Mapping the Self with Units of Culture

2011

IRRODL

<p>Some forms of prior learning assessment and recognition (PLAR) invite self-reflection and the generation of new knowledge leading to self-growth in granting credit for past experiential learning. This paper examines the experience of a northern Canadian community college using PLAR portfolio development to assist in individual self-growth among people of aboriginal ancestry. The author reviews the theoretical underpinning behind the notion that PLAR may be used in identity construction and reviews some of the historical circumstances affecting the development of aboriginal selves. Divergent views of participants who had completed PLAR facilitator training on portfolio development are examined. Ethical concerns are raised, and guidelines are proposed for the use of PLAR in portfolio development and identity construction.</p>

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confidence: 84%

An application of PLAR to the development of the aboriginal self: One college’s experience

2011

IRRODL

“…Since connotative and affective meaning may also serve to repel discordant ideas and concepts, a dynamic is thereby created allowing for the development of discreet and stable complexes of memes existent in individual minds. The self as mapped by Robertson (2010Robertson ( , 2011aRobertson ( , 2014Robertson ( , 2016 is such an interlocking complex of mutually attractive memes with such complexes exhibiting persistence and stability coupled with a capacity to change or evolve over time. Repellant memes may either exemplify "what the self is not" or introduce instability into the self.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In a qualitative study of a cross-cultural sample Robertson (2010) found that the selves of healthy adults universally included elements of volition, constancy, distinctness, productivity, intimacy, social interest and feeling. It is a reasonable speculation that the self-maps of some populations with mental health disorders would display deficiencies in one or more of these areas.…”

Section: Applications Of Gt Enhanced Self-mapping For Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…36 Robertson & McFadden -Graph Theory Applied to Self-mapping sing a conceptualization of the self as a cultural construct (Blackmore, 1999;Mead, 1912Mead, /1990Shotter, 1997), Robertson (2010) created two dimensional maps of constituent memes of the psyche 1 . Memes were defined as units of culture that are self-replicating in the sense that they can be passed from one individual to another in a form of imitation, but the properties promoting replication are highly individualized reducing the fidelity of that replication.…”

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Graphing the Self: An application of graph theory to memetic self-mapping in psychotherapy

McFadden²

2018

RIMCIS

The benefits of using mathematical concepts are frequently overlooked in qualitative inquiry. In this paper Graph Theory (GT) is applied to a series of two dimensional representations of the self used to illustrate the therapeutic progress of a suicidal youth and to a young mother coping with depression. These self-maps are shown to be equivalent to GT networks with the memes of the self-maps corresponding to GT vertices, the pair-wise relationships between memes corresponding to GT edges, and the time evolution of the self-mapping diagrams corresponding to GT sequence analysis. Consideration is given to the notion that the self so mapped functions as a small world network with emotive psychological triggers serving as “long range” connections. The advantages of using an interactive Graphical User Interface and GT metrics for client centered therapy and future research applications in social science are discussed.

“…(p. 190) Transitions involving the incorporation of another person's well-being into one's own self may be reinforced or authenticated by the mutual declaration of public vows that have meaning for the couples involved (Robertson, 2016). By reducing self-descriptive narratives to elemental units of culture and then setting these "memes" in relation to each other according to their connotative, affective and behavioural implications held in the mind of the individual, Robertson (2010Robertson ( , 2014 created two dimensional representations or "maps" of the self. Using such a method, it would be possible to track hypothesized transitions to selves in developing and committed relationships.…”

Section: On Why the Non-religious Seek Marriagementioning

confidence: 99%

Secular Weddings in Canada: An Examination of a Humanist Response to the Evolution of Marriage

Secularism and Nonreligion

2017

Despite increasing societal secularization, little research has been undertaken on the needs of non-religious people to engage in marriage ceremony or the means by which such needs are met. Using a jurisdictional scan, focus groups, and an on-line survey, this exploratory survey examines the provision for and use of secular legal marriage in Canada's regions from a humanist perspective. It is postulated that marriage ceremonies have persisted among the non-religious due to needs to authenticate or recognize transitional changes to the self, but these needs have been met through ad hoc strategies as opposed to a uniform demand for humanist services. Implications for humanist organizations are discussed along with recommendations for further research.