The article investigates the psychosocial factors of internment in the Lushnjë camps during the Albanian communist period, focusing on some specific aspects of group relations in extreme situations: the dynamics of categorization, stratification and differentiation in terms of ingroup and outgroup relationships, and the formation of internal cohesive relationships necessary for survival. Analysing interviews conducted with inmates sampled by the Face-Up project, it is explored how, even in contexts of violence and dehumanisation, positive authentic relationships can be activated with people from both ingroup and outgroup. Finally, the hypothesis that such relationships can contribute to resilience is examined.
L’articolo indaga i fattori psicosociali dell'internamento nei campi di Lushnjë durante il periodo comunista albanese, soffermandosi su alcuni aspetti specifici delle relazioni di gruppo in situazioni estreme: le dinamiche di categorizzazione, stratificazione e differenziazione in termini di relazioni tra ingroup e outgroup e la formazione di relazioni coesive interne necessarie alla sopravvivenza. Analizzando le interviste condotte con gli internati selezionati dal progetto Face-Up, si analizza come, anche in contesti di violenza e disumanizzazione, si possano attivare relazioni autentiche e positive con persone sia dell’ingroup che dell'outgroup. Infine, si esamina l’ipotesi che tali relazioni possano contribuire alla resilienza.
Social relations and internment camps: a socio-psychological analysis on a sample of interviews with former residents from Lushnjë (Albania) / Floridi, Federica; Cataldi, Silvia; Bonaiuto, Marino; Talamo, Alessandra. - In: RIME – RIVISTA DELL’ISTITUTO DI STORIA DELL’EUROPA MEDITERRANEA. - ISSN 2035-794X. - 14 n.s.:june 2024(2024), pp. 99-122. [10.7410/1704]
Social relations and internment camps: a socio-psychological analysis on a sample of interviews with former residents from Lushnjë (Albania)
Federica Floridi;Silvia Cataldi;Marino Bonaiuto;Alessandra Talamo
2024
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The article investigates the psychosocial factors of internment in the Lushnjë camps during the Albanian communist period, focusing on some specific aspects of group relations in extreme situations: the dynamics of categorization, stratification and differentiation in terms of ingroup and outgroup relationships, and the formation of internal cohesive relationships necessary for survival. Analysing interviews conducted with inmates sampled by the Face-Up project, it is explored how, even in contexts of violence and dehumanisation, positive authentic relationships can be activated with people from both ingroup and outgroup. Finally, the hypothesis that such relationships can contribute to resilience is examined.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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