Intersecting Identities and Interculturality : Discourse and Practice (original) (raw)

Abstract

The concept of identity has generated a rich scientific literature and it has been associated with various adjectives: hyphenated only a few. This list shows how complex identity can be: it appears as the sum of different parts or components which maintain intricate relations. Researchers sometimes emphasise the separation of different categories of identity (as the use of segmented in the list above shows) while others deal with the connections between different identity aspects (see overlapping). Dervin (2012) claims that Bauman's notion of solid versus liquid identity (2001) can be used to summarise the different approaches of the concept, even if the people under scrutiny in research do not clearly define what they mean by identity. This occurs most of the time when people, politicians, researchers, etc. deal with issues related to culture/cultural identity (Lavanchy, Gajardo and Dervin 2011). The solid conception of identity refers to the association of an individual with s...

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