Theoretical Guidelines for a Psychology of Rural Development

Many processes related to rural development have a strong psychosocial component. Yet, there exists nospecific psychosocial theoretical framework for addressing them. In this paper, then, we present a set oftheoretical guidelines for analysing rural development processes and interventions from the perspective ofpsychology. In doing so, we draw upon an Actor-Oriented Approach and address concepts commonly usedin rural development studies, such as human agency, social interfaces, worldviews, rationales and strategies,and explore their psychosocial dimensions. This enables us to advance a psychosocial understanding of thecomplexity and multi-determination that characterises processes of rural development, and thus in this wayto add a new perspective to rural development studies.

• Tipo de recurso: article
• Fecha de publicación: 2014
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
• Repositorio: Repositorio Universidad Javeriana
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.javeriana.edu.co:10554/23785
• Acceso en línea: http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/desarrolloRural/article/view/6600; http://hdl.handle.net/10554/23785
• Palabra clave: Psicología; Antropología; Ciencias Sociales Interdisciplinarias; actor-oriented approach; farmers; rural development; social interface; psychosocial perspective; Desarrollo Rural; Extensión Rural; Procesos de Innovación
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional