= The English
version of the questionnaire can be downloaded. =
This is the result of a sociological query about the contradiction of
(real) instability (everyday life) been explained by classificatory
social theories (supposing social stability, as much as institutions
need it to be so). I call it sociology of instability. It´s main concept
has been “state-of-spirit” – studying the natural and social human
instability (depending on social, technical and ecological environment).
I developed an analytical proposal in order to produce extensive
information about these subjects, hoping to get some new insight on
sociological work. I am using my sabbatical year applying the
questionnaire in Spain, in Greece, in Portugal and Brazil. I realize the results
will be better tests to the quality of my approach if it would applied
to people who lives upheaval social environment.
I need other languages translations for my questionnaire. I need this
version of the questionnaire to be tested and changed accordingly (I
wouldn´t be able to do that, since I do not know other languages). I
need data (150 questionnaires) from convenience samples (for instance,
from popular neighborhoods, from students, from specific professional
groups, whatever could be available) of people who did live (or still
live) the upheaval social environment.
Of course, I would like to testimony in loco (and feel) whatever is
happening in Greece. I wonder how to do it if I do not know the language
(and I do not have strong ideas about the culture or the history of the
people). For this propose I can imagine to organize interviews. I will
need the help of a translator. I understand it is more difficult than
the questionnaire.
In fact I am concerned about the idea that people and societies are
instable by nature. They have the major characteristic of changing
behavior patterns very radically and without warning, as most natural
entities do: the earth maintain itself still for ages. And then it comes
a tsunami or a earthquake or a volcano. To frame this, I did choose
some social parameters: three social levels (quotidian, institutional
and value) three social plans (normative, ontological and socio-economic)
and three trends (bio-social reproduction, institutionalization and
individuation).
I did translate it in a quantitative methodology I am trying to test
comparing different social strata and different countries.
