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Poststructuralist approach of Identity (Identity (cultural identity is a…
Poststructuralist approach of Identity
Subjectivity
It is the language that the individual constructs her subjectivity
subjectivity: the conscious and unconscious thoughts and emotions of the individual, her sense of self, and her ways of understanding her relation to the world
an individual can be simultaneously the subject of a set of relationship (in a position of power) or subject to a set of relationship (in a position of reduced power)
social relationships are crucial in how individuals are constructed and construct themselves
Subject and subjectivity
a break with dominant western humanist views of the individual
identity is essential, unique, fixed and coherent core of an individual
Poststructuralist (Weedon, 1987/1997)
individual is diverse, contradictory, dynamic, and changing over historical time and space
subjectivity is discursively constructed, and is always socially and historically embedded.
both the continuity and the transformation of social life are ongoing, uncertain projects (Holland & Lave, 2001:4)
individuals maintain 'histories in their persons'
functions of poststructuralist approach of identity (Norton and Toohey, 2013)
how education can lead to individual and social change
practices may offer enhanced sets of possibilities for social interaction and human agency
potential to be transformative in offering language learner more powerful positions
subjectivity and language is seen as mutually constitutive
language learners negotiates a sense of self within and across a range of sites at different points in time
It is through language that a learner gains access to, or is denies to, powerful social networks that give learners the opportunity to speak
Identity
cultural identity is a process becoming, and stresses that identity is not an essence but, a positioning' in particular historical and cultural environments (Stuart Hall, 1992, 1997)
Identity not as something fixed for life, but as an ongoing lifelong project in which individuals constantly attempt to maintain a sense of balance. (Block, 2006)
Ontological Security: a stable mental state derived from a sense of continuity in regard to the events in one's life. It takes place at the crossroads of the past, present, and future. (Giddens, 1991: 47)
conflictive in nature, involves dialectic whereby often-contradictory forces must be synthesized
not simply the accumulation of experiences and knowledge