Unveiling identities by means of scraps from life stories: Practices of social psychology

Authors

  • Teresinha Maria Gonçalves UNIVERSISDADE DO EXTREMO SUL CATARINENSE UNESC
  • José Ivo Follmann Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, UNISINOS, São Leopoldo, RS.
  • Adriel Giordani Christ Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense - UNESC
  • Maria Bernadete Serafim Viola Prum Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense - UNESC
  • Lucas da Silva Ricken Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense - UNESC
  • Israel Souza da Silva Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense - UNESC
  • Greice Michels Tomazi Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense - UNESC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/csu.2013.49.2.04

Abstract

The article proposes a reflection on identities based on empirical data collected from five life stories selected from the practice of Social Psychology II students at Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense (UNESC). Some common conceptions of identity are used, considering that identities can always be decomposed into several dimensions, such as the one called nuclear identity (ego identity), or the one that refers to the idea of human being as a being of project, or, still, the one that refers to the place and the territory. The analysis of life stories identifies scraps that help to unveil identities in permanent process. The article has a simple structure: a short introduction, a review of literature on three major pertinent conceptions, final remarks and suggestions for further research.

Key words: identity, culture, life story, life project, social psychology.

Author Biographies

Teresinha Maria Gonçalves, UNIVERSISDADE DO EXTREMO SUL CATARINENSE UNESC

José Ivo Follmann, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, UNISINOS, São Leopoldo, RS.

Adriel Giordani Christ, Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense - UNESC

Maria Bernadete Serafim Viola Prum, Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense - UNESC

Lucas da Silva Ricken, Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense - UNESC

Israel Souza da Silva, Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense - UNESC

Greice Michels Tomazi, Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense - UNESC

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Published

2013-08-01

Issue

Vol. 49 No. 2 (2013): May/August

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