Who am I? Big or small—shallow or deep
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20401455 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Bamberg (Clark University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 122-129 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory & Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-3543 • E-ISSN: 1461-7447 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0959354309357646 |
| OpenAlex | W2329113524 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 4 |
Mark Freeman’s and Elli Schachter’s commentaries on my target article “ Who am I? Narration and its contribution to self and identity” open up opportunities to clarify. In this response I differentiate more clearly between biographic approaches to narrative and my proposal to approach identity and self as dilemmatic spaces that are navigated by way of narrative practices. While Freeman and Schachter suggest an approach to identity by highlighting narrating as first-person (mental) operations of a solitary (self-) intending and (self-) reflecting individual, and identity research as inquiry into individuals’ reflections and intentions, I clarify my alternative: narrating as an interactive practice— an approach which accentuates narrative practices taking place as situated and contextualized second-person encounters within which identities and a sense of self emerge as navigations of three dilemmatic identity spaces. In addition, in this response to Freeman’s and Schachter’s commentaries I once more attempt to underscore the merits of a practice-based approach to narrating activities for empirical identity research
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Linguistics · Narrative · Narrative identity · Psychology of self · Self · Situated · Sociology · Computer Science · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Representations and Identity
Bamberg, Michael
Indexing narrative metalepsis in German conversational story-telling
Youth identity and postsecondary decision making in a rural state
Engagement in Sámi language revitalization
Freedom, Narrative, and Happiness
Exploring the sociogenesis of identity by integrating big story and small story narrative research
The limits of narrative
Tracking Real-Time Changes in Configurating Identity Elements in A Life-Story Interview
Emerging Finnish Adults Coping with Cancer
Dialogical Processes of Self-Transformation
On ‘Doing’ Memory and Self in Different Cultural Contexts
| Citations per year | 0.73 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |