Howarth, Caroline


Dr Caroline Howarth  

Department

Position held

Institute of Social Psychology

Senior Lecturer

Experience keywords:

multiculturism; ethnicity; community; intercultural relations; identity; school exclusion; racism; whiteness; youth

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Caroline Howarth's research focuses on the relationships between culture, identity, racism and agency. In particular, she explores how representations of different communities and social groups impinge on how these communities and groups define and so represent themselves. Theories of social representations and social identities have proved invaluable in conceptualising the role of representation in identity formation, in the marginalisation and racialisation of different communities and in the assertion of community pride and positive self-identities. She has explored these complex and sometimes controversial issues in relation mixed-heritage identities and community art, to resistance and the cultural exclusion of black children at school, the racialised and gendered dynamics to the (re)production of local youth identities, the impact of others' stigmatising representations on identity, the social psychology of community and the consequences of difference in the research relationship. She has recently developed a research project exploring social representations of multiculturalism in English schools, alongside Dr Eleni Andreouli (LSE).

Sectors and industries to which research relates:

Creative Industries and CulturePolicy and Regulatory Bodies

Countries and regions to which research relates:

South Africa; UK; Papua New Guinea; Fiji

Media experience:

Radio

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 7339

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2014

Ahmed, Bipasha and Howarth, Caroline (2014) Race. In: Teo, Thomas, (ed.) Encyclopedia of critical psychology. Springer, New York, USA. ISBN 9781461455844

Sammut, Gordon and Howarth, Caroline (2014) Social representations. In: Teo, Thomas, (ed.) Encyclopedia of critical psychology. Springer, New York, USA. ISBN 9781461455844

2013

Howarth, Caroline (2013) I am: beyond the eyes of others.

Howarth, Caroline (2013) Weaving my heritage, my home.

Howarth, Caroline and Nicholson, Catherine and Whitney, Teresa (2013) Stigma. In: Mason, Patrick, (ed.) Encyclopaedia of race and racism. Macmillan Reference USA. ISBN 9780028661742

Howarth, Caroline and Wagner, Wolfgang and Magnusson, Nicola and Sammut, Gordon (2013) ‘It’s only other people who make me feel black’: acculturation, identity and agency in a multicultural community. Political psychology, ISSN 0162-895X

2012

Howarth, Caroline and Wagner, Wolfgang and Kessi, Shose and Sen, Ragini (2012) The politics of moving beyond prejudice. Behavioral and brain sciences, 35 (06). pp. 437-438. ISSN 0140-525X

Wagner, Wolfgang and Sen, Ragini and Permanadeli, Risa and Howarth, Caroline (2012) The veil and Muslim women’s identity: cultural pressures and resistance to stereotyping. Culture and psychology, 18 (4). pp. 521-541. ISSN 1461-7056

Wagner, Wolfgang and Sen, Ragini and Permanadeli, Risa and Howarth, Caroline S. (2012) The veil and Muslim women's identity: cultural pressures and resistance to stereotyping. Culture & psychology, 18 (4). pp. 521-541. ISSN 1354-067X

Andreouli, Eleni and Howarth, Caroline (2012) National identity and immigration: putting identity in context. Journal for the theory of social behaviour, Online ISSN 0021-8308

Gillespie, Alex and Howarth, Caroline and Cornish, Flora (2012) Four problems for researchers using social categories. Culture and psychology, 18 (3). pp. 391-402. ISSN 1461-7056

2011

Howarth, Caroline (2011) Towards a visual social psychology of identity and representation: photographing the self, weaving the family in a multicultural British community. In: Reavey, Paula, (ed.) Visual methods in psychology: using and interpreting images in qualitative research. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK. ISBN 9780415483483

Howarth, Caroline (2011) Representations, identity and resistance in communication. In: Hook, Derek and Franks, Bradley and Bauer, Martin W., (eds.) The social psychology of communication. Palgrave Macmillan, London, UK, pp. 153-168. ISBN 9780230247369

2010

Howarth, Caroline (2010) Encouraging debate: the influence of Gerard Duveen. Papers on social representations, 19 (1). pp. 1-1. ISSN 1021-5573

Howarth, Caroline (2010) Revisiting gender identities and education: notes for a social psychology of resistant identities in modern culture. Papers on social representations, 19 (1). pp. 1-8. ISSN 1021-5573

2009

Howarth, Caroline (2009) ‘I hope we won’t have to understand racism one day’: Researching or reproducing ‘race’ in social psychological research? British journal of social psychology, 48 (3). pp. 407-426. ISSN 0144-6665

Howarth, Caroline (2009) Towards scholarship, innovation and collaboration. Papers on social representations, 18 (1). pp. 1-4. ISSN 1021-5573

2008

Howarth, Caroline (2008) Dialogue across disciplines: bringing politics to a social psychology of multiculture. Journal of community & applied social psychology, 18 (4). pp. 349-350. ISSN 1099-1298

2007

Howarth, Caroline (2007) "It’s not their fault that they have that colour skin, is it?" Young British children and the possibilities for contesting racializing representations. In: Moloney, Gail and Walker, Iain, (eds.) Social representations and identity: content, process, and power. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 131-156. ISBN 9781403979711

2006

Howarth, Caroline (2006) Race as stigma: positioning the stigmatized as agents, not objects. Journal of community and applied social psychology, 16 (6). pp. 442-451. ISSN 1052-9284

Howarth, Caroline (2006) How social representations of attitudes have informed attitude theories: the consensual and the reified. Theory and psychology, 16 (5). pp. 691-714. ISSN 0959-3543

Howarth, Caroline (2006) A social representation is not a quiet thing: exploring the critical potential of social representations theory. British journal of social psychology, 45 (1). pp. 65-86. ISSN 0144-6665

Howarth, Caroline (2006) School exclusion: when pupils do not feel part of the school community. Journal of School Leadership, ISSN 1052-6846

2005

Voelklein, Corina and Howarth, Caroline (2005) A review of controversies about social representations theory: a British debate. Culture and psychology, 11 (4). pp. 431-454. ISSN 1461-7056

Howarth, Caroline and Hook, Derek (2005) Future directions for a critical social psychology of racism/antiracism. Journal of community & applied social psychology, 15 (6). pp. 506-512. ISSN 1052-9284

Howarth, Caroline and Hook, Derek (2005) Towards a critical social psychology of racism: points of disruption. Journal of community and applied social psychology, 15 (6). pp. 425-431. ISSN 1099-1298

2004

Howarth, Caroline (2004) Re-presentation and resistance in the context of school exclusion: reasons to be critical. Journal of community & applied social psychology, 14 (5). pp. 356-377. ISSN 1099-1298

Howarth, Caroline and Foster, Juliet and Dorrer, Nike (2004) Exploring the potential of the theory of social representations in community-based health research - and vice versa? Journal of health psychology, 9 (2). pp. 229-245. ISSN 1359-1053

2002

Howarth, Caroline (2002) 'So, you're from Brixton?': the struggle for recognition and esteem in a multicultural community. Ethnicities, 2 (2). pp. 237-260. ISSN 1468-7968

Howarth, Caroline (2002) Identity in whose eyes?: the role of representations in identity construction. Journal for the theory of social behaviour, 32 (2). pp. 145-162. ISSN 0021-8308

Howarth, Caroline (2002) Overcoming school exclusion and achieving successful youth transitions within African Caribbean communities: a research project funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Supplement, (18 (Ed). pp. 9-10.

Howarth, Caroline (2002) Using the theory of social representations to explore difference in the research relationship. Qualitative research, 2 (1). pp. 21-34. ISSN 1468-7941

2001

Howarth, Caroline (2001) Towards a social psychology of community: a social representations perspective. Journal for the theory of social behaviour, 31 (2). pp. 223-238. ISSN 0021-8308

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