On the micro-ecology of racial division: A neglected dimension of segregation
dc.contributor.author | Dixon, John | |
dc.contributor.author | Tredoux, Colin | |
dc.contributor.author | Clack, Beverley | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-06T08:27:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-06-06T08:27:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-01-05T08:03:26Z | |
dc.description.abstract | This article provides a general background to this special focus section of the journal on ‘racial interaction and isolation in everyday life’. It reviews both the geographic literature on segregation and the psychological literature on the contact hypothesis, and calls for more research on how, when and why racial isolation manifests at a microecological level; that is, the level at which individuals actually encounter one another in situations of bodily co-presence. Some conceptual and methodological implications of this extension of the segregation literature are described. The social psychological signifi cance of the racial organisation of such ordinary activities as eating in cafeterias, relaxing on beaches and occupying public seating are also explored. The focus of the argument is that everyday boundary processes may maintain the salience of racial categories, embody racial attitudes and regulate the possibility of intimate contact. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124630503500301 | |
dc.identifier.apacitation | Dixon, J., Tredoux, C., & Clack, B. (2005). On the micro-ecology of racial division: A neglected dimension of segregation. <i>South African Journal of Psychology</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19920 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Dixon, John, Colin Tredoux, and Beverley Clack "On the micro-ecology of racial division: A neglected dimension of segregation." <i>South African Journal of Psychology</i> (2005) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19920 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Dixon, J., Tredoux, C., & Clack, B. (2005). On the micro-ecology of racial division: A neglected dimension of segregation. South African Journal of Psychology, 35(3), 395-411. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Dixon, John AU - Tredoux, Colin AU - Clack, Beverley AB - This article provides a general background to this special focus section of the journal on ‘racial interaction and isolation in everyday life’. It reviews both the geographic literature on segregation and the psychological literature on the contact hypothesis, and calls for more research on how, when and why racial isolation manifests at a microecological level; that is, the level at which individuals actually encounter one another in situations of bodily co-presence. Some conceptual and methodological implications of this extension of the segregation literature are described. The social psychological signifi cance of the racial organisation of such ordinary activities as eating in cafeterias, relaxing on beaches and occupying public seating are also explored. The focus of the argument is that everyday boundary processes may maintain the salience of racial categories, embody racial attitudes and regulate the possibility of intimate contact. DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal of Psychology LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 T1 - On the micro-ecology of racial division: A neglected dimension of segregation TI - On the micro-ecology of racial division: A neglected dimension of segregation UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19920 ER - | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19920 | |
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Dixon J, Tredoux C, Clack B. On the micro-ecology of racial division: A neglected dimension of segregation. South African Journal of Psychology. 2005; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19920. | en_ZA |
dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | SAGE Publications | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.department | Department of Psychology | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
dc.source | South African Journal of Psychology | en_ZA |
dc.source.uri | http://sap.sagepub.com/ | |
dc.subject.other | Contact hypothesis | |
dc.subject.other | Micro-ecology of racial isolation | |
dc.subject.other | Observational study | |
dc.subject.other | Segregation | |
dc.title | On the micro-ecology of racial division: A neglected dimension of segregation | en_ZA |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
uct.type.filetype | Text | |
uct.type.filetype | Image | |
uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |