Learning Module 1.3 Identity
Overview
What does identity mean in a diverse and multicultural society? What identity do people give themselves, and what is ascribed to them?
This book deals with self-perception and foreign-perception, individual and social identity, the perspective of people with an international family history, and types of racism.
In this book we find:
- Culture & Identity
- Three levels of Identity
- Different self- and foreign perception
- Critical Incident: "Party with Ms. Gersch"
- Problem area I: Danger of over-culturalization
- Problem area II: Ascription & Adoption
- Emergence of Identity
- "What kind of Asian are you" - by Ken Tanaka
- "The danger of a single story" - Chimamanda Adichie
- „All we share“ from Danish Television
- Masud Akbarzadeh on "cultural background"