Comments on: Multiple social identities http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/21/multiple-social-identities/ Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:24:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Personal branding || August || 2008 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/21/multiple-social-identities/comment-page-1/#comment-169363 Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Personal branding || August || 2008 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:02:08 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/21/multiple-social-identities/#comment-169363 [...] post. Who are we really? And what does that question even mean if one takes the idea of multiple social identities [...] [...] post. Who are we really? And what does that question even mean if one takes the idea of multiple social identities [...]

]]> By: Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || What makes a community? || May || 2007 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/21/multiple-social-identities/comment-page-1/#comment-45427 Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || What makes a community? || May || 2007 Fri, 18 May 2007 00:52:07 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/21/multiple-social-identities/#comment-45427 [...] I would for a coworker. Between the two factors of time and energy, we have the ability to choose which of our multiple communities matter to us - family or religion or college friends or high school friends or coworkers, [...] [...] I would for a coworker. Between the two factors of time and energy, we have the ability to choose which of our multiple communities matter to us – family or religion or college friends or high school friends or coworkers, [...]

]]> By: Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Articulation of virtual cues || September || 2006 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/21/multiple-social-identities/comment-page-1/#comment-3650 Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Articulation of virtual cues || September || 2006 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 02:37:22 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/21/multiple-social-identities/#comment-3650 [...] I thought this was an excellent observation. I like what it implies about the future of social software. It’s not about having just one piece of software that mediates our social identity, it’s about having a constellation or ecosystem of software that we can choose among, depending on the message and privacy and identity. Given that we have multiple social identities, it makes sense that I would communicate differently when using different mechanisms with varying degrees of privacy. [...] [...] I thought this was an excellent observation. I like what it implies about the future of social software. It’s not about having just one piece of software that mediates our social identity, it’s about having a constellation or ecosystem of software that we can choose among, depending on the message and privacy and identity. Given that we have multiple social identities, it makes sense that I would communicate differently when using different mechanisms with varying degrees of privacy. [...]

]]> By: Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Persistent Patterns || August || 2006 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/21/multiple-social-identities/comment-page-1/#comment-3421 Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Persistent Patterns || August || 2006 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 03:28:44 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/21/multiple-social-identities/#comment-3421 [...] Identity and Violence, by Amartya Sen (which I’ve mentioned before) [...] [...] Identity and Violence, by Amartya Sen (which I’ve mentioned before) [...]

]]> By: Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Leading a dynamic life || July || 2006 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/21/multiple-social-identities/comment-page-1/#comment-3220 Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Leading a dynamic life || July || 2006 Fri, 14 Jul 2006 02:45:13 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/21/multiple-social-identities/#comment-3220 [...] Multiple social identities [...] [...] Multiple social identities [...]

]]> By: Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Reassembling the Social, by Bruno Latour || July || 2006 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/21/multiple-social-identities/comment-page-1/#comment-3174 Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Reassembling the Social, by Bruno Latour || July || 2006 Tue, 04 Jul 2006 23:20:14 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/21/multiple-social-identities/#comment-3174 [...] The real world is messy. There are always conflicting priorities and influences that must be resolved in any local situation. I started reading the Amartya Sen book on identity, and he makes the same point - that we have a multitude of identities we can choose from; Sen says “The difficulty with the thesis of the clash of civilizations begins well before we come to the issue of an inevitable clash; it beings with the presumption of the unique relevance of a singular classification.” A worldview of Western civilization versus Muslim civilization is a Latour-ian panorama, which ignores a wealth of other possible classifications (as people, as workers, as husbands and wives and parents and children, etc.). [...] [...] The real world is messy. There are always conflicting priorities and influences that must be resolved in any local situation. I started reading the Amartya Sen book on identity, and he makes the same point – that we have a multitude of identities we can choose from; Sen says “The difficulty with the thesis of the clash of civilizations begins well before we come to the issue of an inevitable clash; it beings with the presumption of the unique relevance of a singular classification.” A worldview of Western civilization versus Muslim civilization is a Latour-ian panorama, which ignores a wealth of other possible classifications (as people, as workers, as husbands and wives and parents and children, etc.). [...]

]]> By: Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Fractal identity || June || 2006 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/21/multiple-social-identities/comment-page-1/#comment-3064 Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Fractal identity || June || 2006 Mon, 26 Jun 2006 03:10:16 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/21/multiple-social-identities/#comment-3064 [...] Multiple social identities [...] [...] Multiple social identities [...]

]]> By: Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Communities of identity || June || 2006 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/21/multiple-social-identities/comment-page-1/#comment-2189 Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Communities of identity || June || 2006 Thu, 15 Jun 2006 02:03:06 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/21/multiple-social-identities/#comment-2189 [...] I can take a stab at the characteristics necessary for an identity-determining community (IDC?). Membership has to be chosen by the participants; things like nationality, race, gender, or even school-selected housing are non-starters (although I might change my mind after reading the Amartya Sen book). I also believe that communities are stronger when they require commitment; in the case of MIT living groups, merely surviving MIT together was such a commitment, but in other realms, it may require active participation. The communities must continually be renewed and revitalized by participation. [...] [...] I can take a stab at the characteristics necessary for an identity-determining community (IDC?). Membership has to be chosen by the participants; things like nationality, race, gender, or even school-selected housing are non-starters (although I might change my mind after reading the Amartya Sen book). I also believe that communities are stronger when they require commitment; in the case of MIT living groups, merely surviving MIT together was such a commitment, but in other realms, it may require active participation. The communities must continually be renewed and revitalized by participation. [...]

]]> By: Betsy Weber http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/21/multiple-social-identities/comment-page-1/#comment-2042 Betsy Weber Fri, 26 May 2006 02:57:51 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/21/multiple-social-identities/#comment-2042 You never seem bashful to me. :-) It was fun to see you last week! Bets You never seem bashful to me. :-)

It was fun to see you last week!

Bets

]]> By: how can you get to heaven? » THISFIRE http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/21/multiple-social-identities/comment-page-1/#comment-2040 how can you get to heaven? » THISFIRE Thu, 25 May 2006 22:47:33 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/21/multiple-social-identities/#comment-2040 [...] Multiple social identities [...] [...] Multiple social identities [...]

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