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Identity Exploration Training WorkshopTopic: For researchers and professionals interested in identity and in exploring and analysing identity processesDate: September 2008 (Final Date tbc) Venue: University of Chester Chester Details: Ethnic, national, social and individual identity under the microscope The workshop will introduce the powerful and sophisticated approach to analysing identity processes known as Identity Structure Analysis (ISA). ISA consists of robust and sensitive conceptual and methodological tools for the in-depth realisation of identity processes in individuals in any study where issues of identity are salient (e.g., ethnic and national identity, migration and identity, clinical distress, identity development and transformation, professional development, gender, ethnic and racial issues, business entrepreneurship, etc.). The efficacy of ISA in cross-cultural, societal and clinical contexts is established in the publication: Weinreich, P., & Saunderson, W. (Eds.) (2003) Analysing Identity: Cross-Cultural, Societal and Clinical Contexts. London & New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis. ISA uses dedicated computer software in order to facilitate the customisation of identity instruments according to language and culture, so as to be sensitive to culturally specific content. Further, the software enables the analysis of identity processes that foregrounds the culturally specific, while assessing parameters of identity that are cross-culturally universal. The approach integrates the qualitative with the quantitative aspects of identity processes in biographical and socio-historical contexts. The workshop will provide hands-on practical experience in the use of ISA conceptual framework for analysing identity processes, together with an introduction to the dedicated software and its use in developing customised identity instruments. Workshop participants will have the use of the software for their own purposes for a 30 day trial period. |
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