RT Journal Article
T1 Learning contexts of the others: Identity building processes in southern Europe
A1 Gualda, Estrella
A1 Lucio-Villegas, Emilio
A1 Martins, Vània
A1 González Gómez, Teresa
A1 Gualda, Juan M.
A1 Fragoso, António
AB The frontier between the south of Spain and Portugal is established by the riverGuadiana. Lying next to the sea, the cities of Ayamonte (Spain) and Vila Real de Santo António (Portugal) face each other on opposite banks of the river. The research that feeds into this paper is focused on these two cities. We study specifically how identity is built in this cross-border area. To do this, in a first phase of this study we organized eight focus group interviews. In the second phase of this research we conducted biographical interviews to deepen some of the analytic categories we were dealing with. These results lead us to state that the territory, and the views that people hold on this territory, are still very important in identity building. This includes both culture andidentity as strategic elements in the construction of both development and educational processes. Additionally, one has to ask where people learn the elements that determine these processes. The images of ourselves and the images of the other – that make up stereotypes of both the Spanish and the Portuguese – are built in what kind of contexts and through what types of educational processes? We will try to answer these questions and, finally, provide some idea of the importance of adult education in these processes of identity building, and of the attempt to construct more fluid relationships between the southern Portuguese and Spanish.
PB European Society for Research on the Educations of the Adults
SN 2000-7426
YR 2011
FD 2011
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/6702
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/6702
LA eng
NO Gualda, E., Lucio-Villegas, E., Martins, V., González Gómez, T., Gualda, J.M., Fragoso, A.: "Learning contexts of the others: Identity building processes in southern Europe" . European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, Vol.2, No.2, pág. 151-163 (2011). ISSN 2000-7426
NO This research has been supported by the Consejería de la Presidencia – Secretaría de Acción Exterior, Junta de Andalusia (Expte. SEGAEX/ SRICI/ CR 08.44103.82A.015).We wish to mention also the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).We want to thank the following institutions and associations for their generosity and the availability of rooms for the focus groups: Club de Ajedrez ‘Esuri’ (Pedro Borrego Ferrer), Centro de Día de Personas Mayores (Delegación Provincial de la Consejería para la Igualdad y el Bienestar Social, Junta de Andalucía) y a la Casa Grande o Casa de la Cultura, del Excelentísimo Ayuntamiento de Ayamonte. En Vila Real de Santo António the focus groups were held in Escola EV 2/3 de Vila Real de Santo António, la Universidade de Tempos Livres de Vila Real de Santo António, la Câmara Municipal de Vila Real de Santo António, Agrupamento de Escolas D. José I, and Sociedade Recreativa de Vila Nova de Cacela.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 30 may 2026