Lesbian, mother, foreigner and educator: Challenges of a multifaceted identity in Japan

2020 ◽  
pp. 194-206
Author(s):  
Cynthia Smith
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Identities ◽  
Lesbian Mother ◽  
Single Identity

Cynthia Smith writes of her experiences as a lesbian educator, wife, and mother and the transition from a single identity of foreigner in Japan to the multiple identities that she embodies today.

JUSTICE AND IDENTITY

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amartya Sen
Keyword(s):  
Social Contract ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Multiple Identities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Group Identities ◽  
Single Identity ◽  
Religion And Race ◽  
The Relationship

This paper discusses the relationship between justice and identity. While it is widely agreed that justice requires us to go beyond loyalty to our simplest identity – being just oneself – there is less common ground on how far we must go beyond self-centredness. How relevant are group identities to the requirements of justice, or must we transcend those too? The author draws attention to the trap of confinement to nationality and citizenship in determining the requirements of justice, particularly under the social-contract approach, and also to the danger of exclusive concentration on some other identity such as religion and race. He concludes that it is critically important to pay attention to every human being's multiple identities related to the different groups to which a person belongs; the priorities have to be chosen by reason, rather than any single identity being imposed on a person on grounds of some extrinsic precedence. Justice is closely linked with the pursuit of impartiality, but that pursuit has to be open rather than closed, resisting closure through nationality or ethnicity or any other allegedly all-conquering single identity. Christian List

scholarly journals The Notion of Identity

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 42-45
Author(s):  
Zeljka Babic
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Identities ◽  
Erik Erikson ◽  
Social Actor ◽  
Change Over Time ◽  
The Social ◽  
Single Identity ◽  
Sense Of Identity ◽  
Modern Sense ◽  
Over Time

According to psychologist Erik Erikson, identity means, “a system of self-definitions of the social actor”. This modern sense of identity denotes not only “sameness”, but also an image according to which one associates and projects oneself. Michael Wintle said that the most important feature of identity is its multiple nature. It is possible to have a single identity but it will always be made up of several separate identifications, some of which might be contradictory. Some are stronger than the others and the pattern can change over time. People are often influenced by multiple identities that apply based on circumstances such as national, racial, social and language identities.

scholarly journals Rethinking Diversity Management: An Intersectional Analysis of Diversity Networks

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjolein Dennissen ◽  
Yvonne Benschop ◽  
Marieke van den Brink
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Diversity Management ◽  
Multiple Identities ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Coalition Building ◽  
Intersectional Analysis ◽  
Single Identity ◽  
Single Category ◽  
Political Intersectionality ◽  
Shed Light

The aim of this paper has been to further our knowledge on diversity management practices by applying an intersectionality lens to single category diversity networks. Diversity networks are in-company networks intending to inform and support employees with similar social identities. Their focus on single identity categories is exemplary of current diversity management practices. We shed light on the strategies of network members to deal with their multiple identities vis-a-vis their network membership (structural intersectionality) and on the processes that hamper collaboration and coalition building between diversity networks (political intersectionality). Our intersectional analysis shows how the single category structure of diversity networks marginalizes members with multiple disadvantaged identities and reveals how collaborations between diversity networks are hindered by processes of preserving privilege rather than interrogating it. We contribute to the literature on diversity management practices by highlighting how dynamic processes of privilege and disadvantage play a role in sustaining intersectional inequalities in organizations.

Balancing Multiple Identities: Being a Researcher and a Member of an Underserved Group

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard Jason ◽  
Doreen Salinas ◽  
Karina Corradi ◽  
Lorna London
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Identities

Ambiguities of “Insider-ness” in the Study of Religion

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-169
Author(s):  
Serawit Debele
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Identities ◽  
Ethnic Background ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Economic Context ◽  
Ambiguous Position ◽  
Political Persuasion

Based on the author’s experience in conducting fieldwork on religion in Ethiopia, in this article she analyses the complexities of being an insider in a certain socio-political and economic context. Instead of ascribing an essence to insider-ness as a straightforward and definite category, it is argued that insider-ness is a product of dynamic and complex intersubjective interactions and processes. It is an ambiguous position marked by a continuous shift resulting from the researcher’s navigations between multiple identities at different times and environments in relation to research participants. As pointed out by Bourke (2014), the perpetual flux of one’s identity as an insider or an outsider stems from the researcher’s position: gender, class, ethnic background and religious as well as political persuasion. Furthermore, in as much as one enjoys the associated benefits thereof, the insider is faced with myriad challenges due to her or his variegated identities that in turn inform interlocutors’ perceptions, expectations and responses.

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