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Constant fear of ostracism

Zlazli, Miho

Authors

Miho Zlazli



Contributors

Teppei Tsuchimoto
Editor

Valsine Jaan
Editor

Abstract

This chapter consists of my autoethnographic narrative, including diary entries, which delineates what it feels like to live as an Indigenous person whose community is under ongoing cultural assimilation, followed by its analysis. The main issues identified in the narrative were emotional insecurity and its coping mechanism – to pretend to be someone else. By applying Peirce’s Theory of Signs to motifs identified in the narrative, I examined relations between individual and groups to discuss solutions. I argue the importance of having an awareness in one’s own roots or Indigenous knowledge system, recognising historical context or power relations that one is involved in, and negotiating one’s contingent pluralistic identity to resolve constant fear of ostracism and establish agency in one’s life.

Citation

Zlazli, M. (2024). Constant fear of ostracism. In T. Tsuchimoto, & V. Jaan (Eds.), The semiotic field of the garden: Personal culture and collective culture. Information Age Publishing, Inc

Publication Date Jul 1, 2024
Deposit Date Dec 19, 2022
Publicly Available Date Jul 2, 2124
Series Title Advances in Cultural Psychology: Constructing Human Development
Series ISSN 3065-257X
Book Title The semiotic field of the garden: Personal culture and collective culture
ISBN 9798887306353
Related Public URLs https://www.infoagepub.com/products/The-Semiotic-Field-of-the-Garden

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