Identiteit, cultuur en opvoeding. Impressies van het vierde congres van het International Network of Philosophers of Education

in Pedagogisch Tijdschrift: Forum voor Opvoedkunde (1995), 20(1), 57-64

Identités plurielles : Constructions des identités féminines

in Société Française de Littérature Générale et Comparée (2013)

Identities and Methodologies of Border Studies: Recent Empirical and Conceptual Approaches

in Borders in Perspective (2021), (6), 126

In recent decades, Border Studies have gained importance and have seen a noticeable increase in development. This manifests itself in an increased institutionalization, a differentiation of the areas of ... [more ▼]

In recent decades, Border Studies have gained importance and have seen a noticeable increase in development. This manifests itself in an increased institutionalization, a differentiation of the areas of research interest and a conceptual reorientation that is interested in examining processes. So far, however, little attention has been paid to questions about (inter)disciplinary self-perception and methodological foundations of Border Studies and the associated consequences for research activities. This thematic issue addresses these desiderata and brings together articles that deal with their (inter)disciplinary foundations as well as method(olog)ical and practical research questions. The authors also provide sound insights into a disparate field of work, disclose practical research strategies, and present methodologically sophisticated systematizations. [less ▲]

Identity and acculturation: On being bi- and multicultural

Scientific Conference (2013, September 06)

Even within a globalizing world, Luxembourg takes an exceptional position with a foreign population of 43 %. The country is trilingual and all three official languages are spoken throughout the country ... [more ▼]

Even within a globalizing world, Luxembourg takes an exceptional position with a foreign population of 43 %. The country is trilingual and all three official languages are spoken throughout the country. At the turn of the century, Luxembourg’s steel industry attracted several waves of guest workers from neighboring countries, Italy and Portugal. Many descendants live now in the second and third generation in Luxembourg. As host to many European Institutions and as a global financial services center, Luxembourg attracts an international workforce. The result is a multicultural composition of society and residents who have experienced different forms and degrees of culture contact. These groups can be differentiated by their length of stay in Luxembourg, ranging from several generations (resident Luxembourgers), some generations (migrants), length of a contract/study (sojourners) or working day (commuters). In a series of quantitative studies, we examined the endorsement of multiculturalism that is the attitude towards the plural composition of the society, by these groups. In a first study, we tested the relationship between different forms of culture contact, individual values as measured by the Schwartz Values Structure, and the endorsement of multiculturalism. In particular, we could show that high Self-Transcendence, low Conservation, and the conviction that it is possible to have more than one nationality (efficacy), as well as a mixed composition of the circle of friends, were significant predictors for high levels of self-reported multiculturalism. In a second study, we investigated the relationship between language competence, bilingualism, and biculturalism that is the internalization of more than one culture. We could demonstrate that high language competence (bilingualism) is a necessary, but not sufficient condition for self-reported biculturalism. In a third study, we investigate adolescents, raised in bi-national families regarding their experience of biculturalism. All findings are discussed within an acculturation framework. [less ▲]

Identity and Cultural Memory in the Fiction of A.S. Byatt: Knitting the Net of Culture

Book published by Palgrave Macmillan (2009)

This study provides innovative readings of the key texts of A.S. Byatt's oeuvre by analysing the negotiations of individual identity, cultural memory, and literature which inform Byatt's novels. The book ... [more ▼]

This study provides innovative readings of the key texts of A.S. Byatt's oeuvre by analysing the negotiations of individual identity, cultural memory, and literature which inform Byatt's novels. The book explores the concepts of identity constructed in the novels, showing them to be deeply rooted in British literary history and cultural memory. [less ▲]

Identity and Life Abroad

in Byron, M. (Ed.) The Oriantal Express (1987)

Identity and Rawlsian points of view

Scientific Conference (2018, September 11)

Does political liberalism’s outwardly universal appeal in fact trade on a liberal theory of standpoints and identities parallel to that found in feminist and Marxist epistemology? Answering this question ... [more ▼]

Does political liberalism’s outwardly universal appeal in fact trade on a liberal theory of standpoints and identities parallel to that found in feminist and Marxist epistemology? Answering this question hinges on how seriously one takes Rawls’s talk of “points of view” (Rawls, 1996: 172; 1999: 28) or “standpoints” (Rawls, 1996: 58, 150; 1999: 175). Do these play a vital role in the exposition of justice as fairness and evince sufficient proximity to the structural features of a “standpoint”? For our purposes, we define these features as: being pinned to a social location or identity, defined as a type, limited in scope and possessing epistemic privilege over other defined standpoints. In this exploratory paper, we outline two cases for this approach, one strong, one weak, and conclude in favour of the weak. We begin by combing Rawls’s work for talk of points of view or standpoints and focus particularly on his discussion of the “you and me”, “representative party” and “citizen in a well-ordered society” standpoints. Moreover, we further break the last two down into “sub-standpoints”, defined along the lines of the four-stage sequence (Rawls, 1999: §31) and the three-part justification of the political conception (Rawls, 1996: 385-389). A case for Rawls as theorist of standpoints and identities is strong when all of the structural features cited above are to be found in Rawls’s points of view as well. On the contrary, should some, but not all, such structural features underlie Rawls’s points of view, then we have reason to speak only of a weak case. As we shall see, the majority of Rawls’s standpoints isolate themselves (“representative party”) or are at a theoretical remove (“you and me”, “citizen in a well-ordered society”) from the richly informative social locations or identities which furnish conventional standpoints their epistemic privilege within a field. That being said, some sub-standpoints are not so isolated or removed (e.g. that associated with full justification of the political conception). In fairness to Rawls, the aforementioned points of view are nevertheless keyed to artificial social locations, set up such that they accrue epistemic privilege over differently situated standpoints. Finally, these points of view manifest other structural features more in keeping with theories of standpoints and identities: type-definition, link with an aspect affording epistemic privilege, limited scope and privilege over other defined standpoints. The combination of the above speaks in favour of the weak case, yields a view on which Rawls puts forward a species of standpoint and identity and offers a fresh look at how we might make sense of Rawls’s reported “conviction that justification is always justification to a particular other” (Laden, 2003: 385). [less ▲]

Identity conflicts in multilevel regulatory systems and the remedy of loyalty: Sketching a Model of Legal Coexistence from the Judicial Experience of the EU

in Ligeti, Katalin; Brodersen, Kei Hannah (Eds.) Studies on Enforcement in Multilevel Regulatory Systems (2022)

Focused on the most radical form of enforcement challenges – identity conflicts – the chapter forms an experience of thought or a normative claim aiming to anticipating them. Such conflicts are understood ... [more ▼]

Focused on the most radical form of enforcement challenges – identity conflicts – the chapter forms an experience of thought or a normative claim aiming to anticipating them. Such conflicts are understood as covering all claims relating to fundamental components of the legal orders involved in multi-level systems or of the identity of these very systems – protection of rights, of competences or of specific structures. References to the EU judicial experience illustrate the analyses. As the concept of identity does not comprise any clear-cut content, emphasis is put on the context in which they evolve. The main argument consists in analysing the principle of loyalty as the identity of any multi-level setting and as a systemic remedy of identity conflicts. Specifically, loyalty structures the functioning of multi-level settings through the process of concretisation and articulation of legal principles, as well as through criteria liable distinguishing the scope of application of norms – their interpretation being source of identity conflicts. Consequently, the chapter reduces identity conflicts to cognitive disfunctions of a given system and stresses the relevance of its actors to fully benefit from the remedy of loyalty. The specific role of the adjudicators is assessed in the light of an organic proposal in favour of multi-level hybrid organs competent on identity-related issues. The concretisation of such organs could anticipate identity-related enforcement challenges and guarantee the coexistence of legal orders and actors in a multi-level space of ordinated pluralism combined with a renewed understanding of ultimate authority. [less ▲]

Identity Constructions and Regionalization: Commemoration of the Dead in the Treveri Region (2nd/3rd century AD) - Family Identities on Tombstones in Arlon

in Wille, Christian; Reckinger, Rachel; Kmec, Sonja (Eds.) et al Spaces and Identities in Border Regions. Politics - Media - Subjects (2016)

Identity disputes

Computer development (2022)

"Liewen am Minett" was a government photo project meant to document the people and life of the changing, declining Minett of the 1980s. However, the very workers publicly disagreed with the ways they have ... [more ▼]

"Liewen am Minett" was a government photo project meant to document the people and life of the changing, declining Minett of the 1980s. However, the very workers publicly disagreed with the ways they have been portrayed. Together with the photographers from the publication, discover more about this dispute and join the discussion about the (visual) identity of the region and its people. [less ▲]