Ria O’Sullivan-Lago
Biographic Data
| ID | 8747401 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ria O’Sullivan-Lago |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ria |
| FAMILY NAME | O’Sullivan-Lago |
| SIGNATURE | O’SULLIVAN-LAGO R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Limerick |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Encountering Alterity: Geographic and Semantic Movements
This chapter analyzes the semantic consequences of crossing national borders. When crossing borders, identities change, and alterity is encountered. We ask: what are the semantic structures, or meanings, that enable alterity to be either embraced or resisted? We start by distinguishing between movements in geographic space and semantic movements of meaning. Our aim is to link geographic movements to semantic movements, but not in a linear way. Th…
Maintaining Continuity in a Cultural Contact Zone: Identification Strategies in the Dialogical Self
In this article we argue that the societal-level change caused by the creation of cultural contact zones due to increased immigration has implications for nationals’ cultural identities. We propose that the resultant instability of cultural I-positions demands the development of identification strategies in the Dialogical Self (Hermans, 2001a) that will enable the individual to maintain their identity continuity. Our focus involves a detailed tex…
Contents Vol. 51, 2008
‘I Am a Human Being like You’: An Identification Strategy to Maintain Continuity in a Cultural Contact Zone
In this article, we discuss a qualitative study carried out in a cultural contact zone. Irish nationals, immigrants, and asylum seekers in Cork, Ireland, were interviewed about their cultural identities and future trajectories. Cultural Continuity theory was used as a model to offer an insight into the processes and strategies of the Dialogical Self. The results suggest that the development of a cultural contact zone caused a break in cultural co…
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Contents Vol. 51, 2008
‘I Am a Human Being like You’: An Identification Strategy to Maintain Continuity in a Cultural Contact Zone
In this article, we discuss a qualitative study carried out in a cultural contact zone. Irish nationals, immigrants, and asylum seekers in Cork, Ireland, were interviewed about their cultural identities and future trajectories. Cultural Continuity theory was used as a model to offer an insight into the processes and strategies of the Dialogical Self. The results suggest that the development of a cultural contact zone caused a break in cultural co…
Maintaining Continuity in a Cultural Contact Zone: Identification Strategies in the Dialogical Self
In this article we argue that the societal-level change caused by the creation of cultural contact zones due to increased immigration has implications for nationals’ cultural identities. We propose that the resultant instability of cultural I-positions demands the development of identification strategies in the Dialogical Self (Hermans, 2001a) that will enable the individual to maintain their identity continuity. Our focus involves a detailed tex…
Encountering Alterity: Geographic and Semantic Movements
This chapter analyzes the semantic consequences of crossing national borders. When crossing borders, identities change, and alterity is encountered. We ask: what are the semantic structures, or meanings, that enable alterity to be either embraced or resisted? We start by distinguishing between movements in geographic space and semantic movements of meaning. Our aim is to link geographic movements to semantic movements, but not in a linear way. Th…
Epistemology (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Community Health and Development (2 works) · Cultural identity (2 works) · Dialogical self (2 works) · Immigration (2 works) · Irish (2 works) · Law (2 works)