifiesto; indígenas; Représentations sociales; association de mots; les préjugés subtils; les préjugés manifestes; indigènes; Representações sociais; evocações livres; preconceito sutil; preconceito manifesto

This study describes the social representation of indigenous people and analyzes the existence of differential positioning according to subtle and blatant prejudice levels. Participants (N = 304 residents from Buenos Aires, aged 18-41) answered the word association technique and the subtle and blatant prejudice scale towards indigenous people. The analysis of the word association’s rank and frequency indicated an anachronistic representation of indigenous people that places them outside culture. One-way Correspondence Factorial Analysis showed that participants with low and medium levels of subtle prejudice considered indigenous people as Argentinean and attribute their current situation to the massacre they suffered in the past. Participants with high levels of subtle prejudice devalued them and did not consider them as Argentine.