Co-constructivismo y relaciones asimétricas

Abstract

This article studies Jaan Valsiner's text do-constructivism and de- velopment: a socio-historic tradition. Valsiner gives un interpretative perspective to cultural construction and at the same time accepts the asymmetrical character of social relations. The aim of the present study is to discuss the incompatibility of three positions: treating the social as so- mething shared; postulating semiotic mediation as the only procedure of cultural transmission; and accepting social asymmetry. From the pers- pective defended here, asymmetry is equivalent to relations of inequality and social domination. As Pierre Bourdieu believes, these relations are inscribed in both the objectivity of social structures and the subjectivity of mental structures. In addition, social and cultural transmission uses pro- cedures that go beyond intentional discursive exchanges; habits, gestures and actions may have meanings without meaning t.