COUV ACTES - Psychologie communautaire

Community Psychology: Common Values, Diverse Practicesthe categories identified by coding and the reflections arising during the process of their elaboration in a theory(Strauss & Corbin, 2008).The first phase in the process of analysis is that of coding that consists in categorizing pieces of data with a shortdefinition or phrase that summarizes and identifies each piece of data.In the first level of coding (open coding) we identified 150 codes, which were then grouped into 59codes. Subsequently we gathered these codes into the following 32 categories:Arrival (migration route) and reason for migrationDifferences in to the period of immigration andlength of time in the countryCamorra and crime"Mind your own business and you will live ahundred years".Food as a cultural mediatorLife conditionsKnowledge of the Italian languagePrejudiceDesires, hopes and disappointmentsDifferences between the various Arab countriesDifficulties in returning homeDocumentsWomenHeterogeneity of Italian and Arab behavior“A person who has studied and who has a family isa good person”People from Eastern EuropeImmigrants as a resource in processes ofeconomic productionImportance of preserving one’s own cultureImmigrants’ educationWork-seasonal workMosqueNorth and South Italy: differencesKey people in the territoryPoliticsProjects and proposalsRepresentation of immigrants in the mediaRegulation of entry to ItalyRelationship with family members at homeSecond GenerationSense of insecurity in ItalyLocal support provided by the Arab communityViolence and aggression against migrantsThe next step taken by the work group was to integrate 1 the categories identified into four macro-families: Traveland initial impact with the country, Conditions of life, Contact and Stereotypes, Future. The first code-familygroups together various experiences and the experiences of travel until arrival in Italy, which is a time usuallydistinguished by an emotional and optimistic view, which often turns into disillusionment, following the earlyexperiences in the country. The second code-family describes the immigrant’s experience within the country at anindividual and community level and in reference to the conditions of life. Here the variables regard the importanceof having proper documents, a residence permit and employment contract, as well as good housing conditions,which mainly refers to non-seasonal workers. Another issue of major importance concerns the immigrant’smodalities of communication and relations with other immigrants, as well as with the natives of the host-country.two types of coding are artificial and for explanatory purposes only, to indicate to readers that though we break data apart, and identifyconcepts to stand for the data, we also have put it back together again by relating those concepts”1Integration is the process of linking categories and refining and trimming the resulting theoretical construction. Strauss and Corbin, 1998)104