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According to van Leeuween, over-determination occurs when a social actor participates in more than one social practice simultaneously. There are several subtypes of over-determination, including inversion where opposing practices are engaged in, symbolization where a fictional actor stands for a real one, and connotation where a label stands for classifications of behaviors. Finally, distillation connects social actors to multiple practices by abstracting common features from each.

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According to van Leeuween, over-determination occurs when a social actor participates in more than one social practice simultaneously. There are several subtypes of over-determination, including inversion where opposing practices are engaged in, symbolization where a fictional actor stands for a real one, and connotation where a label stands for classifications of behaviors. Finally, distillation connects social actors to multiple practices by abstracting common features from each.

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over-determination

According to van Leeuween (1996: 61), over-determination is a process of


social actor representation whereby a person or group is described as
participating, at the same time, in more than one social practice. A subtype of
over-determination is inversion, whereby social actors engage in two practices
which are oppositional in some way (van Leeuwen (ibid.) points to the cartoon
characters in the television series The Flintstones, who live in prehistoric times
but also engage in many activities that are common to the twentieth century).
Another form of over-determination is symbolization, whereby a fictional social
actor or group stands in for a nonfictional social actor. A third subtype is
connotation, whereby a unique . . . nomination or physical identification . . .
stands for a classification or functionalisation (ibid.: 63). For example, a term
like trailer trash (a pejorative term for people who live in trailer parks) connotes
a wide range of behaviours and attitudes which are popularly associated with
such people (e.g. that they are uneducated, bigoted, have poor taste, are
substance abusers etc.). Finally, distillation is a form of over-determination that
connects social actors to several social practices by abstracting the same
feature from the social actors involved in these several practices (ibid.: 64).
The example that van Leeuween (ibid.: 645) gives involves a list of different
types of therapists, which includes groups like school teachers and lawyers.
van Leeuween argues that this taxonomy has abstracted peripheral qualities
of these jobs (teachers and lawyers are not really therapists but their roles may
involve some therapy-like work) and elevated them to generalizations.

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