Exploring the Influence of Experiences on Identity Formation
Dive into a thought-provoking exercise led by Victor Asal from the University at Albany, SUNY, focusing on key identifiers that shape individuals' identities and the impact of experiences on personal salience. Join the discussion on how experiences shape identity and the power they hold in shaping who we are. Explore the significance of personal categories chosen and how they reflect individual identities.
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Identity Exercise Identity Exercise Victor Asal, University at Albany, SUNY vasal@albany.edu If you have any questions or would like pedagogical papers or talk about this exercise please feel free to reach out
Note I will be asking questions, but I will only call on people who raise their hands if you wish you can keep anything you write down confidential so please be as honest as you can be
Identity Exercise Identity Exercise note no one will be required to share with the note no one will be required to share with the class what they write down if they do not want to class what they write down if they do not want to Write down five key identifiers for yourself that you share with others Cross one off Cross another one off Cross another one off Cross another one off yes I know but cross it off anyway 3
Now let's write down the categories people chose for all 5
Lets focus now only Let s focus now only on the categories people picked as their last one people picked as their last one- - why? on the categories that why? that Please tell me the categories you chose as your last one (if you are comfortable)
What kind of experiences shaped your identity? I can go first When you look at me what do you see? Anyone else willing to share?
What does this say about the power of What does this say about the power of experience in creating the salience of identity experience in creating the salience of identity
How do experiences shape our identity? Short People Do you think having someone touching your hair might impact your identity for example? Don't Touch My Hair does this happen in real life? Yes https://twitter.com/dustchambers/status/1038089978251816961 Can people relate to these videos?
If time an explanation of the Poetry exercise This exercise I usually pair with the identity exercise Break up into groups Share poem (s) How do these poems make you feel? Why are some tied to ethnicity or gender or sexuality? Do they mobilize? Unite? Place Blame? Which is the most powerful? How do they relate to the theories?
On The Trunk Of An Olive Tree On The Trunk Of An Olive Tree - - Tawfiq Zayad Tawfiq Zayad I shall carve my story and the chapters of my tragedy, I shall carve my sighs On my grove and on the tombs of my dead; ......I shall carve the number of each deed Of our usurped land The location of my village and its boundaries. The demolished houses of its peoples, My uprooted trees, .........And to remember it all, I shall continue to carve All the chapters of my tragedy, And all the stages of the disaster, From the beginning To end, On the olive tree In the courtyard Of the house. (http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/arab_culture_and_identity/54214/2) 10
Important to remember Identity and discrimination is not always tied to how we think about it politically Gender discrimination has mobilized people, ethnic discrimination has mobilized people Can you think of discrimination that is talked about in a fundamentally different way? That does not really mobilize very much even though it is very real? Why?
Height discrimination Height had a significant impact on social esteem (especially for men) Height is positively related to income "a 1.8-percent increase in wages accompanies every additional inch of height". http://economics.sas.upenn.edu/~apostlew/paper/pdf/short.pdf http://www.timothy-judge.com/Height%20paper--JAP%20published.pdf http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012 /07/03/are-americans-aware-of-heightism/
Heavy women earned $9,000 less than their average-weight counterparts; very heavy women earned $19,000 less. Weight discrimination In the US Michigan only state to ban weight discrimination http://www.theguardian.com/money/us-money-blog/2014/oct/30/women-pay-get-thin-study http://bedaonline.com/wsaw2013/weight-stigma-research-rebecca-puhl/ https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/regional-economist/october-2011/worth-your-weight-reexamining- the-link-between-obesity-and-wages
Have any of you experienced mansplaining? Does it matter? Why or why not? What kind of mobilization has this resulted in? Why are some mobilizations violent and some are not? mainsplaining by @kimgoodwin
