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The Distinctiveness Principle: Identity, Meaning, and the Bounds of Cultural Relativity
Personality and Social Psychology Review, 2000Extending theories of distinctiveness motivation in identity (Breakwell, 1987; Brewer, 1991; Snyder & Fromkin, 1980), we discuss the precise role of distinctiveness in identity processes and the cross-cultural generality of the distinctiveness principle. We argue that (a) within Western cultures, distinctiveness is necessaryfor the construction of
Vivian L. Vignoles +2 more
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"Identity, Entrepreneurship, and Meaning Construction through Cultural Resources"
Academy of Management Proceedings, 2016A growing body of research has begun to establish the importance of culture and identity to entrepreneurship (Lounsbury & Glynn, 2001; Navis & Glynn, 2010; Tripsas, 2009).
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 2012
This essay proposes that a fundamental arbitrariness and absurdity at the heart of culture becomes visible in times of radical social change. As the Australian nation attempts to celebrate and revive Aboriginal Culture, and institutions call upon culture to remedy Aboriginal ills, Aboriginal traditions are also
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This essay proposes that a fundamental arbitrariness and absurdity at the heart of culture becomes visible in times of radical social change. As the Australian nation attempts to celebrate and revive Aboriginal Culture, and institutions call upon culture to remedy Aboriginal ills, Aboriginal traditions are also
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Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 2014
AbstractCulture is acknowledged to be a critical element in the construction of an individual's identity; however, in today's increasingly multicultural environments, the influence of culture is no longer straightforward. It is now important to explore cultural identity clarity—the extent to which beliefs about identity that arise from one's cultural ...
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AbstractCulture is acknowledged to be a critical element in the construction of an individual's identity; however, in today's increasingly multicultural environments, the influence of culture is no longer straightforward. It is now important to explore cultural identity clarity—the extent to which beliefs about identity that arise from one's cultural ...
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Meaning and identities: a visual performative pedagogy for socio‐cultural learning
The Curriculum Journal, 2009In this article I present personalised socio‐cultural inquiry in visual art education as a critical and expressive material praxis. The model of Visual Performative Pedagogy and Communicative Proficiency for the Visual Art Classroom is presented as a legitimate means of manipulating visual codes, communicating meaning and mediating values through ...
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Discovering and constituting meanings and identities midst languages and cultures
2009How should we understand the lived experiences of students in an English language program at a community college? This study seeks to explore and discuss the experiences of international students as they discover and constitute cultural identities in places between languages and cultures.
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Cultural Dimension / Local identities and meanings
2015Cultural Dimension / Local identities and ...
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Journal of the National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI”: Philology and Educational Studies, 2018
The article considers linguo-cultural aspect of phraseological units as the language “signs” of culture and their role in expressing cultural identity of representatives of American and Ukrainian linguistic cultures. The concepts “family” and “home” which are the main values of all cultures, are shown as the examples of cultural identity representation
Tikan, Y. G., Yarmak, D. О.
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The article considers linguo-cultural aspect of phraseological units as the language “signs” of culture and their role in expressing cultural identity of representatives of American and Ukrainian linguistic cultures. The concepts “family” and “home” which are the main values of all cultures, are shown as the examples of cultural identity representation
Tikan, Y. G., Yarmak, D. О.
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The meaning of boundaries and barriers in the development of cultural identity and between cultures
Psychodynamic Counselling, 1999Abstract In this paper I shall argue that, although currently in the world of psychotherapy and counselling allusions to culture and cross-cultural work are becoming increasingly frequent, the issues are often talked about in simplistic ways. I shall unpack some of the complexities in the notions of culture and identity to show that they are not the ...
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Ethnohistory, 1998
An important part of the postcolonial struggles for ethnic identity in Native America is the active retelling of the past, where the Indians construct themselves not as aboriginal others but as people who have for hundreds of years been mediated by colonialism.
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An important part of the postcolonial struggles for ethnic identity in Native America is the active retelling of the past, where the Indians construct themselves not as aboriginal others but as people who have for hundreds of years been mediated by colonialism.
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