Theorizing identity in transnational and diaspora cultures: A critical approach to acculturation

Bhatia, Sunil; Ram, Anjali

doi:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2008.12.009

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“…Indeed, the idea that acculturation strategies are universal and distinct has been heavily criticised (e.g. Bhatia & Ram, 2009). Furthermore, what these terms actually mean remains unclear (Collie, Kindon, Liu & Podsiadlowski, 2010).…”

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“…Firstly, acculturation has been predominantly studied as a series of stable outcomes and not as a dynamic process (Bhatia & Ram, 2009;Ward, 2008). For example, preferences for acculturation strategies are said to remain quite stable and mutually exclusive to the extent that people may be classified according to their acculturation profiles (Berry, Phinney, Sam & Vedder, 2006).…”

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“…Others, however, have shown that there are various domains of acculturation which are associated with different acculturation strategies (Arends-Tóth & van de Vijver, 2003Navas et al, 2005;Navas, et al, 2007;Taylor & Lambert, 1996). A second criticism of acculturation research is that it assumes that acculturation strategies are universal without considering the diversity of the migrant experience (Bhatia & Ram, 2009). As a result, acculturation studies (Berry's work in particular) have been criticised for providing a de-contextualised and a-cultural account of acculturation (Boski, 2008;Bowskill, Lyons & Coyle, 2007;Schwartz et al, 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…2007). Bhatia and Ram (2009), for example, have shown that while adopting a hybrid American-Indian identity was acceptable for Indian migrants, after 9/11 they were not recognised as American. Thus, a change in the social representations of what it means to be American delegitimised hybridity and had an impact on the relationship between these two identity positions.…”

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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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2013

Culture & Psychology

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“…This attitude, although perhaps born from an ideological aspiration to respect and preserve a minority ethnicity (see Nistor et al 2014), paradoxically could serve to reinforce an outdated sense of enclosed and immutable otherness. Perhaps Roma ethnicity is being singled out as the single determinant factor of identity, 'manufactured by uncompromising binarization' (Levinson 2014: 16), and there is a failure to perceive individuals of Roma ethnicity as being influenced by globalising forces which are so comprehensively discussed in relation to contemporary identity negotiations (see Bhatia & Ram 2009;Omoniyi 2010;O'Neill 2013). The findings suggest that perceptions of the participants still evidence a degree of essentialism and, in juxtaposition to Antaki and Widdecombe's (1998) interculturality perspective, that the participants' ethnic identity is ascribed permanent salience externally.…”

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Exploring the Intercultural Identity of Slovak-Roma Schoolchildren in the UK

Hryniewicz

Dewaele

2017

Vestn. Ross. univ. družby nar., Ser. Lingvist.

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Abstract. There is a significant body of literature about the Roma, but comparatively little exists in which their voices can be heard. This study takes an intercultural perspective to look at the identity negotiations of four self-identifying Roma-Slovak schoolchildren between the ages of 13-14 enrolled at a state academy in Kent. Interviews focused on the role of language in constructing their identities, the perceptions of others and the nature of possible conflicts. The qualitative analyses revealed five themes: Perception of Identity by Others, Adaptability, Aspirations, Self-Perceptions of Identity, and Conflict. Participants' identities were found to be far more dynamic than the traditional binarized view of the Roma as the 'other' (McGarry & Agarin 2014). There is a strong element of ascription by others in terms of the nature of participants' ethnicity and its relationship to their identity. Both their ethnic and national identity are central in the ways in which they see themselves.

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Prioritizing the Local in an Era of Globalization: A Proposal for Decentering Community Psychology

Dutta

2016

American J of Comm Psychol

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In this article, I outline a proposal for decentering the field of United States-based community psychology. Transnational migrations, border crossings, and proliferating neoliberal trade and global media characterize the contemporary moment we live in. These movements challenge any monolithic disciplinary narrative of community psychology. Drawing from liberation psychology and women of Color feminisms, I argue that decentering the field involves engendering more reciprocal, nonhierarchical relations between the core and peripheries of knowledge production. Specifically, I consider the decentering project in two related realms-content and agents of knowledge production. The first issue concerns the kind of research and theorizing we engage in, the issues or topics we investigate, and the subject populations we work with. The second issue pertains to the agents who engage in the aforementioned processes, exercising epistemic power, that is the authority to construct what is considered legitimate and valid knowledge. I conclude with the implications of the decentering project for a multistranded community psychology that is responsive to the cartographies of contemporary struggles.

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Theorizing identity in transnational and diaspora cultures: A critical approach to acculturation

Cited by 211 publications

References 9 publications

Identity and acculturation: The case of naturalised citizens in Britain

Identity and acculturation: The case of naturalised citizens in Britain

Exploring the Intercultural Identity of Slovak-Roma Schoolchildren in the UK

Prioritizing the Local in an Era of Globalization: A Proposal for Decentering Community Psychology

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