Browsing by Author "Lindholm, Minttu"

In my thesis I study the mechanism of discrimination from the perspective of the transactional model by Arnold Sameroff. In this thesis I see transaction as ongoing process, in which at least two components interact changing each other. I am interested in transactions, which happen whwn the relationship is hierarchichal. For example when someone representing the main population is interacting with someone who belongs to a discriminated minority. My thesis exposes this phenomena from the view and experiences of two persons representing discriminated minorities in Finland and my aim is to wake up discussion about the invisible power that the priviledged main population uses in the relation with minorities. The study was conducted by using a qualitative, phenomenographical, but also social constructivist approach as I studied the transactional processes occurring in social relationships. The research data was collected by two non structured interviews and three observation situations. The data was analysed by using the method of narrative analysis. I analysed the experiences of two persons with different minority backgrounds. One of them was a finnish roma and the other a finnish ghanaian. I found different kind of transactions, which occurred as different kind of inner representations or social information processing when facing someone representing the main population. All the transactions showed growing segregation between the main population and the minorities.