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    Donner la vie, choisir un nom : engendrements symboliques
    (Paris: L'Harmattan, 2005)
    Au travers des procédures de choix de prénoms, ce livre examine les ressources symboliques - les traditions religieuses et culturelles, mais aussi les livres, les films, les chansons - que de futurs parents ont mobilisées durant les neuf mois de cette transition vers la parentalité. Ainsi, en faisant usage de ressources symboliques, de futurs parents font plus que de mettre au monde un enfant : ils engendrent la nébuleuse symbolique qui l'accueillera, et que le prénom cristallise ; mais aussi, peut-être s'engendrent-ils eux-mêmes.
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    Symbolic competencies for developmental transitions: The case of the choice of first names
    (2004-2-10)
    Human life consists of stability interspersed with ruptures. Transitions that follow such ruptures, offer a window on processes of change at the level of skill acquisition, identities, but also meaning construction. The article explores various uses of cultural elements such as books, movies or religious baggage as symbolic resources for such psychological development. It introduces the notion of interiority to have access to the work of these symbolic resources on emotions. Such uses of symbolic resources are examined through a study of the procedure of choosing first names during the transition to parenthood. The notion of symbolic competencies, as the abilities to use cultural elements as resources for thinking, action and development, is proposed to account for interpersonal differences and is discussed.
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    The use of symbolic resources in developmental transitions
    (2003-5-2) ;
    Duveen, Gerard
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    Gillespie, Alex
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    Ivinson, Gabrielle
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    Psaltis, Charis
    This paper introduces the idea of symbolic resources as the use of cultural elements to mediate the representational work occasioned by ruptures or discontinuities in the smooth experience of ordinary life, moments when the ‘taken-for-granted’ meanings cease to be taken for granted. In particular we are concerned with the use of symbolic resources in moments of developmental transitions, that is, the mobilization of symbolic elements ranging from shared bodies of knowledge or argumentative strategies to movies, magazines or art pieces. The paper begins with a brief theoretical sketch of these ideas, and then presents three case studies, each of which involves the use of a different type of symbolic resource within a particular age group. In the first, children are observed in interaction with a peer about a conservation problem. In the second, adolescents are observed negotiating the meaning of their art productions with their peers, teachers and parents. The third example looks at Western tourists searching for spirituality, adventure and freedom in Ladakh as an alternative to the materialism of modernity. In each case the analysis of the symbolic resources employed indicates the significance of the gaze of the other in the construction of meanings, and of the various constraints operating within specific situations. The analysis also reveals different modes of use of symbolic resources, linked to changing forms of reflectivity.