[Xmca-l] Re: Resituating Funds of Identity

[Andy Blunden]

I really liked this paper. I would like to make a brief
response on the following passage which cites my own work:

    "Accordingly, Blunden distinguished three main units or
    phases in his account of /perezhivanie/,
    which, according to our data, occur in the following
    order: critical episode, reflection, catharsis
    and integration. That said, it has to be stressed that
    this movement may not be linear or occur in the
    order that we here present. We define the three phases
    of a /perezhivanie/ as follows:
    ● Critical episode: a traumatic experience or a
    life-changing episode in one’s life that leads to a
    blockage in psychological development.
    ● Reflection: the process of becoming conscious of,
    reflecting on, and talking about the critical
    episode with a significant other, such as a teacher or a
    parent.
    ● Catharsis and integration: the processing or working
    over of a critical episode in order to
    assimilate it into the personality."

The summary is a good one. As to the interpretation in dot
point, I would make the following observations:

  * The critical episode may be an /unblocking/. I often
    reflect on an important /perezhivanie /in my life in
    which a protracted negative experience of which I was
    hardly conscious, I broke through in one critical
    episode only seconds in duration which was utterly
    exhilarating, and as it happened the world changed
    around me and I became new person, in my own and others'
    eyes.
  * Reflection is an integral part of catharsis I think. I
    don't know how I would express this in terms of
    "phases." I really see it as a two-phase process, though
    on reflection just now, I have realised that there was a
    gradual phase preceding the critical episode which I had
    not thought about before. I grant that there are
    internal "meditative" processes as well as changes in
    social interaction. So the distinction between the
    internal and external processes is valid, but I don't
    think they can be separated in 'phases'.

While I agree that a dichotomy between positive and negative
experiences is questionable, the distinction is needed. The
positive episode is developmental only because of the
preceding negative experience preceding it.


Andy

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Andy Blunden
http://www.ethicalpolitics.org/ablunden/index.htm
On 15/06/2018 4:48 PM, Alfredo Jornet Gil wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
>
> it's been a quiet period here in xmca lately, partly, ​I
> am afraid, due to my failure to initiate or follow up the
> otherwis​e many and insightful conversations that
> characterise the list during this end of semester. But I
> am back with an invitation that I hope you will find
> interesting and, hopefully, worth participating in.
>
>
> I am attaching an article included in our Issue 2, for
> discussion here at xmca, but in a slightly new format.  
>
>
> The article is entitled ​​/Resituating Funds of Identity
> Within Contemporary Interpretations of Perezhivanie, ​/by
> Adam Poole and Jingyi
> Huang. Extending conceptualisations of funds of knowledge
> and funds of identity by means of drawing a connection
> with the concept perezhivanie, the authors present the
> idea of *existential* funds of identity. What makes
> interesting this latter concept is that, by contrast to a
> most frequent sole focus on positive community resources
> as constituting those funds of knowledge/activity, Poole
> and Huang propose exploring how not only positive, but
> also negative, life-changing experiences may become a
> potential resource for individual/collective activity.   
>
>
> Usually, we invite the author to discuss with us her/his
> article. This time, we have also invited a discussant with
> extensive experience in the field of funds of knowledge.
> Thus, Adam Poole, as first author of the study, will be
> with us, sharing his views, motives, and challenges in
> developing the study. As discussant, we will have Moises
> Esteban-Guitart, who has kindly agreed to initiate the
> discussion and engage in what promises to be an exciting
> and constructive dialogue. They will be joining us soon,
> and we have also identified a list of scholars interested
> in similar issues that may be chiming in as we move on. In
> the meantime, I hope that many of you will get the chance
> to have a look at this interesting article and find it
> worth discussing. And of course, as always, everyone is
> welcome to contribute to the discussion. 
>
>
> Looking forward to an engaging discussion,
>
> Alfredo
>
>
>
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>

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