RE: [xmca] Boris assists Mike assists Eric

I may have misspoke in labeling Anna's complaint about theorizing about identity as a problem of "essentializing." She didn't use the term.
David

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From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On Behalf Of Mike Cole
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 10:32 PM
To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
Subject: Re: [xmca] Boris assists Mike assists Eric

Thanks David, with your help on this snark hunt. If only Sfard or Prusak were reading xmca and could help us out. Alas.
I am way back on Lave and Wenger, but are they being essentializing in what we read there and discussed here.
The uses of identity there seem like they have no essential core.

I STILL want to understand what this has to do with the notion of lichnost/personality.
mike

On Nov 24, 2007 8:26 PM, David H Kirshner <dkirsh@lsu.edu> wrote:

> Sfard and Prusak, in their May 2005 Educational Researcher piece on
> identity as narrative note that Wenger (1998) (along with many others)
> ultimately essentializes identity as being the way we "really" are.
> Their complaint is that analytically this puts identity out of reach,
> in that it is causal to our manifest behavior, but not itself theorized:
>
> "It is our vision of our own or other people's experiences, and not
> the experiences as such, that constitutes identities. Rather than
> viewing identities as entities residing in the world itself, our
> narrative definition presents them as discursive counterparts of one's
> lived experiences. ... Furthermore, while we readily admit that some
> very real experiences prompt people to say that they have a 'sense of
> identity,' we also wish to reverse the causal relation implied by such a saying" (p. 17).
>
> I think they make a good case that identity as narrative becomes more
> tractable analytically through methods of discourse analysis.
>
> David Kirshner
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu]
> On Behalf Of Adam Mendelson
> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 7:24 PM
> To: 'eXtended Mind, Culture,Activity'
> Subject: RE: [xmca] Boris assists Mike assists Eric
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> Identity is mentioned throughout L&W, but never really developed the
> way it is in Wenger. I just pulled out my copy of L&W, and here are
> some relevant
> quotes:
>
> "We conceive of identities as long-term, living relations between
> persons and their place and participation in communities of practice" (53).
>
> "By 'identity' I mean the way a person understands and views himself,
> and is viewed by others, a perception of self which is fairly
> constant" (81 - This comes from the multi-page quote from Cain in the
> section on A.A.).
>
> In the section on motivation and identity (starts on 110) they claim
> that motivation is linked to "an increasing sense of identity as a
> master practitioner" (111). Later in that same section they adamantly
> argue against a "view of 'self' as object" or schooling practices that
> view a learner's identity as "an explicit object of change" (112).
>
> "We have claimed that the development of identity is central to the
> careers of newcomers in communities of practice, and thus fundamental
> to the concept of legitimate peripheral participation. This is
> illustrated most vividly by the experience of newcomers to A.A."
> (115).
>
> So identity comes up frequently and is said to be central, but is
> never really explained other than that it is viewed not as an object
> but as long-term relations. I think this is where Wenger picks things
> up, attempting to explain these relations that make up identity.
>
> Adam
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu]
> On Behalf Of Mike Cole
> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 2:14 PM
> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
> Subject: Re: [xmca] Boris assists Mike assists Eric
>
> Hi adam
> You stimulated me to check out wikipedia on wenger identity. Worth
> checking out at
> http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Professional_identity#Lave.2FWenger
>
> I am guessing we need to distinguish lave/wenger from wenger at this
> point.
> So far as I know,
> Jean's focus on a social ontology would make her loath to make
> statements about the subjective side of identity (yes, it is something
> done to us, but yes it is something we do in transacting the world).
> But Etienne does not seem to shy away from psychologizing.
>
> Am I mis=remembering here?
> mike
>
> On Nov 24, 2007 1:52 PM, Adam Mendelson <amendelson@berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
> > I think identity is fairly central to Lave & Wenger's legitimate
> > peripheral participation. I interpret their's as a model in which
> > learning is a process of becoming a type of person (i.e. a full
> > member in a particular community).
> > Their work shares many of the same premises as language
> > socialization which posits not only that we learn language through
> > being socialized into particular speech communities, but also that
> > we are socialized to the ideologies of those communities through language.
> >
> > Wenger's later "communities of practice" presents a much fuller
> > discussion of identity than was initially developed by L&W. For one,
> > he accounts for membership in multiple communities. Similarly, Eva
> > Lam explores the impact on identity of being simultaneously
> > socialized into multiple speech communities.
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu
> > [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu]
> > On Behalf Of ERIC.RAMBERG@spps.org
> > Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 12:21 PM
> > To: mcole@weber.ucsd.edu; eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
> > Subject: [xmca] Boris assists Mike assists Eric
> >
> >
> >
> > Wow, Boris & Mike:
> >
> > That is truely enlightening. I appreciate the formation of the
> > ideal that has evolved from this discourse. I was floundering at
> > first Mike, regarding your comment on superego, but having read and
> > reread the post from Boris I now concur that personality research is
> > not for the collective but rather for the understanding of cultural
> > influences upon development.
> > Mike, in your opinion does Lave and Wagner's research on legitimate
> > peripheral participation assist in the research pertaining to identity?
> >
> > Thank you Andy for beginning this fabulous thread
> >
> > grateful for the discourse,
> > not dead yet,
> > eric
> >
> >
> > To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> > cc: Boris Meshcheryakov <borlogic@orexovo.net>
> > bcc:
> > Subject: Fwd: Fwd: [xmca] Vygotsky on Identity?
> > "Mike Cole" <lchcmike@gmail.com>
> > Sent by: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu
> > 11/23/2007 08:50 AM PST
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> > In red below is my attempt at translation of a note from Boris
> > Mescheryakov re identity and personality in LSV. Boris, whose work
> > you can read in the Companion to Vygotsky and elsewhere was kind
> > enough to look up relevant passages from LSV. I probably have not
> > done the translation justice, but most all of this exists in English
> > and others more knowledgeable of Russian can straighten things out.
> >
> > It appears were are dealing with issues that are not usefully
> > reduced to either or....... again.
> > mike
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Boris Meshcheryakov < borlogic@orexovo.net>
> > Date: Nov 23, 2007 12:01 AM
> > Subject: Re: Fwd: [xmca] Vygotsky on Identity?
> > To: Mike Cole <mcole@weber.ucsd.edu>
> >
> >
> > Здравствуй, Mike.
> > По-видимому, правы те, кто считает, что проблема идентичности,
> > идентификации, самоопределения (самодетерминации) не были
> > самостоятельным предметом размышлений и исследований Выготского.
> > Могу лишь предложить некоторые его высказывания о развитии личности
> > и самосознании (эту связь Выготский четко описывал):
> >
> > Apparently, those who believe that the problem of identity,
> > identification, self determination were not independent subjects of
> > thought and investigation by LSV are correct. I can only propos a
> > few of his statements on the development of personality and self
> > consciousness (this connection Vygotsky clearly did describe)
> >
> >
> > ?...отличие ребенка от подростка может быть лучше всего выражено
> > положением Гегеля, который различал вещи в себе и вещи для себя. Он
> > говорил, что все вещи суть сначала в себе, но на этом дело не
> > останавливается и в процессе развития вещь превращается в вещь для
> > себя. Так, говорил он, человек в себе есть ребенок, задача которого
> > состоит не в том, чтобы оставаться в этом абстрактном и неразвитом
> > "в себе", а в том, чтобы стать также и для себя тем, чем он пока
> > есть лишь в себе, именно стать свободным и разумным существом. Вот
> > это превращение ребенка из человека в себе в подростка ?
> > человека для себя ? и составляет главное содержание всего кризиса
> > переходного возраста. Это есть эпоха созревания личности и
> > мировоззрения...?
> > (Педология подростка, Собр. соч., т. 4, с. 199).
> >
> > "the difference between child and adolescent may be best expressed
> > by Hegel's position that distinguished things in themselves and
> > things for oneself. He said that the all things are initially in
> > themselves, but matters do not stop at this point and in the process
> > of development the thing turns into a thing for onself. Thus, he
> > said, a person (man) in himself is a child, whose task is to leave
> > behind that abstract and undeveloped "in himself" and in so doing,
> > in order to become for himself in a way that he is in the meantime
> > only in himself, that is, to become a free and intelligent being.
> > This very transformation of the child into an adult
> > (man) in himself in the adolescent -- a person (man) for himself--
> > constitutes the major content of the entire crisis of this
> > transitional age.
> > It is an epoch of the maturation of personality and world view
> > (Pedology of the Adolescent, Comp Works, v4, p. 199)
> >
> > "Личность становится для себя тем, что она есть в себе, через то,
> > что она предъявляет для других. Это и есть процесс становления личности"
> > (История развития ВПФ, Собр. соч., т. 3, с. 144). (A) Personality
> > becomes for itself, when it has previously been in itself,
> > through what it manifests through others (History of Dev of HPF,
> > Coll. Works, Vol 3, p. 144)
> >
> > Очень важное добавление из "Истории развития ВПФ": "The following
> > addition from same work is very important:
> >
> > ?Дж. Болдуин справедливо отметил, что понятие о "я" развивается у
> > ребенка из понятия о других. Понятие ?личность? есть, т.о.,
> > социальное, отраженное понятие, строящееся на основе того, что
> > ребенок применяет по отношению к самому себе те приемы
> > приспособления, которые он применяет по отношению к другим. Вот
> > почему можно сказать, что личность есть социальное в нас? (т.
> > 3, с. 324/ жирн. шрифт мой ? Б.М.).
> >
> > James Baldwin correctly noted that the concept of "I" develops in a
> > child from the concept of others. The concept, personality, that is,
> > the social, reflected, concept, is built on the basis of the fact
> > that the child uses in relationship to himself those means of
> > adaptation which he uses in relationship to others. This is why it
> > is possible to say that personality is the social in us. (vol 3, p.
> > 324)
> >
> >
> >
> > Из "Психологического словаря" Варшавы и Выготского (1931) From
> > Varshava and Vygotsky (1931) *Psychological Dictionary*:
> >
> > "Идентификация (Фрейд) - отождествление, уподобление себя другой
> > личности, приписывание себе признаков определенного человека.
> > Идентификация играет огромную роль в сновидениях, в творчестве, в
> > мечтах. Психологический смысл И. сводится к расширению круга
> > переживаний, к обогащению внутреннего опыта".
> >
> > Identification (Freud) - the equating, making similar, of oneself to
> > another personality, the adoption by oneself of the characteristics
> > of a specific person. Identification plays a huge role in
> > reminisences, dreams and creativity. The psychological sense of
> > identification comes down to the widening of one's circle of
> > experiences (perezhivania), to the enrichment of innner life.
> >
> > "Личность - термин, означающий единство и индивидуальность всех
> > жизненных и психологических проявлений человека; человек, сознающий
> > сам себя как определенное индивидуальное единство и тождество во
> > всех процессах изменения, происходящих в организме и психике, есть
> > личность. Болезнь Л.
> > выражается в распаде этого единства"
> >
> > Personality is a term indicating a unity in the indivualenss of all
> > everyday life and psychological manifestation of persons; a person
> > (man) accepting himself as a certain individual unity and entity in
> > all processes of change that take place in the organism and the
> > psyche
> > - this is personality.
> > Disease of personality is expressed in the disintegration of this unity.
> >
> > И еще: В "Психологии искусства" в главе о "Гамлете" Выготский
> > акцентирует понятие "второго рождения" . В работах А.Н. Леонтьева
> > тоже встречается этот термин в связи с развитием самосознания в
> > подростковом возрасте. And
> > also:
> > In *Psychology of Art *in the chapter on Hamlet Vygotsky accentuates
> > the concept, "second birth." In the works of AN Leontiev one also
> > encounters this term in connection with the development of
> > selfconsciousness during adolescence.
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > С уважением,
> >
> > Б.М.
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