Različitost percepcije simboličkog značenja vode

• Main Authors: Sindik, Joško, Briški, Marijana
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Croatian
• Published: Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts 2016
• Subjects: antropologija; voda; apstrakcija; konkretnost; korelacija; identitet; latentne dimenzije; anthropology; water; abstraction; concreteness; correlation; identity; latent dimensions; sami
• Online Access: http://hrcak.srce.hr/164611; http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/242657

Glavni cilj istraživanja bio je utvrditi da li neka sociodemografska obilježja razlikuju latentne dimenzije koje predstavljaju različita simbolička značenja vode, ili su s njima povezana. U istraživanju provedenome na sudionicima iz Hrvatske, izabranima metodom snježne grude, koristio se preliminarni popis s 40 mogućih simboličkih značenja vode, dok su sudionici procjenjivali u kojem stupnju oni sami pripisuju određena značenja vodi. Rezultati faktorske analize pokazali su da postoje tri latentne dimenzije simboličkih značenja vode: apstraktna (s ontološkim, mitološkim i religijskim značenjima), konkretna (uglavnom povezana s praktičnom primjenom vode) i voda kao identitetski čimbenik (povezan s nacionalnom i regionalnom pripadnošću). Znanje o simbolici vode može imati važnu ulogu u edukaciji ljudi po pitanjima upravljanja vodama i zaštite okoliša. Knowledge about the symbolism of water can be relevant in cases when an education programme about the issues of water management and environmental protection has to be designed. Therefore, the main aim of this study was to find out if different symbolic values of water correlate with some demographic and socio-economic factors. A preliminary list of forty possible symbolic meanings of water, derived from the sources of history, history of arts and everyday life, was submitted to 136 participants, selected by snowball sampling. The results of factor analysis have shown that there are three latent dimensions of the symbolical meanings of water: 1. Abstract: ontological, mythological and religious, 2. Concrete: mainly associated with its practical use, and 3. Identity value: associated with national and regional affiliation.Women, older people, as well as persons with longer work experience, tended to associate water with more abstract meanings. However, the level of education has no impact on the results. The meaning of water in abstract terms and as a symbol of identity, dominated among the participants who are born near the sea, and especially among those from Dubrovnik.