Culture, Hybridity, and the Dialogical Self: Cases From the South Asian Diaspora

Bhatia, Sunil; Ram, Anjali

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“…As Gillespie et al (2008) argue, recognition is a key factor in explaining which positions are privileged in different contexts. In this extract the participant's identity as a gay man and his British (and Western) identity are privileged and brought together against a Syrian self (see Bhatia & Ram, 2004, for a similar case with a lesbian interviewee).…”

Section: Accommodating Divergent Identity Positionsmentioning

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Identity and acculturation: The case of naturalised citizens in Britain

Andreouli

2013

Culture & Psychology

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This paper advances a dialogical perspective on acculturation. Drawing on the theories of social representations and dialogical self, it conceptualises acculturation as a process of negotiation between different or conflicting social representations and identity positions. It is argued that in order to understand acculturation, we need to explore how migrants represent different cultures and how they position themselves towards them. Drawing on thirty-three interviews with new British citizens, the paper examines how participants made sense of their place in Britain by studying the meanings of acculturation for participants themselves. In the interviews British culture was represented in a polyphasic way incorporating both negative and positive values. Therefore, acculturation represented both an enrichment of identity and an identity threat for many of the participants. Participants negotiated their position within this representational field by engaging in a dialogical negotiation between identity positions. The paper concludes that a dialogical approach to knowledge construction (social representations theory) and identity (dialogical self theory) provides appropriate theoretical tools for understanding acculturation as an ongoing process, not a single static outcome.

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Section: Accommodating Divergent Identity Positionsmentioning

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Identity and acculturation: The case of naturalised citizens in Britain

Andreouli

2013

Culture & Psychology

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“…At the same time, the unprecedented levels of migration and cultural contact brought about by globalization have generated a noticeable interest in psychological understanding of cultural identity development (Bhatia & Ram, 2001;Bhatia & Ram, 2004;Hermans & Kempen, 1998;Jensen, 2003). Empirical studies combining these two interests are also emerging as an attempt to offer insights into the schooling of children and young people from immigrant and minority groups.…”

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Drawing on the Notion of Symbolic Resources in Exploring the Development of Cultural Identities in Immigrant Transitions

Hale

Abreu

2010

Culture & Psychology

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This paper examines the processes by which cultural identities develop through the use of symbolic resources (Zittoun, 2006). The notion of symbolic resources provides a framework that enables one to consider developmental transitions between practices and between historical times. For Portuguese students, these transitions initially involved a rupture, a loss of social resources and linguistic resources, which resulted in a cultural awareness. This cultural awareness led to alterations in the positioning of their cultural selves, either by themselves personally or by others. Social resources mediated access to new symbolic resources, and this included experiencing the 'other' as constructive and meaningful to the self. This 'other' became symbolic and thus the physical presence of that person is not necessarily needed. We argue that in order to comprehend cultural identity development, the notion of symbolic resources can be extended to include the social resource as that which is 'symbolic'.

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“…Bhatia et Ram (2004) conceptualisent l'acculturation comme un processus dynamique et dialogique, résultant dans la construction de nouvelles significations culturelles. Les différentes voix culturelles composant le self sont construites à partir de variables d'ethnie, de nationalité, de sexe, mais également à partir d'expé riences de racisme, de discrimination et de othering.…”

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“…Ces diffé rentes voix culturelles peuvent être relativement indépendantes les unes des autres, ou fusionner, ou encore être en conflits (Hermans, 2001a ;2001b). Ces conflits nécessitent alors la mise en place d'un pro cessus de négociation et de médiation constant, fluide et dynamique, impliquant un va-et-vient entre différentes voix (Bhatia et Ram, 2004). Ces négo -ciations sont complexes, puisqu'elles doivent tenir compte des voix des parents, celles des pairs, celles du pays d'origine et d'accueil, etc.…”

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La construction identitaire chez l’adolescent de parents migrants. Analyse croisée du processus identitaire

Bouche-Florin

Skandrani

Moro

2007

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L’adolescence est la période spécifique où remaniements psychiques et questionnements identitaires sont au premier plan. La question de la construction identitaire s’avérerait d’autant plus complexe dans un contexte transculturel. À partir de leurs interrogations cliniques, les auteurs proposent une revue de la littérature sur le processus de construction identitaire chez les adolescents de parents migrants. Cette réflexion théorique s’appuie sur les conceptualisations de ce processus en psychologie interculturelle, transculturelle et dans la théorie du self dialogique. Mettre en relief ces différentes approches et les ponts qui les relient, permettra alors de mieux comprendre la réalité de l’identité hybride ou métissée à l’adolescence.Adolescence is the specific stage during which psychological changes and identity searching are at the forefront of preoccupations. The identity construction proves to be particularly complex in a transcultural context. Starting from their clinical questioning, the authors propose a literature review of the process of identity construction in a population of adolescent children of migrant parents. This theoretical reflection is based on conceptualisations of this process in intercultural psychology, transcultural psychology and in the theory of dialogical self. Putting into perspective these different approaches and their interconnections will help better understand the reality of hybrid or half-breed identity during adolescence.La adolescencia es el período específico en el que las transformaciones psíquicas y cuestionamientos de la identidad se encuentran en primer plano. La cuestión de la construcción de la identidad se presenta de forma aún más compleja en un contexto transcultural. A partir de sus interrogantes clínicas, los autores proponen una revisión de la literatura sobre el proceso de construcción de la identidad en los adolescentes de padres inmigrantes. Esta reflexión teórica se apoya en las conceptualizaciones de este proceso en la psicología intercultural, transcultural y en la teoría del self dialógico (self-dialogique). Poner de relieve estos enfoques diferentes y los puentes que los enlazan, permitirá comprender mejor la realidad de la identidad híbrida o mestiza en la adolescencia.A adolescência é o período específico no qual transformações psíquicas e questionamentos identitários encontram-se em primeiro plano. A questão da construção identitária é ainda mais complexa em um contexto transcultural. A partir de questionários clínicos, os autores propõem uma revista da literatura sobre o processo de construção identitária em adolescentes cujos pais são imigrantes. Esta reflexão teórica apóia-se nas conceitualizações deste processo em psicologia intercultural, transcultural e na teoria do self dialógico. Ressaltar estas diferentes abordagens e os pontos que as unem permitirá, então, melhor compreender a realidade da identidade híbrida ou mestiça na adolescência

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Culture, Hybridity, and the Dialogical Self: Cases From the South Asian Diaspora

Cited by 73 publications

References 30 publications

Identity and acculturation: The case of naturalised citizens in Britain

Identity and acculturation: The case of naturalised citizens in Britain

Drawing on the Notion of Symbolic Resources in Exploring the Development of Cultural Identities in Immigrant Transitions

La construction identitaire chez l’adolescent de parents migrants. Analyse croisée du processus identitaire

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