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Using vignette methodology as a tool for exploring cultural identity positions of language brokers

Crafter, S; de Abreu, G; Cline, T; O'Dell, L; (2014) Using vignette methodology as a tool for exploring cultural identity positions of language brokers. Journal of Constructivist Psychology , 28 (1) Green open access

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Abstract

This paper examines how vignette methodology can aid understanding of cultural identity. This is demonstrated through a study of child language brokers where a child is engaged in the cultural contexts of both the host culture and the home culture and must therefore negotiate new cultural identities. Participants were young people aged 15-18 years ? some of whom were brokers while others were not. Drawing on notions of adequacy and inadequacy, visibility and invisibility, theoretical ideas around cultural identity theory and dialogical self theory can provide an understanding of how the young people moved through different (often conflicting) identity positions.

Type: Article
Title: Using vignette methodology as a tool for exploring cultural identity positions of language brokers
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Keywords: vignette methodology, child language broker, dialogical self theory
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1525690
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